I'm starting the conversation for the upcoming October 10th service...
What were the gospel songs we were going to sing?
Can we actively set up a station this time around?
How are we going to implement conversation in the process?
What liturgies are we going to speak together?
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in terms of presenter, i would like to ask nicole grant yonkman...she has been to lockerbie many times and is a ucc pastor...
todd and nicole grant-yonkman said they can preach next sunday--the 10th. this will be very cool.
Here is a summary of this weeks texts:
Exodus 32:1-14: While Moses was up on the mountain with God, the people became anxious and distracted. Aaron leads them to fashion a golden calf and to worship it. This appalled God and Moses. Only through Moses' intercession was disaster averted.
Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 (UMH 829). "Psalms for Singing" for additional resources.
Philippians 4:1-9: Paul addresses the specific conflict in the community at Philippi head-on, calling the two chief parties in the conflict by name and asking for the assistance of Syzygos, who may be a bishop there, to help resolve it. The letter then turns towards its close, with exhortations to rejoice, trust God, and focus their thoughts on worthy things.
>Matthew 22:1-14: Jesus tells the parable of the Wedding Banquet. Those invited did not respond, so the king ordered his servants to the streets to invite everyone to come. One person came who refused to dress appropriately; he was promptly thrown out. The conclusion: many are called, but few are chosen.
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So here are my thoughts for this worship service:
1. the golden calf vs. phillipians
what is interesting about this comparison is that the church has often turned (some) of the writings of Paul into a golden calf--especially when it comes to women...ie. "a husband must obey his wife."
but scolarship shows that much of what scares people about paul's writings--was not written by paul but by second generation followers--when the "role" of women became an "issue."
i am not sure how to fit in mathew with this--because this seems to be one of the challenging texts for me. the whole "many are called, but few are chosen" text has probably caused a lot of harm...
Planning retreat related:
Please go to www.umcquadtraining.org and look at the workshops offered. This is not an invitation to go, but rather I wanted the group to see the themes of the training for conference level leaders. I will be going.
On worship:
Jay is taking us back to the Celtic Church where leadership was gender inclusive. There is plenty of evidence that the early, early Church had leaders of both genders, but that cultural pressures caused the Church to back away from this radical idea. In the Gospel of Thomas the inclusion of Mary M. was directed by Jesus. However, the way the text reads, it was clear that a male dominated society didn't really get it. (In order to make Mary a disciple, Jesus makes Mary a man.) This continues today in the two paths toward female equality: One is to become like a man (in a man's world), the other is to honor diversity. I think we want the second.
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