Watering the Sacred

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Rev. Milly Silencio talks to Noemi Córdova, founder of FLORA Ministries, which supports immigrant families and mobilizes the Church to build with their communities

 
 

Faith, Love, Outreach, Restoration, Advancing the Gospel—these are the stated values of FLORA Ministries, founded by Noemi Córdova. Based out of Expansion Church in Queens, New York, the organization “supports immigrant families and mobilizes the Church to build with their communities.” In this episode of OP Talk, Rev. Milly Silencio talks to Córdova, who is “passionate about working alongside others and seeing people come together to foster hope in their communities.”

 
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Noemi Córdova

Noemi Córdova is the founder of FLORA, a grassroots ministry supporting immigrant families and mobilizing the church to build with their communities. She is currently pursuing her MDiv at Fuller Theological Seminary. A pastor, mobilizer, and Spanglish speaker, Cordova is an immigrant from Lima, Peru and rooted in Queens, New York. Her faith is what fuels her heart for advocacy and community development.

 
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Miluska Aquije

Rev. Miluska (Milly) Aquije is many things. As an educator, a spiritual advisor, a mentor, and a Dreamer—among so much else—Rev. Aquije supports her community with a unique passion and vibrancy. Her current professional experience includes serving as the Discipleship Pastor with Reconcile Brooklyn and as the founder of Hoping Greatly, where she uplifts others through her story of resilience as an undocumented immigrant. She holds degrees from Nyack College and Hunter College, as well as being a licensed clergy with the Evangelical Covenant Church. Rev. Aquije has served church plants in youth ministry since 2005, has been active in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) campus ministry, and is co-founder as an IVCF alumni of The Mentor Movement. She worked in higher education administration at Hunter College, served as an enrollment manager, faculty, and youth seminary coordinator for City Seminary of New York (CSNY). As part of CSNY, she was a researcher with Dr. Maria Liu Wong & Dr. Geomon George on “Engaging the Present and Envisioning the Future: Leadership Development in an Urban Youth Seminary.” In her free time, she can be found catching up on anime, and coaching the next generation over a delicious NYC meal discovery. More about Rev. Aquije's journey can be found at hopinggreatly.com.

 
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