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Faith & Formation Videos: September 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 by GPNW2020

Faith and Formation (which meets online on Wednesday evenings) has been viewing presentations by religious leaders, scholars and philosophers of various faiths and denominations to expand our personal and communal theological understandings. At the end of every week, we ask the important question: “What about this presentation was compatible or incompatible with Community of Christ theology?” Unfortunately, I cannot share with you the amazing discussions we had after watching the videos. But maybe you could also glean important lessons from these videos.

The videos we viewed in September 2020:

September 16: Lesley Hazleton “On Reading the Koran” & Alaa Murabit “What My Religion Really Says about Women“

September 23: Jonathan Merritt “The Death and Resurrection of Sacred Speech“

September 30: Brent Strawn “The Greatest Story Never Told: Re-Thinking the Bible as Poetry“

Join us Wednesdays* at 7pm (PT).

*The first Wednesday of the month is prayer service.

Faith & Formation Videos: August 2020

Posted on September 3, 2020October 3, 2020 by GPNW2020

The videos we viewed in August 2020:

August 12: Balpreet Kaur “The Power of Kindness“

August 19: Kwame Appiah “Is Religion Good or Bad“

August 26: Alain de Botton “Atheism 2.0“

Join us Wednesdays* at 7pm (PT).

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*The first Wednesday of the month is prayer service.

Statement on the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Posted on August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 by GPNW2020

From Community of Christ Announcements posted 8/6/2020

August 6 and 9 mark the somber 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. World Conference Resolution 1178, Nuclear Arms Reduction; and WCR 1303, Action toward Nuclear Weapons Abolition, encourage the church to denounce the violence of nuclear weapons and acknowledge the suffering they cause.

We are grateful for the global hibakusha (survivors) who have courageously borne witness, often amid great difficulty.

As a people dedicated to peace, reconciliation, and healing of the spirit, Community of Christ joined 189 organizations that signed a statement in opposition to nuclear weapons, making it one of the largest and most diverse interfaith proclamations against nuclear weapons to date.

The signatories, coordinated by Faith Communities Concerned About Nuclear Weapons, remind us that we can act together from a place of determination, resilience and joy to make the world a different place. Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Jain and indigenous voices came together on this statement.

Doctrine and Covenants 161:2a reminds us to: “Become a people of the Temple—those who see violence but proclaim peace, who feel conflict yet extend the hand of reconciliation, who encounter broken spirits and find pathways for healing.”

The church continues to find those pathways through its prayers and ongoing programs, Toward Jesus the Peaceful One; a series of internet lectures from Europe, Peaceful Humanity—A New Creation; and the Daily Prayer for Peace, among others.