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"In a lot of different ways that I couldn't name exhaustively..."
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"In a lot of different ways that I couldn't name exhaustively..."
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“In a lot of different ways that I couldn't name exhaustively but one of the ways I can think of now is that it's strengthened my conviction about God's peace and how it allows you to transcend things beyond understanding. Like, there's a passage Philippians 4 through 7 that says rejoice in the lord always again I say rejoice and it talks about letting your gentleness be evident and not being anxious about anything but by prayer and petition and with gratitude you present your requests to God and God's peace which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
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Oral History
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English
Religion
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
05/12/2020
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07/14/2020
10/23/2020
02/05/2021
06/20/2022
06/21/2022
06/15/2023
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audio
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00h:06m:08s
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Speaker 2 discusses how COVID-19 has affected their religious beliefs and interactions with their religious community. Additionally, they talk about community service efforts their religious community has engaged in to help those affected by COVID-19 both in and out of the medical field.
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Pamela Gray 0:00
How has COVID-19 affected your faith or beliefs?
Speaker 2 0:06
Um, in a lot of different ways, that I couldn't name exhaustively, but one of the ways I can think of now is that it's strengthened my conviction about God's peace and how it allows you to transcend things beyond understanding. Like, there's a passage Philippians 4:4 through 7, that says, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I'll say it again: rejoice!” And it talks about letting “your gentleness be evident” and not being “anxious about anything” but “by prayer and petition” and with gratitude, you present your request to God and God's peace, which transcends all understanding “will guard your hearts and” your “minds in Christ Jesus.” So, anyway, that's the long way to say it's made me more grateful for that transcendent peace. And also, not that I needed it to give me more of a conviction about the necessity for a piece that transcends understanding, but I guess it has sort of just helped me to appreciate that. So.
Pamela Gray 1:49
Awesome.
Speaker 2 1:50
So there.
Pamela Gray 1:51
Thank you that, that's awesome. Thank you for that answer. The second question is, is your religious communities still gathering currently? And,
Speaker 2 2:08
Not in person, but in cyberspace?
Pamela Gray 2:12
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 2:13
Yes.
Pamela Gray 2:14
Can you elaborate a little bit just what kind of cyberspace?
Speaker 2 2:19
Service is being, we have midweek service through zoom and then we have Sunday service on YouTube Live and Facebook Live.
Pamela Gray 2:33
Okay, great. And how has COVID-19 affected your participation in your religious community?
Speaker 2 2:44
I wouldn't, only in that I miss seeing people. But I always went to, I'm in the habit of going to midweek service regularly and then Sunday service. So that part's not different. But the commute is different. I go from my bedroom to the kitchen table. Open up my laptop and say hi to everybody.
Pamela Gray 3:14
Okay, and the third question is, is your religious community supplying or engaged, ny kind of community service in an attempt to help alleviate issues caused by the pandemic? And if so, what are those efforts?
Speaker 2 3:37
Yes, there's been a couple of different things that have been going on. Because the church is the people, different people have had have done different things like, I know, there was a there's a sister who was able to use a connection to get several hundreds of masks to some of the medical community that needed them. And so John, John Marcos, he, he's one of the ministers in our church. So she, she mailed them to him in a box that was it was labeled pineapples, so nobody would try and snap. So John took the masks up to, I think it was Columbia Presbyterian, so they were several hundreds. It was like 500 masks you had in there. And so there's been that and just general, we always have a benevolence fund. But people are being encouraged to, to reach out and ask for help if they needed, if they've lost jobs, such or, or, you know, or food insecure or anything like that. So, those are some of the things that I've heard about during the curing, during this pandemic. But that's sort of a lifestyle thing. That is, we're always looking for ways to support whatever is going to help.
Pamela Gray 5:36
Great. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 5:40
Sure. Sometimes, but I you know what, I'm noticing now that I'm being recorded, like, how I just wander from one thing to the other. I'm like, I need to put a button on it.
Pamela Gray 5:55
No, this was awesome. I so appreciate it.
Speaker 2 6:00
Oh, I appreciate, I appreciate being appreciated.
Pamela Gray 6:06
I'm gonna stop this.
How has COVID-19 affected your faith or beliefs?
Speaker 2 0:06
Um, in a lot of different ways, that I couldn't name exhaustively, but one of the ways I can think of now is that it's strengthened my conviction about God's peace and how it allows you to transcend things beyond understanding. Like, there's a passage Philippians 4:4 through 7, that says, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I'll say it again: rejoice!” And it talks about letting “your gentleness be evident” and not being “anxious about anything” but “by prayer and petition” and with gratitude, you present your request to God and God's peace, which transcends all understanding “will guard your hearts and” your “minds in Christ Jesus.” So, anyway, that's the long way to say it's made me more grateful for that transcendent peace. And also, not that I needed it to give me more of a conviction about the necessity for a piece that transcends understanding, but I guess it has sort of just helped me to appreciate that. So.
Pamela Gray 1:49
Awesome.
Speaker 2 1:50
So there.
Pamela Gray 1:51
Thank you that, that's awesome. Thank you for that answer. The second question is, is your religious communities still gathering currently? And,
Speaker 2 2:08
Not in person, but in cyberspace?
Pamela Gray 2:12
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 2:13
Yes.
Pamela Gray 2:14
Can you elaborate a little bit just what kind of cyberspace?
Speaker 2 2:19
Service is being, we have midweek service through zoom and then we have Sunday service on YouTube Live and Facebook Live.
Pamela Gray 2:33
Okay, great. And how has COVID-19 affected your participation in your religious community?
Speaker 2 2:44
I wouldn't, only in that I miss seeing people. But I always went to, I'm in the habit of going to midweek service regularly and then Sunday service. So that part's not different. But the commute is different. I go from my bedroom to the kitchen table. Open up my laptop and say hi to everybody.
Pamela Gray 3:14
Okay, and the third question is, is your religious community supplying or engaged, ny kind of community service in an attempt to help alleviate issues caused by the pandemic? And if so, what are those efforts?
Speaker 2 3:37
Yes, there's been a couple of different things that have been going on. Because the church is the people, different people have had have done different things like, I know, there was a there's a sister who was able to use a connection to get several hundreds of masks to some of the medical community that needed them. And so John, John Marcos, he, he's one of the ministers in our church. So she, she mailed them to him in a box that was it was labeled pineapples, so nobody would try and snap. So John took the masks up to, I think it was Columbia Presbyterian, so they were several hundreds. It was like 500 masks you had in there. And so there's been that and just general, we always have a benevolence fund. But people are being encouraged to, to reach out and ask for help if they needed, if they've lost jobs, such or, or, you know, or food insecure or anything like that. So, those are some of the things that I've heard about during the curing, during this pandemic. But that's sort of a lifestyle thing. That is, we're always looking for ways to support whatever is going to help.
Pamela Gray 5:36
Great. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 5:40
Sure. Sometimes, but I you know what, I'm noticing now that I'm being recorded, like, how I just wander from one thing to the other. I'm like, I need to put a button on it.
Pamela Gray 5:55
No, this was awesome. I so appreciate it.
Speaker 2 6:00
Oh, I appreciate, I appreciate being appreciated.
Pamela Gray 6:06
I'm gonna stop this.
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