So, I do try to respect people’s right to their personal beliefs. The key word here being personal. In turn, I do not want some group’s collective beliefs imposed on the rest of us. That is, them not respecting my personal beliefs in return. Unfortunately too many religious organisations are to dense to understand this mutual respect thingy. I don’t know, I suppose it is because they think they have some absolute truth that somehow puts them in a special position.
One organization that is incredibly bad with this is the Catholic Church. I have met many nice people who are Catholics, but the church they belong to is run by a bunch of misogynistic and *phobic old men. They seem to think the ultimate utopia is a Catholic theocracy – probably like in the old days when any opposition could be burned at the stake. Theocracies do not work. We have a few Muslim ones around to prove that point.
In the meantime the Catholic patriarchy seem to think it is their business to impose their dogma on the rest of us, and boldly investigate us to make sure we live up to their inhumane standards. In other words: They are a bunch of arrogant assholes too. Now they’re looking into the Girl Scouts. They’re even deluded enough to call it an “official inquiry” as if they have any authority in the matter. What is even worse, the Girl Scouts actually wants to comply with the inquiry.
“We’ve had a strong relationship with the Catholic Church for 98 years,” said Girl Scouts spokeswoman Michelle Tompkins. “We don’t expect it to change.”
Actually, you should change that. The Girl Scouts has shown itself to be an organisation that empowers young women in a very good way. This relationship to a patriarchal and dysfunctional organisation is troubling, as is plainly evident by this inquiry in the first place. The problem the Catholic Church has with the Girl Scouts seems to be that they do empower young women.
Critics of the Girl Scouts contend their materials shouldn’t have any links to groups like the Sierra Club, Doctors Without Borders and Oxfam, or other groups that support family planning and contraception. Other critics are unhappy that the American Girl Scouting organization is a member of an international scouting association that supports contraception access.
The sexually dysfunctional Catholic leadership is obsessing over sex – again. It is their recurring theme after all. Outside the porn industry, there are none so obsessed about sex as the fundamentalist religious institutions. This is one of the greater paradoxes in our modern society. I think I prefer the porn industry. At least they are honest about it.
The Girls Scout organisation is well advised to distance itself from such organisations as the Catholic Church if it wants to continuing being a positive influence in the life of young women. They do an important job trying to correct the neglect of generations of ignorant religious dogma our society in part suffers from.
- Bishops v Girl Scouts – Butterflies & Wheels


So many primary carers (often husbands, wives or children) have told us that their faith and their loved one’s faith has been a real strength in the journey of dementia. When times get hard for the carer they can turn to God and so often find strength and peace even in the midst of the difficulties going on around them. Some have said that even just putting on some worship music or hymns in the background when they or the person living with dementia are struggling they feel an instant lightness.
It seems that having faith in God can really help to make sense of what is going on where otherwise there is no sense at all. A carers faith can bring with it a renewed sense of purpose; a reason to keep going when there seems no hope or sense to keeping going. Faith gives an inner strength and assurance that they are not going through this alone and when a church is fully supportive and engaged the burden is shared. So often for those who are not part of a church family find loneliness and isolation soon begin to bring despair. It is so important for churches and the church leaders to ensure that members of their congregations who begin to be impacted by dementia do not drop off the radar as this is the time that they need the church the most.
A number of studies have been carried out that have looked into the association between faith and dementia and some of the findings support this view. Some suggesting that carers with a strong faith belief system might even have a better relationship with the person they care for. One small study even concluded that caregivers who had a faith in God found that it helped them cope and that they had lower levels of depression.
One of the most significant benefits of having faith in God is that it can make some of the challenges and difficulties of the dementia journey a little easier. Many carers who have a faith don’t seem to struggle quite so much with the why? questions. Instead, they choose to trust that, however unfair it feels it is part of a ‘bigger plan’. Even though they may not understand why, they trust that God is working for good and He is there with them through this. This brings a level of peace which is not found in those who are supporting those living with dementia who do not have a faith.
This is not to say that this is always an easy journey. Those with faith often find that it is tested to the limit and this is where good pastoral care from their church is essential.
Faith and being a member of a local church has a number of key benefits, but it needs the church and its leader to prioritise the love and support for those who are on the dementia journey, whether a carer, a family member or the person with dementia. It is so important to recognise that all of these people are impacted and needs additional love and support.
So what are the benefits of being a member of a church and what should church leaders focus on in order to best support those who find themselves part of a dementia journey?
Provide good pastoral care
Keeping someone connected into the family of the church is so important and sometimes is the first thing that falls away. Those who find themselves on the dementia journey need to feel that they are not alone. Just a phone call or a visit makes all the difference. In fact, some research on what caregivers say they need from their church said “The number one response that I got over and over again was presence,” it goes on to say “They would tell me things like, ‘I would just love to have a phone call, from somebody from the church, to check in on me and to see how I was doing.’ What they were saying was they didn’t really need some elaborate intervention or something complicated, but they wanted to feel as if they had somebody to go with them on this journey.”
Faith brings hope
Faith in God can provide a way of looking at the situation in a different way. This can bring a sense of belonging, identity and safety in a very difficult time. This also helps to lessen fear and worry and brings peace. It is so important for church leaders to ensure that they are there through this time and help people to understand the theological truths of God’s presence through the storms of life.
Church services and groups can be a great way to keep people connected and to lessen the feeling of being alone. Many churches already have a strong social life. However, dementia can bring some additional challenges on how to keep people connected. Churches who understand these challenges and have committed to remaining accessible for as long as possible really help. The first step we always recommend is for church leaders and group leaders to attend Dementia Friends Awareness sessions. This really helps them to understand some of the challenges and how to address them. Churches aim to be caring and supportive in tough times, but sometimes don’t know the best way to achieve this. Keeping services and groups aimed at older people accessible for those with dementia is a great first step and needs very little adjustment, just some understanding. Faith provides comfort and perhaps you could worship together? Being able to practise their faith can be very reassuring and calming for someone with dementia. Visiting a church, they’re familiar with can is beneficial; the sights, sounds and smells of a religious service are often very comforting. So is singing hymns, listening to familiar readings or saying prayers. Setting up groups and services that are specifically aimed at those with dementia is a little more challenging, but we can help with this and is often best done with other churches in your local area.
Provide practical support Churches often have the means to provide day to day support for people with dementia, including help with transport and meals. And if they can’t help, they are also pretty good at signposting to other services who can. The church is not the ‘social services’ or a ‘formal care provider’. However, as a loving family should be there when a member of their body is going through a hard time. Try and find out what you can do to help.


In the coming days, weeks, months, and now years, stories have circulated indicating that these men may have carried out their actions in part because of a religious conviction that they held regarding what their reward would be for sacrificing their lives in martyrdom for their cause. The conviction some or all may have held was that, immediately after their physical death, they would be ushered into the Islamic version of Heaven, a paradise where they would enjoy unimaginable pleasures—including having 72 beautiful young virgins at their disposal at all times.
In response to this information, some Americans took a grim pleasure in passing around “jokes” about what happened when these hijackers woke up and found themselves not in a lush paradise, but being lashed by tongues of fire, and with no virgins in sight.
The obvious implication of these jokes is that these fanatics would not be in Heaven, but in an ever-burning Hell, where they would spend eternity enduring torment, rather than enjoying the pleasures for which they had hoped.
However, a question seldom addressed by any Americans, in the media or even in private discussions, is—
What happened after death to those other 2,967 people
who died in the tragic series of events of that day?
Avoiding the Unthinkable
The notion of the Afterlife is something that even many “practicing Christians” seldom if ever think about. Even in situations such as the 9/11 tragedy, they tend to focus on the enormity of the physical tragedy and avoid thinking about the spiritual ramifications of the situation. Perhaps this is because they subconsciously realize that focusing on the topic may lead them to some very uncomfortable, painful, and perhaps even terrifying thoughts.
For, you see, most churches teach that in the instant after death, the soul of every person must be immediately sent permanently to one of two destinations, Heaven or Hell. All true Christians go to Heaven. There they will have unlimited joy in the presence of God, and will be eternally happy. All other people go to Hell. There they will be totally cut off from God, as well as from all of their loved ones who ended up in Heaven. They will be consciously and constantly in pain and suffering and mental anguish permanently, with no relief throughout the eons of time.
So what would the average minister in such a church really believe happened to those people who died a horrible death in the fiery infernos of the plane crashes? He would be convinced that instantly some, the ones who were true Christians … probably a minority, according to many churches … went to Heaven to be with God. And the rest? They immediately found themselves in another fiery inferno, in torment in Hell—in the company of the very men who sent them there by their nefarious actions in the physical world!
Such churches teach that the souls of all who have not met the qualifications taught by the church go immediately to Hell. And they will be tortured there forever. It is important to note that someone does not have to be a viciously evil person, such as a serial rapist or murderer, to be sent off to Hell according to this set of beliefs. And just because someone was a gentle, selfless humanitarian, that doesn’t guarantee him a position in Heaven. From the point of view of many churches, everyone is subject to this instantaneous decision of destination based on their knowledge of a certain set of beliefs of one particular religious group, and how they reacted to that knowledge.
And here is something that surprises many people when they first discover it: According to the teachings of most churches, there is no “special dispensation” of any kind made for those who never even heard of the Bible or Jesus, let alone those who never heard of the denomination itself. If such a person dies, they are believed to go immediately to Hell.
Nor is there any such dispensation for the sincere person who wants to know about God, but is so confused in life, by all the conflicting claims made about religion, that he never seems to be able to sort through them all and make a decision what to believe. He sees so many different, competing televangelists on TV who assure him that by getting on board their own idiosyncratic system of belief he will be assured of God’s favor. And so many competing religious zealots come to his door offering to teach him about their interpretation of the Bible. He realizes that they can’t all be right, but finds he is totally unable to decide which one really is. Thus he too will be on his way straight to Hell when he dies.
What does this mean when applied to the situation on 9/11?
For those honest enough to face the teachings of their own denomination, in many cases it means that they are required to believe that perhaps a very large proportion of those 2,967 “innocent people” who died that day immediately went to the same place as the fanatics who caused their deaths! And those people will be suffering the same fate as those hijackers—physical and mental agony for all eternity.
How widespread is this type of belief? Here are a few brief quotes from doctrinal statements of a variety of religious groups.
It is impossible to describe the glory and splendor of heaven and the terror and torment of hell. … Knowing that this is the horrible end awaiting the wicked, the Assemblies of God is strongly motivated to win the lost before it is too late. (Assemblies of God)
We believe that glorious and everlasting life is assured to all who savingly believe in, and obediently follow, Jesus Christ our Lord; and that the finally impenitent shall suffer eternally in hell. (Church of the Nazarene)
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord; of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment. (Evangelical Free Church of America)
The moral progress of the soul, either for better or for worse, ends at the very moment of the separation of the body and soul; at that very moment the definite destiny of the soul in the everlasting life is decided. … The Orthodox Church believes that at this moment the soul of the dead person begins to enjoy … the life in Paradise or to undergo the life in Hell. There is no way of repentance, no way of escape, no reincarnation and no help from the outside world. (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America)
The SBC 1925 statement referred to Hell only indirectly: “Those who continue in impenitence and unbelief are in his sight wicked and are under condemnation. This…will be made manifest at the judgment when final and everlasting awards are made to all men.”
Their 1963 statement referred to Hell directly: “…Jesus Christ will return…to the earth; …Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment.”
The committee’s year 2000 recommendations propose that the 1963 wording be retained. Hell will remain a place of eternal torture without any relief.
The Southern Baptist Convention Home Mission Board conducted a study in 1993 which estimated how many Americans have had a born-again experience. They concluded that 30% of adult Americans have been “saved” and thus are going to Heaven; the 70% remainder are destined for Hell.
The percentage of Canadians who are going to Heaven are presumably much lower, because of the relatively small numbers of Fundamentalist and Evangelical Protestants in that country — probably about 8%.
This final statement, when applied to the 9/11 situation, would indicate the possibility, according to Southern Baptist estimates, that 2,077 people who died in that tragedy were then thrown immediately into a much worse tragedy—a never ending one, in an ever-burning hell.
Bringing Hell Home
Does the average member of a congregation affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention group really believe this? Does the average member of the Assemblies of God, the Evangelical Free Church, the Church of the Nazarene, and many other such groups really believe that many if not most of the people who died that day are actually now being tortured in Hell in the company of the hijackers who caused their deaths?
And of course this is only one example of recent news stories of the deaths of large numbers of “innocent people.” What about the 275,000 or so who died in the wake of the gigantic Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004? Most of those deaths were in nations with huge numbers of people who have never heard any version of the Christian Gospel.
Does the average member of those churches above, and others like them, really believe all those people suffered and died in the waters of the Tsunami, only to be instantly cast into a maelstrom far worse … endless waves of flames in Hell?
And to bring this question of Hell much “closer to home”: Do all of these people really believe that every one of the 6.5+ billion people on Earth today who die without understanding how to become a Christian are going to an ever-burning Hell the moment they die?
If they do believe this, then it may be relevant to ask:
Exactly how much of their time, energy, money, and efforts
are they sacrificing to reach as many people as they can
with a clear message of how they can avoid this terrifying fate?
In a modern American religious landscape dotted with megachurches that may sport a Starbucks Cafe’ and a health spa down the hallway from their splendiferous sanctuary, with a million dollar parking lot outside, this doesn’t seem to be an unreasonable question.
If you have been troubled or perplexed
by the teaching that a mass murderer
of “innocent people” can doom his victims
to an ever-burning hell, right along with himself,
just by taking their lives before they have had
an opportunity to “know Jesus,”
you are encouraged to join me on this blog taking
a closer look at this teaching
in the light of the words of the Bible.


In Parsha Bo, we learn that an erev rav, a “mixed multitude”went up with the Israelites to worship YHVH (Ex. 12:38). Nice, right? We can rejoice in our diversity (there from the get-go!) and take all sorts of self-congratulatory pleasure in pointing to Tanakh to confirm it.
What follows in Parsha B’shallakh? A celebratory, militaristic text. YHVH repeatedly declares his intention to win glory in the battle against Egypt (Ex. 14:4, 17, 18). He* can prove, now, that he is the biggest and most powerful deity by taking down the biggest, baddest nation around, one with a ruler who imagines himself a god. The Egyptians will die horribly – either sinking like lead in the water (Ex. 15:5, 10) or, after a divinely-induced tsunami, left dead on the seashore (Ex. 14:30). The triumphal notes sounded here are part and parcel of midrashic treatments, too, which claim that neither the sea nor the land wanted to take Egyptian bodies.
The Egyptians can be accepted only so long as they adopt the Israelite project, it would seem.
I’ve been the Egyptian, victim of attempts to defeat and erase me with the better god. If I expressed any interest in a Christian friend’s theologies and practices, I was assumed to be an unhappy Jew. Conversion attempts ensued. As a rabbi invited to speak to a local church, I had to be prepared for comments and questions which either a) told me I was simply wrong to be Jewish or b) reminded me that my job at the church was to provide some magical historic reenactment of the Way Jesus Lived. I could be accepted if I supported, somehow, the Christian project.
And so… I’d be asked: do Jews believe that Jesus was crucified? (If I did, I wouldn’t be Jewish, right?) I was asked if I had read the New Testament in order to be certain I had made the right choice. (Ditto.) If I taught a song in Hebrew, the minister might intone later: “Now we have learned a song such as Jesus might have sung.” (In this case, the song was Hevenu Shalom Aleichem, which was composed in the 20th century.) Then there were the seders I was asked to lead in order to teach Christians how Jesus celebrated Passover.
And… reading militaristic, self-congratulatory texts of Torah is tough if I take a moment to be the Egyptian to be beaten and erased. I don’t want to be reminded that texts that are foundational to my Jewishness can be painful, even ugly, reeking with something like the self-righteousness and ignorance that have hurt me when I experienced them as a Jew.
Recently, I spent two hours teaching nineteen graceful individuals at All Saint’s Episcopal Church in Concord, NC. I’ve been teaching there for at least a decade or so, and usually several times each year.
My long-standing relationship with All Saints took years to create. At the time my little congregation was founded, the then minister at All Saints and I had a painful conversation when he told me that Jewish friends of his were coming to the church to teach Christians about the seder. He was speaking about several Jews for Jesus who were known to harangue Jews for purposes of conversion to Christianity.
But just a couple of years later, the next minister, The Rev. Nancy Cox, invited me to have lunch with her. And during that lunch I felt safe enough to say yes to coming to her church.
Year in and year out I have gone to All Saints** and repeatedly deconstructed biblical texts for a Christian audience. I have talked about humor – even burlesque – at work in texts Christian parishioners grew up taking very seriously. I have turned Levitical texts used to harm LGBTQ+ folk on their heads (I hope). I have introduced the deity of Tanakh as he often can be found in the Hebrew text: neither omnipotent nor omniscient but very certainly male and, often, bumbling, grumbling, and fumbling.
I recently discovered that the classes and lectures I offer every year fall under a particular rubric at the church. It’s called “Christian formation.”
When I heard this, I laughed out loud. The local rabbi forming Christians?
And then, suddenly, I was so utterly delighted and happy to imagine such a thing. I had the most wonderfully naïve and loving moment of pure joy. What if we knew for certain that every interaction would be free of any expectation or demand? What if anything other than growing our Selves in the light of what we could learn together were our goal?
No winning glory at anOther’s expense. No self-congratulation about our own readings, our own interpretations. No othering.
What kind of (healthy) mixed multitude could humanity become?
*I am deliberately choosing the third-person masculine form; that’s the deity we encounter her.
**This blog post is actually a love letter to All Saints and the folks therein. I owe them more than I could actually explain for their patience, their welcome, and their trust in me.


As I walk this dark lonely terrifying path, I find my every step unsure and unsteady. Dark and foreboding. I never felt more unsteady. I don’t like this path or where it’s leading! I actually don’t even want to come out the other side. It will make their deaths true. Never has my very soul felt this empty and defeated. Such darkness has crept in.
Psalm 44:25 echoes my own heart’s cry; “For my soul is bowed down to the dust; my body clings to the ground. Arise for our help; redeem us for Your mercies sake.” (NKJV)
Sometimes I feel like I just want this grief to overtake me and conquer me altogether. What’s the point of moving on when I feel so defeated and can’t understand all the “how’s” and “whys”? This dark path represents a part of me that is now dead. A death of who I was. Russell’s mom, Shawna’s mother-in-law, Tylee and Blake’s Nana and all that each of these roles played in my life. Before June 21, 2015, I laughed easily with a deep belly laugh over the silliest things. Happiness came without restraint. So much to be happy and excited about! Being happy and loving life came naturally! Like snow in winter. Activities that I once loved doing, died. The holidays that I couldn’t wait to celebrate, died.
I look in the mirror and see the eyes of someone who’s been crying through the night. Someone’s complexion is pale. She looks like she isn’t sleeping. She looks like someone who is GRIEVING.
This is an exhausting place to be. I don’t really want to stay on this dark path. I am still alive and I keep reminding myself that I still have a lot to live for. But, I know that I have to walk this path of grief. I have to come to terms with losing my family. I think about the tragedy that happened. It was horrific. Senseless. There are no answers, so I have to stop looking for them. Walking this path is a healthy way to grieve. So, I keep going. But I’m not alone. I couldn’t do this alone.
Jesus is still at my side. He never leaves me. I will come out the other side stronger. I can’t change what happened, but I can ask God to turn it around for good. Beauty from ashes. This will give me hope.
Psalm 42:8 tells me that, “The lord will command His loving kindness in the daytime. And in the night His song shall be with me; A prayer to the God of my life.”
My soul cries out for Jesus. He is what my soul thirsts for. He will take away all my fears that haunt me. I turn to His Word for healing, peace and His promises that I know I will find there; just for me. He will take away all my fears that haunt me. His Word brings life to my soul again and again.
I ask Jesus to illuminate this dark path. I know I have to travel down this road. There is no short-cut if I want to grieve in a healthy way. Again, I pray; “Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your tabernacle.” Psalm 43:3 (NKJB)
Jesus casts away the shadows and shines the life of His glory all around me. It causes me to praise Him even in my most horrible suffering. Praising Him protects me from the evil one, who would like nothing better than to see me fall apart, blame God and have no hope.
BUT GOD tells me that “He will never leave me, nor forsake me. So, I may boldly say; “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man, (or our enemy) do to me.” Hebrews 13:5-5 (NKJV) (Italics mine.)


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We are located in Columbus, OH; Directions are available here. Mass times for St. Thomas More Newman Center are below. Once again, we welcome you 64 West Lane Ave., Columbus, OH 43201. 614) 291-4674.
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With high hopes and confidence in humankind as capable beings, I intend to suggest a method of coping and healing in the days to come following the mass shooting that occurred in Orlando. At a night club, a social meeting place for LGBT individuals, an angry and deranged individual opened fire on unarmed patrons, killing many and wounding more. This is said to have been the largest mass shooting in American history. There are fifty people who have lost their lives and more than fifty are in hospitals and fighting to survive.
Thinking about how does a community rebuild the sense of safety and security after an act of such terror, I thought about what this club meant to those who were there that evening. People gathered to celebrate life: gay life, lesbian life, transgender life. There had been a sense of freedom among those who attended this club. Now, there is a sense of terror, pain, and suffering. That is what terrorists attempt to do – terrorize. How many of us have done the same thing but without firearms or active physical violence?
The notion of rebuilding with inclusion as a premise may be new to some. There has been such a tendency to exclude based on the principles that have been erringly taught from our church pulpits for far too long. Those who proof text verses from the Christian Bible claim to have the monopoly on God, as if a life-giving spirit could be contained by human means. But nonetheless, there are those who have declared that Christianity is the only way, based on what the Christian writings say. These misinterpretations are based on Gentile, especially Western American, interpretations that have no understanding of the Judaic theme that runs throughout these scriptures.
The issue of exclusion is not healthy or mindful. Not only does this same set of religious doctrines teach against exclusion, the individual who these writings claim is the founder of their faith taught against it. The Jesus of the Bible taught in parables and catchy phrases, such as blessed are the poor and stories like the Prodigal Son. This Jesus, the Christian Christ, also taught to love God first and your neighbor as yourself. He never described the neighbor except for indirect suggestions as that made in the parable of the Good Samaritan, which, by the way, has inspired many to do charitable works. But the notion of exclusion is based on a verse or two that have been misinterpreted and misapplied for many years.
Jesus spoke of being the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He said that no one could get to God except through him. The traditional rendering of this is that unless a person believes in Jesus (as if believing something can make you better than someone who does not believe), they cannot go to heaven (a mythological place that the ancients thought was above the sky and clouds). I want to suggest that Jesus was referencing his way of life and the truth he shared. Jesus owned very little and shared what he had or received. He also taught equality of women and Gentiles (non-Jews). Including the sick, blind, mentally ill (mental illness was attributed to demon possession in those days), broken hearted, harlots, tax collectors, and even the religious, he invited people to unite and love each other as God loves us.
So rebuilding with inclusion in mind means not excluding those who may be different than us. No matter what the individual’s physical or spiritual condition or affiliations, we can all learn to be more considerate and refrain from demanding others conform to our ideas. Rebuilding the community in Orlando and the surrounding areas is going to involve rebuilding trust and the sense of safety. Rather than pinpointing our differences, let us all commit to seeing our similarities. We all need companionship, love, a sense of belonging, safety, security, self-worth, and confidence in our ability to make good decisions concerning other’s welfare, as well as our own. If we are not aware of our abilities to do these things, there are people we can ask for help.
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The ELCA Youth Gathering is a national convention held every 3 years in a different American city attended by high-school-age youth of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In 2006, Kelly Glow was invited to perform on the main stage in San Antonio, TX for a lively crowd of over 20,000 youth and youth leaders. She opened the set with a single called “Backsliders” and closed the set with the song “Christ the King” from her first studio album. This performance demonstrates Kelly’s role as an advocate and pioneer of the new millennium age of the Christian Hip Hop movement.


Roman Catholic church of St Mary and St Romuald
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- High Street, Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees
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- High Street, Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- Stockton-on-Tees (Unitary Authority)
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Roman Catholic church, 1859-60 by Hadfield and Goldie (thought to be the work of Goldie). High Victorian Gothic style. The later rectory to the North is not included in the listing.
Reasons for Designation
The Roman Catholic church of St Mary and St Romuald, 1858-60 to designs of Hadfield and Goldie is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Architectural interest: a well-detailed example of the use of structural polychromatic brickwork, popular in the 1860s; * Composition: maximising its location in the market town of Yarm, the church forms a prominent local landmark with a dominating and confident bell tower; * Fixtures and fittings: the high alter is well-detailed and the high quality stained glass window is consistent with the quality work of John Hardman Powell; * Degree of survival: it has an intact exterior, and the inevitable minor re-ordering of the sanctuary and the replacement of the wooden benches do not detract significantly from the church's overall interest; * Architect: George Goldie was one of the foremost C19 Catholic architects in England and this church is a relatively early example of his work, which compares favourably with other listed examples.
Post Reformation Catholic worship has a long history in Yarm. In 1695 Mass is said to have taken place in the Friary, home of John Mayes; the wooden altar panel housed in the side chapel at the present church is said to date to this time. In 1795 the Meynell family, owners of the Friary, fitted out a chapel in the roof space and were served by Jesuit chaplains. By 1840 there was a parish priest who acted as chaplain to the Meynells. The present building was a gift from Thomas Meynell to his wife, Jayne. The couple spent three months of their honeymoon in Florence where they came in contact with Camaldolse monks whose order had been founded by St Romuald of Ravenna – hence the saint’s inclusion in the dedication. The church was opened on 3 May 1860. It is considered that the stained glass of the west window inserted in 1863 was probably by John Hardman Powell. Stations of the Cross were given in memory of a First World War soldier Robert Wilford.
In 1937 the church was transferred to the Diocese of Middlesbrough. The nave benches were replaced in 1952 and the side chapel was repaired at the same time, however refurbishment in the 1980s restored the side chapel to its original configuration. Vatican II alterations included the removal of alter rails, a pulpit and a wooden screen across the side chapel.
Roman Catholic church, 1859-60 by Hadfield and Goldie (thought to be the work of Goldie). High Victorian Gothic style
MATERIALS: red brick with buff sandstone dressings and a welsh slate roof with iron crest and ornamental tiles.
PLAN: the church is oriented north-south and the following directions are liturgical. Three-sided chancel and an aisleless nave with a north porch, behind which rises a large tiered bellcote; vestry and side chapel at the south east corner.
EXTERIOR: situated at the south end of Yarm High Street forming a visual closure to the town. The buff sandstone dressings are used polychromatically especially to the nave window heads and the arch to the porch and form bands to all elevations. The chancel is polygonal, each side pierced by triple lancets set within recessed square panels with dentil tops. The nave is separated from the chancel by a buttress; the former has a brick plinth with stone coping and is of four bays, the western most bay comprising a north porch with belfry rising above; the porch is buttressed and has a large pointed-arched entrance and the belfry is flush with the north nave wall and rises from a broad base with a recessed pointed arch through a series of offsets to an octagonal cap surmounted by a cross. The nave windows are flush with the nave walls and are pointed arched of two-lights with bar tracery. The window heads are alternating sandstone and brick and with sill, impost and eaves stone bands. A later C20 brick buttress supports the west end of the nave. The rear of the nave has a pair of identical windows and the lean-to side chapel with west and east windows similar to those of the nave but with segmental-pointed heads. A lean-to vestry is attached to the chapel with a tall chimney with a stone cap rising above. The west end has thin brick and stone corner buttresses and a large pointed-arched window of five lights with early decorated tracery.
INTERIOR: the walls are plain and painted and there is no structural division between the nave and the sanctuary; a panelled seven-sided roof covers the whole. The windows lighting the sanctuary have patterns of coloured and grisaille glass and each is flanked by foliated shafts and linked by a sill band which continues around the sanctuary wall to the left terminating in a foliated stop. The sanctuary wall to the right has a blind pointed arched and a pair of blind shoulder-arches with a hoodmould terminating in a foliated stop. The ornate reredos with integral stone altar is of Caen stone and considered to be original; it has a central tabernacle with painted decoration to the door. To either side there are square panels with censing angels. The altar front is inlaid with red and buff tiles. The side chapel has panelled walls to dado level and the rear wall bears a wooden altar front panel inscribed with the HIS monogram, said to be from a former altar in the Friary. Stations of the Cross on the nave walls are a C20 addition and the mid-C20 benches are simple with chamfered-off corners on the eastern faces. The west window has stained glass to the memory of Thomas Meynell who died in 1863.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: to the front of the church there is a low red brick wall with stone coping set with plain railings; at regular intervals there are rectangular pillars with multi-sides stone caps and a pedestrian gate to the north porch. These features contribute to the special interest of the church.
"Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough: An Architectural and Historical Review" Architectural History and Practice Ltd. March 2008
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
The listed building(s) is/are shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
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20 Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the yes, the “aye” of Jesus. 21God affirms us, making us a sure thing in Christ, putting the Captain’s Aye within us!
2 Corinthians 1:20-21
A Pirate Theme
The Captain’s Aye is a tale told by pirates, arrrrrg! Now you may be asking yourself, “What in the world do pirates have to do with teaching children about Jesus?” Well, buckle your britches and batten you hatches ‘cuz The Captain’s Aye is one of The MrJ Band’s most powerful events for leading kids to invite Jesus to be the “captain” of their lives. Take a look at the paraphrase of 2nd Corinthians 1:20-21. God wants to stamp our lives with his, “Yes!” When others all around us would say, “No!” God shouts, “Yes!” And how do pirates say, “Yes?” They say, “Aye!” and “Aye, Aye!” Jesus gives us His Father’s yes, the Captain’s Aye! It’s the story of grace, the story of surprising, breath-taking love. It’s The Captain’s Aye!
The Captain’s Aye is a multi-day event designed to teach children how much Jesus loves them. Then it will teach them what a wonderful adventure God has in store for those who let Him be the boss of their lives!
The main theme for each day will be called “The Compass Point.” Each session will feature Bible lessons, songs, sketches and games that will revolve around that day’s main point, a.k.a. Compass Point.
The Four Compass Points:
God wants a friendship with you!
God invites you to join Him in His work
Working for God takes faith!
God works through servants.
Each of these themes will be ‘unpacked’ on the following page. Some of you may recognize these Compass Points from the popular book and Bible Study Experiencing God, by Henry Blackeby. The Captain’s Aye is an adaptation of that study aimed right at the preschool and elementary-aged child.
Don’t be fooled, The Captain’s Aye is not “kiddie” stuff. It was written and designed with the upper elementary student in mind. It has been performed hundreds of times in dozens of camps, churches and schools. In addition, MrJ has 34 years of experience with preschoolers and will adapt this event for your wide range of students.
The Story Line
The Captain’s Aye takes place on board a pirate ship. Yes, MrJ will be bringing a 16-foot ship’s mast to your stage! It includes a crow’s nest at the very top! Arrrrrrg! (YES, IT CAN BE ADJUSTED FOR LOWER CEILINGS.) It is here where we will learn how to begin a friendship with Jesus and grow to have Him as the captain of our lives.
On the very first day we learn that the crew of this pirate ship has met Jesus. They all heard Jesus ask them to let Him be the captain of their lives. And all on board said, “Aye!” to the new Captain Jesus.
All, that is, except one. The ship’s evil Captain Cook refused to follow Jesus. The crew demoted Captain Cook to be their ship’s chef. “Cookie” they called him. Jesus then promoted MrJ to be his first mate and gave MrJ the Captain’s coat and hat to wear.
As the story continues we see the crew trying to convince Cookie to follow Captain Jesus. But each day Cookie stubbornly refuses. He even tries to thwart the new captain by trying to steal back the coat and hat and lead a mutiny to take control of his ship again.
Each day Cookie develops a new recipe to try and trick MrJ out of the coat and hat. Each day the recipes are more disgusting and the trickery more devious.
Eventually, Cookie will...
...well come to think of it, you’ll just have to find out what the swashbuckling finale will bring. But one thing is certain. All of your children and adults will be changed because of the Captain’s Aye!
Is there any Bible teaching?
In all MrJ Events you are going to hear dramatic teachings played out in front of a great set with imaginative costumes. But behind all the theater is a solid base of Bible stories. In each session there will be a lesson equipping students, young and old, with a habit of daily Bible reading. Each day in The Captain’s Aye the students will be assigned an age appropriate portion of the Bible to read on their own or with the aid of their parents. Then each student will write and pray over their favorite verse in that reading. These Quiet Time lessons will be based in a “QT Book” which each student will receive. Thousands of children have developed a Bible-reading habit after attending a MrJ event! Our files are full of letters from parents and students thanking us for teaching them how to read this love-letter from God. In addition to the QT Time teaching, each day will feature specific Bible stories that drive home the Compass Point for that day. Each session’s Bible lessons is delineated on the downloadable PDF Document below.


The Christian community has been welcoming internationals to Cleveland for decades. One of the early expressions of this ministry was called "International Friends," founded by Tom and Joan Wright. The organization formed partnerships with local churches and connected local Christians with international students to welcome them and meet the physical, cultural, social and spiritual needs of internationals.
In 2011, Art and Kristen Wells were invited to relocate from Columbus, Ohio to assume a leadership role with International Friends. Art had served for years with a growing, regional organization called International Friendships, Inc. or IFI. Two years later, the board of International Friends voted to merge with IFI to benefit from their leadership, training resources, and administrative support. In 2016, Jonathan P. became the area director. Though IFI Cleveland does not have a physical office, the work continues through two full-time staff members, five associate (volunteer) staff and over 100 volunteers connected with IFI through their churches. By God's grace, IFI continues to engage students on four university campuses with love-- a love for all people without partiality. The IFI team is grateful for the privilege of "welcoming strangers" to our city, our homes and our lives. This is a joyful work, transformative for students and Americans alike.


2 edition of Jesus and the nobleman"s son. found in the catalog.
Jesus and the nobleman"s son.
Marjorie E. Procter
Book Theme Character Contributor. Jesus heals the Official's son. John Jesus speaks in Cana to heal the son of an official in Capernaum. Contributed by Good News Productions Int. Download Story Planner: Jesus heals the Official's son. A free Story Planner PDF can be downloaded. It shows the images with a short description of what. Jesus was interested in her soul, v. II. THE CASE OF THE NOBLEMAN’S SON SHOWS THAT JESUS IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS. 1. It did not matter to Jesus that the father was a royal official, with an entourage. 1) v. 48, “ye” reveals it. 2) Most ministers today would fall all over themselves if the governor called. 3) Jesus stayed with.
Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God and receive Him as Saviour. Lesson outline (for the teacher’s and students’ notebooks): 1. The nobleman decides to ask Jesus for help (John ). 2. The nobleman goes to Jesus (John ). 3. The nobleman believes what Jesus says (John ). 4. The servants report the son is healed. Introduction I know what it’s like to have a loved one’s life in jeopardy. When I was 16 years old, my mother was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver. I was the one driving her to the hospital, while my dad tried to stop the bleeding. When we reached the hospital, I rushed out of the car and into the hospital, where a lady on duty attempted to start filling out papers.
Lesson John 2–4-New Testament Teacher Manual. Introduction and Timeline. Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin (–) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles declared: “The gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of transformation. It takes us as men and women of the earth and refines us into men and women for the eternities” (“The Great Commandment,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. , 30). The nobleman believed Jesus the first time when he spoke the word about his son being healed. After the nobleman verified that his son had been healed at the same hour Jesus spoke the word of healing, the Bible says, “And he himself believed, and his whole household” (John b).
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Suggested Emphasis: Believe the words of Jesus. Memory Verse: “ Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
” JohnNIV. Free online resources based on Jesus healing the son of a royal official. This story can be found in the Bible in the book of John. See below for links to sermons, stories and entertaining sites for this miracle. The man took Jesus at his word and departed. — John Jesus returned to Cana where he had changed the water into wine.
The healing of the nobleman's son (John ) is thought to be Jesus' first-recorded miracle of Jerusalem, He had accomplished some extraordinary miracles, which, though not documented, must have produced significant results, for the apostle writes that "many believed in His name when they saw the signs [or miracles] which He did" ().
Christ heals the nobleman's son. The father was a nobleman, yet the son was sick. Honours and titles are no security from sickness and death.
The greatest men must go themselves to God, must become beggars. The nobleman did not stop from his request till he prevailed. But at first he discovered the weakness of his faith in the power of Christ. John 46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.
And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
48 Then Jesus and the noblemans son. book Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye. The subject for today in the exposition of the word in the ministry of the word service is, “The healing of the Nobleman’s Son.” This is the second of the signs that John records in his gospel in his attempt to bring his readers to the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ that means eternal life.
Jesus' Son, the first collection of stories by Denis Johnson, presents a unique, hallucinatory vision of contemporary American life unmatched in power and immediacy and marks a new level of achievement for this acclaimed their intensity of perception, their neon-lit evocation of a strange world brought uncomfortably close to our own, the stories in Jesus' Son/5.
The officer believed Jesus could heal and operated in that faith. This is proven with his obedience that followed. The man asked Jesus to come to the man's son (in another town) or he would die.
Yet, Jesus said "You may go. Your son will live." The nobleman obeyed and returned to his son, believing that Jesus needed only to speak the words that.
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Jesus' Son is a collection of interlinked short stories, setting out the young adult life of an American man as he drifts between girls, jail and the next fix of smack. The opening story finds our anti-hero hitching a ride, having a vision of death coming to the family that gives him a ride/5().
2) Jesus Is Powerful. Finally, John wants us to see not only the grace of the healing, but the power of it. The boy was dying of a fever. The power of Jesus to heal is seen in the fact that he did it with a mere word. He simply said, “Go, your son will live” (verse 50).
And at that one word, the physical chemistry of a boy’s body changed. Centurian's Son (Malayalam) - ?v=oW3jBNkLkqU&list=PLBBCAB57&index=24 Miracles of.
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To Remember: Jesus proved He was from God by healing people Vocabulary. Faith: to believe, trust. Lesson. John He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.
And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down.
John New King James Version (NKJV) A Nobleman’s Son Healed. 46 So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain  nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
Did Jesus have to be physically present with someone to heal him or her. When He healed a royal official’s son in JohnHe was in Cana and the sick boy was in Capernaum, about 20 miles away.
These lesson activity pages highlight this miracle, which proved Jesus had absolute power over sickness, even from a distance. - Scripture Reference: John Suggested Emphasis: Believe the words of Jesus.
Memory Verse: “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this bo. Jesus says, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will never believe.” The “you” is in the plural, so Jesus is probably talking to the crowd following Him instead of to the nobleman.
The nobleman is not looking for a sign. He just wants his son healed. Perhaps you are thinking, “I thought that the purpose of the book of John was that. Nobleman’s Son healed. (The Gospel History, Section 26)And after the two days he went forth from thence into Galilee. For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
So when he came into Galilee, the Galilæans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. Healing the Nobleman’s Son – John Date. Ap. Scripture Reference: John Suggested Emphasis: Believe the words of Jesus.
Memory Verse: “ Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.The Nobleman's Son.
Sermon Text: John Dr. Sproul starts this message with a discussion of alleged contradictions and how he was confronted with them by a fellow student. In spite of resolving the alleged contradictions, there remains the issue of faith.
The desperate nobleman asks for Jesus to come and heal his son, but Jesus says his.The mini book reviews the story of Jesus healing the nobleman’s son.


Thursday, to 7:30 pm
This meeting is open and anyone may attend.
2 other meetings at this location
89 Norman St
ON N7T 6S3
Russell St ENT.
The door facing Russell Street marked ‘Staff’.
Turn left, take the elevator to the 4th floor.
There is signage or people to direct you
1. St. Georges Monday Night: Meeting cancelled on October 28th 2019 (church function)
2. Friday Night Open: November 1st 2019 Location —Lochiel Kiwanis Centre 180 College St.
3. Friday Night Open: November 29th 2019, location — Central United Church, in the basement. 220 George Street
4. Thursday Meeting “Just For Today” held in Forest at 6:45 pm will not be available December 5th 2019 due to Church Event.


The “Miner’s Lady” is the third book in the series of “The Land of Shining Water” but it can be read independently. It’s a story about the Panetta and Calacro familes who have been feuding for years. As the story unfolds your heart breaks for the two young people who are in love and have to meet secretly. When they are found out Isabella pleads with her older sister, Chantel, to help her spend time with Orlando. Unable to resist her sisters pleas, Chantel agrees to help, only to find herself falling in love with Orlando’s brother, Dante.
Can the misunderstanding between these two families be resolved before it tears these young couples apart?
The author, Tracie Peterson writes a captivating story that demonstrates that through God amazing grace, mercy and power unbelievable things can happen, but first you must place your trust in him.
Ms. Peterson transports you back in time to a small mining town where age old grudges can divide families and neighbours. As her characters grow spiritually and emotionally you come to love them like friends. All to often the story of God’s love gets lost when hurt and anger reigns in our lives. Ms. Peterson keeps the importance of sharing our faith in the forefront through various characters in her story who despite everything that has happened, keep God central in their lives.
I would highly recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys drama and suspense, as you will find all this and more in “The Miner’s Lady”.
For more information on the The Miner’s Lady or the author, Tracie Peterson please visit:
Amazon: Miner’s Lady, The (Land of Shining Water)
Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group. Available at your favourite bookseller from Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group


I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with the holidays and all the other things going on in my life. In additional to all that, school is supposed to start next month and I still don't have all my financial aid taken care of. Sheesh! The pressure is almost starting to feel like too much. So, guess what happened? Yep, you guessed it right. My BlackBerry went off and I got Joel Osteen's Daily Word.
Right on time! Be encouraged people! God will give you ALL the desires of your heart! I don't know how much time I'm going to have to post today, but I had to leave you with this...
STIR IT UP
"Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands” (II Timothy 1:6, NKJ).
Today's Word from Joel and Victoria
Do you ever feel like you’ve “lost your fire or enthusiasm?” We all have times when we feel overwhelmed by the pressures of life, but that’s when we need to stir up what God has placed on the inside of us. Remember, there are no disadvantages with our God. You have everything you need to succeed. No weapon formed against you is ever going to prosper; you just have to stir up the gift inside. How do you stir it up? By speaking God’s truth and meditating on His word.
Start right now by simply declaring today, “I am going to see God’s favor in a greater way. New doors are going to begin to open for me. Supernatural opportunities are coming my way. God is setting up divine connections for me. I’m always at the right place at the right time. I am going to overcome every obstacle and defeat every enemy. I’m going to see every dream, every desire that God has placed in my heart come to pass in Jesus’ name!”
A Prayer for Today
Father in heaven, thank You for the dreams, desires, and giftings You’ve placed on the inside of me. I choose to stir up the gifts inside and declare what You say about me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.


The Daily Bible Verse displayed below is our daily spiritual bread. It is the living Word of God. It changes people’s heart and it may transform yours as well.
Isaiah 55:11 (NABRE)
11 So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth;
It shall not return to me empty, but shall do what pleases me, achieving the end for which I sent it.
From this page, guided by the Holy Ghost, we try to explain some misunderstandings most people have with some scriptures from the Bible. And now, if you wish so, you may continue reading the following Reflection:


A biblical scholar and a geneticist are trying to trace Jesus' DNA, and are using modern technology to analyze artifacts from around the world, including the shroud of Turin, the Sudarium of Oviedo, and a recently discovered set of bones thought to belong John the Baptist, Jesus' cousin.
They hope that their investigation will guide them to a DNA sample that could belong to Jesus or a member of his family, to identify any ties to people living today.
In a new documentary aired on Easter Sunday by the History Channel, Oxford University geneticist George Busby and biblical scholar Pastor Joe Basile, travel from Spain and Italy to Israel and the Black sea to search for Jesus' DNA.
Among the items the researchers investigated, are the 'bones of John the Baptist.' The bones were discovered in Bulgaria in 2010.
The 2, 000-year-old bones showed similarities to Middle Eastern populations and could be substantial in the research, as he was thought to be Jesus' cousin as well as his disciple.
"We can compare the DNA from a relic to DNA from other relics," Busby wrote in an article for The Conversation.
According to Busby, if they find other relics purported to be from John the Baptist or any other close relative of Jesus, then they could use genetics to compare the two to see if they came from the same or related people.
The scientists hope that if they can find a sample of Jesus' DNA, they can then identify any possible descendants living today.
New discoveries could also shine new insight on Jesus himself.


London, UK. 14th April 2017. Hundreds of people watching The Passion of Jesus. Recreating the story of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ in Trafalgar Square on Good Friday in London. Photo by Enrique Guadiz/Alamy Live News
The Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square
On Good Friday 20,000 people gather to watch the Easter story in central London.
Supported by the Mayor of London, one hundred Wintershall players bring their electric and moving portrayal of the final days of Jesus to this iconic location in the capital.
The 90-minute production is completely free of charge – a gift to Londoners and visitor
No tickets are required. There is a performance at 12 noon and 3:15 pm. The production is open air with visibility maximised using large screens. There is a realistic interpretation of the crucifixion so parental guidance is advised. British sign language interpretation is provided.
Full credits to Wintershall and the Mayor of London.
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COPYRIGHT – Please be aware that all the images are the property of – © Enrique Guadiz Photography.
Feel free to share but do not download, copy, manipulate or use in any other way.
If you wish to use one or more then please contact me and we can discuss use and costs, if any.


Church On Wheels portable stage is very durable and has a compact design. That design makes it easy to load on to our portable stage carts. When paired with our cart, our portable stage IS the EASIEST stage to setup and tear-down. In fact, it is so easy that only ONE person is needed to setup an entire stage. This makes our stage very fast and convenient for churches with small setup and tear down teams. Our portable stage is made in the USA, in the Church on Wheels facilities.


March 8-10 - 6:30 pm
each evening - At church
Happiness is the goal we all seek. For
many of us, the quest for happiness proves
to be an elusive one.
created us for more. He desires us
to experience a depth of happiness that
penetrates and permeates the very core of
our beings. It is available to every
single one of us.
Join us for three
nights of exploring the Catholic
understanding of happiness and how to
implement it in our own daily lives.
Join us in
discovering the Catholic Happiness Project.
Fr. Daniel Bedel grew
up in Enochburg. He studied philosophy
at Marian University as a seminarian of the
Bishop Brute College Seminary, and he was
trained in theology at St. Meinrad School of
Theology where he received his Masters of
Divinity. He has also received a
degree in sacred theology from St. Anselmo
College in Rome.
There will be a
reception following the Sunday evening
presentation. Stay with us and welcome
Fr. Dan to our parish!


We’re growing! Cool Church and The Fountain can do more together with expanded vision, stronger teams, and combined resources.
Please read through the Q&A’s below
then fill out the short survey.
A: Pastor Lomax reached out to Pastor Terrance in February of 2023 to consider being his successor upon retirement.
A: December 2023
A: No. They will remain members of the house.
A: There is an African proverb that puts it this way: “When you run alone, you run fast. But when you run together, you run far.” We believe The Fountain and Cool Church that joining together as one church we will be more effective at reaching Miami, better positioned to love and serve our community, and offer stronger ministries within in our church. We believe that this will be a win for Fountain Church, a win for Cool Church, a win for our city and most importantly, a win for the Kingdom of God.
A: Upon final approval of the merger this November, both churches will relaunch in January of 2024 as Cool Church in three locations: Cool Church @ Miramar High, Cool Church @ The Fountain and Cool Church Online.
A: Though we began our merger conversation in early 2023. The active membership of Fountain Church will have a congregational vote to approve the merger on November 5. The Board of Cool Church has already approved the merger and does not require a congregational vote.
A: We will have 3 services starting in January 2024. There will be one service at the Fountain location and 2 services at the Miramar High location. The service times will be staggered to ac-commodate live, in-person worship and preaching at both locations. We are still evaluating the best service times for each location.
A: Pastor Wayne will continue as an adjunct Teaching Pastor and Ambassador of Cool Church. Most of the current staff will continue to serve in either a site specific or centralized way. Gener-ous severances will be given to those whose roles are eliminated or who choose to transition away.
Current members of Fountain Church can choose to have their membership automatically transferred to the Cool Church on the merger vote day. Fountain members and attenders are encouraged to learn more about Cool Church through its weekly membership Culture Class.
A: All existing relationships with Fountain Church supported missionaries and organizations will be carried forward into the budget and program of Cool Church for at least one year. After that, they will be open for review and adjustment as appropriate.
There will be ample volunteer opportunities in the new church. Over the next few months, the combined staffs will be working hard to help make the transition for current volunteers and attendees as seamless as possible.
CELEBRATE. These are exciting days for The Fount and Cool Church as God is leading us into a new vision for the future. It is a great opportunity to help even more people become rooted in Jesus and released to His mission.
PRAY. Pray that God will bless this endeavor. Pray for the leadership of both churches as they work out the details of integrating the two churches. Pray for the combined staffs who are working hard to help make the transition for current volunteers and attendees as seamless as possible. Pray that many lives and families will be transformed as a result of our two churches coming together as one.
JOIN. Join the core team that will re-launch this congregation. This is a great chance with many opportunities for you to serve in a new, exciting endeavor.
GIVE. Continue or begin to support your church with the giving of your time and resources especially during this time of transition.
INVITE. Invite your friends, family and co-workers to services following the re-launch.
October 29 – Fountain Church Congregational Meeting @ 11:30am
November 5 – Fountain Church Voting Day. Ballots will be given out on during Sunday services.
November 12 — Fountain Church will hold a final celebration service/retirement ceremony for Pastor Lomax & Sister Teresa.
November 19 – Cool Church begins meeting in three locations
January 7 – Grand Opening of Cool Church in Three Locations
Fountain members and attenders can attend the next Congregational Meeting of Fountain Church on Oct 29 immediately following the service at 11:30am. Anyone can also submit questions here or email to firstname.lastname@example.org and someone will be in touch with you
There will be no major changes made initially. We will slowly begin to merge the churches with service projects together in the Summer, and with worship and the sermon series in the Fall.
No. They will remain members of the house.
In January 2024 we will officially launch 1 church 3 locations: Miramar High School, The Fountain location, and Online Campus.
We will start with one service at both locations in the Fall. The Fountain location 9:30am and Miramar High location 11:30am.
Not initially. The methods in which we give will start to shift in the fall.
The service times will be staggered to accommodate live worship and preaching at both locations.
ACTS 2:42-44 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.


Bishops’ special Synod, held in Rome from October 5-19, 2014 was discussing “the Pastoral Challenges to the Family in the Context of Evangelization”. In the presence of various challenges to family, it is the fundamental duty of the Church to provide better pastoral care to our families.
It is the responsibility of the parish community to cater the various pastoral needs of the family life. In view of giving better co-ordination and animation to the various programs for the psycho-social and spiritual empowerment of the families at the parish and mission levels a Diocesan Family Apostolate is established.
As per the discussions held in the last meeting of Diocesan Pastoral Council and Priest Conference, hereby I announce a “Year of Family” from December 25, 2014 to December 25, 2015 to be observed in our diocese. “You are God’s field, God’s Household” (I Cor3,9). Let this be our motto for this family year. The official inauguration of this Family Year is to be done in our parishes and missions on December 25, 2014. Rev. Fathers are requested to follow the pastoral recommendations for the Family Year at the parish and mission level given from the diocesan center.
It is also a matter of great joy that ‘Eighth World Meeting of Families’ takes place in Philadelphia (September 22-27, 2015) during the observance of Family Year in our diocese. The theme for this family meet is: “Love is our Mission: the Family Fully Alive”. Together with the universal Church, let us try our best to make our families fully alive in love. May the Baby Jesus who became the center of family through his Incarnation shower His abundant graces on our families. Let the Holy Family of Nazareth be the right model to our families in accomplishing the responsibilities entrusted by God.
Family Apostolate Commission
A diocesan level commission is constituted with the following members for coordinating the programs of the Family Year.


A.D. stands for anno domini, Latin for “in the year of the lord,” and refers specifically to the birth of Jesus Christ. "B.C." stands for "before Christ." In English, it is common for "A.D." to precede the year, so that the translation of "A.D.12 мая 2014 г.
What comes first BC or AD?
BC should appear after the numerical year, while AD should appear before it. BCE and CE should both appear after the numerical year. As is the case with most initialisms, periods may be used after each letter. 1100 B.C., A.D. 1066, 1100 B.C.E., 1066 C.E.
Are we currently in BC or AD?
The Western calendar tells us we live in 2019, which is sometimes written AD2018. AD refers to anno Domini, a Latin phrase that means the year of the Lord." The years before the birth of Christ are numbered backward from his birth.
Is 2000 AD or BC?
Years Before and After And 2000 AD almost means 2000 years after Jesus was born … And 2000 AD is actually 1999 Years after Jesus was born.
Is BC higher than AD?
AD or A.D. stands for Anno Domini and is a label for numbering years after Christ was born. BC or B.C. means Before Christ. The year Christ was born is considered AD 1 and the year before that is labeled 1 BC….Comparison chart.
|Also known as||CE (Common Era)||BCE (Before Common Era)|
|Writing style||AD 2013||45 BC|
Is AD older or BC?
In the modern calendar, we label all years with B.C. (before Christ) or A.D. (anno domini, or "in the year of our lord"). There is no "zero" year — in this system, the year Christ was born is 1 A.D., and the year preceding it is 1 B.C.
What year is Jesus born?
Year of Jesus’ birth. The date of birth of Jesus of Nazareth is not stated in the gospels or in any secular text, but most scholars assume a date of birth between 6 BC and 4 BC.
Are we still in AD?
CE is an alternative to the AD, system used by Christians but the numbers are the same: this year is 2021 CE or equally AD 2021 (but usually we just say "this year is 2021"). AD is an abbreviation of Latin: anno domini, lit. ‘year of the lord’.
When did Jesus was born?
The date of birth of Jesus is not stated in the gospels or in any historical reference, but most biblical scholars assume a year of birth between 6 and 4 BC.
Was there a 0 year?
A year zero does not exist in the Anno Domini (AD) calendar year system commonly used to number years in the Gregorian calendar (nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar), in this system, the year 1 BC is followed directly by year AD 1. … And there is a year zero in most Buddhist and Hindu calendars.
Why do we count years after Jesus?
The answer is apparently twofold: first, the calendar spread around the world with Christian colonization, second, as international trade increased, it became convenient for everyone to use the same calendar.


My beautiful wife was recently appointed an unpaid member of the board of advisors at the Museum of Biblical Art, so I guess you can take the following with a grain of salt: I love the MoBIA (its peculiar acronym) and its weird current show, "The Art of Forgiveness: Images of the Prodigal Son," Oct. 4, 2007-Feb. 17, 2008.
This show was assembled largely from the Jerry Evenrud Collection, promised to the Luther Seminary in Minneapolis. It includes vodka bottles, snuff boxes and posters, as well as classic works of art based on Jesus’ parable in Luke, Chapter 15. When reading the parables of Jesus, whether you believe them to originate in the Aramaic source of Jesus’ sayings or redacted by the Gentile Luke, one should remember that they were addressed to an audience steeped in the Pentateuch and were designed to turn the ethical and salvational precepts of the Old Testament upside down.
The hearers of the Prodigal Son parable hearkened to Deuteronomy 21:19: "If a father have a rebellious son. . . then shall his father and mother lay hold on him and bring him unto the elders of the city, and they shall say unto the elders of his city, ‘Our son is rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ And all the men of the city shall stone the son until he die."
Jesus turns this grim prescription on its head. There are two sons, a loyal one working on the farm, and another who takes his "portion of goods." When a famine comes, the second son, having "wasted his substance with riotous living," indentures himself and "would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat." He resigns himself to become a servant in his father’s household.
His father runs to him, "fell on his neck and kissed him," then anoints him with robe, ring and the sacrifice of the fatted calf. But there is more here than forgiveness. The elder son complains at the injustice of it all, saying, "Thou never gavest me a kid, that I might merry with my friends. But as soon as this son was come, which has devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf." Engulfed with joy, he father responds, "It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again, and was lost, and is found."
The Prodigal Son parable has justly resounded throughout Christian culture, from St. Paul’s famous proscription that "sin might abound that grace might more abound" to the words of Amazing Grace to the black spiritual Prodigal Son ("my son is found and that will be the way to carry on"), covered by the Rolling Stones on Beggars’ Banquet.
The friends of Jerry Evenrud were so thrilled by the MoBIA show that they pooled together $800,000 to buy Jacques Lipchitz’s Return of the Prodigal, a sculpture featured in the show, from the Marlborough Gallery, as a gift to the collector. That is a fatted calf, indeed! The parable provides a rich template of indulgence for the artists in the show. Thomas Rowlandson’s 18th-century cartoon depicts the Duke of York genuflecting before his father, the wasted King George III. Thomas Hart Benton’s lithograph shows the father’s house burned to a crisp, with cattle bones in the yard: nowhere to return to in Depression America.
Feelings range from the Old Testament judgment of Leon Golub to the homeroticism of Duane Michals. Is license forgiven or tacitly endorsed in the absence of stones and the promise of further feasting? Nathaniel Currier’s Wasting His Substance could occur at either celebration. James McNeill Mesple’s 1990 depiction emphasizes the kiss, father and son shamelessly entwined, as does Britt Wilkstrom’s The Prodigal Embrace.
The aforementioned Lipchitz almost depicts intercourse, and the general feeling of the MoBIA show is that human love, however passionate, is redeeming in all its physical and pleasurable manifestations. In a world in which fundamentalists of all stripes are gathering stones to murder sinners, this is a powerful message indeed and a reminder that the Bible itself can transcend its most puritanical and authoritarian advocates.
"The Art of Forgiveness: Images of the Prodigal Son," Oct. 4, 2007-Feb. 17, 2008, at the Museum of Biblical Art, 1865 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10023.
CHARLIE FINCH is co-author of Most Art Sucks: Five Years of Coagula (Smart Art Press).


Chapter No. 2
- Ram was born – eighteen years ago – on Christmas Day in the Church of St. Mary
- He was an orphan child, which was left behind by his mother in the clothes bin of St. Mary’s orphanage, but he didn’t know the reason
- He was put up for adoption, but no one came for him. Ram had no name („I was just called Baby – the baby that no one wanted“, p. 46 ll. 20-21)
- Finally, he was adopted by Mrs. Philomena Thomas (who has worked as a cleaner) and her husband Dominic Thomas (who has worked as a gardener). Mrs. Thomas ditched her old husband and the newly adopted baby and ran with the tailor Mastan Sheik to Bhopal. Mr. Thomas was very angry and brought the baby in his cradle to Father Timothy and left it there („Father, this baby is the root cause of all the trouble in my life. You forced me to adopt him, so now you decide what to do with him.“, p. 47 ll. 14-15). Father Timothy took care of the baby for six years and gave Ram the name Joseph Michael Thomas. Two men from the All Faith Committee came to look for the orphan child: They discussed about the baby’s name, because of nobody having known to what religion the parents belonged. The two men and Father Timothy agreed on the new name: Ram Mohammed Thomas.
- Ram was raised by Father Timothy, which taught him about the life of Jesus, Adam and Eve and about other religions, that is the reason for him being a particularly religious boy
- Due to the fact, that the relationship between Ram and Father Timothy was never precisely defined, Ram wasn’t sure how important it was for Father Timothy („It was never made clear to me whether I was servant or son, parasite or pet.“, p. 52 l. 23).
- One Sunday Father Timothy wasn’t alone at the altar, there was another younger priest, called Father John Little.
- Father Timothy has invited Father John Little for dinner: Ram spilled the soup on Father John Little. The reaction of the priest was very furious („Bloody Hell!“, p. 54 l. 10; „You’re that idiot orphan boy who spilled soup on me the other day! You’d better behave yourself in Father Timothy’s absence. I’ll be watching you very carefully.“, p. 54 ll. 17-20). [Ram is traumatized from now on.]
- Three days later he went shopping with Joseph: A motorcycle rider came, slaps Ram on the head
- Father John had strange designs on his body, kept strange magazines under his bed and often had visitors he did not know
- Ram saw that father John giving drugs to the strangers.
- Ram was very glad that Father Tymothy returned from a journey.
- Ian, an English backpacker passing through Delhi arrives
- Ram saw trough a keyhole how father John did something bad to Ian. He informed Father Tymothy who said that Ram had to go to bed. The next day Ram found father Tymothy and father John dead
- He cried together with Ian for three hours because of Father Tymothy’s death. He told Ian that he had lost his father and that he is now a real orphan
- Ian told Ram that father Tymothy was his father too and that he is now also a real orphan.
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"We Care For Children to Prosper..."
We provide essential resources for children, foster education and technology growth, and enhance the health and wellness of women and children in Ghanaian communities.
I have always been fond of children growing up in Ghana. I remember helping my late grandmother take care of the Sunday School class and the Girls Fellowship at church. As a young girl, I was always helping my siblings and making sure that everyone was okay. Anytime that I visited my grandmother, I would group all the neighborhood children and play with them. l loved the children.
During my visit to Ghana in 2012, I decided to visit one of the Nursery and Primary Schools in Ankamu. The idea to join them was spontaneous; I heard them singing as they assembled for worship one morning and immediately wanted to join them. I made it my goal to participate in one of their assemblies before I returned back to New York two weeks later. The teachers were excited that I wanted to be involved and opened their doors without hesitation. Upon visiting, I noticed that some of the young children weren’t able to participate in school lunch because their parents didn’t have enough pesewas to give them for School lunch. I was disheartened by the scene, knowing that some privileges (such as school lunch and supplies) were accessible to some kids and not all.
When I began to envision the mission for the Tender Mercy Care (TMC) Foundation, I knew that its purpose would be to support and help underprivileged children who attend Primary Schools in different villages. In Ankamu, and its surrounding villages in the Central Region, I remember observing the ratio of children working in the marketplace to the ones going to school. Some children don’t have a choice – they have responsibilities that include helping their parents collect food and resources at the farm. They are also told to sell these items at the marketplace, making them unavailable to enroll in classes. In other cases, children live with grandparents who are unable to provide them with the supplies necessary to attend these Schools. Education has always been something that I hold close to my heart and TMC will allow for us to make education more accessible to underprivileged children. To demonstrate my love for God, I plan to use this organization to help these children.
TMC was launched on March 14, 2015 at Wesley Methodist Church in Brooklyn, New York. Officiated by Rt. Rev. Benjamin K. Asare, SMC of Methodist Church Ghana. North America Mission, Very Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Asare Kusi, Very Rev. Samuel Acquaah-Arhin, Very Rev. Moses Antwi, Very Rev. Joseph Osei Amankwah, and a few others, these Ministers graced the occasion. The inauguration brought together church members, family, and friends. We raised enough money and supplies to support the first batch of donations that would be sent to Ghana. These items consisted of children’s clothes, toys, and basic school items (notebooks, pencils, crayons, school bags). The success behind this commencement was essential to the beginning of our mission to support those children in need.


"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field,
which a man found and covered up.
Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."
Matthew 13, 44
Forgiven for my sins I count myself eternally thankful for a true purpose for my life:
Building up the kingdom of heaven here on earth.
It is a life of brothers and sisters dwelling together in unity,
thankful to be set free to live for their Creator
and sharing everything in common.
You are welcome to visit at any time!
Addresses of our communities: