Morrison Heights Family Connect

Congratulations to Clinton High School Teacher, Julie Roberts for her recent honor. Julie joined us to talk teaching, ministry, baptism, and writing.

Darron Byrd serves at both the Baptist Children's Village (BCV) and Refugee Ministry International (RMI...or, as we usually call it, Vimal's ministry). In the middle of a busy week for both ministries, Darron took the time to sit down and update us about the many ways God is working through the BCV and RMI.

Welcome Bryant Phillips to our Missions team! If you see a new face in our missions office, it’s our new local missions coordinator Bryant Phillips. Bryant took a few minutes to sit down and help us get to know him and his family. We look forward to seeing how God uses him Morrison Heights!

Pastor Greg joined us this week to help us reflect on what God did in 2022 and dream about what He plans to do in 2023. He also gave us the scoop on his upcoming knee surgery. Thanks for watching!

That's right. With this episode, we're ending the tradition of title alliteration. We hope you'll find it in your heart to watch this episode anyway because it's really good. We caught up with Tim Rowan, Associate Pastor of Missions. He's been busy with the Giving Tree and the new Missions Guest House. He's always finding ways to keep us focused on our mission to take the Gospel to all nations!

When Life Meets the Soul: Everyday lessons from the book of Job is the newest release from Dr. Ivan Parke. He joined us on the podcast for the book's official launch day. We dove deep into the topics of joy, suffering, God's control, and how to interpret the book of Job. Learn what Dr. Parke means when he encourages us to "leave it blank."

We've never done an episode like this. To celebrate the Christmas season, Morrison Heights is providing boxes full of Advent activities and crafts. Melanie Lenow was the leader of the advent boxes project, so we invited her on the podcast to show us what's in the boxes. Have you ever painted a sheep? Tim now has. We're confident you can do it better.

Dr. Evan Lenow is Assoicate Professor of Christian Studies at Mississippi College and co-author of the book Ethics as Worship. Because he is receiving an award at this year's Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) meeting, we invited him back on the podcast to discuss his book, the latest events at Mississippi College, and his future writing plans.

Join us as we catch up with David and Laura, some old friends of Morrison Heights with lots of stories to tell. They've served as missionaries in South America, Africa, South Asia, and Europe. Hear David talk about his approach to evangelism in a post-Christian culture, plus some updates on his family and some stories from back when Tim had hair.

Mississippi College’s long-standing and influential impact on the Clinton community has a long history of almost two-hundred years, and they are continuing to support and grow our small town for the betterment of their students as well as those living in the area. Laura Jackson, Chief Finance Officer/Chief Operating Office at MC, shares an exciting update on the new Highway 80 development, the generous Leland Speed scholarship, as well as the brand new Gore Arts Complex. So often, Laura points out, it is easy to get bogged down in all that is happening around us, but God has been and will continue to be faithful and bless us with a new set of mercies each day.