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Nancy O'Neill's Song of the Soul

Nancy O'Neill is a life-long American Baptist and a lover of music, including decades of bringing music to Eau Claire's First Baptist Church. Daughter of an American Baptist minister, she has grown from conservative beginnings to embrace more of the world and to embrace its people more widely.

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Bill Wiese - The Ministry

Bill Wiese has served as a kind of representative of 6 Eau Claire area churches to UW-Eau Claire in a program known as "The Ministry". Bill, a life-long Methodist, provides a portal to the community for the students and enriches their lives by doing things like teaching free yoga sessions and sharing from his more than a decade under a Native American teacher.

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Resisting War Taxes in Southern California2 members of Southern California War Tax Resistance, Frances Schneider Liau & Cathy Deppe, speak of WTR, witness, community, and the SCWTR alternative fund.
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Tim Lane's Song of the Soul

Tim Lane has been teaching in the Music Department of the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, since 1989, flute being his instrument of choice. His taste in music ranges from chorales and classical to Motown and world music. Raised non-religious, he now attends Eau Claire Friends Meeting (Quakers).

 

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Clearwater Men's CouncilA visit with 5 men of the men's group, The Clearwater Men's Council. The group has been meeting in Eau Claire since 1990, changing the lives of hundreds of men over that time.
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Paula Tibbs

Paula Tibbs is a member of Eau Claire's First Presbyterian Church clearly open to the direction of the Spirit. Her passionate concern for the people of the Congo and experiece as Elder for Mission for her church has led her to head toward seminary this coming year.

Paula's path, raised "V & E" (Vacation Bible School and Easter) Presbyterian, a sojourn with Catholics, but eventually finding a home with Eau Claire's Eau Claire's First Presbyterian Church is not front-page news - but it speaks of the way God's hand moves among us. For example, her "useless" French major in college led her, years later, to a deep concern for the French-speaking people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Greg Farley's Song of the Soul

Greg Farley started learning guitar around 10, and came back to it after several other instruments. Raised Catholic, he sought a better fitting spiritual home, studied with Jehovah's Witnesses, eventually settling, more-or-less, in charismatic Christian circles. His Song of the Soul is comprised of original compositions by Greg, from his new CD called For All To See.

Greg can be contacted at (715) 839-0135 or emailed at gregtf1@yahoo.com about his CD or to arrange a performance by him and his band, PS150

Greg Farley's Song of the Soul includes the following music, all composed and performed by Greg:
Naked And Afraid
Fix Me
Seeking, Saving Me
Wherever I Go
Walk On The Water
For All To See

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Chris Powell's Song of the Soul

Chris Powell started piano lessons when 6 years old and added trombone to his repertoire in high school, and appreciates music of all stripes but has a special passion for classical music. Chris is a member of the First Baptist Church in Eau Claire, though he was raised without much exposure to organized religion.

Chris selected the pieces for his Song of the Soul related to a quote from a German opera house: "Bach gave us God's Word; Mozart gave us God's laughter; Beethoven gave us God's fire. God gave us music that we might pray without words".

Chris's Song of the Soul includes the following music:

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Chuck Fager/Quaker House

Chuck Fager has been the director of Quaker House in Fayetteville, NC, for 4 years now, advocating for peace and providing information and advocacy to those attempting to avoid or get out of the military, in one of the most concentrated military environments of the USA. Chuck is the author of more than 14 books and many more stories, articles and publications. He was a member of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's staff and a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.

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Connor Lynch's Song of the Soul

Conner Lynch is a senior at Eau Claire Memorial High School with a passion for punk rock music, and a dedication to living out his values - things like his opposition to war and violence, and his personal commitment to respecting his own body and well-being.