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Together we can do more!
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Check out the Facebook page to see the most current information and to interact with other youth and youth ministries across our District: www.facebook.com/CDYouth
Meet your District Youth Coordinator:
Rob Phillips is the Director of Youth Ministries at White Plains UMC and has been active in Conference youth ministry since the 20th Century! Rob previously served as District Coordinator of the Raleigh District and is excited to be building a new leadership team for the Capital District. Contact Rob at email@example.com to get involved.
We have scheduled our 2013 event for Sunday, August 18 from 4-7PM. This year the event is sponsored by Well-Seasoned Youth Ministry (Lee Barnes) and the Capital District of the UMC as well as our Raleigh Area youth worker’s fellowship (YOWO) and will take place at Millbrook UMC.
We will have multiple equipping sessions for youth and adults and some form of meal/refreshments will be provided. The cost is only $10 per person and advance reservation is encouraged!
We are currently discerning a leadership team of paid ministry leaders, youth, parents and adult volunteers. This leadership team will vision and implement systems and events that will help us keep the connection strong. Together we can do more. To find out more about this team contact Rob at firstname.lastname@example.org
Learn more about conference youth events and projects on the Conference Youth web site.


LifeTalk Resource Center’s purpose is to offer compassionate and comprehensive guidance regarding pregnancy, sexual health, life and marriage. Our diagnostic services and educational programs help women and men make informed choices.
LifeTalk offers free pregnancy testing, limited ultrasounds, STD testing, pre-abortion screenings, abortion education, and someone to talk to when you need it most. We also offer free baby items when the financial burden becomes overwhelming.
We know that you may be facing a life changing choice, and we are here to help walk you through your options. Our staff and volunteers are trained, equipped, and dedicated to offer you a safe and comfortable place to ask questions and get answers. All this we do with the love of Christ.


Heart to Heart Home Health Care
now offers Skilled Nursing and Therapy Services
We are a Christian based company. Providing quality home care for the aged and disabled
A Little about the creator
Heart to Heart Home Healthcare was founded by a woman with a passion for helping people and a vision for providing in-home assistance on a more personal level. Her journey began with her being asked to care for a women. It was such a blessing to be there to help this woman and the family. The family became an extended family. Then other families became extended families. And she learned that caring for people was what she was meant to do. This lead to the opening of Heart to Heart Home Health Care.
Heart to Heart's mission is to provide professional and paraprofessional services to patients in their homes assisting them to achieve the highest level of potential in their day-to-day self-care activities. We are committed to providing high quality, multidisciplinary care by professionals. We recognize the need for comprehensive assessments of the clients, their families, and a professional's point of view.
Our professional and dependable Nursing staff and caregivers are available for you and your loved ones as long as necessary. 24hours a day 7 days a week including weekends and holidays. Should the need arise, our caregivers are available in your home, hospital or other facility.


Ryuujin Posted February 10, 2002 Share Posted February 10, 2002 [font=chasm extended]I have a question about Ninja Ressurection. Is it a sequel of Ninja Scroll? I was looking at the synopsis of it and it said Jebei, which is the name of the charcter in Ninja Scroll.[/font] [i]"Join a nightmarish journey through faith and betrayal as the infamous warrior [b]Jubei[/b] confronts the ultimate evil! Japan, 1614--the Tokugawa Shogunate bans the practice of Christianity and ruthlessly slaughters its adherents. The scattered survivors place their faith in a prophecy of salvation: a Child of Heaven will be born to deliver the faithful from their enemies. Yet hidden within the same prophecy is a dark omen. For it is written that, should the promised savior falter, he will be reborn as Satan. Now a new leader, Shiro Amakusa, has arisen to challenge the Shoguns power. The followers of Christ believe their savior has appeared. However, unspeakable treachery lurks within the Christian stronghold, and the blood-soaked horror of the prophecy is unleashed in "Ninja Resurrection!" Contains both horror-filled episodes, "Revenge of Jubei" and "Hells Spawn."[/i] [font=chasm extened][url=http://www.uln.com/cgi-bin/vlink/702727000522IE.html]Ninja Ressurection[/url][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The “Next Step Conference” is charged with the atmosphere of expectation. The combination of the globally minded Christians in the audience, world recognized Christian leaders on the stage and Heaven inspired worshipers at the music instruments creates the presence of the Holy Spirit and unleashes God’s power to transform, inspire and restore our lives.
It’s a moment you don’t want to miss! Expect the miraculous! It’s YOUR date with God!


The love of life is a precious gift, whether it is love from a parent to a child, from a child to a parent, or from the angelic realm to the Earth realm. Love is love. It is universal. It is unconditional when treated and shared with pureness of divine light. It is radiant and glorious and feeling. The love that is to be shared between, among, and around the inhabitants of the Earth must be as pure as the love God has given to you.
So many want to know the meaning of love yet, so many do not know how to define this word because it cannot be defined in words. Love must be defined in a visual manner. In order to explain about love is to show love to yourself and each other. My thoughts are as pure as Christ when I write these words, for love is unconditional. Love has no demands placed upon it. It is not always reciprocal, for one can show love to oneself or to another, but there may not be a receipt of love back; not immediately anyway. To share love is to show by example, not placing demands on the person(s) receiving that love and being true and honest in your feelings. Love is free to give and receive-no holds barred.
When one gives love to another, is it without reservation? Is it without attachments? This is going to be a tough question to answer, for everyone comes with their own “baggage” so to speak. Everyone enters into a relationship with their own experiences and knowledge from the past of what is right and what is not so right within a relationship. The key is to weed out or reflect upon the things that are not so right.
Why is it that we place the most wonderful experiences and feelings of a relationship to the back of our minds to focus instead on the less than appealing aspects? This needs to be done in the reverse. Why look at the worst first? Focus in upon the moments that cause immense joy, the tender moments, the loving caresses, looks, and words. This brings joy to your heart. This is the love that begins to build within your heart. This is where the focus of a relationship should be headed toward.
Let love in a relationship. Let the love replace the thoughts of negativity. Focus in on the positive, on the happiness, on the joy. This is love at its finest!


Hotel Flamingo in Pelion will organize a variety of tourist activities in Pelion focusing on monuments and sights of religious importance. The Orthodox monuments and the influence of the Byzantine art are visible everywhere in Pelion.
The church of Metamorphosis is built on the site of an old monastery dating back in 1168 AD. The church of Agia Kyriaki (Saint Sunday) was built around 1740 AD. It has gold plated carved icon screens. The church of Agios Georgios (Saint George) was built between 1762 and 1792 under the concern of the native Patriarch Callinicus. It’s a typical church of local architecture. The church of Agia Paraskevi (Saint Friday) built in 1803 AD has icons of Russian origin. The chapels of Agios Nicolaos built in 1651 and Agios Ioannis Prodromus built in the late 17th century in Chorefto are only the beginning of our journey.


It’s about what Jesus did for you and me! Let us start with some background. Last week, we looked at how Jesus had ridden a donkey into Jerusalem. A large crowd celebrated His arrival by spreadin’ out palm leaves and singin’ Hosanna! Palm Sunday! It was quite a day. And then, Jesus spent the week in preparation for what must come.
On Thursday evening, Jesus observed what most folks know today as the Lord’s Supper. He met with His disciples in an upper room that had been prepared for them. It was His Last Supper.
It’s one of two ordinances given us by Jesus. (The other is Baptism; a public profession of one’s faith in Christ) He instructed the disciples to eat of the bread which represented His body that was given for us and to drink of the fruit of the vine for it represented His blood poured out.
He announced that one would betray Him. Judas was that one.
After the meal, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus informed them that they would all deny Him. Peter, and then all the disciples, couldn’t believe how that could be possible! Jesus told Peter he would deny Jesus 3 times before the rooster crowed.
Then, Jesus and the disciples went to Gethsemane. He told them to sit tight while He went to talk to His Father. Three were to keep watch but three times, Jesus found them asleep.
It was then that Judas came charging up the hill with a large group intent upon arresting Jesus. They grabbed Him and Peter proceeded to cut off the ear of one of the soldiers. Jesus stopped the action and healed the man’s ear.
Jesus was taken to Caiaphas, the High Priest. Peter denied knowing Christ. Jesus was asked if He was the Christ, the Son of God. And He acknowledged that He was.
Peter denied Christ three times that night, just as Jesus had said he would.
The religious leaders eventually took Jesus to the governor, Pilate, to have Him killed as they didn’t have the authority. Pilate asked Jesus if He was the King of the Jews and Jesus didn’t defend Himself. Pilate didn’t want this mess on his hands, so he offered a choice of releasing Barrabas. They chose to release Barrabas. Pilate was shocked; he washed his hands of the whole thing. The crowd was demanding Jesus be crucified.
So they beat Jesus with whips and turned Him over to be crucified. They stripped Him, put a scarlet robe on Him, and placed a crown of thorns on His head. They were yelling out things and they spit on Jesus.
Jesus was beaten so bad he could not carry His own cross! At Golgotha, the soldiers nailed Jesus’ hands and feet to the cross and a sign was put above Him that said, “This is Jesus, King of the Jews.” There were two robbers being crucified beside Him.
An unusual thing happened. As Jesus was on the cross, from noon until about three, the sky was dark! Jesus, let out, “It is finished!” and then Jesus died! Immediately there was a major earthquake, rocks and the ground split, and the curtain to the veil to the Temple split open. Jesus was then buried was wrapped in a white cloth and placed in a tomb and sealed with a huge rock. Jesus was dead and gone. Guards were placed in front of the tomb.
But at dawn on Sunday morning, Jesus wasn’t there He had risen! They then went to find the disciples to tell them and as they did they saw Jesus!
Jesus is alive! He Lives! They beat Him bad, nailed Him to a cross, killed Him, buried Him, sat guards on His grave, but He came back! He truly is the Son of God! He did it all to pay for our sins. Forty days later, He went to be with His Father and Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to be with us.
I ride for Him! And when the time comes, we will be with Him in heaven.
Choose Jesus, choose life and let your light shine! And find a Bible believin’ church where you “fit in” and know, grow, and follow Christ! Tell others! See y’all at church and keep PRAYIN’ for HIS HARVEST! And hey, y’all let us all be of one accord and pray for some rain on this parched land! Amen!
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What We Do
Purpose Bound is a non-profit Christian ministry organization that offers unique travel experiences designed to accelerate the spiritual growth of its participants. Our core experiences are weekend and week-long sailing excursions that combine the elements of a retreat, a mission trip, and a travel adventure living on a sailboat and exploring the mainland…
Participants engage in discussion-based studies, and enjoy prayer, worship and personal reflection time in a beautiful ocean setting. We venture into the heart of local poverty, where participants serve and engage in hands-on mission work. Participants also experience area life and culture, and have the opportunity to see God’s creation up close through hiking, snorkeling, sailing and more. Individuals and smaller groups can select from our scheduled trips for 7-10 participants, and groups of any size can have a custom-designed trip created just for them.
Coastal Southern California and the Caribbean were specifically chosen as the perfect locales for our program for several reasons. Leaving routine, familiarity and distractions far behind, participants step into an environment highly conducive to their growth as Christians. The natural beauty of these areas provide the perfect setting for the uninterrupted time of introspection, inspiration, rejuvenation and transformation needed for deep spiritual growth. At the same time, these areas allow participants to experience a wide variety of cultural diversity, paralleling that found in poverty stricken nations around the world. These special places where land, sky and ocean meet provide many other unique experiential learning options. Both of these areas are conveniently accessed from the U.S., and in terms of international travel, the Caribbean islands we visit are considered very safe.
Overall, each Purpose Bound trip is designed to be a life-changing experience resulting in significant personal growth and development as a Christian. By impacting participants, we hope they will be better prepared to impact others. At its core, our goals are to help each participant discover or re-discover their life purpose, mobilize them to action within the Christian service community, and create lasting connections with fellow believers. Ultimately, it is our prayer that each participant undergo deep transformation and lasting change. Our mission will be accomplished if each participant returns home completely committed to leading a life of purpose, and prepared to immediately put to use their unique gifts and talents for God’s kingdom work.
Who We Are
Purpose Bound is led by a small group of strong believers who love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind and strength, and who feel called to help others fulfill the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. This group possesses a synergistic mix of education, experience and Christian ministry involvement that includes titles like director of global orphan care, high school ministry leader, Christian elementary school teacher and Christian music producer. Formally, we operate as Purpose Bound, Inc., an Arizona-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization governed by a slate of three directors: Sam Ciatu, Alan Zeigler, and Ashley Ciatu. Sam Ciatu serves as the organization’s President and Executive Director…
Sam Ciatu is a multi-faceted and seasoned business professional experienced in a variety of disciplines stemming from his marketing, law and tax law degrees. Along with his corporate law practice background, he brings to the organization experience in marketing, management, finance, public relations, event management, investor relations, tax matters, web design, IT, and entrepreneurial start-ups. In addition to his law practice, his more recent activities have included serving as the Executive Director of a semi-private non-profit engaged in global orphan care, and serving as Chief Operating Officer of a multi-faceted charitable organization.
Sam spent 29 years of his professional life in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he was saved and began attending Scottsdale Bible Church. There, he became heavily involved in the high school ministry, served as a children’s camp counselor and served in the singles ministry. In 2006, he built a Christian recording studio and indie record label, and was involved in local Christian concert promotion. He relocated to Southern California in early 2011 to be near his recently graduated daughter in L.A. and to explore new career directions where his skills and experience could be used for more meaningful purposes.
Given up for adoption by his single mother at birth, Sam has always had a special place in his heart for fellow orphans and other impoverished children, particularly those not blessed with a wonderful adoptive family and opportunities like he was. Sam also fell in love with the people of the Caribbean in over a dozen visits there over the years, and has always felt led to serve there in some way. Thus was born the vision of Purpose Bound.
Sam currently splits his time between Scottsdale, Arizona, and Laguna Beach, California. He is a member of Saddleback Church in Orange County, where he has been involved in several ministries. He enjoys spending time with his daughter and her husband as well as other family and friends in both California and Arizona, and regularly partakes of fitness and outdoor activities.
Statement of Faith
Simply stated, we adhere to mainstream evangelical Christian beliefs based on the Holy Bible – no more and no less. If you are familiar with the statements of faith of churches like Saddleback and Harvest, or the teachings of Billy Graham, Greg Laurie, and Rick Warren, then you know what we believe. That said, here is our humble attempt to outline our basic beliefs…
God is the creator and ruler of the universe. He has eternally existed in three persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and are one God.
Man is made in the spiritual image of God, to be like him in character. He is the supreme object of God’s creation. Although man has tremendous potential for good, he is born with an inherent attitude of disobedience toward God called “sin.” This attitude separates man from God.
Man was created to exist forever. He will either exist eternally separated from God by sin or in union with God through forgiveness and salvation. To be eternally separated from God is hell. To be eternally in union with him is eternal life. Heaven and hell are places of eternal existence.
About Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He is co-equal with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Jesus lived a sinless human life and offered himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all men by dying on a cross. He arose from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended to heaven’s glory and will return again to earth to reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Salvation is a gift of grace from God to man. Man can never make up for his sin by self-improvement or good works – only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God’s offer of forgiveness can man be saved from sin’s penalty. Eternal life begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ into his life by faith.
About Eternal Security
Because God gives man eternal life through Jesus Christ, the believer is secure in salvation for eternity. Salvation is maintained by the grace and power of God, not by the self-effort of the Christian.
About The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is equal with the Father and the Son as God. He is present in the world to make men aware of their need for Jesus Christ. He also lives in every Christian from the moment of salvation. He provides the Christian with power for living, understanding of spiritual truth, and guidance in doing what is right. The Christian seeks to live under his control daily.
About The Bible
The Bible is God’s word to all men. It was written by human authors, under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is the supreme source of truth for Christian beliefs and living. Because it is inspired by God, it is truth without any mixture of error.
Baptism by immersion symbolizes the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus and is your public declaration that you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. Baptism does not save you, but shows the world that you have already been saved. And while baptism is not required for salvation, it is a biblical command and demonstrates your love and obedience to Christ.
Communion, or the Lord’s Supper, is an ordinance given to all believers by Jesus Christ to remember his sacrifice for us and to symbolize the new covenant. The elements of bread and wine or juice are symbols of Christ’s broken body and shed blood. Communion is not a means of salvation. Rather, it is a testament of a believer’s faith in the atoning work of the cross.
Join Our Team
Purpose Bound is always interested in talking with solid Christian leaders who would like to become a part of the team. Two primary roles are filled for each and every sailing experience: the Trip Leader, an internship position, and the Vessel Skipper, a paid position. Both of these positions are described below. Administrative positions may also be posted on this site from time to time.
Trip Leader Internship
The internship position we offer to serve as Trip Leader is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You will live and work on a sailing vessel in a beautiful locale, serving as trip leader and trainer as well as facilitator of all missions work, shore excursions and water sports. You will also serve as the Vessel Skipper’s sailing “mate”, sharing cooking and other simple tasks benefitting program participants. While this position is non-paying, we cover the costs of your travel to and from the departure port, as well as room and board before, after and during the voyage. The chosen candidate(s) for this position will have exceptional leadership skills and significant experience speaking in front of groups of fellow believers. This position is ideal for a recent seminary/bible school graduate; a youth, college or young adult pastor; or an experienced lay leader. Familiarity with “purpose driven life” and “S.H.A.P.E.” principles is required. The internship is designed to last for multiple voyages, so a flexible schedule is required.
Our Vessel Skipper is a paid position with compensation based on a per-voyage basis. The cost of your travel to and from our departure port is also provided, as is room & board for the duration of the journey. This position is for an experienced professional sailor only, and one who understands that the safety and security of those on board is their first priority. The minimum requirements for this position are either a United States Coast Guard Captain’s License or an International Yachmasters Certification, along with a significant and demonstrable track record of skippering charters or full-time sailing vessels. In addition, our Vessel Skipper must have an active CPR certification from the U.S. Red Cross, as well as a first aid certificate. The Vessel Skipper must be capable of basic vessel maintenance, including engines and electronics. You will work hand-in-hand with the Trip Leader in readying the vessel for the journey, purchasing food and other supplies, assisting with program participant transfers, performing cooking, cleaning the vessel, and willingly handling all other tasks on- or off-vessel necessary to provide program participants the utmost voyage experience. Tourism and hospitality industry experience would be a plus. When not piloting the vessel, the Vessel Skipper is also expected to participate or assist in program training, mission service and other voyage activities. The Vessel Skipper must be a U.S. citizen.
Core Values of All Team Members
At Purpose Bound, we recognize that certain core values need to be present to stay true to our vision and mission. While there are many words that describe who we are and what we do, the following core values are shared by every member of the team:
Service Everything we do at Purpose Bound has a purpose and a reason. We are here to serve. We serve each other and we serve those we come in contact with. We want to be known as people of love and one of the ways we can clearly show love is by serving everyone we meet with the same kind of love God has shown all of us.
“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.” 1 Peter 4:10
Authenticity We believe that Christians should manifest authenticity with God, within themselves, and with others. An authentic life is characterized by personal integrity, honesty, wholeness, and genuine friendships. We seek to mold, shape and develop this idea of authenticity in and through Purpose Bound.
“Our lives in this world, and especially our relations with you, have been ruled by God-given frankness and sincerity.” 2 Corinthians 1:12
Excellence We believe that excellence honors God and inspires people from all walks of life. We aggressively seek excellence in all we do. From day one we will expect nothing but the very best God has given you. Whether it is leading participants or tending to the ordinary, we value bringing God our “A” game in all that we do.
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.” Colossians 3:23,24
Teamwork At Purpose Bound we believe in the power of teams. This is why everything we do as a staff and crew is done in a team–focused environment. We believe there is stronger potential for learning and ultimately a higher impact in teams.
“In Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” Romans 12:5
Support Our Ministry
“We must support believers who go on trips like this so that we can work together with them in spreading the truth.” 3 John 1:8 (GW)
We are currently seeking an individual or team of ministry partners to assist with the following needs…
(1) Monthly tithe to support ministry leaders and cover certain other on-going administrative costs.
(2) Several one-time gift amounts to cover specific start-up costs.
(3) Mini-loans to cover the cost of boat charter deposits pending the receipt of participant trip fees.
(4) Donating the use of a home, condo, office or sailboat docked in or near the Virgin Islands or St. Martin or in the Orange County or L.A. area.
If you share our heart for the concept of this ministry and feel led to consider some form of financial support, simply contact us and we will provide you further details about our needs.
*Legal Notice: This is simply a notification of ministry needs to a limited audience of fellow Christians who are inclined to seek out and support ministries like this, and is not a general or specific solicitation for donations from the general public.


3 edition of Five sermons, preached before His Majesty at Whitehall found in the catalog.
Five sermons, preached before His Majesty at Whitehall
|Other titles||Study of quiet, in two sermons, Two sermons, of prayer to God, and of hearing his word, preached at Whitehall before the King in Lent, Study of quiet, in two sermons., Two sermons, of prayer to God, and of hearing his word, preached at Whitehall before the King in Lent.|
|Statement||by the right reverend father in God, B. Lord Bishop of Ely.|
|Series||Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 986:3.|
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|Pagination||, 150 p.|
|Number of Pages||150|
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According to his testimony, Kendall came to a conviction regarding Born: July 13, (age 84), Ashland, Kentucky. SERMON PREACHED AT THE BANQUETING HOUSE, WHITEHALL. It was, as King James himself put it forty years before his son’s death, ‘the ordinance of God’. Down the centuries, the sermons preached on this day have often been political and frequently concerned to uphold episcopacy.
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Authority Is Given By Others
A definition of authority is “the right to act in a specified way, delegated from one person or organization to another”. People are not born with this power. Delegation of authority is necessary to have credibility. I learned this lesson the hard way. I thought I deserved authority because of my position. My early leadership style was one of demands of my subordinates, nothing more than a top down command driven fiasco, which no one respected. I am glad I now understand the power of being given authority.
We all have been given authority by someone
- Jesus was given all authority in heaven and on earth by God.
- Leaders are given authority to run a company.
- The government has been given authority by the votes of the nation.
The responsibility of authority
The bottom line: If a person has authority, they also have accountability. Here is an example of how this accountability works for me:
- I ask my team do take on a large problem.
- If my team succeeds, I give them the credit. It is due to their hard work and diligence.
- If my team fails, I take the blame for the failure. I authorized the plan, the work effort, and am accountable for the outcome.
I never want to misuse authority for personal gain. Instead, I want to be faithful in what was entrusted to me. Here are some verses in the bible that speaks about authority that are humbling to me:
Ephesians 6:1-4 - Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Romans 13:1 - Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
Psalm 32:8-11 - I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.


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The Diocese of Buffalo has introduced a new app that aims to reinvigorate the Catholic faith in the Diocese
Through the app, users can access diocesan news, events, resources, and other helpful information. The app also includes a directory of parishes and schools in the diocese, as well as links to diocesan social media accounts and websites. Additionally, users can access Mass times and locations, Catholic radio and television programming, and more. The app also features links to the diocese’s Catholic Charities, as well as information about upcoming events and retreats. The Diocese of Buffalo’s app is a great resource for Catholics of all ages to stay connected to their faith and community.


M Mark Driscoll Audio Are you suffering? M Mark Driscoll Audio A man had been an invalid for thirty-eight years until Jesus healed him. Like every good parent, God is a Father who needs to be respected if you are to learn, grow, and mature. For starters, it is possibly that the story was not originally even part of the Bible. He multiplies it to feed a multitude.
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M, mark Driscoll Audio At The Trinity Church, Pastor Mark Driscoll takes us through the John's Gospel. In response, Peter took a step of faith and also walked on water until fear began to sink him. There is a man named John the Baptizer whom Jesus called the greatest man who has ever lived. But, in addition to physical blindness he also suffered from spiritual blindness which was healed. Guests: Andrew Hess, Mark Driscoll, Martha Krienke and Dax Bushway Feb 14, 2013 Father Knows Best: Episode 263 Parents speak into their kids' dating choices, plus Paul and Virginia Friesen embrace the role of mate screeners, and a question about dating an 18 year old.
Did you know that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep? Learn the secret to Jesus suffering so that your woeful days can be used by God in wonderful (Mark Driscoll). How are your relationships? M Mark Driscoll Audio This is a face-melting sermon about the repentance of sin, humility in ministry, Kingdom of God as the only alternative to the dumpster fire that is culture, and the wrath of God which. What is the proper way to face suffering and death? Although they had no money, power, or fame they did have the Holy Spirit.
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In this weeks sermon, Pastor Mark has his work cut out trying to first explain how we got the Bible and why we can trust. One key to every healthy relationship is being a good listener. In John 9, Jesus heals a man blind from birth. Have the cartoonish images of diaper wearing chubby baby cherubs sitting on fluffy clouds playing harps forever got you less than excited for eternity? Pastor Mark Driscoll is a Jesus-following, mission-leading, church-serving, people-loving, Bible-preaching pastor. In this Sundays sermon, Seven Reasons to Forgive, you will learn that forgiveness is a gift will completely transform (Mark Driscoll).
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Bonn Minster is a magnificent Roman Catholic minor basilica with a rich history, in the city’s historic downtown. It was built between the 11th and 13th centuries, first as a Roman temple and then it was used as a Christian church. According to legend, the martyrs Saints Cassius and Florentius were beheaded for their religious beliefs at the current location of the Bonn Minster.
With its beautiful Romanesque symmetry and intricate façade, this 11th-century building is one of the city’s finest Roman Catholic monuments. The minster’s site has been sacred for over 2,000 years, with its early foundations belonging to a Roman temple. Later, it became a Christian church and a shrine to Cassius and Florentius, two Christian Roman martyrs.
Stroll around the building to take in its ornate Romanesque details. The west end is the oldest, whereas the east end has a wide modernized plaza. Admire the basilica’s breathtaking central tower, which rises 315 feet (96 meters) into the sky. Check out the sculptures of the heads of Cassius and Florentius in the plaza. These sculptures were added in 2002 and represent the two soldiers who were martyred on this site for their religious beliefs around A.D. 235.


St Giles-in-the-Fields Parochial Charities
Welcome! We administer two charities with historic links with the churches of St Giles-in-the-Fields and St George’s Bloomsbury, London.
The St Giles-in-the-Fields & Bloomsbury United Charity (Charity Registration No: 1111908) for relief of poverty, and
the St Giles-in-the-Fields & William Shelton Educational Charity for the promotion of education (broadly defined) (Charity Registration No: 111907)
Our origins date from the fifteenth century. We make a range of grants to support individuals, projects, organisations and schools. Our main areas of activity are in promoting education and relieving need. The United Charity also administers St Giles-in-the-Fields Almshouses, situated just off Drury Lane, Covent Garden.
Before you apply, please check whether your are eligible for funding from our charities. Our area of benefit is strictly defined (we may only consider applications originating within this area of central London.) Click below to see the maps:
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A Pilgrim Song
1-2 I look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains?
No, my strength comes from God,
who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.
When we’re worried, God can reassure us. When we’re sad, God can comfort us. When our hearts are broken, God is not just near; He is here. So we must lift our thoughts and prayers to Him. When we do, He will answer our prayers. Why? Because He is our shepherd, and He has promised to protect us now and forever.
God is God whether we recognize it or not. Nothing about that can change, except us.~Lisa Whelchel
Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are. Can you believe that? Can you trust God for that?~Elisabeth Elliot
God is in control, and therefore in everything I can give thanks, not because of the situation, but because of the One who directs and rules over it. ~Kay Arthur
The choice for me is to either look at all things I have lost or the things I have. To live in fear or to live in hope. Hope comes from knowing I have a sovereign, loving God who is in every event in my life. ~Lisa Beamer


Our approved and trained nursery staff are ready to welcome you and your little ones! Offering care during all service times, our I.D. Security system gives you the freedom to leave your child in a safe, loving environment while you attend one of our classes or worship service. Infant staff provide individualized care for each child while the Toddler Room uses basic Bible stories to lay a beginning foundational understanding of who God is. We are a ‘Well Child’ nursery. We ask that parents keep children who have current signs of illness or have had a fever in the last twenty-fours hours with them in worship.


Spoiler alerts ahead! To avoid them, skip to the last five paragraphs Where to begin on such an honest and terrible depiction of what it meant to be a Christian in Japan in the 1600’s? I once heard my pastor say of Silence that it reminded
In the sixth chapter of the gospel according to John, Jesus makes a short trip across the Sea of Galilee to a city called Capernaum. Shortly after his arrival he finds that hundreds, if not thousands, of people from the town he was just in
This post originally went live on June 28, 2013. Enjoy! I know why I’m here. Sometimes it feels like I don’t, though. I don’t belong anymore. But we all knew that coming into it.
I know why I’m here. Sometimes it feels like I don’t, though. I don’t belong anymore. But we all knew that coming into it. Out in the fields there, pulled tight like long plastic candy wrappers, are family sized tents. Inside those tents are sleeping


I am standing before you today in proxy for Floyd Allred. You see Lucy always said that she wanted Floyd Allred to preach the sermon at her funeral. Thinking of that now I do not know that she thought very carefully about that request. Either she was wishing a very long life for Floyd or a shorter one for herself, neither of which happened. IAGREED TO DO THIS NOT THINKING CLEARLY, I FORGOT THAT ALL OF YOU WOULD BE HERE, A WHEN I ARRIVED YESTERDAY IN LOVELL IT HIT ME – WHAT ON EARTH HAD I AGREED TO DO. SUCH IS THE LOT IN LIFE WHEN ONE DRAWS THE SHORT STRAW. RICH, BY RIGHTS THE ONE WHO HAS THE TALENTS AND ABILITIES AND THE FAMILY RIGHT TO DO THIS IS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO, TED SAID HE WOULD BLUBBER TOO MUCH, WHAT DO YOU CALL WHAT I AM DOING TED? DWAIN HAS A PHYSICAL CONDITION THAT DOES NOT ALLOW HIM TO BE AROUND CERTAINS SMELLS AND CHEMICALS, ED QUICKLY PIPED UP I UNDERSTAND, “I DID BURLS, ITS SOMEONE ELSES TURN AND JOHN HAD TO RETURN TO GERMANY. So, I am no Floyd Allred but I will do my best.
I do not know what Floyd would have said, but I believe probably the gospel truths which Lucy believes in with all her heart.
Hearts are tender this day, it encompasses more that the death of Grandma, there is another goodbye in the hearts of many grandchildren. I think Heidi said it best “Grandma was my safe place. My anchor. No matter what I always knew that my Grandma would be there. She was home to me. Not only is this a “see you later, Grandma” but a good bye to my childhood, to my home, the Big Horn Mountains that are so much a part of me”. This is the place our children has always considered to be their home, their safe place, Burl and Lucy’s, they never balked at the suggestion of a visit “home” to Lovell. I am grateful for such influence on the lives of me and our children.
I am saddened that more of Lucy’s grandchildren could not have been here today.
I know that each and every one of them wanted to be here. They want to show their respect and honor one who is so deeply loved. This is a sacred time when feelings are tender and the spirit is close. I hope that they understand that their Grandmother was a woman of faith. She had more faith than any I know of, and the important thing was that to my knowledge she never doubted. No matter what happened in her life, she simply gave it to the Lord, trusted in Him and then learned how to handle what He blessed her with.
Life wasn’t easy, in fact much of her life was downright hard and difficult, but to my knowledge she never, ever questioned her Heavenly Father. We are familiar with her life and her trials and struggles. Can any of us say that our trials and tribulations are anywhere near to or equal to hers? Can any say that their life is harder than hers? I think not. We can look to her as a great example to all of us. All of life’s situations and circumstances only made her stronger and more determined. When things were tough she didn’t turn away from the Lord, she turned to Him. She exercised her faith and moved forward. She turned to the scriptures for guidance and direction and she found answers.
She loved the scriptures and studied them thoroughly. She especially loved the Book of Mormon which she kept by her side. She taught us that there is no substitute for the gospel of Jesus Christ. There is NO drug or worldly pleasures, no form of recreation that can or will give us even a portion of the internal peace and happiness that she possessed, and received through righteous living. There was no substitute for her, there isn’t or shouldn’t be any for us. I have to ask the question, if the gospel was so important to Grandma, then why not to us? Why not follow her great example of faith?
There was also a definite streak of stubbornness and firmness about her. Try as we might in these last years of her life none of us were ever able to convince her to come to our homes and be with us. Many times when I would visit I would say, why don’t you jump in the back seat of that car and I will take you to Heber with us, she would turn her head sideways, look up with a little grin on her face and then say, “What can I fix you to eat?” It was never given consideration, never part of the question and certainly not worthy of discussion. That little streak of stubbornness and independence certainly has stuck well with at least one of her children! I think of her homemade bread, fear factor pancakes, gingerbread and a few unidentifiable configurations as well as many delicious things prepared for us. The kids all loved being at Grandmas.
Last night one of the grandchildren had on a sweater made for her Mother by Grandma Cox. Those sweaters made with all of the colors of Josephs of olds coat, and are just as special. I would dare say that her hands have made 100’s of beautiful things for family and friends alike. In a recent blog her Grandson Mathew spoke of a red sweater with a zipper front his Grandma made him in first grade. Wasn’t his favorite at the time, I can imagine that it was more than just red, it was I am sure it was RED RED, today Mathew remembers the sweater and what it truly represented, the love of a caring Grandmother. I have watched in amazement at the speed of her hands and fingers as she rapidly stitched line after and line and then watched and cringed as she would pull out stitch after stitch because back there someone, where only she could see was a small mistake. She could not give something to someone or have ownership in something that was not perfectly made. Like her life she tried to get it right. Our lives too are like those stitches, mistakes have been made, some small perhaps for some of us large ones, that have to be removed. That’s what the Saviors atonement did for us. He made it possible to go back and remove them, them to begin anew that our lives may be as perfect as Grandma’s work!
I think of her endless desire to learn and gain knowledge. Her thirst for knowledge was unquenchable, always learning. And when she learned something she found the most remarkable ways to share it with others, to teach and help. Many remember her as the Teacher. It was amazing, on her 100th birthday the letters and cards she received from students years prior who still loved her and remembered her as their teacher, and how neat it was that they, each one of them were her favorite students. Always teaching and helping others to learn and grow. In her book Phyllis wrote of a short poem, I don’t know if Phyllis wrote the poem I should have asked, I think she did, but it very much applies:
“This mother loves sunflowers, Walking in the Big Horn Mountains and TEACHABLE Children”
In her eyes everyone was teachable, children as well as adults and she was eager to share her love of learning. She taught 4th grade for 39 years in addition to endless lessons in church and auxiliaries. Yes she loved to teach the impact of her teaching is wide spread. Her students have traveled the world and the impact of this little lady has been passed down; the knowledge gained by one passed on to another over and over again.
Even God’s creatures, well some of them I don’t think cats were much favored by her, were better off having known Lucy. No one or nothing could have been more loved or better cared for than Birdie a little bird that had fallen from the nest and broken its wing. It became part of her life. She nurtured it and healed it. Many such wounded children, some more severely than others, were rescued by their teacher and learned and grew as she guided them and convinced them that they were special!
The most important of all however, that none can deny is her love for the Savior and for her Father in Heaven. That testimony is the glue that encompassed her and held her together. It is impossible to think of Grandma and not recognize and give credence to her testimony. She didn’t love any of us any less when we messed up or when we chose to take detours from the Gospel path, she just prayed a little harder for us. She lived the gospel every day, inside and outside, backward and forward, she lived the gospel. She loved and prayed for each and every one of her posterity to grasp on the Iron Road and walk the path with her. Some she pushed and prodded and through nothing but determination watched them change and grow and grasp on to the rod. I mentioned to LuAnn that her Mom just quietly taught and set the example for others to follow, I said She never scorned or shook her finger, and she corrected me, Oh Yes She did that a time or two! It isn’t those scolding’s though, no matter how well deserved that is remembered, it is her constant effort to teach.
When she was first put in the hospital prior to going into the nursing home, I visited with her. While there the Doctor came in and wanted her to get up and go for a walk. She held up her scriptures and said DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? I walk through these every day! Certainly her answer that getting up at that moment and taking a walk was certainly not going to happen! And then the interrogation continued – Have YOU read them? I suggest that you go home and that you do read them. End of conversation.
And so we Honor and I hope and pray that we honor her going forward by beginning today, taking a step at a time, no matter where we are on the path, and build and grow our testimony. Get to know the Savior, as she did, become friends with Him who died for each of us that we might live and be together, forever.
Death is an essential part of our mortal experience, sometimes I think Lucy believed she was going to get out of this life without that experience. Each of us however, will eventually graduate this life, I think that Lucy graduated with high honors. Just as our birth took us from our premortal existence to this earth, death is the roadway that takes us to the eternities. President Monson reminded us and I quote “ that we “laugh, we cry, we work, we play, we love, we live. And then we die.
Death is our universal heritage. All must pass its portals. Death claims the aged, the weary and worn. It visits the youth in the bloom of hope and the glory of expectation. Nor are little children kept beyond its grasp. In the words of the Apostle Paul, It is appointed unto men once to die.” unquote
And dead we would remain but for One, even Jesus of Nazareth. Born in a stable, cradled in a manger, His birth fulfilled prophesy. He provided life, the light and the way. Multitudes followed him. Many adored Him, others rejected Him. Our elder brother, taught in parables he lived and taught by example and he lived perfectly. The King of Kings was also ridiculed, reviled, mocked and nailed to a cross amidst the shouts of “Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And, Others chanted he saved but himself he cannot!
His response? “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do!”
His body was placed in a borrowed sepulcher and when visited on the first day of the week by Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, to their astonishment the body of their Lord was gone! Heavenly messengers proclaimed to them He is not here, but is risen. The empty tomb brought comforting assurance, an affirmative answer to Job’s questions, “If a man die, shall he live again”!
If your heart is troubled today, if perhaps within you is even the slightest concern that death is the end, open your heart and let the whisperings of the Holy Spirit teach you this day and allow those tender feelings to be touched and to know that the answer of Job’s question is YES, FOR When a man dies, he SHALL live again.
The Master spoke I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE< HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME< THOUGH HE WERE DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE.
Through tears and trials, fears and sorrows, heartache and loneliness there is assurance that life is everlasting. Our Lord and Savior is the living witness that such is so. Oh sweet the joy this sentence gives, I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES. To that Lucy testified
By Cheri Cox Frary
The tapestry of my family
Is the fabric of my soul.
Each thread, a life that intertwines,
To make the pattern whole.
Threads that walked the weary plains,
Threads that crossed the sea,
Threads that weave their lives to a prophet’s words
Are in this tapestry.
My mother and my father
Are a living legacy
Of the faithfulness and virtue
Seen throughout their tapestries.
I remember Mama kneeling by the road,
The wreck of our car gleamed in the sun.
I heard her voice, firm and steady, praying in gratitude
For our lives and the help, sure to come.
I find it my commission
To continue their design,
For my children too are weavers
And their pattern’s sure and fine.
Some day they may walk a weary plain,
They may cross the sea.
For they’ll weave their lives to a prophet’s words
Like my parents showed to me
In our family tapestry.
And so here we are, at the end of a beautiful life,
And so now we don’t say goodbye, its See you later Grandma!
I testify that her life was her sermon, and pray that we will all follow closely her footsteps.Amen


I am trying to figure out what’s going on with our country around the abortion issue. Seeing New York and Virginia in the news lately legislating and promoting late term abortions and even in some cases infanticide has been downright shocking.
I am pro-life. I am pro-life unapologetically so. And by pro-life I mean that I am against abortions. I see abortion as the taking of a human life so that should not surprise you. What scares me is the thought that some people might see abortion as the taking of a human life and are still pro-choice. I tend to give people who are pro-choice the benefit of the doubt that they must see what’s in the womb as not a human life (even though it’s not long before what’s in the womb happens to have a heart beat and is able to feel pain).
And if it’s okay with you I can do without the argument that people who are pro-life are not so pro-life when it comes to issues after a baby has been born. All that does is confuse the issue. Everyone should know by now that the term pro-life refers to being against abortions only. I am happy to have a good rigorous discussion with pro-choicers about all those other issues, but they have nothing to do with the pro-life stance.
To me in an ideal world everyone would be pro-life. It wouldn’t even be an issue. Then all the politicians could have their ongoing discussions about what to do with health-care, gun control, welfare, and all sorts of other issues affecting the quality of our life, but everyone would agree that babies deserve the chance to be born into this world and not killed.
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:13-16
Here’s another reason I am pro-life. I’m an adoptive parent. I am eternally grateful to a woman in Vietnam and a woman in Russia who I will never meet, because those two women gave birth to my son and my daughter. Giving up a child for adoption when you don’t feel like you will be ready to take care of that child is one of the most courageous, selfless, and beautiful acts imaginable. I’m quite sure it was inconvenient and hard for the birth-mothers of my children, but I sure am glad they did the right thing. Adoption is a choice everyone should be able to get behind. Actually, I long for the day when pro-choice would mean something entirely different. I long for the day when pro-choice would mean either the child is kept or the child is put up for adoption. That’s a pro-choice stance I could get behind.
So why am I writing this blog? As a pastor I felt like I had to. I felt like not somehow speaking up in an environment that is growing more and more toxic towards the unborn would go against my role as a Christian leader. God put it on my heart to speak up for those who can’t speak for themselves, and I’m glad I did.


Living Hope is an unapologetically Jesus loving community of believers spread across the wide city of Mobile, Alabama, one of the fastest growing cities in the Southern portion of the United States. Comprised of predominantly young adults, we are a young church with young people who are passionate about spreading the fame of our eternal God to our city and throughout the world.
Here's a quick rundown of our worship service:
• We begin at 9am
• We last until around 10:30
• Our Kids' Hope rocks
• Dress however you‘d like: casual, fancy and anything in between
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EVERY one has asked himself the great question of antiquity as of the modern world: What is the summum bonum–the supreme good? You have life before you. Once only you can live it. What is the noblest object of desire, the supreme gift to covet?
We have been accustomed to be told that the greatest thing in the religious world is Faith. That great word has been the key-note for centuries of the popular religion; and we have easily learned to look upon it as the greatest thing in the world. Well, we are wrong. If we have been told that, we may miss the mark. I have taken you, in the chapter which I have just read, to Christianity at its source; and there we have seen, “The greatest of these is love.” It is not an oversight. Paul was speaking of faith just a moment before. He says, “If I have all faith, so that I can remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. “So far from forgetting, he deliberately contrasts them, “Now abideth Faith, Hope, Love,” and without a moment’s hesitation, the decision falls, “The greatest of these is Love.”
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I´m looking out of my living room window onto the most beautiful view of mountains, hills and a reservoir surrounded by small villages. These are the foothills of the Andes, 12,000 feet above sea level. Living here reminds you of the timelessness and power of nature. Our daily comings and goings take on a different meaning when you are constantly reminded of the eternal mysteries that make up this planet. Mother nature rebels against our violations of her dignity like an elephant whisking an insect off of her back. How long will we be allowed to co-exist with God’s creatures on this planet? How long will we be allowed to suck from her goodness before she says, “Enough” and shakes us from her surface? I wonder. Perhaps, before this happens, we will finally come into the realization that our true power doesn’t lie in petrol, gold and platinum, or even in water and land, but its inside of us. “For the kingdom of God is within you.” Jesus


I am an at-home mother of six children, four of whom are now adults. I've been married for 31 years and my children range from 15 to 27. This blog is about faith, family, and life, with occasional rants about politics and other hot-button issues for me. I am Catholic and by that I mean I believe in faithfulness to the Magisterium.
Reflections on life, faith, family and the times we live in
... by a mom at home raising kids.
First, if you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already have health insurance through your job, or Medicare, or Medicaid, or the VA, nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have. (Applause.) Let me repeat this: Nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have.
Some of people's concerns have grown out of bogus claims spread by those whose only agenda is to kill reform at any cost.
The best example is the claim made not just by radio and cable talk show hosts, but by prominent politicians, that we plan to set up panels of bureaucrats with the power to kill off senior citizens. Now, such a charge would be laughable if it weren't so cynical and irresponsible. It is a lie, plain and simple. (Applause.)
There are also those who claim that our reform efforts would insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false. The reforms -- the reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.
And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up -- under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place. (Applause.
Catholics Against Obama Care set September 11 as Day of Prayer and Fasting for defeat of Health Care Reform
For Immediate Release
(September 8, 2009) Catholics Against Obama Care is calling Catholics as well as those of other denominations to participate in a day of prayer and fasting on September 11, 2009, for the special intention that Obama health care reform be defeated.
Catholics Against Obama Care acknowledges that Catholic Church has always advocated health care reform; but Obamacare, as delineated in the HR-3200 Bill, is not health care -- it is death care. Mandated abortion, health care rationing, and euthanasia are not health care. Obamacare is government control over people's lives and, as Jon Voight points out the removal of a person's free will. Voight said in an interview on Fox News with Mike Huckabee, "They're taking away God's first gift to man -- our free will and no man no matter what his title, even if he's president of the United States, has the consent of God to decide he's God."
Jean M. Heimann, the founder of Catholics Against Obama Care, is a Catholic freelance writer and also the author and administrator of the award-winning weblog Catholic Fire. Catholics Against Obama Care, a grassroots movement, which began on August 22, the feast day of the Queenship of Mary, has selected the Mother of God to be the group’s special intercessor in their efforts to defeat this anti-Catholic, anti-life bill.
Heimann explains how Catholics Against Obama Care began:
“I had been praying for Obama's conversion at daily Mass and for the truth to be revealed about this administration's deceptive health care reform bill. One day, I felt that I needed to do more than just sign petitions and contact my congressmen. I felt that God was calling me to do something more to stop this evil bill which mandates abortion, rations health care to the disabled and the seriously ill, and encourages euthanasia for the elderly.
So, I selected several talented pro-life Catholic writers/bloggers from different areas of the country -- CT, Idaho, Hawaii, Florida, Wisconsin, and Kansas -- who agreed to use their gifts to share the truth with others about this so-called health reform bill.
In addition to educating and enlightening others about what the bill is really all about, we also want to encourage other Catholics to become pro-active by praying and fasting that this bill does not become law.”
For more information, contact Jean M. Heimann at firstname.lastname@example.org
Catholics Against Obama Weblog Site: http://catholicsagainstobamacare.blogspot.com/
Catholic Fire Weblog Site: http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/


A colleague is currently posting on social media about his pilgrimage through Northern Spain, and I am reminded of the enduring lessons of Romanesque pilgrimage churches in that area of the world, especially how the built environment can be shaped to support ritual and user experience.
Today there are many people who undertake a pilgrimage for a variety of reasons. In a literal sense, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person’s beliefs and faith, usually requiring a long and arduous journey. The most famous historical Christian pilgrimage route in Western European is a series of ancient pathways known as the Camino de Santiago. Still available today, the Camino is a network of walking trails across France and Northern Spain connected by simple ‘shell’ icon-based wayfinding signage.
During the eleventh century, a growing spirit of religious enthusiasm resulted in increased pilgrimage traffic and the Crusades to liberate the Holy Land. The cult of relics had started with those of Christ and the Virgin Mary, and then extended to saints and holy people. Pilgrims walked from church to church to venerate relics of saints. The goals were originally Rome and Jerusalem. But these locations were not always safe for travel, and slowly over time another site became the ultimate destination for pilgrims: Santiago da Compostela in Northern Spain. As this church purportedly held the relics of St James the Apostle, it had a strong attraction for Christian religious communities.
Along these pilgrims’ ways, large churches were constructed to house other relics and to accommodate the increasing numbers of visitors who sought the spiritual benefits of pilgrimage. Slowly, as architects experimented with stone vaulting – especially the round arch reminiscent of ancient Roman building – they tested out new floor plans. Eventually, regional variations of the pilgrimage church appeared.
The basic elements of pilgrimage churches are:
- Latin cross or “cruciform” plan based on the Basilica
- Short, wide transepts
- Extremely long naves
- Sanctuary and high altar at eastern end
- Pilgrimage choir: new space responding to needs of the era = unit comprised of Ambulatory, Apse, and Radiating/apsidal chapels
The Pilgrimage Choir was a key planning response to the growing numbers of visitors inside the churches. Niches for precious relics were built in the walkway behind the church’s apse, and clear passage to this area of the church was ensured for the pilgrims. It was a clever design solution. One could enter the church, travel along the side aisles (without disturbing regular activities in the nave), continue around the perimeter, and reach the niches at the east end. There, famous relics could be adored in private worship. Following this ritual of relic veneration, the pilgrim could continue walking via the side aisles and exit the church. The building’s plan elegantly supported the needs of its diverse users.
In observing the pilgrimage church and its distinctive Choir space, designers today can surely recognize the results of ‘design research’. The special plan of the typical pilgrimage church was most likely improved by user observation. Modern pilgrims who walk in the steps of so many others probably don’t need to give the elegance of this solution much thought. These sacred spaces still permit the user to be released from mundane concerns of circulation and contemplate the spiritual benefits of their journey in a well-planned environment.
Sorabella, J. (April 2011). “Pilgrimage in Medieval Europe”. In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pilg/hd_pilg.htm


Gospel Is Alive!
To celebrate the rich tradition of gospel music in New Orleans the birthplace of Mahalia Jackson, Jazz Fest each year presents an outstanding program of gospel choirs for audiences of senior citizens.
The 2012 Gospel Is Alive concert will take place Monday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church (map).
This year's headline performer is Evelyn Turrentine-Agee, who will perform along with the Rosettes, the Council on Aging Choir and the Mahalia Jackson Gospel Youth Choir.
The Gospel Is Alive concert is an outreach program for senior citizens in the New Orleans area. The concert is also open to the public, free of charge, depending on seating availability.
To celebrate the rich tradition of gospel music in New Orleans — the birthplace of Mahalia Jackson — Jazz Fest each year presents an outstanding program of gospel performers for audiences of senior citizens.
These free events have included performances by the Wilberforce University Choir under the direction of Dr. Jeremy Winston, the Mahalia Jackson Gospel Choir directed by the Reverend Lois Dejean and groups of students from New Orleans public schools.


"To be a place where God's Supernatural meets the natural"
"Being and making Christlike disciples in our communities and beyond"
Sunday School for all ages - 9:00am
Worship Service - 10:30am
Children's Church - 10:30am
Infant and Toddler Nursery available at 9:00am and 10:30am
Financial Peace University is offered at our church periodically. Call the church office to find out when the next session will begin.


For children up to 5th grade, Sunday mornings, 9:15 - 10:15am in the Godly Play room.
Youth Group - Living the Good News:
For kids grades 4th thru 12th, 2nd & 4th Sunday mornings each month at 9:15 am in the Youth Room below Cardwell Hall.
For Youth grades 11th and 12th, College and Adults meet every Sunday morning at 9:15 am in Cardwell Hall.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Youth Ministry is a “crib to college” program.
We encourage the observation of Kurt Vonnegut in his commencement address given in 1974:
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”
What is Godly Play?
Child-centered learning that illustrates how to create meaning with the language of the Christian tradition in a time frame that mirrors the pattern of worship.
Nursery and Cry Room:
available during Sunday morning worship, 10:30 am. In nursery off the Narthex, please notify Usher if you need assistance.


The San Antonio Pregnancy Care Center provides a Christ-centered plan for women and families facing unplanned pregnancies, by offering free clinical services, referrals, material aid, decision counseling and parenting support programs.
We provide compassionate care and practical help to empower women to choose life-affirming options for their pregnancies. Your support makes this possible.
Our Center has been serving the community of San Antonio since 1981. We are a non-profit, non-denominational faith based 501(c)(3) Christian organization. We do not receive or accept any government funds and are solely supported by donations from churches, individuals, businesses and fundraising events.
“I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land….”
Ezekiel 22:30 NIV
Support Mothers and Families
through the San Antonio Pregnancy Care Center
Your direct, financial support allows us to continue our mission of reaching and rescuing those struggling with unplanned pregnancies.
We have continuous needs for diapers, baby hygiene products, maternity clothing, baby clothing, strollers, swings, crib sheets & blankets.
A Trusted Resource
The Pregnancy Care Center has been serving the community of San Antonio since 1981. Our mission is to provide a Christ-centered plan for unplanned pregnancies.
Over fifteen hundred visits were made to the Center in 2022. We served 878 new clients for clinical services, peer counseling, parenting programs, and baby born gifts.
Clients earned $12,800 worth of baby care items through our Earn-While-You-Learn parenting programs.
Women were served in 2022 with a free pregnancy test. On average, 50% of these women were considering or planning to terminate their pregnancy.
Total number of ultrasounds given in 2022 to confirm pregnancy. We often see a change of mind and a baby saved, when the life of an unborn child is pictured on the screen.
In 2022, the Center confirmed that 204 Babies’ Lives were saved from abortion. What a blessing to know that these children will celebrate their FIRST birthday this year.


Built in 1855, Salem Chapel was the vital centre for the abolitionist and civil rights movement, providing shelter and guidance for freedom seekers escaping slavery in the United States.
Harriet Tubman – the famous Underground Railroad conductor – was among its notable members. Definitely worth visiting; Salem Chapel represents a significant part of Canadian history.
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Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania
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Dover, New Hampshire
The British Methodist Episcopal Church National Historic Site of Canada is located in the heart of Old St. Catharines near the home of the friend I stayed with while visiting this area with friends...


We tell our women “get into science, get into math, get into the pipeline.” Who wants to be in a pipeline full of acid?
Alicia Menendez - The View
I’m at the car dealership, waiting for my service recall to be completed, and this statement caught the attention of every woman in the room. Unsurprisingly, they all nodded in assent while the few men in the room looked uncomfortable.
The point is valid: even if access to STEM and other male dominated fields is made available, we need to do something about the culture in the field. Access to a pipeline full of acid, while it is still access, serves to maintain inequality.
so my sister works in STEM & if you talked to her for like 5 minutes she can tell you how true this is. it’s fucking poisonous
^^^^ one of the main reasons I stopped being a computer engineering major.
I try not to talk about myself a lot in a boastful way on here.
But for the moment, I need to work through something, and it always helps me to write. So, who knows where this post will end.
In any case, I believe God put the spirit of leadership on me. I see the big picture, I see the little picture. I love Jesus. He is my God, I want to be like him. And I fail in that everyday. But something that I try to do is to love. Not romantically, sometimes it feels romantic, but sometimes I just see the most amazing things in you, I want to love them so you know they are amazing as well. It’s not my love, it’s Gods love through me, because I wouldn’t be able to see those things on my own. Through all the hurt that people have put on me, how could I be able to see the best in you if you it wasn’t for God? How could I continue to pray for you and show you love when I was hurt? Only through God. Where I am right now, I feel like that’s Unconditional love. I don’t get anything from loving you when you’ve hurt me, or when you don’t see me, but I love you because you a child of God. And sometimes I get mad at people because I don’t understand them, but maybe it’s time, in that mad moment, to just pray for them and say to myself, just like me they are a child of God.
It’s crazy, right now, I’m loving my body more than I ever have. I appreciate it, I love all the fluffy parts about me, my chin, my nose, my hair. And now, it’s about my spirit. It’s about not letting people who don’t understand me hurt me. It’s about loving them through the hurt.
I always go back to Paul’s letters to the Romans 12:9-21
Let Love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil;cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath; for it is written. Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.


Monday, May 12, 2008
The Wellspring of LIFE
"The condition of most men and women seems to me a life in death, an abode in unwhited sepulchres, a possession of withering forms by spirits that slumber, and babble in their dreams.
There is nothing for man worthy to be called life, but the life eternal--God's life, that is, after his degree shared by the man made to be eternal also. For he is in the image of God, intended to partake of the life of the most high, to be alive as He is alive. Of this life the outcome and the light is righteousness, love, grace, truth; but the life itself is a thing that will not be defined: it is a power; the formless cause of form. It has no limits whereby to be defined. It shows itself to the soul that is hungering and thirsting after righteousness, but that soul cannot show it to another, save in the shining of it own light." George MacDonald
Two questions have been swirling through my head for the past few weeks.
The first: What is the best path to goodness? Is it through intentionally choosing to treat others well and hoping that our outward righteousness will seep into and change the pattern of our souls, or through basking in the presence of our Lord and our Healer so that eventually our hearts are so likened to His that we naturally live well and are full of Life?
Though we must always seek obedience, I recognize often the dangers of forcing myself to act righteously when its not in accordance with the attitude of my heart. I risk deep pride issues and hypocrisy. I become pleased with myself that I seek to care for people as Christ taught or that I try to be a good steward of our finances or our ecosystems; but then when I really search my heart I realize that I am not yet good. I am merely acting as if I was good. Neighbors will go home and I will find myself at least inwardly complaining about the waring nature of their visits, or as I spoke of last time, I will find a deal at a thrift store and buy it rationalizing that the money will go to a good cause, its recycling, its creative treasure hunting, whatever, while when I get down to the truth of the event, its just gratuitous, consumptive behavior, needing to buy and own, in order to be happy.
The second: Did God intend for us to live ascetically, set apart like the Desert Fathers, spending all of our energy and time on purifying our souls and coming into right relationship with God in that manner, or does He want us to live our lives deeply rooted in His creation, earthily, getting dirty, making mistakes, but LIVING, and learning in that way to live in harmony with Him and His creation?
As my husband and I have talked about this recently I think that I have worked out a bit of an answer. Those two things are not mutually exclusive. You can be a mystic, constantly drinking from the wellsprings of God's Life, eyes focused on Him, while still having your toes digging into the soil, your arms around your loved ones, your body dancing. You do not have to separate yourself from the world to avoid being "of it." He says to be "in", not "of". This though does not mean that we shouldn't take seriously the need to have our souls refreshed and centered on our life purpose through spending serious time intentionally focused solely on His love, filling our minds with His words. If we truly hunger and thirst for righteousness we must come to the table and eat. I much, much, too often am slack in this area thinking that I can just live with my hands and feet according to His will and maintain my hearts alignment with it also. I have found this to be untrue. I guess this answers my first question also. When I don't renew my soul and its life at the fount of Life, my attempts at good deeds and good living fall hollow. I serve my husband and son, but my soul is grudging and resentful. I feed my neighbors and invite them into my house, but I only have food to share with them, not love or compassion.
For Mother's Day, my husband gave me Madeleine L'Engle's new novel, The Joys of Love. (It was on its way to publication prior to her death and was written in the late 70's. ) In it a character struggles with coming of age as so many of L'Engle's heroines do, but she particularly focuses on learning to have a truly gracious heart.
"Aunt Harriet took me because it was her Christian duty, not because she wanted me. Please, Jane, if you ever see me doing something because it is my Christian duty, stop me."
"You aren't apt to," Jane said, "You're too good a Christian."
I hope that eventually I will come to a place where His life flows out of me so that I live like Him due to the overflow of His love in my heart, and that I too can avoid doing things merely out of "Christian Duty."


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PM Worship Assembly 2:00
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St Dominic's Church was established in 1587 by 3 Spanish Dominican priests and was the order's first church in China. At the beginning, the church was built with wooden planks and knotted boards as barriers. The entire church building is magnificent, and its Baroque architectural style altar is even more exquisite and elegant. The Treasure of Sacred Art Museum was established as part of the 1997 renovation and is located inside the church's bell tower. It contains approximately 300 religious works of art and artifacts.