This week on Preacher Handshake we talk with Rev. Mia McClain

Sermon Link: youtube.com/watch?si=TEmX470_Sim41znT&v=40CqTQIf0K4&feature=youtu.be

From stage to pulpit, Mia looks for ways to integrate the diversity of her interests, passions and callings for the sake of life and liberation. A licensed Baptist minister and ordained in the United Church of Christ, Mia currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Riverside Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. where she is the first African American and first woman to serve in the role in the church’s history. She holds degrees from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and Syracuse University. Above all this, she is a daughter, an aunt, a sister, a niece, a friend, and the proud dog mom of Harrison Claiborne McClain.

Follow Rev. Mia

Instagram: @miashellymac

https://miamichellemcclain.com/

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Rev. Canon Leyla King is a Palestinian-American Episcopal priest and author. She is a founding member of both Palestinian Anglicans and Clergy Allies (www.palestiniananglicans.org) and The Small Churches Big Impact Collective. She writes about her experiences as a Palestinian, a clergywoman and a mother at thankfulpriest.com. Daughters of Palestine: A Memoir in Five Generations is her first book.

Sermon Link: https://youtu.be/6yMzJqTwT9E?si=dR0aDS6beBQ_7UC3&t=1249 (preaching starts at 20:39)

Keep up with Leyla:

www.thankfulpriest.com www.dwtx.org/what-we-do/committees-commissions/small-church-ministry https://smallchurchesbigimpact.buzzsprout.com

FB: @Thankful Priest - Leyla King

IG: @ThankfulPriest

Recommendations mentioned:

Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb

Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac

Dr. Daniel Bannoura

Palestinian Anglicans and Clergy Allies (PACA)

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Link to Sermon: https://open.substack.com/pub/hannahbwrites/p/the-cry-beneath-the-table?r=10reou&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Hannah Brown:

Hannah Brown is the pastor of The United Church of Moscow. She has received a Master of Theology from the University of Edinburgh, a Master of Divinity from Baylor’s Truett Seminary, and a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Her work experience includes preaching, university ministry, writing, and pastoring. Along with co-hosting the Preacher Handshake podcast, Hannah writes on Substack at hannahbwrites and is a contributing author in the book, We Follow Christ: Helping Women to Discern God’s Call (Baylor Press, 2025).

Keep up with Hannah:

Instagram - hannah.r.b

Substack - hannahbwrites

Church - https://unitedchurchofmoscow.com/

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