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Mission Unplugged
by embody
Genuine conversations about Christian faith in action with young innovators locally, nationally and globally. Hosted by embody, a national network of young people passionate about mission and justice in Australia and around the world.
Episodes
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BONUS - The Voice: A Christian Consideration
Global Mission Partners (GMP) recently hosted a webinar titled The Voice: A Christian Consideration, on the topic of the upcoming Australian referendum. You can also watch this webinar online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIfiL1rjaFE The video at the very start of this recording is available...
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BONUS - Q&A With Boniface Mpofu, Showers of Blessing
We sat down with Boniface Mpofu to answer YOUR questions about safe water, boreholes, and how your fundraising in the Safe Water September challenge transforms lives! Boniface answers questions, submitted by the Safe Water September community, about the process of installing a bore, the…
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Episode 31 - Nat Melmoth - Social Worker & fmr Embody National Coordinator
Content warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual assault. Nat Melmoth is a social worker living and working in Canberra. She’s also a former Embody National Coordinator! She has been a part of organising and supporting young people to make a positive difference in the world in their…
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Episode 30 - Hannah Dungan - Ringwood Church of Christ
Hannah is the Generations Minister at Ringwood Church of Christ. She has a passion for social justice, inclusion, and risk-taking in the name of Jesus. Hannah served as a Pastor in the Uniting Church with a children, youth and families focus, and has experience overseas in India and Cambodia, and...
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Episode 29 - Mitch Salmon - embody
Mitch Salmon is the National Coordinator of embody, a national community of young people passionate about mission locally, nationally, and globally. You might know him from this podcast. He’s on the other side of the mic today as Emily asks him about his journey of faith, his formation in local...
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Episode 28 - Eva Ntege-Dhizaala - Global Mission Partners
Content warning: Mention of sexual violence around 13min, descriptions of the aftermath of genocide around 24min. Eva Ntege-Dhizaala is part of the team at Global Mission Partners, working as a Program Officer with the COCOA team supporting locally-led aid and development projects in partner...
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Episode 27 - Samantha Tyler - Social Worker
Samantha is a social worker who lives in north Western Sydney. She is a Catholic Christian who has had professional experience working as a hospital social worker, in mental health, aged care and is now withing with CatholicCare in Customer Support and Experience developing projects and hearing...
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Episode 26 - Gemma Bell - Fusion Mornington Peninsula
Content warning: Mentions of suicide and self harm, and sexual violence. Timestamps below. Gemma Bell is the Team Leader at Fusion Mornington Peninsula. Gemma has lived onsite at Fusion’s housing service for young people experiencing homelessness with her family for 15 years. Living alongside...
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Episode 25 - Jimmy Kennedy - Fins & Scales Studio
Jimmy is a graphic designer and illustrator from Tasmania. He has always had a passion for art, taking all the art subjects in school and completing a Diploma of Creative Arts after finishing Year 12. He always knew he wanted a career drawing comics and cartoons! Now he is starting a new…
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Episode 24 - Kate Nyhan - ADRA
Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts, with a Major in Global Sustainable Development and International Relations, and a Masters of International Development Practice. She currently works at ADRA as an International Programs Assistant working with managers and International Programs director working on...
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Episode 23 - Eliza and David Deith - Safe Water September
Eliza and David are part of the national community of people of all ages taking the Safe Water September challenge this year. Eliza is 10 years old and enjoys reading any books that have horses in them and plays netball. David is 67 years old and is married to Jo. They have 4 children, 4 in-law...
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Episode 22 - Ben Hura - Young Life
Ben is the Development manager for Sydney and the East Coast of Australia with Young Life Australia. Young Life exists to introduce young people to Jesus and help them grow in their faith. Ben is husband to Taren and daddy to Zoe. He is excited about reframing the mission of God in the local...
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Episode 21 - Laura Weatherall - Veta Youth
Laura is the Director of Spiritual Formation for Veta Youth, and a Primary School Teacher. She is passionate about empowering the next generation to know their worth and value. Laura lives on Woiwurrung Territory with her husband Josh and their corgi puppy Milo. Whether it is conversations about...
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BONUS - Election Special
Are you voting for the first time this year? Are you unsure what the difference between voting above or below the line is? Are you thinking about how your faith is going to shape your vote? Join Emily, Mitch, and special guest Maddy Brown for a rundown of the basics of how to vote this federal...
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Episode 20 - Caitria & John Kamarareid - International Students in China
Caitria and John are from opposite ends of the globe but were brought together in an African Gospel church in the Northeast of China. After living, studying, working, and worshipping in China for five years, COVID-19 unexpectedly brought them back Australia. Caitria currently works in Aboriginal...
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Episode 19 - Ben Chong - Surrender Co. Leadership Program
Ben Chong the coordinator of the Surrender Leadership Program, a space designed for emerging leaders from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. He is also the Director of Blueprint Leadership Coaching, and was a pastor for eight years. Ben is passionate about helping people to become...
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Episode 18 - Emma Cox - McCrae SUFM
Emma is 14 years old, and has also spent 10 of her summers being part of the McCrae SUFM team with her family. They have been a part of an incarnational missional community connecting with holidaymakers in one of Melbourne's most popular holiday destinations. Emma enjoys being outdoors, playing...
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Reading Mission - Make Poverty Personal, Chapter 01: Beyond Excuses
In place of our regular interview episode, this month we have the first episode of our new podcast, Reading Mission, available wherever you get your podcasts! Welcome to Reading Mission, our new book club podcast recorded live in our Discord server every fortnight! In this first episode, Emily…
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BONUS - Vana Bawm - Community Advancement Forum
Vana Bawm is a key leader among the Bandarban Hills Churches in Bangladesh, and the Community Advancement Forum, a community development organisation and partner of GMP. Vana is one of the people who is transforming the funds raised through Safe Water September into life-changing sanitation and...
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Introducing Reading Mission!
We are so excited to announce a new book club podcast: Reading Mission! Reading Mission is a live podcast where we read some of our favourite books about mission, justice, and social change together. If you are exploring what mission is and what it means to live a missional life, this is the book...
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Episode 17 - Ntando Msimanga - Showers of Blessing
Ntando Msimanga is a Field Officer with Showers of Blessing Trust, an NGO in Zimbabwe and a partner of GMP. Ntando joined Showers of Blessing in 2017 as a Field Officer and has been working full time with the team to provide clean drinking water in rural areas. He was born into the Churches of...
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BONUS - Boniface Mpofu - Showers of Blessing
Boniface Mpofu is the Project Director of Showers of Blessing Trust, an NGO in Zimbabwe and a partner of GMP. Boniface is one of the key people who transforms the money raised through Safe Water September into life-changing safe water projects. In this bonus episode, Mitch and Boniface chat…
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Episode 16 - Dave Rodgers - International Centre of Environmental Management
Dave has been working in the water and international development sectors for ten years, specialising in WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) and humanitarian and disaster response throughout Asia and the Pacific. He’s been based in Lebanon and the Solomon Islands with World Vision and supported...
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BONUS - An Introduction to WaSH
It's nearly September, which means the annual Safe Water September fundraising campaign is on again! We're raising money for WaSH projects in Zimbabwe, Vanuatu, and Bangladesh... but what is WaSH? Mitch and Emily chat through the definitions, the history, and the importance of WaSH, and show you...
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Episode 15 - Ben Howes - The Jane Goodall Institute Australia
Ben Howes is a keen gardener, environmental scientist and conservationist from Wurundjeri country in Wattle Glen, Victoria. He has a background in children's and youth ministry and is currently serving as Generations Pastor at the Vine Baptist Church, Hurstbridge Campus. After working as an…
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Episode 14 - Sarah Peereboom - Mission Without Borders
Sarah Peereboom is the National Communications and Supporter Engagement Manager for Mission Without Borders. While drinking copious amounts of coffee, she works to share the stories of hope and freedom from poverty in Eastern Europe. Through her work, Sarah hopes to cultivate and encourage a new...
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Episode 13 - Lonny Bendessi - Ministry Student
Lonny Wayne Bendessi is a Bible College student from South Australia. His people are the Wirangu/Kookatha people of South Australia on his mother’s side, the Wongakatha people of Western Australia on his father's. He is currently studying a diploma of theology at Ridley College in Melbourne. In...
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Episode 12 - David Home - Sharing Hope
David Home is the Programs Coordinator for Sharing Hope, an NGO that works with refugees and displaced communities along the Thai-Burma border. He is also the Young Adults Coordinator at TLC Church in Melbourne. In this episode, Mitch and David talk about working with displaced communities, his...
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Episode 11 - Peta Bilton - Soul Survivor
Peta Bilton is one of the leaders at Soul Survivor and a leader at her local church based in the Northern Beaches of Sydney. She has been working with youth and young adults for the last 7 years, encouraging them in their journey with Jesus. Purpose-driven and mission-minded, Peta has a bachelor…
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BONUS - Carolyn and Fuzz Kitto - Be Slavery Free
Language warning at approximately 41min 45sec. Carolyn and Fuzz Kitto and the team at Be Slavery Free are at the forefront of the global movement to end modern slavery. This bonus episode is a recording of a conversation between Carolyn, Fuzz, Mitch, and GMP team members Sam and Mel at the end of...
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Episode 10 - Sam Hearn - Former Mayor of the Mornington Peninsula Shire
Sam Hearn is one of the leaders of Jigsaw, a missional community-shaped church that is based in his neighbourhood of Tanti Park. Sam was a Councillor on the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council between 2016 and 2020, and Mayor of the Shire in 2020. He holds a Bachelor of Psychology, a Masters of…
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Episode 09 - Ben Rowe - Streetlight
Ben Rowe is an urban missionary and the founder of Streetlight Community, a Christian youth outreach based in the Northern suburbs of Adelaide. Streetlight operates at the Elizabeth City Centre & Elizabeth Skate Park with 30 volunteers from 12 different churches, creating safe spaces for young...
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Episode 08 - Scott Mageean - Urban Life
Scott Mageean and his wife Luella, with their large tribe of children, are currently based in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Scott works as the Enterprise Manager at Urban Life, a missional faith community where he coordinates business ventures and investments with a focus on God's Kingdom of...
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Episode 07 - Emily Wood - Hawkesbury Valley Baptist Church
Emily Wood works as the Interim Children’s and Families Ministry Leader at Hawkesbury Valley Baptist Church, and she has always been passionate about social justice, mission, and development. Over the years she has been exploring what it means to work in the international aid sector, leading her…
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BONUS - Jessie Skelly - embody
Jessie Skelly is part of the team at embody responsible for facilitating the annual Safe Water September fundraising challenge to raise money for safe water projects in rural Zimbabwe and Vanuatu. And, in 2019, he travelled to Zimbabwe with a team to see the impacts of Safe Water September first...
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Episode 06 - April Holmes - The Leprosy Mission Australia
April Holmes is a team member at The Leprosy Mission Australia, and a former team member at embody and ThankYou. She works with the on-the-ground teams to develop and assess effective programs and initiatives that foster positive and long-term change in communities experiencing poverty and...
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BONUS - Suzanne Hayes - COCOA
Suzanne Hayes is part of the team at COCOA (Churches of Christ Overseas Aid) who help distribute and target the funds raised by Safe Water September to the places that they will do the most good. Suzanne has been involved with the planning, development, consultation, and implementation of safe...
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BONUS - Colin Scott - COCOA
Colin Scott is the Director of COCOA (Churches of Christ Overseas Aid) and one of the key people coordinating the implementation of funds raised by Safe Water September. Through years of relationship and strong international connections, Colin works with the Showers of Blessing team in Zimbabwe…
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Episode 05 - Miriam Dale - Poet Theologian
Miriam Dale is an award-winning poet-theologian. She has studied at Ridley College and Melbourne School of Theology. Her book, The Weight of Hope, won the 2016 SparkLit Young Australian Christian Writer award. She has lived Egypt, Germany, and Syria, and has been heavily involved in…
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Episode 04 - Charlene Delos Santos - Surrender Co.
Charlene Delos Santos is the Director of Surrender co., an organisation calling followers of Jesus to the margins. Born in the Philippines, Charlene moved to Naarm (Melbourne) when she was six years old. Charlene is passionate about seeing the church flourish in cultural diversity. Starting with...
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BONUS - Online Youth Ministry - An Embody Round Table
In the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis in Australia, the Embody team hosted a round table of leaders from around Australia to discuss how churches around Australia were adapting their work to the online space, and for those leaders to share stories and advice on how to make the most of this…
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Episode 03 - Jakin Mai - Restore Church
Jakin Mai is the Associate Youth Pastor at Restore Church in Castle Hill. He is married to Hannah, and they have 2 little girls, Lydia and Ainsley. Jakin loves doing freelance video work as well as ministry. He loves the outdoors and good coffee. In this conversation, Jessie chats with Jakin…
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Episode 02 - Joel Poppenbeck - Schoolies Rev
Joel Poppenbeck is the youth and young adult pastor at One Hope church, and the team leader of Schoolies Rev. The Schoolies Rev team organises trips to their overseas partners for groups of year 12 aged young people where Australian young people can meet people from cultures and backgrounds...
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Episode 01 - Kelly Skilton - The Sonder Collective
Kelly Skilton is the founder and director of The Sonder Collective, a collaborative youth and young adults ministry that now gathers over 190 people from 30 congregations across 7 denominations. Elise caught up with Kelly to talk about why she never believed in milk expiry dates, how Sonder was...
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PREVIEW - Joel Poppenbeck - Schoolies Rev
Joel Poppenbeck is the team leader of Schoolies Rev, an organisation that helps young people celebrate finishing school and make a difference in the world. He's also the youth and young adults pastor at One Hope church. In this upcoming episode of Mission Unplugged, we hear his story of growing…
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PREVIEW - Kelly Skilton - The Sonder Collective
The first episode of Mission Unplugged launches on May 20, 2020, with an interview with Kelly Skilton, founder and director of the Sonder Collective, an ecumenical collaborative youth and young adults ministry in Victoria. Check out this preview so you know why you should be excited to hear our...
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Episode 00 - Welcome to Mission Unplugged!
Meet the hosts of Mission Unplugged and hear why we think you might like this podcast as much as we do! We want to hear the gritty, honest stories of what it's like to be a young person living out their faith, share the hope in what God is doing through young people, and most importantly connect...
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Genuine conversations about Christian faith in action with young innovators locally, nationally and globally. Hosted by embody, a national network of young people passionate about mission and justice in Australia and around the world.
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