Via Sojourners:
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else.
— C.S. Lewis
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September 2010
I’m off to my grandma Ocie’s near Tribune, KS. I won’t be posting until Saturday because: 1. I’m trying to take some time off and 2. grandma doesn’t have internet access. Jenny will remain in town and will be available.
Update: Grandma Ocie and I are in Westcliffe, CO, still no readily available internet access.
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We were delighted to have 5 students from Coffeyville Community College join us for breakfast in the Fellowship Hall this morning.
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Today is the 9th anniversary of September 11. Let us remember the past and pray and work for the future God has promised.
The photo above is titled “The Cross at Ground Zero.” It was produced by flickr.com user BostenBill and is under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License. If you wish to learn more about the cross, Wikipedia has an article. Larger versions are available at flickr.com.
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“We came to have a peaceful conversation with the pastor, to hear his grievance, to ask him to follow his own Scripture about his enemies,” Musri told reporters. “His Scripture teaches him to love his enemies.”
— Imam Muhammad Musri, president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida. Quoted by USA Today after meeting with Pastor Terry Jones whose church had previously scheduled a Koran burning tomorrow.
It seems that the possibility of a Koran burning, and thus the danger to U.S. troops has passed, but I raise this issue because I think it illustrates one of the “problems” that Christians face. We have been so dominant in our culture that even most non-Christians, at least most non-Chritians in the United States, are familiar enough with Jesus to recognize when we fail to follow his teachings and example.
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A reminder that the UMW (United Methodist Women) are sponsoring a Salad and Sandwich Spectacular (including cake) tomorrow after the 10:50 service. Donations for missions will be accepted, but are not required.
Update: the Salad and Sandwich Spectacular raised $558 for UMW missions.
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Moa Yang, a Coffeyville Community College student who worships with us in the 10:50 service, will be sharing the Lord’s Prayer in Korean with us this Sunday.
Update: This went well. Many thanks to Moa for sharing with us.
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We have received apportionment information for 2011 from the conference treasurer’s office. Our apportionments are being reduced $2950 from $29,500 this year (2010) to $26,550 for 2011. This reduction comes as part of the conference’s continuing move to a tithed apportionment.
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This is the professional blog of John and Jennifer Collins. We are ordained clergy members of the Kansas East Conference of the United Methodist Church and are currently appointed as pastors of Coffeyville First.
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