Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This is the 200th edition of during the past, nearly, 17 years. Mike Stern and Bill Jolliff were featured performers of a concert in support of the World Friendship Center, Hiroshima, Japan.
In August of 1965, the center was founded and dedicated by a Quaker, Barbara Reynolds, as a place for building friendships, one at a time, promoting peace in the world without nuclear weapons.
Bill Jolliff is a frequent featured performer at the Annual Song & Story Fest preceding the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference. Bill Jolliff shares songs that he has written as well as, 'There's Sunshine in My Soul, Today,' by Maria Good, written in 1888. Bill indicated that he could identify with this song, being a professor of English at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. He teaches American Literature, Poetry Writing and Literary Criticism. Bill uses these gifts in the creation of songs, with many, translated by the banjo.
Mike Stern was featured in the January 2022 Brethren Voices. His song, "As If the Flowers Knew", provides the musical introduction to this program with video provided by Brent Carlson of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan. Mike spent many years as a Family Nurse Practitioner and recently has been working on creating a couple of song books for his creations. Mike is known for his songs of peace, justice, wonder, compassion, and love. This program is hosted by Producer and Editor, Ed Groff.
TAGS: World Friendship Center, Hiroshima, Japan; Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park; Barbara Reynolds; Brethren Volunteer Service; George Fox University; Mike Stern; Bill Jolliff; Peace; Nuclear Free World; Songs of Peace, Justice, Compassion and Love; "There's Sunshine in My Soul, Today."
This is the 200th edition of during the past, nearly, 17 years. Mike Stern and Bill Jolliff were featured performers of a concert in support of the World Friendship Center, Hiroshima, Japan.
In August of 1965, the center was founded and dedicated by a Quaker, Barbara Reynolds, as a place for building friendships, one at a time, promoting peace in the world without nuclear weapons.
Bill Jolliff is a frequent featured performer at the Annual Song & Story Fest preceding the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference. Bill Jolliff shares songs that he has written as well as, 'There's Sunshine in My Soul, Today,' by Maria Good, written in 1888. Bill indicated that he could identify with this song, being a professor of English at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. He teaches American Literature, Poetry Writing and Literary Criticism. Bill uses these gifts in the creation of songs, with many, translated by the banjo.
Mike Stern was featured in the January 2022 Brethren Voices. His song, "As If the Flowers Knew", provides the musical introduction to this program with video provided by Brent Carlson of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan. Mike spent many years as a Family Nurse Practitioner and recently has been working on creating a couple of song books for his creations. Mike is known for his songs of peace, justice, wonder, compassion, and love. This program is hosted by Producer and Editor, Ed Groff.
TAGS: World Friendship Center, Hiroshima, Japan; Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park; Barbara Reynolds; Brethren Volunteer Service; George Fox University; Mike Stern; Bill Jolliff; Peace; Nuclear Free World; Songs of Peace, Justice, Compassion and Love; "There's Sunshine in My Soul, Today."
