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On Thursday Pope Francis heads to the Philippines as part of a six day papal tour of Asia, after his stay in Sri Lanka, where he canonized the country's first saint.
As Manila awaits the pontiff, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour spoke with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle what this visit means at this time of deep religious divide.
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By Madalena Araujo, CNN
Pope Francis faces a tough road ahead, a veteran Vatican watcher told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an interview that aired Wednesday.
“It’s a very tough period that is beginning for him, because of course people [are] enthusiastic about him. I mean the believers but also non-believers are very interested in what he’s saying. But within the Church, there is a tough group of conservative of bishops and priests and cardinals, and also very traditionalist bishops and cardinals who are practically against the Pope, who are working against the Pope,” Marco Politi said.
The growing opposition the Pope is encountering within his own Church is mainly down to his attempts to reform it since he took office in March 2013.
“They don’t like what he wanted to do with the synod about family, to give new possibilities to remarried and divorced people to get the communion, or to have a new look on the homosexual union.”
Politi’s latest book "Francis Among the Wolves” looks into this resistance.
Pope Francis on Tuesday said that modern-day slavery is a "crime against humanity" and is "unfortunately become worse and worse every day."
"This takes place in hiding," he said through an interpreter, "behind closed doors, in private homes, in the streets, in the cars, in factories, in the fields, in fishing boats, and in so many other places. This takes place both in cities and in villages – in villages of the richest and the poorest nations on earth."
His remarks came as part of a panel of faith leaders, MCed by CNN's Christiane Amanpour, who have signed a joint declaration to end modern-day slavery, hosted by the Global Freedom Network at The Vatican.
You can watch Pope Francis' full remarks here.
CNN is joining the fight to end modern-day slavery by shining a spotlight on the horrors of modern-day slavery, amplifying the voices of the victims, highlighting success stories and helping unravel the complicated tangle of criminal enterprises trading in human life. Find out more about the CNN Freedom Project here.
By Henry Hullah, CNN
We must monitor people with power in order to protect the vulnerable, human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson told Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday.
An expert on the “culture of silence” surrounding abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, Robertson explained the common theme that ran through the church, the media and beyond.
“The revelations started with the Catholic Church in Ireland,” he told the program.
“Then we discovered it in celebrities here and a number of them have been convicted and now we’re finding other examples.”
“And what comes across to me, having studied it is the utter vulnerability of seven, eight, nine year olds to power."
"[In] a sense, in the Catholic Church, the priest as the representative of God – any command is unflinchingly obeyed. The star, entering the star’s dressing room at the BBC, it’s an enormous power.”
“It does bring home how we must ensure someone guards the guardians because the guardians can’t be trusted.”
The power that “bedazzles” the young and vulnerable was something Robertson stressed mustn't be underestimated and should be monitored because it overwhelms its victims almost instantly.
“It’s so easy, and that’s why there must be checks on dressing rooms, checks on all sort of places where people with power over children can bewitch and bewilder them.”
By Mick Krever, CNN
As the Vatican signals a tone shift towards homosexuals and gay couples, a key author of a report being prepared for Pope Francis said that the new language fits within existing Church doctrine.
It is “not so much a change in the teaching of the Church, but a way of saying it that is far more inviting, far more welcoming,” Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington D.C., told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday.
A group of Cardinals and bishops tasked by the pope with examining issues of the family on Monday said, in an interim report, that “Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community.”
“It’s saying what the catechism of the church already says,” Cardinal Wuerl said, “that every person has a dignity all of their own; a worth, a value, a God-given dignity. And a person, a homosexual person, a person who has this orientation, has the dignity of being who they are.”
The Vatican, and Cardinal Wuerl, emphasized that the opinion is still far from being an official position of the Church, or from impacting its teachings. But for a religion that has long ostracized homosexuals, it is a stunning shift in tone.
By Mick Krever, CNN
Major religious faiths around the world are joining forces to fight the scourge of modern-day slavery and human trafficking.
Australian billionaire and mining magnate Andrew Forrest has signed up major religious heavyweights –Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Grand Imam of the al-Azhar mosque in Egypt, Islam's highest-ranking Sunni cleric.
This week their representatives gathered at the Vatican to sign on to Andrew Forrest’s initiative, the Global Freedom Network.
Forrest joined Amanpour in her London studio, along with Archbishop David Moxon of the Anglican Church and Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo of the Catholic Church.
“I got dragged, really, kicking and screaming, into this cause by my daughter, Grace,” Forrest said. “When she was 15, she worked in an orphanage in Nepal and our intelligence was that there was something was suspect about the orphanage.”
When she returned to the orphanage they discovered that the only children left were “severely disfigured” or “mentally handicapped, i.e. could not be sold.”
The Global Freedom Network has ambitious goals: to get 162 governments to publicly endorse the fund, get 50 multi-national businesses to modern slavery-proof their supply chains, and convince the G20 to adopt an anti-slavery initiative.
Did you know Pope Francis and Former Pope Benedict rely on the same man as trusted adviser? They call him Gorgeous Georg for his good looks.
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By Mick Krever, CNN
One of Pope Francis’ dearest friends is none other than a Jewish Rabbi.
And Rabbi Abahram Skorka, who has known Pope Francis for 15 years, since he was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, has a concise description of what makes Francis’ papacy different from his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger.
Pope Francis “lives with his mind in heaven and with his feet on Earth,” Rabbi Skorka told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday. “And Ratzinger lived totally in heaven.”
Abraham Skorka, a prominent Argentine rabbi, has had frank and open conversations with Pope Francis since he was Cardinal Bergoglio of Buenos Aires. Those discussions are the topic of a book written by both, “On Heaven and Earth.”
By Lucky Gold, CNN
Imagine a world where a medieval message of humility and reform is delivered five centuries later.
From the moment he first appeared on the Vatican balcony, Pope Francis has challenged his fellow priests to put aside the trappings of wealth and power.
Whether washing feet at Eastertide or carrying his own bag and driving his own little car, the pope has walked the talk.
On Wednesday he made another kind of statement, by suspending a German bishop whose personal excesses had earned him the nickname ‘The Bishop of Bling.’
By Mick Krever, CNN
Pope Francis is leading a “revolution” at the Vatican, Italian author Marco Politi told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday.
The new pontiff is focussing on reforming four “key” areas, Politi said: money, power, poverty, and community.
“He told the bishops and the cardinals,” Politi told Amanpour from Rome, “that they have not to behave like princes of the renaissance. He tells the priests not to forget when they buy a car about children who starve because they don’t enough to eat.”
Pope Francis spoke out on the issues of the Church in a frank interview with Italy’s la Repubblica newspaper.
"This Vatican-centric view neglects the world around us,” the pontiff said. “I do not share this view and I'll do everything I can to change it."


“Merry Christmas” – it is such a sweet sentiment but like all things can be used for good or evil.
I LOVE CHIRSTMAS!! It is definitely my favorite holiday and I think it is right and beautiful to celebrate the birth of the one who saved us. However, Christmas is an opportunity to remind friends and family that we love them and to reach out and love people in the name of Jesus. I think it is alright to say “Happy Holidays” at times. I’ve heard a lot of Christians lose their cool about how they are not going to say “Happy Holidays” – they want to get in people’s faces and say “Merry Christmas”. It can be a very passionate position for some to the point where they look like they want to kill somebody. To be honest, I used to feel the same way. Let’s keep Christ in Christmas, right? When has shoving Christ down someone’s throat actually won them over?
I have been privileged to live and work in very diverse situations over the past couple of decades and I enjoy learning about different cultures. As I genuinely show an interest in who they are as an individual and the things that are important to them, it affords me the opportunity to share the things that are important to me. Are we loving people or winning them to Christ by disrespecting who they are, their culture, and their celebrations? Do we not reach people more by loving them where they are at? The examples of Christ in the Bible are ones of those going to people where they are at and their lives being changed by His grace, mercy and love. He went and ate with the tax collector; He asked for water from a Samaritan; and he didn’t go turning the water into acai juice at the wedding!
To my fellow Christians, and especially to my Christian friends and family, I wish you all a Very Merry & Blessed Christmas! To those of you who may celebrate another holiday at this time of year, I hope it is a very special time for you – Happy Holidays!!


“If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of truth” (1 Tim. 3:15, ESV).
The church is the instrument to uphold truth in this world. It is the “buttress” of truth. Buttress is defined as “any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, esp. a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall” (Dictionary.com). Other translations state it thus.
“pillar and ground of the truth” (KJV, NKJV).
“pillar and support of the truth” (NASB).
“pillar and foundation of the truth” (NIV).
Therefore, the church upholds the truth like a buttress upholds a castle or city wall. In other words, it is the church’s duty to keep the truth from collapsing. No, the church does not act universally as an earthly-organized entity to accomplish this. Rather, since the church is made up of individual Christians, it is the responsibility of each to support the truth.
As those who are saved by truth, we must uphold it (1 Pet. 1:22; Jas. 1:18; Jn. 8:32). We are to speak the truth (Eph. 4:15). Our language and lessons are to be as the oracles of God (1 Pet. 4:11). If we are not doing, who will?
Further, each congregation of God’s people has the obligation to be a “buttress of truth.” The elders, deacons, preachers, and every other member must support the truth; in word and deed (Titus 1:9; 1 Tim. 3:9; 2 Tim. 4:2; 2:2). When this fails, the cause of Christ is damaged. It can be weakened to the point that a breach is made in the wall; the truth collapses in a community or region. Is this not what happened in the Middle East? The Church began in Jerusalem and spread through the ancient world. There were once strong churches in Antioch, Ephesus, and Philippi. Where are they today?
There is no question that the truth is assaulted daily by the devil. The world around us is filled with immorality and error. Homosexuality is thriving socially and politically. Fornication and adultery are given prominence and praise. Materialism infests our society like a plague. Truth is mocked and scorned. Modest dress is maligned. Pure language is derided. It would be easy for us—us who are part of the pillar and buttress of truth—to wilt and wither under the constant barrage.
Sadly, many who are supposed to support the truth have given way. They either cannot face the ridicule or are lured by the pleasure of sin for a season. They no longer hold fast the faith. Instead of being immovable, they are tossed to and fro. The cause of our Lord has suffered greatly from such actions.
Here is our exhortation: Let us determine that in this new year this congregation will be a “pillar and buttress of truth.” If the Wall of Zion fails, let it not be here. Open your Bible, renew your strength; “be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Cor. 15:58).


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December 17, 2015
there shall come a starchristmas 2015 – prologue 6
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The star prophecy is from the Book of Numbers 24:17 – I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel …
The image on the left comes from one of the Apriglianesi that I keep in contact with. He posted it on his FB page. The festival street-lights are no longer restricted to the religious celebrations, in Aprigliano they were used only for the feast of La Madonna di Portosalvo, in mid-September. But as evidenced in the pic, they are now also used at Christmas time. The star in the image is in one of the vinelle – small medieval alleys – that crisscross the town. The abundance of modern Italy has replaced the lean times and the poverty that my parents grew up with. For them the shortages created by the War were the standard, not the incessant push to shop and buy and decorate that TV now proselytizes. (Why am I being such a curmudgeon? The street-light star shows that for those who stayed behind, for those who didn’t rush off in search of the gold-paved streets of America, life turned out OK. They have all the conveniences and the accouterments that their expatriate friends and relatives have in modern day Canada in consumerism America.)
When I was a kid, Christmas was about the bonfire at the church piazza and food and candy. The small tree my Dad cut was decorated with oranges, persimmons, tangerines and different brands of torrone. Most of these were gifts that friends and family brought when they came to visit the days before Christmas. And on the 25th I could eat all these seasonal and exotic things. The other Christmas tradition was a presepio, but we didn’t have one. Only the better-off families seemed to have the nativity figurines. I remember one of the kids down in Corte, her family had a presepio and she organized all the younger kids to go out and collect moss so she could create a landscape for the figurines.


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40 He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd’s bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine.
41 Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him, 42 sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy. 43 “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods. 44 “Come over here, and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled.
45 David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 Today the Lord will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel! 47 And everyone assembled here will know that the Lord rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the Lord’s battle, and he will give you to us!”
48 As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him. 49 Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.
50 So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.
51 Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head.
1 Samuel 17:40-51 (NLT)
A group of guys I regularly meet with decided this year to take the “Love Dare” since we are always looking at ways to improve our marriages. One thing I didn’t count on when starting this was killing some of the giants in my life. If by any chance you are a regular reader, you know I mentioned these giants during the summer of last year.
Through all of the lies of the enemy, these giants seemed impossible at times to overcome. But through the “Love Dare” I found the way to beat them. Pretty simple really. Just talking. One of the “Dares” in the book is to have your spouse right down three things that they are irritated with about you. That in itself is a huge undertaking. I mean, you are to give your spouse free reign to let you have it and you can’t say anything negative about it. But I told Misty to go ahead and let me have it. Of the three, 1 I expected and 1 I should have but didn’t expected it at all.
The 1 I expected did involve one of my giants that I needed to take down. Misty told me she would do this for me if I did it for her also which I did. Between these two list, we had two great talks. One of these talks really helped me in taking down this giant. It was lies and deceit from the enemy which he tried to focus on Misty. Down deep I knew they were lies designed to do nothing but destroy our marriage but talking about it killed it. Funny how bringing things out in the open really can show you the truth. The enemy just wants you to keep things in the dark. Don’t talk about them because he knows the truth comes out in the light.
Jesus tells us He is the truth and the light. I have always had a problem telling her how I feel but over the last year or so I have seen how much relief and truth comes out by talking. Communication is one of the most important things in marriage and I’m seeing now just how important it is. I have to get past my pride of being a man and thinking that I can handle this myself. I can’t. That is why God gave me Misty. God knows we can’t do this ourselves. We need that person that God created to walk with us.


Cooking is one of the best kids activities because it engages the hands, the mind, the spirit, and the superpowers. Cooking boosts logic skills, math abilities, intuition, and artistic inclinations. Cooking opens a portal to a promising social life. Any way you cut it, cooking is a very valuable skill. Do your parents worry that you will never learn to cook?
Are they getting tired of fixing you breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Do they think you're old enough to get your own bowl of cereal? Parents, try a different approach! Get your kids cooking.
The children will soon be serving the adults. Is a robe is a good or bad garment to cook in? Do you know how to start a compost pile?
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Who is Philip K. You will find the answers to these questions and many more. This book is for anyone who wants to learn to cook and for anyone who wants to learn. Well, you are entitled to your feelings, but you are also entitled to master quiche-making. Psalm By contrast, Mary is put forward as the model of listening nos The Pope tells us outright that the obscure pages of the Bible will always remain obscure pages, but scholars and pastors can help us to understand that these pages have a purpose and a meaning in the light of the Mystery of Christ.
Benedict XVI pays homage to the work of exegetes, since all the demands of reason must be honoured and the texts must be respected. In explaining the connection between the Old and the New Testament, especially by the concept of fulfilment, which at the same time continues, ruptures and goes beyond the original, he underlines the importance of the encounter of Jews and Christians in the matter of reading the scriptures nos 40 and As monks and nuns we are more familiar with these two moments in the life of the Church, but we are strengthened and comforted by the concern which our Pope has for them.
So the liturgy is the privileged place where God speaks and human beings respond. The Pope devotes a great deal of space to the celebration of the Eucharist. He also prescribes that a homiletic directory should be produced. After the liturgy the Pope runs through the life of the Church with a fine air of optimism. In fact the Christian life is essentially marked by encounter with Jesus Christ who invites us to follow him With the Fathers of the Synod I express the living hope that a new reason for a great love of the holy scripture may flourish Benedict XVI deals with the prayerful reading of the holy scripture in nos He takes up the four movements of lectio divina which have been passed down to us from Guigo II, twelfth century monk of the Grande Chartreuse.
Here every individual must be open to being touched and questioned. Prayer is the first way in which the Word changes us.
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In monastic language we would say that contemplatio is the sweetness we sometimes experience in lectio. After this little treatise on lectio divina the Pope encourages the prayer of the Angelus, and finishes by mentioning the Holy Land, where Christian communities are living through major difficulties. The third part recalls that the Church is missionary.
By the coming of the Word we have received grace for grace. For Christians a grace is always a mission, that of announcing to the world a word of hope which can bring light to every condition and every situation of life nos It is a living Word which takes a stance for the poor, for justice, for the young, for migrants, anyone who is suffering. This list is all the more impressive in that for Benedict XVI it is not a simple list but makes concrete proposals. Even safeguarding creation is taken into consideration nos In the cultural domain the Word of God comes into dialogue with the world of art, culture, the media.
Indeed, it has a full place in inter-religious dialogue nos The Word flows forth from the Father and comes to dwell among his own, then he returns to the bosom of the Father to bring with him the whole of creation which was created in him and by him. This communion with the Father in Christ is a source of joy no We are writing all this to you that our joy may be complete. May this joy flood and transform our life so that we may communicate it to those with whom God grants us to share our life.
This is a being which cannot be communicated by explanations. To understand it from within it must be shared. A second difficulty is to be rigorously careful to avoid confusing the spiritual with the political. The very words are boobytrapped: it is complicated to speak of Israel theologically and at the same time to preserve the right stance towards the Hebrew State.
Furthermore, any mistake is costly; we will return to this point. This article aims to convey the specific experience of a Benedictine community in Israel, trying to live fully from the stock of the olive-tree onto which the Church is grafted. Of course this occurs through the Word of God. Once more, it is impossible to understand merely intellectually this vocation and the fruit it can bear.go to site
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The heart is involved, and we live heart to heart. This can happen and has its important place. But the essential is lived in a different way and communicates itself rather by osmosis, in the long and patient work of assimilation. Words used to express it can be no more than the tip of the iceberg. Without this word, no Israel. It will be repeated in each generation until, with Jacob, it issues in the gift of the name of Israel.
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This foundational word beckons to another, the Covenant. If one follows this expression across the five Books of the Pentateuch, one finds that it reappears three times in the Book of Deuteronomy 7. This marks its conformity to God himself who alone is holy, indicating that such holiness no less than the choice itself is a gift wholly undeserved, in no way dependent on the real and visible virtues of this people. Even if they do not study Torah they are called children.
It was chosen from the verses of the Pentateuch to be the badge of Israel at all times and under every horizon. Listening takes place in the framework of transmission from one generation to another. Study of the Torah, prescribed for every man from the moment at which the child begins to speak until the day of his death is not a solitary enterprise, but must be done first with his father and later with a master.
The listener is brought into an uninterrupted succession from master to disciple since the gift of the Torah on Mount Sinai to the present day. Study of the tradition, of the Talmud, must be done in pairs, in company with a study-partner. It is only in the juxtaposition of several ways of viewing and understanding that a true listening, which brings out the truth, can be accomplished.
The Hebrew word for this intellectual exchange is maloqet. These sparks bring life in the middle of death. Intellectual exchange, the perpetual game of question and answer which generates new questions is, then, the place of listening, the place of truth and life, far from all sleepy, sterile, dead thinking. According to Exodus The question of the practice of the commandments leads inevitably to the theme of the Land, for many of the precepts can be practised only in the Land of Israel, for example the annual pilgrimages for the three great festivals of Pesach, Sukkoth and Shavuoth, or the sabbatical year, the practice of leaving the land fallow every seventh year.
This is a delicate subject which leads inevitably to politics, but there is no way that the link between the people and the Land of Israel can be understood without it. A profound partnership with monastic life runs through the themes evoked by the link between Israel and the Word of God.
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At the origin of every monastic vocation is a contact with the Word, with Him who calls and chooses someone to belong totally to Him. The call is a totally undeserved choice, not earned, often not even looked for, but accepted in the most total liberty. It is a partnership in the transmission of a tradition which is not acquired by learning in solitude, but which necessarily comes through someone else by dialogue, face to face between the new arrival and the guide to whom he has been entrusted.
In the best case of all this consists in a questioning on both sides, leading to a new life. And finally this monastic listening is not authentic unless it is accompanied by obedience and by practice which is often not understood or is even thought impossible. Manual labour and the need to earn a living are essential for any community which wants to persevere and lead a balanced life. Other items could be added to this list of the tradition capable of leading the Jewish root of the Christian tradition to perfection.
There is something vital for Christian and monastic tradition in this contact with the people of Israel and its way of listening to the Word. It is welcome news to hear that in our days many monasteries are open to this treasure.
The speciality of our community at Abu Ghosh is this listening to the Jewish tradition and to Israel today. It is the reason why the first brothers and sisters were sent into this land. This is where we rebuild the link with the people and Land of Israel, and our specific vocation can be lived in no other way.


The Coptic Church
“…On one hand, its theology is based on nothing outside the scriptures. On the other hand, the doctrines agree in all parts with those of the Early Church i.e. the tradition which has the proper interpretation and application of the teachings of our Lord and the Apostles as understood and practiced by the Christians and the leaders of the Church during the period of the One Universal Church until the division of 451 A.D.”
Bishop Athanasius of Ben-Swef and Bahnassa (1977)
The Coptic Church was established in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ by St. Mark the Evangelist in the city of Alexandria around 43 A.D. The church adheres to the Nicene Creed. St. Athanasius (296-373 A.D.), the twentieth Pope of the Coptic Church effectively defended the Doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ’s Divinity at the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. His affirmation of the doctrine earned him the title; “Father of Orthodoxy” and St. Athanasius “the Apostolic“.
The term “Coptic” is derived from the Greek “Aigyptos” meaning “Egyptian“. When the Arabs arrived in Egypt in the seventh century, they called the Egyptians “qibt“. Thus the Arabic word “qibt” came to mean both “Egyptians” and “Christians“.
The term “Orthodoxy” here refers to the preservation of the “Original Faith” by the Copts who, throughout the ages, defended the Old Creed against the numerous attacks aimed at it.
The Coptic Orthodox Church worships the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in the Oneness of Nature. We believe in One God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit � three equal Co-Essential and Co-Indwelling Hypostasis (Persons). The Blessed and Holy Trinity is our One God. We Believe that Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-Begotten of the Father and Who is One with Him in Essence is the only Savior of the world; we are Miaphysites; There is a difference between the �Monophysites� who believe in just One Single Nature (Divine) of Lord Jesus Christ and the �Miaphysites� who believe in One United Nature or One Composite Nature (Divine & Human) of Lord Jesus Christ. We do not believe in just a Single Nature but we do believe in the One Incarnate Nature of the Logos. Less changes have taken place in the Coptic Church than in any other church whether in the ritual or doctrine aspects and that the succession of the Coptic Patriarchs, Bishops, priests and Deacons has been continuous.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
“Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth. The LORD has sworn, and will not relent, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.” (Ps 110:3)
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II was born Wagih Sobhy Baky Soliman on November 4th, 1952 in Mansoura. His father was an irrigation engineer and his family moved around during his childhood from Mansoura to Sohag and then to Damanhour.
He received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy in 1975 from Alexandria University and earned a fellowship for the World Health Organization from the British International Health Institute in England in 1985. He attended the Coptic Seminary and graduated in 1983. He then worked as a manager in a pharmaceutical company in Damanhour that was owned by the Ministry of Health.
His Holiness’s life has always revolved around church since his youth; he wished to live the life of monasticism. He entered the Monastery of St. Pishoy in Wadi Elnatroun on August 20, 1986 and remained a brother for two years. He was ordained a monk on July 31, 1988 and after a year he was ordained a priest on December 23, 1989. Two months after, H.H. Pope Tawadros started serving with H.E. Metropolitan Pakhomious of Beheira on February 15, 1990. He was ordained a bishop on June 15, 1997 by H.H. the Late Pope Shenouda III as a General Bishop assisting H.E. Metropolitan Pakhomious. His Holiness focused on childhood whether it was in the country-wide children’s festival as well when he was in charge of the children’s committee in the Holy Synod. Before assuming the papacy, H.H. wrote twelve books.
His Holiness was enthroned as the 118th Pope of Alexandria and Pope of the See of St. Mark on November 18, 2012 at the Cathedral of St. Reweis in Abbassiya, Cairo. The enthronement was presided by H.E. Metropolitan Pakhomious of Beheira, other metropolitans and bishops of the Coptic church and was attended by many delegates of Christian Churches.
To learn more, visit His Holiness Pope Tawadros’ Official Web site.
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"Jesus Christ Himself is the final exegesis of all truth. He is all that we need to know about God, and He is all that we need to know about man."
– Major I. Thomas
In the lectures, you learn how to study the Bible, lead a small group and how to share the gospel and your faith with friends and strangers. You’ll get many of opportunities to share the love of Christ in the communities and engage with local churches. Our goal is, that you will discover the reality of Christ living in and through you, as well as finding God’s plan for your life and future.
WHAT WE DO
maybe you asked yourself, what is happening at a bible school, we might have some answers for you
During lectures, you will be taught on biblical books or topics (ex. Prayer, Apologetics). You also learn how to structure a bible study and lead a small group.
You get the opportunities to prepare a few bible studies during the course. A few are written and marked and others are to be presented to your family group.
It is really important to not just learn in lectures but also walk with other believers and learn from them what it means to live by faith. Therefore the staff takes time to invest in the students and see them getting more mature in their faith.
The good news of the gospel can’t and shouldn’t be kept secret. Therefore we go out the streets, the communities and other location to share the gospel and show them the love of Christ. For example, we organize lunchtime programs in schools or help people in the community to paint their house.
In family groups you spend life together with the staff, encourage each other and grow in your relation to the Lord. You will have bible studies together, travel to beautiful places and enjoy a tasty dinner. Your family group will quickly become one of the most precious times of the week.
Adventure, Fun & Coffee
During all the program you will find time to enjoy the great culture and nature. Enjoying a perfect flat-white, hiking on the paths of Bilbo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee or just relaxing at the beach. We offer quite a few opportunities for you to make your time unforgettable.
Monavale Bible School (MBS)
A 20-week adventure of getting to know God more, digging deeper into His word and discovering the reality of the indwelling life of Christ. Every aspect of life at Bible School, from personal devotion time to the scheduled lectures, from discipleship groups to weekly ministries, is designed to nurture spiritual growth so that you become a person whose life continually points others to the Person of Jesus Christ.
We seek to teach, train and equip those that want to learn more about the life that comes from a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord; preparing them for future ministry.
BML is a 10-week Bible teaching programme that focuses on how to be professional in the things we do (whether work, church, ministry) whilst maintaining our integrity.
The idea was to address the paradox in today’s society that ‘business’ and ‘ministry’ are mutually exclusive.Some would say that if you want to be PROFESSIONAL there is no room for you in ministry and if you have INTEGRITY there is no room for you in business!
Of course, this is complete nonsense. The bible is packed with examples that show us God’s standard for ‘work’ whatever it is and whoever it’s for.
Bible – Discipleship – Mission (BDM)
BDM 1 (Bible, Discipleship, Mission) is a 20-week bible school program. We don’t simply fill our heads with information but we engage in transformation! And we don’t do it alone, we live in community together and engage in daily discipleship.
Faith in action here at Capernwray prepares for a life in Christ wherever He may take you! Let the life of Jesus shine through you so that this world can see God’s power in action. Putting into practice what is learned in the classroom is a very important aspect for us. Therefore we send students out, to local school and churches to share the love of Christ and step out in faith.
Within the two-week break in April, students can either travel and explore the country or join one of the mission trips. The program includes a week of adventure program, in which the students can explore the great outdoors and learn to surrender to the Lord.
Leadership, Internship, Training (LIT)
The Leadership Internship Training Course is designed for students who have completed BDM 1 or an equivalent Bible School at any Torchbearer School internationally. It offers 8 weeks of residential training on campus with specialist ministry input as well as Biblical input. Each week will be stand-alone so that local youth pastors etc. can opt to come for a week and cover a specialist area (eg leadership; apologetics; strategies for reaching a community; personal development).
After the 8 weeks of residential input, there is an option for those participating to be ‘placed’ in a local or regional church or ministry for 10 weeks. The host church or ministry provides accommodation for the students and oversees their service as ‘interns’ alongside their existing church leadership and staff. Capernwray oversees the placement and provides support in any way possible (eg visiting, regular communication, prayer). Students will then return to Capernwray for a week of debrief.
TWO UNIQUE CENTERS
and the same good message – Christ. Combine programs from the two ‘down under’ countries and get the most out of it.
Capernwray Australia is located about an hour south of Sydney and just a 45min drive from one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The center is next to a beautiful nature reverse next to a river. Early in the morning, you can watch the birds and kangaroos while the sun rises. Do not forget your camera! In the afternoon make your way to Bowral or Moss Vale and enjoy a great flat-white while you write your bible study. You are accommodated in rooms with up to 6 students. Some rooms have the bathroom in their room, others share a bathroom with others on the floor. There is a limited amount of rooms for married couples as well.
Just a short drive away from the Hobbiton, Capernwray New Zealand is located on the beautiful north island. Surrounded by great nature and some small towns, its a great place to (re)focus on Christ. With its location, it is great to be not be distracted by the busyness of life and at the same time not too far to be isolated. Enjoy a swim in the pool, a game of tennis or just relax on a walk through the gardens. On a free weekend, you can grab some friends and discover the countryside of New Zealand. If you are a fan of the lord of the rings or the hobbit you will find a lot to discover.


Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has officially published many encouraging statements welcoming all people. Modeling the love of Jesus Christ, Adventists welcome people from all walks of life to join them for Sabbath School, the worship service, the communion service, Bible study groups, and other church-based activities.
In slighting the claims of the poor, the suffering, and the sinful, we are proving ourselves traitors to Christ. Christ sought by precept and example to teach the truth that with God there was to be no dividing wall between Israel and other nations John; Luke ; Matt. In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free. All are brought nigh by His precious blood.
Creating a Welcoming Statement
Through the revelation of Jesus Christ in the Scriptures we share the same faith and hope, and reach out in one witness to all. In practice, however, Adventist churches at times have been exclusive and repellent. We have cared more about being right than about being kind.
We have confused acceptance with agreement. We have been too motivated by fear. We have turned away thirsty seekers of the free water of life. Now is the time to be more intentional concerning the openness and warmth of our local church climates. As important as a mission or vision, a welcoming statement gives the church a face. Below is a list of Seventh-day Adventist churches that have published a church welcoming statement. The breadth and richness of approaches is inspiring.
He lived and died with arms open wide in love to all. A similar welcome is extended by these churches. Is your congregation happily open to having all people attend worship services, Bible studies, Sabbath School classes, potlucks, and prayer meetings?
This invitation includes people of every race, appearance, belief system, sexual orientation, nation, gender, economic level, age, and ability. If the majority prayerfully says No, then your church is not ready for a welcoming statement yet.
This is a call to spend time with your congregation discipling them in the ministry of hospitality.Write by: Web Administrator. Here you will find weekly devotional thoughts that are designed to encourage you to make your petitions known unto God with thanksgiving.Netherlands field hockey team roster
It is also designed to help you focus on the Sovereignty of God and His ability to not only answer prayers, but to help you experience a powerful transformation in your life. If you are needing prayer go to our Prayer Request page. The Lord declares that He will be honored by those who draw nigh to Him, who faithfully do His service.Bendy and the ink machine mobile apk
The arm of Omnipotence is outstretched to lead us onward and still onward. Go forward, the Lord says; I will send you help. I will be honored before those who are watching for your failure. They shall see My word triumph gloriously. It is our privilege to come to Him with holy boldness.
As in sincerity we ask Him to let His light shine upon us, He will hear and answer us.How To Pray and Fast For a Breakthrough - Steps To Fasting and Prayer
We are to encourage in one another that living faith which Christ has made it possible for every believer to have. The work is to be carried forward as the Lord prepares the way. When He brings His people into strait places, then it is their privilege to assemble together for prayer, remembering that all things come of God. Those who have not yet shared in the trying experiences that attend the work in these last days will soon have to pass through scenes that will severely test their confidence in God.
When such experiences come to you, go forward, trusting in Christ.
Walk step by step in the path He marks out. Trials will come, but go forward. This will give you an experience that will strengthen your faith in God and fit you for truest service. The temptations to which we are daily exposed make prayer a necessity. Dangers beset every path. Those who are seeking to rescue others from vice and ruin are especially exposed to temptation.
In constant contact with evil, they need a strong hold upon God lest they themselves be corrupted. Short and decisive are the steps that lead men down from high and holy ground to a low level. One failure to overcome leaves the soul unguarded. One evil habit, if not firmly resisted, will strengthen into chains of steel, binding the whole man.
The reason why so many are left to themselves in places of temptation is that they do not set the Lord always before them. When we permit our communion with God to be broken, our defense is departed from us.
Pray a New Prayer
Not all your good purposes and good intentions will enable you to withstand evil. You must be men and women of prayer. Your petitions must not be faint, occasional, and fitful, but earnest, persevering, and constant. It is not always necessary to bow upon your knees in order to pray.
Cultivate the habit of talking with the Saviour when you are alone, when you are walking, and when you are busy with your daily labor. Let the heart be continually uplifted in silent petition for help, for light, for strength, for knowledge.
Let every breath be a prayer.I grew up in a Mormon family, I never participated in the church myself, but everything I knew about church had to do with the Mormon church. Ive been dating this girl for a while now, she is Seventh Day Adventist, and just recently she told me that her mom would love if I offered to say a prayer before we eat dinner this coming weekend. How do Seventh Day Adventist pray?Skye agents of shield
If you could just give me like a sample prayer that you would do before eating dinner, that would be awesome. In the mormon church, prayer is always started by addressing God as "Heavenly Father", after which you give thanks for whatever you feel neccessary, then ask for blessings on yourself and others, afterwhich prayer is always ended with "in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Ex: Heavenly Father, we thank you for all that you have given us and for the many blessing you have bestowed upon us, please bless this food, and please bless those in need. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. Is this similar to what Adventists would do? I just don't want to offend anyone when I give the prayer. Also Chris, I say that little prayer you end with every day.
I still hold the LDS Church to be true. In Psa sixty two:8 defines what a pray is. Prayer is the uncomplicated want of the soul expressed; the hollow of the midsection to God as to a pal. In Psa ;,6 God pay attention as quickly as we pray. Heb John What must be our physique of concepts in regard to all issues ask for? Luke two. James What I do is I write a prayer magazine each and each time I awaken in the afternoon in the evening. And it great I see how plenty I ask of the Lord and how plenty he does for me.
Even at two years old I must have realized that public prayers are supposed to be brief. Well, let me tell you something, I have felt like doing that a few times since then. Jesus mentored His disciples to pray longer prayers in private. Jesus led by example, in long personal prayers, sometimes lasting all night Luke He also taught that prayers should be genuine and not rehearsed. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. When we pray we are to talk to God as to a friend.
I heard of an elderly Bible worker, who when driving to Bible studies, would make sure nothing was in the passenger seat, because He pictured God sitting there, riding with Him to the Bible study as he prayed and drove.
I hope he kept his eyes open as he prayed and drove! One man, who had already heard me pray many times, told me he wanted to pray but did not know what to say. God wants us to talk to Him as a friend. He does not wanting us just babbling the same words over and over. He wants to have a real conversation with us. The psalmist talks about singing a new song Psalms and a song is like a prayer, since songs and prayers are stories of our experiences.
Just as God enjoys new songs, He also enjoys new prayers. While Jesus mentored His disciples to pray in private, He also mentored them to pray in public. He gave them a model prayer, not to be repeated over and over word for word, but as a model for us to form our own prayer.
God loves creativity. Not every song has to be sung the same way and neither does every prayer have to be prayed the same way. While Jesus prayed long private prayers, notice how short His public prayer is. Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. Matthew NLT. Jesus starts by addressing His Father and setting a tone for reverence and awe.
Our prayers may also be prayed with confidence knowing our requests are reaching the throne of the universe. May your Kingdom come soon.
I have a friend who was taught long ago by his parents to always ask people how their day was, and listen to them, before going on about yourself and your day. You may think you had a tough day, but before you dive into your prayer, telling God all about your heartaches, have you ever asked God how His day went?
God sees way more heartaches in one day than we will see in a lifetime.Abba Father, thank you for bringing me into your family. May I never disappoint you in the way I treat others. May they see in me the qualities of character that can only be attributed to your presence in my life.
To you be the glory and the honor, forever and ever, through Jesus my Lord. When you are unsure of where you will spend eternity Lord Jesus, I want to know you personally. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins.
I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving me of my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Father, I have knowledge, so will You show me now, How to use it wisely and find a way somehow To make the world I live in a little better place, And make life with its problems a little bit easier to face.
Grant me faith and courage and put purpose in my days, And show me how to serve Thee in effective ways. So my education, my knowledge and my skill May find their true fulfillment as I learn to do Thy will.
And may I ever be aware in everything I do, That knowledge comes from learning, and wisdom comes from You. Heavenly Father, thank you that you love each of us and want us to experience wholeness and hope in our lives. You see when we fail to live according to your ideals and instead find ourselves in a broken relationship. Help us to be willing to accept our own responsibility in this and be willing to ask for forgiveness and to extend forgiveness.
May we never retaliate when we feel wronged, but help us to make choices that would show that we have made a commitment of love which we will keep. May we never take this commitment lightly but choose to work at our marriage. May we also realize that sometimes renewal of relationships takes time. May each of us determine to demonstrate patience, kindness and love in how we interact with each other. We ask this in the name of our loving Lord.
Above all, I give You my heart that You may love in me — love the Father and love all humankind. I give You my whole self, Lord, that You may grow in me, so that it is You who lives, works and prays in me. Therefore, may the blessing of the LORD be upon you, and may you know the joy of putting his name upon others.
Father God, I am feeling fearful today. Life seems to be uncertain and out of control.Seventh-day Adventists believe in inspiring those around us to experience a life of wholeness and hope for an eternal future with God. PRAYER in the church worship service is the respectful and receptive opening of the heart to God with others of like attitudes and expectations.
It is a togetherness in approaching God for His presence and mercies. How inspiring is the promise: "The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them" Ps. Just how does one prepare a pastoral prayer? There is a natural sequence to be followed in this art. This is true both when we are in private communion with our Lord and when we are praying before a congregation in the setting of a worship service.
Let us together consider six aspects of an effective prayer:. All prayer begins with adoration and a reverence for God and His holy name. To adore God is to love Him. This is the foundation of all true prayer. We address our prayers to God through the name of Jesus Christ. In the Scriptures there are many illustrations of adoration. When the disciples said to Jesus, "Lord, teach us to pray," He taught them to say, "Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name" Luke2.
When the angel announced the birth of Jesus to the shepherds, they sang, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men" chap. In the prayer of Isaiah, preceding his vision of the glory of God, he exclaimed, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts" Isa. Is it not significant that the remnant church, which heralds the "everlasting gospel," is admonished, "Fear God, and give glory to him" Rev. This text in Phillips' translation reads: " 'Reverence God, and give glory to him.
It should be sincere, humble, earnest the desires of a renewed heart breathed in the presence of a holy God. When the suppliant feels that he is in the divine presence, self will be forgotten.
He will have no desire to display human talent; he will not seek to please the ear of men, but to obtain the blessing which the soul craves. One of the great problems in most Seventh-day Adventist churches is lack of reverence. Only as the worshiper senses that he is in the presence of God and that God is in the house of worship through the Holy Spirit can real prayer be experienced and real reverence felt. To pray to God is to rejoice in Him; to turn our thoughts from self to God.
Nothing that we possess is as important as knowing God is and that we possess Him.
It is at this point that real, effective prayer begins! There is much in the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy about joy and thanksgiving in prayer. Our devotional exercises should not consist wholly in asking and receiving. Let us not be always thinking of our wants, and never of the benefits we receive. We do not pray any too much, but we are too sparing of giving thanks.
We are the constant recipients of God's mercies, and yet how little gratitude we express, how little we praise Him for what He has done for us.
In the prayer of adoration and reverence, we love God for Himself and what He is; in the prayer of thanksgiving and praise, we thank God for what He has done. It is to say, "God, I thank thee for. The two types of prayer previously mentioned adoration and thanksgiving are significant, for they direct us toward God.
In the effective pastoral prayer, there is also a place for the expression of the worshiper's needs.While Seventh-day Adventists agree with mainstream Christian denominations on most matters of doctrine, they differ on some issues, particularly on which day to worship and what happens to souls immediately after death.
Sacraments - Baptism is performed on believers at the age of accountability and calls for repentance and acceptance of Christ as Lord and Savior. Adventists practice full immersion. Seventh-day Adventist beliefs consider communion an ordinance to be celebrated quarterly. Afterward, they gather together in the sanctuary to share unleavened bread and unfermented grape juice, as a memorial to the Lord's Supper. The worship service consists of music, a Bible-based sermon, and prayer, much like an evangelical Protestant service.
Share Flipboard Email. Jack Zavada. Christianity Expert. Jack Zavada is a writer who covers the Bible, theology, and other Christianity topics. Updated October 09, It symbolizes forgiveness of sins and reception of the Holy Spirit. Adventists baptize by immersion.
Bible - Adventists see Scripture as divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit, the "infallible revelation" of God's will. The Bible contains the knowledge necessary for salvation. Communion - The Adventist communion service includes foot washing as a symbol of humility, ongoing inner cleansing, and service to others.
The Lord's Supper is open to all Christian believers. Death - Unlike most other Christian denominations, Adventists hold that the dead do not go directly to heaven or hell but enter a period of " soul sleep ," in which they are unconscious until their resurrection and final judgment.Direwolf20 dupe glitch
Diet - As "temples of the Holy Spirit," Seventh-day Adventists are encouraged to eat the healthiest diet possible, and many members are vegetarians. They are also prohibited from drinking alcoholusing tobacco, or taking illegal drugs. Equality - There is no racial discrimination in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Women cannot be ordained as pastors, although the debate continues in some circles. Homosexual behavior is condemned as sin. Heaven, Hell - At the end of the Millennium, the thousand-year reign of Christ with his saints in heaven between the first and second resurrections, Christ and the Holy City will descend from heaven to earth.
The redeemed will live eternally on the New Earth, where God will dwell with his people. The condemned will be consumed by fire and annihilated. Investigative Judgment - Beginning ina date originally named by an early Adventist as the Second Coming of Christ, Jesus began a process of judging which people will be saved and which will be destroyed.
Adventists believe all departed souls are sleeping until that time of final judgment.
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1. Tell us something about yourself!
Allen Derksen. Founder / Director of Telemensahe, a mobile phone media ministry. Presently in audio, moving toward video.
2. How and why did you become involved with mobile ministry?
I was invited into (the Mobile Ministry Forum) by Keith Williams.
3. What excites you about mobile ministry?
A- The number of people that can be reached, B- The ubuquity and accessibility of this media tool, and C- The new capabilities it offers in terms of broadband, video, and streaming.
4. What aspects of your background/training, books, websites, tools, etc. have been most helpful to you as you’ve moved forward in mobile ministry?
The ability to focus on follow up and church planting outcomes. I'm not expert on any technical level, but understand how mobile ministry can become evangelistic and church planting ministry.
5. What are some of the biggest obstacles to implementing effective mobile ministry? For you/your ministry? For the Christian world in general?
Technical and production help. I need the assistance of those who can set the visual side of this ministry up.
6. What is one recommendation you could make that would help an individual or ministry be better able to move forward in mobile ministry?
Let's create a repository of short video clips and films that are accessible to partner agencies or people involved in this ministry.
7. What is one hard earned lesson in ministry you would want to pass on to others here?
The biggest challenge is finding ministry partners who follow through. Be careful who you partner with in this ministry.
8. What part of mobile ministry does the Church need to bring more effort and focus to?
Evangelism - good evangelistic short films.
9. What aspect of mobile is overrated in your mind? Why?
Not sure on this one. I think we might be over-weighted towards the delivery of educational programs. We need to reach the lost as much as feed the sheep.
10. Is there anyone else you’d like to see interviewed regarding mobile ministry?
Patrick Tayah. (See the Visual Story Network).


The 5+2 Food Distribution Program at Gracepoint Church of the Nazarene began in 2009 in partnership with H.O.P.E. (Helping Our People Elsinore) Our mission is reaching out to our community by providing fresh food and staples to those in need. Food is distributed the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. On average we feed 75 families (about 400 people). We have many people from our community and church who volunteer their time to show God’s love to others. See our Event Calendar to find out when you can join us to help with 5+2.
The 5+2 Food Distribution Program is named for the 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes that Jesus used to feed the 5000 hungry people in the book of John 6:1-14.
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
“When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “Eight months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them. Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.”


We base ourselves in local communities and work with churches, schools and other agencies to provide the best opportunities for young people and communities to find their purpose and their voice.We believe changing lives by transforming culture is possible – and we want to show you how.
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We are a Christian new monastic and missional movement.
We have learnt how to shift culture so lives are transformed – we’re excited to show you how.
We are a group of friends across the country who want to see a cultural shift in our local communities and across our nation.
As a movement we are new monastic and missional. We focus our mission on both young people and the communities in which they exist. Together we hold in tension our concern for our local communities as well as the nation.
We base ourselves in local communities and work with churches, schools and other agencies to shift culture and provide the best opportunities for young people and communities to flourish. Grounded in local mission this way, we are able to support others across our region and the country as they work to see their young people and communities flourishing too.


Return to a biblical standard for preaching. This newly revised and expanded edition of this classic preaching resource is the essential guide if you want to stir the embers of revival. John Piper has added valuable new material reflecting on his thirty-three years of preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church.
He thought it was going to be just another day. God had other plans. Don Piper was on the way home from a conference when his car was crushed by a semitruck that crossed into his lane. Medical personnel said he died instantly. While his body lay lifeless inside the ruins of his car, Piper experienced the glories of heaven.
The Power of Prayer to Change Your MarriageStormie Omartian encourages husbands or wives to pray to protect their relationship from 14 serious threats that can lead to unsatisfying marriages or even divorce. Biblical, prayerful insights addressing communication breakdown, struggles with finances, anger, infidelity, parenting struggles, and more, will lead...
MILLIONS OF READERS around the world have been touched by Stormie Omartian's powerful, encouraging, life-changing books on prayer. Now three of her most popular have been combined into one volume, mak ing the contents of these special books conveniently available just for you.


Are You Teaching the Five W‘s?
Students are taught the necessity of including the who, what, where, when, and why in their writing assignments. However, as teachers, are we including those 5 W’s in our presentations?
What may be missing in your lesson plan?
Sunday school teachers may do well with the who — the characters, or the what — the action that takes place, but what about the where?
Where does the action take place?
The where is the setting of the story. This is where the introduction of geography is important.
How many can point to modern-day Jerusalem on a map?
Where was Babylon located?
In what modern-day nation would Babylon be found?
In what modern-day nation would one find the ancient cities of Corinth or Athens?
Were these cities located inland or by a river or by the sea? How would this have affected their culture, their eating habits, or their accumulation of wealth?
Why teach the setting of a Biblical event?
Teaching the setting of a Biblical event helps students accept the reality of the story, envision the characters in their proper surroundings, and develop further understanding of Biblical times.
The introduction of geography may have your students’ interest peaked in ways you may never have imagined. More on this in our next post.


Of the various Christian holy days that take place throughout the year, Candlemass (or Candelaria), on February 2nd, may be one of the least well-known ceremonies in the Christian world. Evangelical Protestants do not count it as a major observance, while Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Greek Orthodox churches hold it in high esteem.
The celebration of Candlemass originated in the late fifth century as a tribute to the light of God's glory that was manifested in Christ Jesus. The earliest known observance within the Church was in the year AD 496, during the time of Pope Gelasius. In AD 542 the Emperor Justinian ordained that the Eastern Church celebrate the festival, which he called Hypapante, or "Meeting". The name was derived from the Gospel of Luke 2:22-40, wherein Simeon the priest and Anna the prophetess met the infant Jesus in the temple at the time of his consecration. Simeon's prophecy declared Jesus to be the Lord's salvation and "a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel." This passage continues to be the focus of the celebration.


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Favorite Saints: St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Jude
Favorite Sport: Walking
Hobbies/Interests: Art, art history, gardening
Attend SSPX Latin Mass
Education/Occupation: 4 year college-BA in art history.
Description: 5'4" tall, normal weight, brown hair, green eyes, Irish and Czechosolvakian.
I would like to meet someone who places God and Catholicisim first. He should want to accept as many children as God is willing to send. Preferably, he should have completed college and be willing to let me stay at home. I hope he would have great sense of humor, generous, forgiving, kind, compassionate, caring. I hope he would be interested in such things as art, ballroom dancing, foreign language, film, litearture.
F-May 7, 1979
Favorite Saying/Motto: "If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it."
Favorite Saints: Saint Therese
Favorite Sport: Downhill skiing, swimming, horses (I am an avid horseback rider).
Hobbies/Interests: Needlework, travel, and family
Attends: SSPX Latin Mass
Education/Occupation: I was home schooled from 4th grade. I am a professional dog handler. I chose not to attend college for a degree (although I attend occasional classes when it relates to business) because my vocation is to be a wife and mother.
Brief Description: I am 5 feet 5 inches tall, proportional weight, medium length brown hair, really cute, fun to be with, mature, love to cook, and travel.
Favorite Motto/Saying: "Your Home, A Church in Minature".
Favorite Saints: St. Joan of Arc, St. John Vianney, St. Therese Lisieux
Favorite Sports: Nature Hikes, Viennese Waltzing
Hobbies/Interests: Singing classical, sacred music, ancient biblical dietary wisdom, cooking, Catholic product development, philospohy, theology, apologetics, reading Catholic books, and touring Catholic shrines, museums, Gothic Cathedrals, and victorian homes.
Attends: SSPX and Independent Chapels.
About: Hello! I am devout pre-Vatican II Catholic who is very zealous and militant. I love the faith. My prayer life is important. I want my home to be like a monastery. I plan on raising any future children to be open to vocation to religious life. I agree with Dr. Laura that mothers should stay at home and raise their children.


In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord make me dwell in safety.
This verse is still relevant today, living in a world that is often filled with stress, anxiety, and fear. It reminds that you can find peace and rest in God, even in the midst of difficult circumstances. Trusting on God s protection and rely on His strength to carry us through challenging times.
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This is what it feels like: silky soft front and back with a light texture.


The Creation of Adam - WriteWork.
Analysis of Michelangelo’s work on creation of Adam. Michelangelo is up to date recognized as one of the greatest artists. His work on the “Creation of Adam” which is located on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is recognized as the most famous work of art.
Character Analysis from the Story of Adam and Eve. Character Analysis from the Story of Adam and Eve Satan: The main dude of the story. He was a top angel who wants to rule Heaven. He hates having to follow or be second to God or his son, Jesus. Satan gets pissed when God’s son is given more power.
Adam's curiosity and intellect are revealed. Likewise, Adam informs Raphael about Adam's and Eve's creation and about their relationship. Man and Angel have information for each other, and they present this information within the formalized structure that establishes their relationship. After Adam's fall, his conversations with Eve become.
Analysis. The creation of Adam has consist of Principle of Organisation that is balance, emphasize, unity and line. In this painting u can find balance that form by the horizontal line that God and adam body figure shown and also their hand also show the horizontal line.
Question: What is a viable thesis regarding the Creation of Adam fresco in the Sistine Chapel?. The Creation of Adam: This famous part of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is a fresco painting by.
Paradise Lost by John Milton: Summary and Critical Analysis The fable or story of the epic is taken from the Bible; it is the simple and common story of the fall of Adam and Eve from the grace of God due to their disobedience of Him. Paradise Lost encompasses a little more of the biblical story.
Adam and Eve were uniquely created in the image of God, unlike the animals and the rest of the physical creation. Many people try to equate the image of God to human abilities like abstract reasoning, or having a conscience, or the possession of an eternal spirit.


Join us as we combine a variety of both modern and traditional music to worship God in a multi-ethnic and inter-generational congregation. During this service, Toddlers and Pre-k children have the choice of attending the TK Children's Worship Service and children ages 1st to 5th grade have the choice of attending Children's Church. We also provide a nursery room for infants.
Come worship in a relaxed atmosphere where you can experience God's Love in a new way through modern music and messages relevant to today's world. We do not have a separate children's worship service at this time.
Sunday Morning Bible Study
Journey 201 - 11:30 PM
Sunday Evening Bible Study
Introduction to Christianity - 4:00 PM
Wednesday Night Bible Study
Journey 201 - 8:00 PM
College Bible Study
Parables of Jesus - 7:00 PM
Friday Evening International Students Bible Study
Sharing the Gospel - 6:00 PM
Friday Night Praise Team Worship and Bible Study
Worship, Prayer and Bible Study - 8:00 PM


Join the Evangelical Covenant Church to walk (or run or roll) 6K with World Vision and celebrate 10 years of partnership through Covenant Kids Congo. No matter where or how you move your feet––in your house, at a park, or through your neighborhood––you'll join Covenanters around the country to change lives by bringing clean water to those who need it most in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Join the 6K for water—from wherever you are!
Family fun. Global impact.
The Global 6K is great because you can do it anywhere! Walk or run the distance, by yourself or with your family, and be part of this global movement to change lives. Whether you join from the treadmill or your favorite trail, the neighborhood or the track…when you and thousands of others around the world walk, jog, or stroller-run your way to 6K on May 20, 2023, you’ll bring life-changing clean water to those who need it most.
About Our Partnership
In 2012, the Evangelical Covenant Church and World Vision began a partnership serving the northwest region of the Democratic Republic of Congo – the partnership is called Covenant Kids Congo. Will you join us?
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The Kaduna State Government, on Sunday said three suspects have been arrested in connection to Friday’s arson attack on St. Augustine Catholic Church, Tudun-Wada Kaduna
A statement by the government spokesman, Samuel Aruwa, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Sunday, said full investigation had commenced on the incident and those indicated will be prosecuted.
The government commended the resilience of the Church congregation “who today held their usual Sunday service in spite of the arson attack”, and said their courage “is a loud rebuke to violence and bigotry, and a firm affirmation of the right to worship.”
The government also commended students of Kaduna Polytechnic who put out the Friday night fire which burnt the altar of the church.
“The government further thanked the management of Kaduna Polytechnic for deploying firefighters to the scene when students raised the alarm of fire in the the premises of the Church which shares a fence with the institution.
“A state government team, led by Samuel Aruwan, spokesman of Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai, has visited the church and conveyed the government’s message of sympathy to the priests and congregation.
“Aruwan also represented the government at a meeting held at Ungwan Sanusi Divisional Police Headquarters, with representatives of the church, led by Rev. Father Anthony Ikhenoba, Dean Northern Deanery, Dr. Daniel Attar, Chairman Parish Council and the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Mohammed Yusuf.
“The state government has also been in touch with the leadership of the Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese which has responded to the sad incident, appreciate with commendable grace and a firm expectation of justice.
“The state government calls on all residents of the state to uphold peace and harmony, reject those who seek to divide and report anyone engaged in violence.”