33. Zae Illo - On the Laundry Ministry and Meeting People Where They're At

On this episode of the Western Friend Podcast, Jon and the community speak with Zae Illo, a Master of Divinity from the Earlham School of Religion. He works as an operations manager for Youth Spirit Artworks, leads the Bible study and street outreach ministries at Glide Church, and recently began a biweekly laundry ministry at the San Francisco Friends Meeting.  You can find more at CyberGlow.org

LINKS

• You can read his most recent article in the March 2024 issue of the Western Friend magazine, titled The Perplexity of Prayer HERE. 
• To see all of his other articles in Western Friend, click HERE. 
• For an archive of past Western Friend Podcast episodes, click HERE.
• To read more about the Soul Force Ones, click HERE.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:30 Street Outreach and The Laundry Ministry
• 3:30 A.I. and the notion of Cyberglow
• 6:57 "The point of the ministries is not me."
• 10:00 Outreach as a young Black Quaker
• 13:00 Bible Study and Communication Style
• 19:58 Creating a Welcoming, Inclusive Quaker Community
• 25:25 Preaching in Public and Street Outreach
• 34:37 Opening to Q and A