This episode explores how a beach community (Atlantic Beach, Florida) came together to create a venue for musical dreams that in turn helps create pathways for other rainbows.

And when that happens, hope lives. When people take time to listen to and give gratitude for the gifts of others, community strengthens. As Izzy sings in one of her original compositions (at the end of the podcast), “You’re my friend, and I love you.”

For more on this event and community building and sustainability see the book "Community as a Safe Place to Land" by Steve Piscitelli (Atlantic Beach, FL: The Growth and Resilience Network®

Music by BIlly Bowers©. Used with permission. All rights reserved. www.billybowersjax.com

Music ("It Rained Today") by Izzy Moon Mayforth. Used with permission.

©Steve Piscitelli. 2019
The Growth and Resilience Network®
All rights reserved.
www.stevepiscitelli.com

Episode #40 of The Growth and Resilience Network® podcast channel explores the importance of relationships to building and sustain a community. This is part of The 7Rs for Purpose and Growth. The Reverend Billy Hester of Savannah's Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, along with Lay Leader, Preston Hodges, Jr., explain how a congregation not only resurrected itself but continues to thrive today because of the power of the people. Leaders and congregants have come to embrace values of acceptance, authenticity, listening, reflection, vulnerability, and growth.

Sit back and listen how one congregation continues to evolve and develop its community as a safe place to land.

Music ("T2D") ©Billy Bowers. Used with permission. www.billybowersjax.com

©Steve Piscitelli. 2018
The Growth and Resilience Network®
www.stevepiscitelli.com