tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101103652024-03-13T07:47:04.683-07:00Journey Together>>Richard JonesThis is a place where we can reflect on our faith journey, add resources and comments and ideas for further thinking, and hopefully relate to each other. This place is specifically targeted toward The Refuge, the alternative worship congregation at Catalina UMC, but anyone is welcome!Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.comBlogger459125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-48145360874034826542011-02-16T14:41:00.000-08:002011-02-16T14:44:18.556-08:00I'm not posting hereAs you may have noticed, I don't use this page any more. You can check out my online comments at my facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/richardleejones">facebook.com/richardleejones</a> or check <a href="http://www.richardleejones.posterous.com">richardleejones.posterous.com</a>.Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-39771946364397591632010-03-04T11:51:00.000-08:002010-03-04T12:11:06.715-08:00God Is Good--Really<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZO57tMrQDR9H9Vlp4-oGR6cr4R5dfKWtiXkCPw6FDprap9sfY43qAPsYulT2MZ1xAgZ5of1raVUPIrwLLvZgMBKMac71WCu8pEeN-JWEYityk2jAewMp4CMdLEUtUU8dcDYP/s1600-h/church-sign.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZO57tMrQDR9H9Vlp4-oGR6cr4R5dfKWtiXkCPw6FDprap9sfY43qAPsYulT2MZ1xAgZ5of1raVUPIrwLLvZgMBKMac71WCu8pEeN-JWEYityk2jAewMp4CMdLEUtUU8dcDYP/s200/church-sign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444870041821348050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">In </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Beautiful-God-Falling-Apprentice/dp/0830835318/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267732789&sr=8-1">The Good and Beautiful God</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, James Bryan Smith says:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"Nearly all ancient religions were built on a narrative that says that we have to do something in order to get the blessings of the gods, and conversely, if we anger the gods we will surely be punished. The narrative can be summed up as, 'God is an angry judge. If you do well, you will be blessed; if you sin, you will be punished."</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Smith goes on to say that this "is the most prevalent narrative about God among Christians."</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I am sorry to say that I think he is right and the photo of the church sign here seems to bear that out. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But is there another way? In the 1600's, George Fox (founder of the Quaker movement) sensed the Holy Spirit say to him: "There is one, even Christ Jesus that can speak to thy condition." Smith applies this thought and says; "I have learned to ask myself this question when it comes to choosing the right narratives about God: </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Is this understanding of God consistent with <span style="font-weight: bold;">the God Jesus revealed</span>?</span><span style="font-family:arial;">"</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">What did Jesus have to say on this subject? Plenty. One of the Scriptures that I think speak to the kind of God Jesus believed in is <a href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=134733237">Luke 13.1-9</a>. This is our Scripture for this Sunday (March 7, 2010) in worship. Join us at 9:30 or 11am!<br />This week's worship bulletin is <a href="http://catumc.org/files/March%207%2010.pdf">here</a>.<br /></span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-53920603065949476162010-02-17T13:43:00.000-08:002010-02-17T13:44:19.401-08:00Youth News for Feb. 17Fruit Gleaning Service Project Sunday February 21<br />2-6pm (dinner is at 5:30)<br />We will gather to pick fruit to benefit Ishkash*taa Refugee Fruit Harvesting Network. Ishkash*taa uses the fruit to benefit refugee families, but also gives produce to 20 different agencies in Tucson (The Community Foodbank, Primavera, Casa Maria, etc.) We will meet in Fellowship Hall at 2pm and will return at 5:30pm and have dinner together. The dinner is free, but we will receive an offering to help with the cost. Yes, youth, YOU can give a couple of bucks towards this, too! This project is for members, visitors, singles, youth, parents, senior adults, families—everyone is invited! <br />Parents, you are invited to join us! We will need you PARENTS to drive! Dress to be outside, and if you have fruit picking implements, bring them. Feel free to invite a friend! This is great for community service hours! We also need plastic milk crates that can be donated to Ishkash*taa. Contact Richard with any questions (403-2403 or richard@catumc.org). You can stay after dinner for awhile if you like and play some basketball or just hang out in the youth room. Richard is closing everything down at 7pm—but the official event is OVER after dinner—probably about 6pm. <br />I am planning for our regular youth group crowd, so parents if you are coming, let me know (that way I can have a good count for dinner). <br /><br />Paintball is being rescheduled to Saturday, April 24. <br />Saturdays this Spring are pretty full. This is the first available date I’ve got, and something might come up on this date. I’ll let you know.<br /><br />Youth Group will not meet on Sunday February 28 (Rodeo weekend). <br /><br />South District Sports Tournament is Sunday, March 7 from 2-7pm. This is an annual event held at St Marks UMC. We compete in 3-on-3 half-court basketball (middle school guys, middle school girls, high school guys, high school girls) and co-ed volleyball.Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-68179928470002109822010-02-17T11:33:00.001-08:002010-02-17T11:37:12.787-08:00An Interesting Map...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/churchd.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 190px;" src="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/churchd.jpeg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I found this Gallup map on Matt Iglesias' blog. The Gallup article is <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/125999/Mississippians-Go-Church-Most-Vermonters-Least.aspx">here</a>.<br />Matt titled his post "Who Goes to Church? Southerners and Mormons". Maybe a more accurate title would be "Who Goes to Church MOST? Southerners and Mormons". The church is not dead and gone in other locales.Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-40988734793458820802010-02-17T11:14:00.000-08:002010-02-17T11:15:40.745-08:00Invitation to a Holy Lent“I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.”<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">from The Book of Common Prayer</span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-34162142999485445132010-02-11T12:39:00.000-08:002010-02-11T12:40:03.003-08:00Catalina Youth NewsHey there, friends! This is just a short note to let you know what is going on!<br /><br />1-Sunday School will meet at 9:30 in E-225. <br /><br />2-Youth group will meet with our regular schedule this week. Dinner is at 5:30 and everything is over at 7:30. Yeah, I know it is Valentine’s Day, but I am celebrating on another day (Friday) and you can, too. We will have some special Valentine’s Day activities and I will have a gift for each of you.<br />3- Fruit Gleaning is February 21!! Here are the details:<br />This is a great opportunity for you to:<br />serve God<br />help people in need<br />get outdoors<br />do some physical activity<br />use what God has given you to benefit others<br />build relationships with people in your church<br />work together as the body of Christ for the kingdom of God<br /><br />What will we do? <br />We will gather at Catalina (in Fellowship Hall) at 2pm and divide into teams. We will travel to various locations and pick fruit from trees. We will gather back at Catalina at 5:30pm for dinner together. (Dinner is free of charge, but we will accept donations to help with the cost--it isn't free to us.) We will see a short video about the work of Ishkash*taa. <br /><br />What do we need?<br />We need workers.<br />We need drivers.<br />We need fruit picking implements.<br />AND<br />We need plastic milk crates!<br /><br />Wear comfortable clothes and shoes to be outdoors working. <br />Contact Richard with any questions: email him (richard@catumc.org) or phone/text him (403-2403).<br /><br />This Sunday, we will have a sign up list so I can get an idea of how many to expect for dinner.<br /><br />4-Paintball will be FRIDAY FEBRUAY 26 [Rodeo] Details to follow.Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-64274571495603309722010-02-11T12:37:00.000-08:002010-02-11T12:38:55.442-08:00Catalina Parents E-News<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> 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mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Here are the announcements I sent the youth: [scroll down for some parenting-type stuff]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">1-Sunday School</b> will meet at 9:30 in E-225.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">2-Youth group</b> will meet with our regular schedule this week.<span style=""> </span>Dinner is at 5:30 and everything is over at 7:30.<span style=""> </span>Yeah, I know it is Valentine’s Day, but I am celebrating on another day (Friday) and you can, too.<span style=""> </span>We will have some special Valentine’s Day activities and I will have a gift for each of you.<o:p></o:p></p> <h3><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">3- <a href="http://richardinaz.blogspot.com/2010/02/fruit-gleaning-is-february-21.html">Fruit Gleaning is February 21!!</a> <span style=""> </span>Here are the details:<br /><span style="color: red;">[***This event is for ALL ages!<span style=""> </span>Parents, YOU are invited—encouraged—to come with us and help with this project!]</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="">This is a great opportunity for you to:</span></i><br /><span style="">serve God</span><br /><span style="">help people in need</span><br /><span style="">get outdoors</span><br /><span style="">do some physical activity</span><br /><span style="">use what God has given you to benefit others</span><br /><span style="">build relationships with people in your church</span><br /><span style="">work together as the body of Christ for the kingdom of God</span><br /><br /><i style=""><span style="">What will we do? </span></i><br /><span style="">We will gather at Catalina (in Fellowship Hall) at 2pm and divide into teams. We will travel to various locations and pick fruit from trees. We will gather back at Catalina at 5:30pm for dinner together. (Dinner is free of charge, but we will accept donations to help with the cost--it isn't free to us.) We will see a short video about the work of </span><a href="http://fruitmappers.org/"><span style="">Ishkash*taa</span></a><span style="">. </span><br /><br /><i style=""><span style="">What do we need?</span></i><br /><span style="">We need workers.</span><br /><span style="">We need drivers.</span><br /><span style="">We need fruit picking implements.</span><br /><span style="">AND</span><br /><span style="">We need plastic milk crates!</span><br /><br /><span style="">Wear comfortable clothes and shoes to be outdoors working. </span><br /><span style="">Contact Richard with any questions: email him (richard@catumc.org) or phone/text him (403-2403).</span><br /><br /><span style="">This Sunday, we will have a sign up list so I can get an idea of how many to expect for dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">4-Paintball</span></b><span style=""> will be FRIDAY FEBRUAY 26 [Rodeo]<span style=""> </span>Details to follow.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">FOR PARENTS<br /><br /><b style="">Teenage girls 'have poorest diet'<span style=""> </span></b><a href="http://foxyurl.com/Pe3">http://foxyurl.com/Pe3</a><b style=""><br /><br />Take your family on this hike </b><a href="http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/HBsouthtrail_8520.asp">http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/HBsouthtrail_8520.asp</a><b style=""> </b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="inside-head"><b style="">Tech-savvy 'iGeneration' kids multi-task, connect</b> <a href="http://ow.ly/15UNw">http://ow.ly/15UNw</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-23544127559021426542010-02-10T10:29:00.000-08:002010-02-10T10:37:51.618-08:00Fruit Gleaning is February 21!!<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a great opportunity for you to:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">serve God</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">help people in need</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">support young people in your church</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">get outdoors</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">do some physical activity</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">use what God has given you to benefit others</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">build relationships with people in your church</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">work together as the body of Christ for the kingdom of God</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">What will we do? </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We will gather at Catalina (in Fellowship Hall) at 2pm and divide into teams. We will travel to various locations and pick fruit from trees. We will gather back at Catalina at 5:30pm for dinner together. (Dinner is free of charge, but we will accept donations to help with the cost--it isn't free to us.) We will see a short video about the work of </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://fruitmappers.org/">Ishkash*taa</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">What do we need?</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We need workers.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We need drivers.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We need fruit picking implements.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">AND</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We need plastic milk crates!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Wear comfortable clothes and shoes to be outdoors working. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Contact Richard with any questions: email him (richard@catumc.org) or phone/text him (403-2403).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This Sunday, we will have a sign up list so I can get an idea of how many to expect for dinner.</span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-62496066265717393322010-02-10T10:16:00.001-08:002010-02-10T10:24:29.460-08:00Transfiguration Sunday February 14, 2010<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday in the church year. This is the last Sunday in the season of Epiphany, and therefore the last Sunday before Lent--which begins with Ash Wednesday (February 17). The Scripture for this Sunday is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=132825924">Luke 9.28-43</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. The worship bulletin is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.catumc.org/files/Feb%2014%2010.pdf">here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. With the conclusion of Transfiguration Sunday, the work of Epiphany is over: Jesus is presented as the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of God. And the Transfiguration story finishes this. Jesus is shown in his heavenly glory and is elevated above Moses and Elijah--the Law and the Prophets. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And the message of the Transfiguration is a fitting introduction to Lent. As we will see this Sunday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Join us for worship at 9:30 or 11</span></span>.Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-41179995053419508852010-02-02T13:25:00.000-08:002010-02-02T13:30:22.281-08:00Jesus Meets Us in Every Day Life<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This week we will continue our study of who Jesus is. Our premise is simple: at Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus (and rightly so), but whose birth is it that we celebrate? The season of Epiphany (which follows Christmas and lasts until Lent) strives to communicate that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, the Messiah. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We have been considering the lectionary texts for the Sundays in Epiphany in our worship. This Sunday the text is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=132146082">Luke 5.1-11</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. This is the story of Jesus calling his first disciples. I think this text tells us about how we, too, can encounter Christ, and how that can lead us forward in our faith journey. Join us Sunday! </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The worship bulletin is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://catumc.org/files/Feb%207%2010.pdf">here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-45845268261125867832010-02-02T11:31:00.000-08:002010-02-02T11:46:41.201-08:00Atheist and Atonement<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://blindbeggar.org/?p=1042">The Blind Beggar blog</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> (say that 5 times really fast) posted this excerpt from an interview with famous author and neo-atheist Christopher Hitchens. <br /></span></span><h2><span style="font-size:85%;">Christopher Hitchens on the Atonement</span></h2> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="postmetadata"><span style="font-size:85%;">Published by Rick Meigs on February 1st, 2010 in <a href="http://blindbeggar.org/?cat=16" title="View all posts in Quotes" rel="category">Quotes</a>.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a> was in Portland recently for a speaking engagement. Unitarian minister Marilyn Sewell interviewed him for a local publication, <em><a href="http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/arts-and-entertainment/category/books-and-talks/articles/christopher-hitchens/">Portland Monthly</a></em>. The interview was pretty much what one would expect, but I did find the following a fascinating observation from Hitchens:</span></p> <blockquote style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Sewell: The religion you cite in your book is generally the fundamentalist faith of various kinds. I’m a liberal Christian, and I don’t take the stories from the scripture literally. I don’t believe in the doctrine of atonement (that Jesus died for our sins, for example). Do you make any distinction between fundamentalist faith and liberal religion?</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">Hitchens: I would say that if you don’t believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again from the dead and by his sacrifice our sins are forgiven, you’re really not in any meaningful sense a Christian.</span></p></blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, I think there are several possible responses to this exchange.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">First, you could say, "That's right!" And in many ways, I would agree with Hitchens about what it means to be a Christian. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Second, you could say "Wait a minute. An atheist is not going to define Christianity for me." And I think that is a valid point too. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Third, I think we must come to terms with the fact that people (yea, our whole culture) HAVE defined Christianity. We all live with that definition whether or not it fits with our personal faith. When you say "Christian", that means something generally to the general public. It might mean something different to you, but in order for language to have meaning, there must be some level of agreement on what the words mean. </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">Does that mean we start calling ourselves something different? This reminds me of the video series "Christfollower vs Christian" (a parody of the Mac vs PC commercials) that you can probably find on Youtube. </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">Or does this mean that we proudly and maybe rebelliously wear the label Christian? Knowing that people are going to judge us anyway, why try to hide? This reminds me of how gay people have taken back the epiphet "queer" and have used it themselves. </span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">I believe strongly that there is a different kind of Christian today--one that is not defined by the religious/political fundamentalism that you find in mainstream America. But in the end, we must admit we are Christian. Maybe we should let how we live define us more than what label we insist on. </span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-38991413977618447342010-01-25T14:27:00.000-08:002010-01-25T14:28:46.408-08:00Snowblast 2010 Photo/Video<script type="text/javascript" src="http://wanimoto.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/4b5e1b14ca86ef48/46928cc51133af17/c894a5e5/-cpid/1daa3e985f6fc285/-EMH/240/-EMW/432/widget.js"></script>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-38251994966274642682010-01-21T14:55:00.000-08:002010-01-21T14:56:07.962-08:00Youth Group News for This WeekWe had a GREAT Snowblast! Thanks to all of you who made it great fun for all!<br />Youth group will meet this Sunday with regular schedule (5:30-7:30)! Everyone join us!<br />I hope to have photos and video from Snowblast ready to show you Sunday night. I’m probably going to wait and put it online AFTER I show it in youth group Sunday.<br />Also, we may have a first look at our winter/spring youth plans. <br />Remember, Sunday School is at 9:30!<br /><br />I’ll see you Sunday!<br /><br />Richard<br />403-2403Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-69642893550771088232010-01-12T14:12:00.000-08:002010-01-12T14:14:07.939-08:00Snowblast 2010 is this weekend!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> 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{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Just a quick note to remind all Catalina youth and parents that youth Sunday School and youth group will NOT be meeting this Sunday, January 17, since many of us will be on Snowblast 2010!!<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Youth group and Sunday School will return to normal schedule on January 24.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">THANKS to all who helped with Project Hospitality!<span style=""> </span>You guys did a great job, worked hard, were friendly hosts, and were a lot of fun to hang out with!<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Richard 403-2403<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Kristin 602-696-5411<o:p></o:p></p>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-20626794407670696992010-01-07T10:14:00.000-08:002010-01-07T10:22:25.153-08:00The Refuge Sunday January 10, 2010<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This week's worship bulletin is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.catumc.org/files/Jan%2010%2010.pdf">here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. This Sunday is part of the season of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_%28holiday%29">Epiphany</a>, which presents Jesus as the Son of God. The Gospel readings during this time include the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, his first miracle, and the Transfiguration. This Sunday, we continue our theme "Who Is Jesus?". We celebrated his birth with much hoopla at Christmas, but whose birth is it that we celebrate? That is our study for the next few weeks. <br />This week, we look at the baptism of Jesus, as found in the Gospel of Luke. The Scripture is <a href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=129888461">Luke 3.15-17, 21-22</a>. Who is Jesus? Jesus is God's dearly loved child. What implication does that have for us? Come and hear about it!<br />We will also observe a traditional reaffirmation of baptism this Sunday.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-79680564280930670732010-01-07T10:06:00.000-08:002010-01-07T10:07:24.904-08:00Youth News for January 10, 2010Here’s the news!<br /><br />Sunday School is at 9:30 in E-225.<br /><br />Regular youth group schedule for this Sunday:<br />5:30 dinner, everything over at 7:30. I think we are planning to do music this Sunday.<br /><br />If you have not registered for Snowblast 2010 yet, I MIGHT be able to add you. Go to http://foxyurl.com/MJA for details. <br /><br />The youth group is hosting and providing meals for Project Hospitality this Friday. All the info is at http://foxyurl.com/NGj .<br /><br />On Sunday, January 17, there will be NO Sunday School and NO youth group—that’s Snowblast 2010!!<br /><br />We’ll see you Sunday!<br /><br />Richard 403-2403<br />KristinRichard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-84911815880834701642010-01-07T09:47:00.000-08:002010-01-07T09:52:26.070-08:00Project Hospitality for Youth Friday January 8<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m sorry this is getting to you so late, but it has been one of those weeks. Here is the scoop for the youth facilitating Project Hospitality at Catalina this Friday:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">What it is: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">During the winter months, more people than maximum capacity seek shelter with the Salvation Army. Various churches agree to house a few men to relieve the overcrowding. Catalina has been doing this for years. The men are screened by the Salvation Army (usually they send out their regulars that they know) and we house and feed 6 men each week. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">What we need:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Set up:</span> I need 2 or 3 people to show up at 5pm on Friday in the church kitchen to help set up E-23 (room next to kitchen) for sleeping and dinner.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dinner:</span> We provide dinner for the 6 men and any of us who are here at the time. I anticipate feeding approximately 12 people. Here is what we need:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">3 boxes of spaghetti (we will cook it at church-it needs to be here by 5:30)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2 pots of sauce (already prepared-can be re-heated at church)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Rolls/bread</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2 large bags of salad</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2 bottles of salad dressing</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Dessert</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Clean up:</span> We will clean up dinner tables and dishes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Overnight:</span> As part of Project Hospitality, we must have someone stay all night. I will be doing this and any interested youth are invited also. However, keep these things in mind:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">You will stay all night. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">You will need to cooperate and help. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">You need to bring sleeping gear because we will sleep.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We will have some work we will be doing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Feel free to bring games or movies.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is not something to bring friends to.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We will be getting up EARLY. Breakfast is at 6:15am—and we must prepare it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Breakfast:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">3 doz eggs</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">3 lb bacon</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">3 cans of biscuits</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2 jugs of juice</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1 gallon milk</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Fruit</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1 tub magarine</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1 large jar of jelly</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">If you plan to come, I need you to bring something. I know this is a rush, but I need to know right away what you can bring so I can resolve any duplicates and know what we don’t have covered. Items can be split up; you can bring 1 dozen eggs, not all 3, etc. You can bring something and leave. You can bring something and stay for part of the time. Obviously, it would be better for me to get the spaghetti sauce covered for sure (since it needs to be prepared ahead of time). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Alright. I THINK that covers it! If you can bring something PLEASE let me know ASAP. You can email me at richard@catumc.org or text or call me at 403-2403. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Richard</span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-53926033062512718122010-01-05T11:04:00.001-08:002010-01-05T11:06:34.188-08:00Truer Words Were Never Spoken--I mean Written<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thisisindexed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/card2341-373x231.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 373px; height: 231px;" src="http://thisisindexed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/card2341-373x231.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />From <a href="http://thisisindexed.com/2010/01/squeal/#comment-107352">here</a>.Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-46664480362567161432009-12-30T10:34:00.000-08:002009-12-30T10:36:09.370-08:00Youth News! 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class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">This Sunday January 3.<span style=""> </span>We will begin with dinner at 5:30, and will be finished by 7:30.<span style=""> </span>We will eat, play some games, discuss, pray, share—all the stuff we do at youth group, only in Richard’s living room.<span style=""> </span>What a great way to END (how sad, I know) your holiday break!<span style=""> </span>Casual, informal, fun—don’t miss it.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><b><span style="">Here are directions:<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span><o:p></o:p></b></span><b></b><span style=""></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">1-Go EAST on Broadway PAST Camino Seco.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><span style="">2-Turn LEFT on to Gollob.<span style=""> </span>Gollob runs between 2 apartment complexes and is the first cross street after Camino Seco.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><span style="">3-Turn LEFT on to E Berkshire Place (this is the first left on Gollob).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">4-My house is the second house on the left (9080 E Berkshire Place). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">If you get lost, </span><b><span style="">call me 403-2403</span></b><span style="">. <span style=""> </span></span><o:p></o:p><span style=""></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="">If you need a ride</span></b><span style=""><span style="">, I will try to arrange it, but it would probably be with a youth. <span style=""> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span><span style=""></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="">Can you bring something? <span style=""> </span></span></b><span style=""><span style="">I could use brownies (or other dessert you eat with your fingers), cut up veggies, cut up fruit.<span style=""> </span>Let me know ASAP if you are bringing something, so I won’t get it at the store.<span style=""> </span>Feel free to bring friends.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><u><span style="">Parents,</span></u></b><u><span style=""> if you are driving your youth, feel free to stay to avoid driving around too much.</span></u><span style=""><span style=""> </span>(Or you could park it up at Safeway and have a Starbucks or at McDonalds, etc)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Brady Bunch","sans-serif";">Middle School Youth Group </span><span style=""><span style="">is Bowling this Sunday!<span style=""> </span>Meet at Lucky Strike (Speedway east of Alvernon) at 5:30.<span style=""> </span>Bring money for bowling and food.<span style=""> </span>Parents are invited to stay and bowl!<span style=""> </span>More info? Call Kristin 602-696-5411.<span style=""> </span>I wonder how many of you can beat Kristin at bowling?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Brady Bunch","sans-serif";">Youth Sunday School </span><span style=""><span style="">begins to meet at 9:30 this Sunday in E-225 (upstairs over library).</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Brady Bunch","sans-serif"; color: red;">Snowblast 2010 </span><span style=""><b style=""><span style="color: red;">registrations are due THIS SUNDAY!!!!</span><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span></b>Info is at <a href="http://foxyurl.com/MJA">http://foxyurl.com/MJA</a><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Brady Bunch","sans-serif";">Project Hospitality</span><span style=""> Friday January 8<span style=""> </span>The youth group will be filling all the spots for Project Hospitality on January 8.<span style=""> </span>Project Hospitality is a ministry of our church that takes 6 men from the Salvation Army shelter (they are too full when it’s cold) and houses and feeds them at our church.<span style=""> </span>That means I will need a couple of you to come set up, a few to bring and serve dinner, a few (actually, anyone who wants to) to stay overnight in the library (kind of like a camp-out/overnighter), a couple to bring and serve breakfast.<span style=""> </span>I will have specifics next week. <span style=""> </span>But think about how you would like to help.<span style=""> </span>Maybe your family or friends would volunteer to bring dinner or breakfast.<span style=""> </span>Let me know!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Brady Bunch","sans-serif";">Read a Psalm,</span><span style=""> high school students!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Brady Bunch","sans-serif";">Christmas Caroling Photos</span><span style=""> are at</span> <a href="http://foxyurl.com/Nd8">http://foxyurl.com/Nd8</a><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Brady Bunch","sans-serif";">We’ll See You Sunday!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Richard 403-2403<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Kristin 602-696-5411<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-69827231615511244322009-12-29T20:33:00.000-08:002009-12-29T20:40:13.908-08:00Epiphany Sunday<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Epiphany is always January 6 (like Christmas is always December 25). It is the celebration in the church that commemorates the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child. An intro to Epiphany can be found in the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.catumc.org/files/Jan%203%2010.pdf">worship bulletin</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Epiphany Sunday is the Sunday nearest Epiphany--so this Sunday (January 3) is Epiphany Sunday. I think Epiphany is a very important observance in the church. Come and find out why this Sunday! The worship bulletin will let you know about our music for this Sunday and give you info about the history and meaning of Epiphany.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Our study from Christmas to Lent is Who Is Jesus? We celebrate the birth of Jesus, but exactly who is it that we are celebrating? On Epiphany Sunday, we consider that Jesus is Lord of all.</span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-65724910449528889462009-12-23T15:13:00.000-08:002009-12-23T15:14:57.165-08:00Catalina Youth: News and PHOTOS!!!<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A few words for this week:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1-Christmas Caroling was great! Honestly, I think it was our best year ever! You guys participated very well, and we were received by our "victims" very enthusiastically!! Photos are at <a href="http://foxyurl.com/Nd8">http://foxyurl.com/Nd8</a> and on my Facebook.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2-Christmas Eve services are 5pm [sanctuary], 9pm [hall], and 11pm [sanctuary].</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">3-No youth group OR Sunday School this Sunday! We WILL be having Sunday morning worship [9:30 and 11]!!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">4-January 3, Sunday School moves to 9:30am.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">5-January 3, high school youth group goes to Richard's house. Word will come on the middle school plan. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">6-I have signed up 20 out of 30 spots for Snowblast 2010. Get your paper and deposit in SOON!! Info is at <a href="http://foxyurl.com/MJA">http://foxyurl.com/MJA</a> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Richard</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">403-2403</span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-47039520531601771932009-12-17T19:03:00.000-08:002009-12-17T19:24:22.340-08:00Advent Week Three: LOVE<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This should be the crowning week of advent; after all, God IS love. Maybe this is why the climactic week is love and week three is joy-although joy is often portrayed as the main emphasis at Advent. The worship bulletin is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.catumc.org/files/Eve%2007.pdf">here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. There will be lots of great music this week, too. </span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-86768940665362246122009-12-17T09:13:00.001-08:002009-12-17T09:15:06.622-08:00The Body of Christ<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.sundaypapers.org.uk/?p=2513">This</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"> is another great post. This one from the blog </span><a style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.sundaypapers.org.uk/">Sunday Papers</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">. </span><br /><br /></span><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">At the first Christmas God didn’t send a book, or a message via a body-less ‘audible’ voice, no text, no website, no thunderbolt but a baby, a vulnerable body. This was the most vulnerable act where this god-child could have been exposed to emotional, physical, sexual and spiritual abuse. </span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">‘The incarnation had nothing to do with theology. It was rather about vulnerability, about letting go, about emptiness, about surrender and none of that is in the head’ Richard Rohr</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The two big events celebrated in the Christian calendar in remembrance of Jesus are united by the centrality of body. The commonalties include, nakedness, vulnerability, letting go and emptiness. At Christmas, the tenderness of new born soft flesh and at Easter, the torn, whipped stripped, beaten and wounded flesh and finally killed body.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Even though body is central to Church celebrations it remains uncomfortable with body and often is intent on rejecting and punishing the body. Society is full of people who are unhappy with body and feel the need to cover it, decorate it, change it, build it, enhance it and wound it. The Church often appears to be in constant conflict with body and continues to struggle to unite sensuality, sexuality and spirituality with sexuality and gender issues still hotly debated often causing disintegration.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">However, when Jesus asked us to re-member him he didn’t ask us to read a book, obey certain laws, recall and repeat special words or perform a ritual. Instead he asked his followers to re-member his body, to embrace body, to eat body, to reconnect with body, to be embodied. </span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">So this incarnation Christ invites us to hold his small vulnerable body and also his whipped, naked, beaten and wounded body. Christ invites us to love body, listen to body, and welcome body and to be tender with body; mine, yours and the body of Christ. </span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This is the body of Christ,<br />We are the body of Christ<br />We are body<br />Body!</span></p> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> This item was posted by James Hawes.</span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-77743721867331578932009-12-17T08:43:00.000-08:002009-12-17T08:46:19.264-08:00The Mood of Advent: We All Need A Savior<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/from-the-imonk-archives-the-mood-of-advent-we-all-need-a-savior">This post</a> is from<a href="http://www.internetmonk.com/"> the Internet Monk blog</a>. I think it speaks for itself. Think about it.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;"><em>Whereas the first week of Advent focuses on the hope of the new creation, the second week looks around at the sinful world we live in now. The mood could not be more different. This is the week we learn to lament. Seeing the evil, corruption, and injustice around us (and in us), we cry out to the King of Righteousness to come and put the world to rights. “Cast out our sin and enter in; be born in us today!” is our prayer.</em></strong></span> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><em>To promote the wholesome practice of lament among God’s people, today we run an iMonk post that Michael wrote in December, 2007.</em></strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">We need a savior.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This is the time that we stop and see that the powers of evil are entrenched in the world. Evil authorities and and evil persons are having their way. A good creation is being ruined. Hearts made for love and light are imprisoned, crying out and empty.<br /><span id="more-5194"></span><br />There is war, terror, the loss of innocence and the curses of ignorance, poverty and death. The wise men of this age are propagating nonsense. Men and women made in God’s image are addicted to the worst the darkness has to offer. They think backwards and cannot find their way out of the dungeon. They have lost their will to live and love, and have settled for the cheapest and palest of imitations.<br />Advent’s darkness includes the failure of religion to bring any light to this fallen and dying world. Religion has become as empty as fool’s errand as can be imagined. The religious take themselves seriously, but the world hears the hollowness of it all.</span> </p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">In the Christian family itself, the prosperity gospel makes a mockery of the very savior it claims to proclaim. Western Christians plunge into the pagan celebration, spending thousands on themselves and their children. We spend enough on our lights to save thousands upon thousands of lives. But those lives are in the darkness of Advent’s waiting. Our “lights” are nothing more than an extension of that darkness. They have nothing to do with the true light that comes to the world.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The real center of Advent’s dark mood is that we need a savior. We who sing and go to church for musicals and eat too much and buy too much and justify the season by our strange measurements of suffering.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">We light candles and wait because, after looking around and taking stock, there should be no doubt that we need a savior.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Ironically, after 2,000 years of offering our Savior to others, we- Christians- need one more than ever. When we mark ourselves has “having” Christ more than “needing” Christ, we miss the Spirit of the Advent season.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Despite the fact that the world needs a savior, those offering him and his story to the world look no more “saved” than anyone else. In fact, with an extra facade of religion or two, we seem to be in every bit as bad a shape as the world we call “lost.”</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The mood of Advent is that we are all lost. Advent isn’t about the “saved” telling the “lost” to “get saved.” Advent is a light that dawns in all of our darknesses. Advent is bread for all of our hungers. Advent is the promise kept for all of us promise-breakers, betrayers and failures.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Can we find a way to celebrate Advent as those who NEED to be saved? As those who NEED a savior? Not as those who know for certain that someone else does?</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Scripture says that we who had not received mercy have now received mercy. Those who were nobodies are now the people of God.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The key to Advent is not living as if we are the people of God and always have been. The key is to live as if we need a Savior, and he has come to us, found us, saved us and is there for everyone in the world.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The mood of Advent isn’t “come be religious like us.” It is “We are all waiting for our Savior to be born. Let us wait together. And when he comes, let us recognize him, together.”</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">When the day dawns, let us all receive him. We go to the manger and worship. We give to him our gifts. We take his light to the poor.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Until then, we are the poor, the weak, the blind, the lonely, the guilty and the desperate. We light candles because we who are in darkness are in need of a great light. We need a savior.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">So we wait amidst the ruins, we protect the lights we hold in hope. We sing to one who is coming. We look and wonder. We pray for his star to take us, once again, to the miracle.</span></p>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10110365.post-76444780172421916112009-12-02T19:27:00.000-08:002009-12-02T19:33:59.184-08:00The Second Sunday of Advent<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This Sunday, the second Sunday of Advent, the traditional theme is peace. Peace. Don't we need it? In all its many forms. Will there ever be peace in our world? Will there ever be peace in my life? Peace. Jesus is called Prince of Peace. Jesus will bring peace. Can I have a down payment or an installment now? The Scriptures for this Sunday are:</span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=126811120">Isaiah 2.1-5</a><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=126811146">Isaiah 9.2-7</a><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=126811171">Luke 1.67-79</a><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=126811196">Isaiah 32.16-17 </a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The worship bulletin is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.catumc.org/files/Dec%206%2009.pdf">here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span></span>Richard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976799521259437606noreply@blogger.com0