Voices Among Us: A Community Panel on Sacred Influencers

For our final week, we invite members of the Arapaho community to share the voices that have shaped their own faith journeys. In this panel conversation, we'll hear diverse stories of how books, mentors, theologians, and unexpected guides have helped our own community members navigate their paths of faith and justice with words that arrived at just the right moment. These testimonies remind us that God speaks through many voices to shape our understanding. This participatory conclusion to our series embodies what we've been learning all along—that we don't journey alone, but are carried by a "great cloud of witnesses" (Hebrews 12:1-2). As we listen to each other's stories, we'll also recognize our own calling to become influencers—not through followers or platforms, but through faithful presence and love in action. Drawing from 1 Peter 2:9-10, we'll reflect on how we are all "called out of darkness into God's wonderful light" not just for ourselves, but to enlighten the world, just as God enlightens us through our influences. The question isn't whether we will influence others, but what kind of influence we will have. Together, we'll explore how we might carry forward the wisdom we've received, adding our own voices to the chorus of those who point the way toward God's dream for our world.