Thursday, September 27, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Opportunity to give
I thought I would directly paste the e-mail I received into the blog....Here is a need both the North and South house churches could help out with--lets round up s0me blankets and coats for our friends from warmer climates...
Hello Volunteers! We have an urgent need!
As I step outside, I am constantly reminded that the season is changing. Fall is here! I feel that no matter how many years I am out of school, I will always think of fall as being the beginning of a new year. For our recently arriving refugees, this fall is bringing many new changes. In fact almost everything has changed for them: familiar faces, food, types of shelter, transportation systems-everything. One of the first things that refugees notice is that MINNESOTA IS COLD! Many of our refugee populations come from very warm countries such as Somali, Burma, Thailand, and Liberia. They are chilly now with our 50 degree fall days; imagine what happens when January rolls around. Even now we have several families who are cold at night.
We are looking for people to respond to this need. It is time to raid your storage closets, garages, and attics. World Relief needs all the warm blankets and winter coats you can find! Help us extend a warm hand of welcome to our newest Twin Cities neighbors this fall. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Blessings,
Katy Ross
Office Manager
World Relief Minnesota
1515 E. 66th St.
Richfield, MN 55423
T: 612-798-4332
https://owa.wr.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://minnesota.wr.org
Hello Volunteers! We have an urgent need!
As I step outside, I am constantly reminded that the season is changing. Fall is here! I feel that no matter how many years I am out of school, I will always think of fall as being the beginning of a new year. For our recently arriving refugees, this fall is bringing many new changes. In fact almost everything has changed for them: familiar faces, food, types of shelter, transportation systems-everything. One of the first things that refugees notice is that MINNESOTA IS COLD! Many of our refugee populations come from very warm countries such as Somali, Burma, Thailand, and Liberia. They are chilly now with our 50 degree fall days; imagine what happens when January rolls around. Even now we have several families who are cold at night.
We are looking for people to respond to this need. It is time to raid your storage closets, garages, and attics. World Relief needs all the warm blankets and winter coats you can find! Help us extend a warm hand of welcome to our newest Twin Cities neighbors this fall. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Blessings,
Katy Ross
Office Manager
World Relief Minnesota
1515 E. 66th St.
Richfield, MN 55423
T: 612-798-4332
https://owa.wr.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://minnesota.wr.org
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Mikhal got me all inspired
"As I did not know then but know now, the surface of the river is like a living soul, which is so easy to disturb, is often disturbed, but, growing calm, shows what it was, is, and will be."-Wendell Berry
Sunday, September 16, 2007
quotes...
To friends who I believe have all struggled at one point or another with the fallenness of some churches today... David Bosch's "eloquent description of our contradictory feelings about the church":
"We can be utterly disgusted, at times, with the earthliness of the church, yet we can also be transformed, at times, with the awareness of the divine in the church. It is this church, ambiguous in the extreme, which is missionary by its very nature, the pilgrim people of God, in the nature of a sacrament, sign, and instrument, and a most sure seed of unity, hope and salvation for the whole human race." (David Bosch, 1991, Transforming Mission: Paradigm shifts in Theology of Mission)
Even before he goes into missions there, I thought that was a great little bit on loving the church. I'm trying to hold onto that as I look for a church out here among the culture of wealth in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Also an interesting thought on politics and social systems from Walter Wink:
"God at one and the same time upholds a given political or economic system, since some such system is required to support human life; condemns that system insofar as it is destructive to full human actualization; and presses for its transformation into a more human order. Conservatives stress the first, revolutionaries the second, reformers the third. The Christian is expected to hold together all three" (Walter Wink, 1992, Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination)
"We can be utterly disgusted, at times, with the earthliness of the church, yet we can also be transformed, at times, with the awareness of the divine in the church. It is this church, ambiguous in the extreme, which is missionary by its very nature, the pilgrim people of God, in the nature of a sacrament, sign, and instrument, and a most sure seed of unity, hope and salvation for the whole human race." (David Bosch, 1991, Transforming Mission: Paradigm shifts in Theology of Mission)
Even before he goes into missions there, I thought that was a great little bit on loving the church. I'm trying to hold onto that as I look for a church out here among the culture of wealth in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Also an interesting thought on politics and social systems from Walter Wink:
"God at one and the same time upholds a given political or economic system, since some such system is required to support human life; condemns that system insofar as it is destructive to full human actualization; and presses for its transformation into a more human order. Conservatives stress the first, revolutionaries the second, reformers the third. The Christian is expected to hold together all three" (Walter Wink, 1992, Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination)
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Love from the east
hello dear friends. it's so fun to see you've been posting on this! i am a historically bad blogger, but if you would like the update on life in PA, check out http://www.thenyouwillknow.blogspot.com/. matt sorry if some of it looks familiar.
a little plug for FCEAC, you should all go. i'm crying many sad tears over missing that experience this year. it never fails to be a good time.
i'm loving the pictures, and it sounds like you had a good house church last week. i hope everyone feels good about the decisions made.
much love to all.
a little plug for FCEAC, you should all go. i'm crying many sad tears over missing that experience this year. it never fails to be a good time.
i'm loving the pictures, and it sounds like you had a good house church last week. i hope everyone feels good about the decisions made.
much love to all.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
William and Marta_ young lovers
look at these young "lovers".....aren't they cute?!? I think we have set a record for posts today...I had to add one myself. This one is for the new Shaw family :)
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Fall Camping Trip
Friends.
You've heard the building hype...and hopefully it will deliver again. Please consider attending the 8th annual Fall Colors Extravaganza Adventure Competition (FCEAC) - pronounced 'cack', the f is silent.
Friday after work October 5 through Sunday afternoon the 7th. Superior Hiking Trail- North Shore.
no gear? NO PROBLEM!
hiking, art, problem solving, creative imagination, food, relationship building.
It usually costs $15 for everything and maybe $10 for gas.
peace
Monday, September 10, 2007
Chicken! Its a go...
Just to let you all know, we're doing a last-minute meal tomorrow (9/11) at simpson womon's shelter. The girls (Rachel, Marta, Jayme?) will be at the shelter around 6ish while another crew slaves over the stove, even if it's store-boughten rotisserie chicken. So if you can and want to get involved (especially serving and hanging out w/women @ the shelter) let me know. Peace to you all, and if I don't see ya tomorrow I will hopefully at the sunday-split-celebration! -Justin
Hello Friends,
I'm just sitting here at work checking the blog as I usually do this time of day, and I thought I would actually post something for a change. Also I wanted to reiterate what a great discussion we had last night about the future of house church. It all seemed to come together really well and it was cool to see us all come to a consensus about what's next. For those that weren't there we decided to split into a north group and a south group. Next weekend we will have an official "split" party at the Columbus house complete with banana splits and lots of friends and fun. After that, we will start meeting separately in north and south, and then plan on meeting all together once a month, perhaps on the 3rd Sunday of each month. So just a little recap of last nights meeting. I hope you all are having a great day. See ya soon.
Later
Darren
I'm just sitting here at work checking the blog as I usually do this time of day, and I thought I would actually post something for a change. Also I wanted to reiterate what a great discussion we had last night about the future of house church. It all seemed to come together really well and it was cool to see us all come to a consensus about what's next. For those that weren't there we decided to split into a north group and a south group. Next weekend we will have an official "split" party at the Columbus house complete with banana splits and lots of friends and fun. After that, we will start meeting separately in north and south, and then plan on meeting all together once a month, perhaps on the 3rd Sunday of each month. So just a little recap of last nights meeting. I hope you all are having a great day. See ya soon.
Later
Darren
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