I love fun christian t-shirts. I have a couple awesome ones, how about anyone else?
One of mine says in bold letters on the back
JESUS WAS A LOSER (and so am i) Losers go Home
and goes on to quote Matthew "for those who want to save their lives will lose it, and those who lose their lives for my sake will save it"
then there is the one with the awesome midevil knight on it with the armor of God verse
and the captian planted element one from a YAK (youth annual conference)
and my Garrett Shirt with the swirls and the verse from timothy "don't look down on those who are young, but set an example"
and this one i just found is awesome and I want it!!
(sadly i'm still trying to get it to show up) check out www.randomshirts.com
In Peace,
your sister in Christ~Erin
Monday, October 23, 2006
Sunday, October 15, 2006
fellowship
Fellowship is a big fancy word for hang out with your fellow believers. Many of our churches have fellowship halls, fellowship time after church, or use the word frequently to mean, come hang out at church. I think this is a very important thing to do. Most of us love to hang out with friends, we don’t often think why. The bible mentions in a few places that it is really important to hang out with people like you. Those around you will rub off on you. Here in 1st John we are told to hang out together by Paul…
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all [ Or every] sin.
Yet we are also warned that as good as it is to surround our selves with friends, it is important that we have Christian friends.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
I find this a little troublesome, yet partly true. What do you think? It is really important to have people around you who can support you spiritually. Who can pray for you, go to church with you, and be there for you when you need it. But where do you draw the line? Some churches look down upon marriages between faiths, even between denominations. What do you think “yoked” means?
Discussion Questions:
What if anything from your friends has rubbed off on you?
Do you seek friends that are of the same faith as you?
Do you have friends of other faiths than you?
How do you feel about relationships of different faiths?
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all [ Or every] sin.
Yet we are also warned that as good as it is to surround our selves with friends, it is important that we have Christian friends.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
I find this a little troublesome, yet partly true. What do you think? It is really important to have people around you who can support you spiritually. Who can pray for you, go to church with you, and be there for you when you need it. But where do you draw the line? Some churches look down upon marriages between faiths, even between denominations. What do you think “yoked” means?
Discussion Questions:
What if anything from your friends has rubbed off on you?
Do you seek friends that are of the same faith as you?
Do you have friends of other faiths than you?
How do you feel about relationships of different faiths?
Friday, October 13, 2006
Egypt
As a young girl I found this troubling. Pray for those in the world less fortunate than you! I also praise God for living in a safe country where I am free to believe in him. God Bless!
Peace,
your sister in Christ~Erin
Christian Girl Kidnapped by Muslims Escapes - Compass Direct
An Egyptian Christian teenager escaped her Muslim kidnappers last week hours after they had drugged her on a public bus. They threatened to rape her and convert her to Islam if her family did not leave their Nile Delta city of El-Mahala el-Kobra. Laurence Wagih Emil, 15, escaped the ground-floor room where she was being held in Cairo's southern Helwan suburb at 10 p.m. last Tuesday (October 3) while her captors were away breaking their Ramadan fast. Her father, Wagih Emil, had received several threatening text messages from his daughter's mobile phone. "Take the rest of your daughters and leave the city, or you will lose them one by one," said one. "The girl is not accepting easily, but she will embrace Islam for sure." Before family members recovered her, State Security Investigation officials interviewing Laurence Emil told her she would never see her parents again unless she reported a false story denying the kidnapping. The kidnapping of Christian teenage girls in Muslim nations has reached into the thousands. Pray for VOM's safe houses where Christian teenage girls, who have been threatened with or have escaped from abduction, can learn job skills and receive spiritual training. Psalm 143:9
Peace,
your sister in Christ~Erin
Christian Girl Kidnapped by Muslims Escapes - Compass Direct
An Egyptian Christian teenager escaped her Muslim kidnappers last week hours after they had drugged her on a public bus. They threatened to rape her and convert her to Islam if her family did not leave their Nile Delta city of El-Mahala el-Kobra. Laurence Wagih Emil, 15, escaped the ground-floor room where she was being held in Cairo's southern Helwan suburb at 10 p.m. last Tuesday (October 3) while her captors were away breaking their Ramadan fast. Her father, Wagih Emil, had received several threatening text messages from his daughter's mobile phone. "Take the rest of your daughters and leave the city, or you will lose them one by one," said one. "The girl is not accepting easily, but she will embrace Islam for sure." Before family members recovered her, State Security Investigation officials interviewing Laurence Emil told her she would never see her parents again unless she reported a false story denying the kidnapping. The kidnapping of Christian teenage girls in Muslim nations has reached into the thousands. Pray for VOM's safe houses where Christian teenage girls, who have been threatened with or have escaped from abduction, can learn job skills and receive spiritual training. Psalm 143:9
Christian Blogsphere
There is so much out there, I can read for hours and not get bored. I encourage you to check out some more blogs, comment, make friends, ya know. I can't figure out how to link the methodist blogroll, but we're on it!!
Go visit
www.welselyblog.com and you'll find a new world of blogging!
Peace,
your sister in Christ~Erin
Go visit
www.welselyblog.com and you'll find a new world of blogging!
Peace,
your sister in Christ~Erin
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Outreach
Matthew 28:18 -20 (The Message)
Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: "God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age."
Everyone you meet? I mean I love Jesus, but the great commission isn't something we like to draw attention to all the time. I was discussing with my campus chaplin yesterday how our baby ministry is going. We are having a hard time getting people into the house. Hm... I thought, this rings a bell, we are having a hard time getting people into our churches as well!
But how do we change that? Outreach? Well to do outreach you need people, and we only have 3, but we have 3. Most of our churches have more that this but the problem still occurs. What kinds of things do we do? Who do we aim for? The unchurched? Young people? acording to Matthew, Jesus said everyone. Period.
yet, there always seems to be a but. Most often I run into, but they already go to a bible study or another church. Or many other excuses. So many of our church events focus on the people already in the church. Not saying this is bad, because helping our members grow in their faith is a huge responsibility as well, but what about the people outside the church?
How do we get people (in my case) accross the street and to the ministry house?
we already offer free food
How do we feed people if they aren't there?
How do we make disciples???
God Bless,
your sister in Christ,
Erin
Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: "God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age."
Everyone you meet? I mean I love Jesus, but the great commission isn't something we like to draw attention to all the time. I was discussing with my campus chaplin yesterday how our baby ministry is going. We are having a hard time getting people into the house. Hm... I thought, this rings a bell, we are having a hard time getting people into our churches as well!
But how do we change that? Outreach? Well to do outreach you need people, and we only have 3, but we have 3. Most of our churches have more that this but the problem still occurs. What kinds of things do we do? Who do we aim for? The unchurched? Young people? acording to Matthew, Jesus said everyone. Period.
yet, there always seems to be a but. Most often I run into, but they already go to a bible study or another church. Or many other excuses. So many of our church events focus on the people already in the church. Not saying this is bad, because helping our members grow in their faith is a huge responsibility as well, but what about the people outside the church?
How do we get people (in my case) accross the street and to the ministry house?
we already offer free food
How do we feed people if they aren't there?
How do we make disciples???
God Bless,
your sister in Christ,
Erin
Monday, October 02, 2006
The same table
As many of us do, I often find myself totally swamped but so busy i'm running from here to there all the time. Especially on Sundays. I am musical, so often I am asked to help out with services. My friend Pious asked me to help him with yesterdays service, as he was having a real hard time putting things together. I have already commited to my church, and yeserday I was the only soprano. But I told him I would help. I made both services and recieved many thanks and compliments from each, but I was not fed.
It was world communion sunday, so literally yes i was fed, but I was not able to really worship or spend time honoring God. So like i sometimes do, I went to Mass. I know i'm not Catholic, and they don't want ppl who aren't catholic to take communion simply because it is one of the biggest doctrinal issues between Catholics and Prodestants. But I needed to take it. No big deal, but I laughed a lil bit when i went up and Father Mark happened to be giving communion in my section and he recognized me. Our campus priest is one of the best speakers I have ever heard, and one of the funniest religious leaders I have ever been around. I have spent some time with him, enough that we have had the communion conversation as well as he knows I am on the path to be a UM pastor. Defiately remembered I wasn't Catholic.
But the one thing stressed yesterday was that on World Communion Sunday we celebrate with Christians all over the world our salvation in Jesus. Sure each of the traditions do it a bit differently, each of the churches I took communion at yesterday was a bit different, but that we can celebrate the sacrifice of our Lord together is awesome. That we can eat around the same table. It also gives us a reminder to pray for each other.
Luke 22:19-20
19And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Pray for our fellow Christians today all over the world as they celebrate or suffer as we all do.
God Bless!
your sister in Christ,
Erin
It was world communion sunday, so literally yes i was fed, but I was not able to really worship or spend time honoring God. So like i sometimes do, I went to Mass. I know i'm not Catholic, and they don't want ppl who aren't catholic to take communion simply because it is one of the biggest doctrinal issues between Catholics and Prodestants. But I needed to take it. No big deal, but I laughed a lil bit when i went up and Father Mark happened to be giving communion in my section and he recognized me. Our campus priest is one of the best speakers I have ever heard, and one of the funniest religious leaders I have ever been around. I have spent some time with him, enough that we have had the communion conversation as well as he knows I am on the path to be a UM pastor. Defiately remembered I wasn't Catholic.
But the one thing stressed yesterday was that on World Communion Sunday we celebrate with Christians all over the world our salvation in Jesus. Sure each of the traditions do it a bit differently, each of the churches I took communion at yesterday was a bit different, but that we can celebrate the sacrifice of our Lord together is awesome. That we can eat around the same table. It also gives us a reminder to pray for each other.
Luke 22:19-20
19And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Pray for our fellow Christians today all over the world as they celebrate or suffer as we all do.
God Bless!
your sister in Christ,
Erin
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Personal
You never know what may cause them.
The sight of the Atlantic Ocean can do it, or a piece of music, or a face you’ve never seen before.
A pair of somebody’s old shoes can do it … a horse cantering across a meadow,
the high school basketball team running out onto the floor at the start of a game.
You can never be sure.
But of this you can be sure.
Whenever you find tears in your eyes,
especially unexpected tears,
it is well to pay the closest attention.
They are not only telling you something about the secret of who you are,
but more often than not God is speaking to you through them of the mystery of where you have come from
and is summoning you to where you should go next, if your soul is to be saved.
~ I found this very touching and wanted to share it with you all.
your sister in Christ,
Erin
The sight of the Atlantic Ocean can do it, or a piece of music, or a face you’ve never seen before.
A pair of somebody’s old shoes can do it … a horse cantering across a meadow,
the high school basketball team running out onto the floor at the start of a game.
You can never be sure.
But of this you can be sure.
Whenever you find tears in your eyes,
especially unexpected tears,
it is well to pay the closest attention.
They are not only telling you something about the secret of who you are,
but more often than not God is speaking to you through them of the mystery of where you have come from
and is summoning you to where you should go next, if your soul is to be saved.
~ I found this very touching and wanted to share it with you all.
your sister in Christ,
Erin
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