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October-November 2011 Connection
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Resurrecting Community
Article by Wess Daniels
“We are the resurrection community.
The under-employed, the over-employed.
The single moms, and single dads, grandparents, and guardians doing their best to survive.
The black, the Hispanic, the indigenous and the alien.”
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Plain & Simple
Plain & Simple is written by Eric Muhr, giving us a look at our history from the lesser-known corners of Quaker heritage
“In liturgical Christian tradition, children enter into the faith through a formal, church-directed process such as catechism or confirmation. Among evangelicals, it is largely understood that one becomes a Christian by making a personal decision to believe in Jesus Christ. Historically, Quakers fit with neither group, relying instead on a process of “socialization” in which children were raised into faith by their families and by the larger community of believers.”
>>read more about learning to share>>Busyness: Of Bees and Honey
Article by Shari Lane
“Every week I say to myself, I really need to be better about___ (fill in the blank—reading the Bible, exercising, practicing my Spanish, spending time with my son, eating more vegetables, etc.). But every successful attempt to Accomplish Something means one of the other goals may fall through the cracks. Making time to exercise means I don’t have as much time to read the Bible; spending time with my son means it’s pizza (or grilled cheese) for dinner again. I find myself wishing I were a honey bee, single-minded of purpose, so I could crawl into bed each night with the knowledge that today I did exactly what I needed to do, no more, no less.”
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On the Bible
Article by Johan Mauer
“This month, I’m helping with a Bible study at Moscow Friends. Rather than plunging directly into a biblical theme, we’re going to explore how we understand the Bible and its role in forming us as individuals and a community. I remember a very helpful Wednesday evening discussion along these lines at North Valley Friends in Newberg, Oregon, USA, and I’m eager to see how a similar discussion might go here. A new translation of the Old Testament has recently been published and has been widely discussed, making now a perfect time to choose this theme.”
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Youth Rep to EFC-MAYM
Article by Katie Comfort
“From the moment I touched down, I was greeted with warmth and love in a way I had never experienced. I didn’t know any of these people, and they didn’t know me, but they were still so willing to pour out love and acceptance. That reception extended for the entire week, especially in my cabin group. While other cabins at the camp were made up of individual youth groups, mine was a hodgepodge of smaller churches.”
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Daily Gratitude
Article by Brad Tricola
Sometimes we think of camping as being simpler. In many ways it really isn’t simpler, and it’s definitively not easier, especially when you have three small children. It’s a lot of work. Just trying to fit everything we would need for four nights into our little Saturn was an engineering feat.
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Christian Education Corner
Article by Shawn Leonard
“Entiat Friends’ theme for this year’s 6th annual VBS was Avalanche Ranch. Children arrived for dinner, followed by a rootin‘ tootin‘ foot-stompin‘ good time of welcome and singing after which they rotated through four sessions of Cowpoke Crafts, Wild West Theatre (Bible Memory), Wild Bible Adventures, and Horseplay Games. More than a decade had passed since Entiat had a VBS program when they had their first one six years ago. It has been energizing, exciting, and challenging. When measuring whether or not their VBS program is successful, they have found God working specifically in two ways…”
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Out of My Mind…
Article by Colin Saxton
“Imagine if all of us ministers lived out this charge with passionate integrity. And I don’t just mean the pastors, missionaries, and chaplains among us. No, all of us ministers—the plumbers, accountants, retirees, students, baristas, landscapers, and unemployed among us too. Imagine the kind of church we could be—would be—if proclaiming and demonstrating the gospel, encouraging each other, and committed, willing discipleship marked our lives. Indeed, NWYM and the whole rest of the world would be richer for it!”
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