Welcome t to West Elkton Friends Meeting March 19 19, , 2017 2017
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We are still collecting Hygiene and dry good products for Camden Food Pantry
The March for Science in Oxford, Ohio will be held on Saturday, April 22. This is a chance to demonstrate publicly in support of science, reason, and objective facts. Muriel Blasdell will be a speaker and is one of the organizers of the event. Several scientists will speak about the importance of science in our world and why. Meet in front of Armstrong Student Center 550 East Spring Street, Oxford, OH, 45056. at 11:30 to March. March to the Slant Walk for the Rally to be held. The Slant Walk is on the edge of campus. Across the street from Skippers where the Gate entrance to campus is. This will begin at noon.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light within people. And the light shone in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. The Christ Light within me is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they all come from the same Spirit. There are different ways to serve the same Lord, and we can each do different things. Yet the same God works in all of us and helps us in everything we do. The Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving others. The Christ Light within me is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. And one of its purpose is to serve others.
Count it a blessing when you suffer for being a Christian. This shows that God’s glorious Spirit is with you. But you deserve to suffer if you are a murderer, a thief, a crook, or a busybody. Don’t be ashamed to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God that you belong to him. God has already begun judging his own people. And if his judgment begins with us, imagine how terrible it will be for those who refuse to obey his message. The Scriptures say, “If good people barely escape, what will happen to sinners and to others who don’t respect God?” If you suffer for obeying God, you must have complete faith in your faithful Creator and keep on doing right. The Christ Light within me is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Another reason it is here is to convict me when I am not doing right and to lead me always towards doing right. We must be willing to remain stable and show integrity, not varying from our seeking of God’s will, and our willingness to admit to and remove sin from our lives, even when our lives are not going seemingly well.
Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father who made the heavenly lights, in whom there is no inconsistency or shifting shadow. In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures. You must understand this, my dear brothers and sisters. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.For human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the Christ Within planted in you that can save your souls. Keep on being obedient to the Christ Within, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves. For if anyone hears the Christ Within but is not obedient to it, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirrorand studies himself carefully, and then goes off and immediately forgets what he looks like. The Christ Light within me is the same yesterday, and today, and forever,
In Good times and in Bad, God never changes, and neither does God ’ s will. If we wait on the Lord and follow God ’ s precepts, we will not be likely to be movable and the world will benefit; We will find a peace inside that flows and nourishes us to remain steady and strong. We will not be Shaken The video will serve as our Offertory Hymn
British Dictionary definitions for ”Christ Within” Inner Light noun 1.( Quakerism ) the presence and inner working of God in the soul; a guiding spirit that is superior even to Scripture and unites man to Christ
In much of the modern Western world past events are seen primarily in terms of "happenedness," a certain action happening at a certain time and place. Events can be described by the data-based mode of thought that answers the questions of what, when, who, where, and how, and often only incidentally addresses the question of why. And yet that question of why, the question of the enduring significance of events, is usually far more important. Especially when it comes to remembering events in terms of the Faith, the event is not so much about the facts and the data as it is recalling the role of that event in a larger ongoing story, in God's story and in our own story. It is not that the "happenedness" is irrelevant. It is more a matter of how to appropriate the event in terms of its ongoing significance for the continuing community, for us.
Throughout Scripture, in both Old and New Testaments, God's people are called to remember (for example, Psa 105). But they are not called to remember events for the sake of the event. They are called to remember because those events are part of who they are, and what they will become. It is in this mode of remembering, of re-presenting the events of the past as part of a living story that has not yet ended, a story in which we still participate, that the events become more than dates and places. They become markers of a journey as those who were no people become a people (Ex 6:7, 1 Peter 2:10), as those who grope awkwardly in the darkness come into the light of God's presence (Isa 9:2, John 8:12), as those who were far off draw ever nearer to God and his grace. Psalm 103: 15 A person’s life is like grass— it blossoms like wild flowers, 16 but when the wind blows through it, it withers away and no one remembers where it was. 17 Yet the L ORD ’s gracious love remains throughout eternity for those who fear him and his righteous acts extend to their children’s children, 18 to those who keep his covenant and to those who remember to observe his precepts.
The journey of our Faith as modern Christians is not only a journey through history that can be marked by events in the past. It is also a journey of our own personal commitment to God, of our own growth as a community of Faith and as individuals maturing from self-centered children into faithful servants. It is a journey that we need to remember just as deeply and profoundly as we remember the journey of God's people across 3,000 years of human history, or the journey of Jesus from Pilate’s Hall to Golgotha. (http://www.crivoice.org/stations.html)
The Via Dolorosa ( Latin : "Way of Grief," "Way of Sorrows," "Way of Suffering" or simply "Painful Way"; Hebrew : הזורולוד היו ; Arabic: ملبلأا قيرط ) is a street within the Old City of Jerusalem, held to be the path that Jesus walked on the way to his crucifixion.
Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross , also known as Way of Sorrows or Via Crucis , refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The stations grew out of imitations of Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem which is believed to be the actual path Jesus walked to Golgotha. The object of the stations is to help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ. It has become one of the most popular devotions and the stations can be found in the churches of many Western Christian denominations .
Carry the Cross March 19, 2017 Jesus Meets the Women of The Last Supper Jerusalem The Agony in Gethsemane Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross Jesus is Condemned to Death The Good Thief March 26, 2017 April 9, 2017 Palm Sunday Jesus is Scourged and Crowned Mary and John at the Foot with Thorns of the Cross Jesus Carries the Cross Jesus Dies on the Cross Jesus Falls under the Weight of the Cross April 16, 2017 Easter Jesus is Laid in the Tomb April 2, 2017 Jesus Rises from Death Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus
Matthew 27: 19-21. 26a, 27a, 30 Then evening came, Jesus was sitting at the table with the Twelve. 21 While they were eating, he said, “I tell all of you with certainty, one of you is going to betray me.” 26 While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to the disciples. 27 Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them. 30 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
You are surrounded by your friends, but some have betrayed you, and some are too unreliable. Still you must be humble, not defensive and not absorbed in anger, but willing to be their servants, and their friends. You show grace, and you enjoy their fellowship, and you are thankful to God for these imperfect relationships with imperfect people. You don’t let their failures move you from what it is that you must do or who you are. You know a better way. You speak truth to them, but you do not argue with them and you do not get absorbed in their problems. You serve them, and together with those who have faults, you worship God in fellowship and song.
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