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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
November 1, 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS A Commandment to Keep Pastor Klonowski “You shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.” – Leviticus 19:34 In the Saturday morning Bible study we’ve been reading from the first books of the Old Testament and that formula – you shall not oppress, you shall not wrong the alien, the sojourner, the refugee … because you were that yourself back in the land of Egypt – occurs over and over again in Exodus and Leviticus. The motive of the murderer in Pittsburgh was more than anti-Semitism. “HIAS likes to bring invaders in [to the US]” is what he posted, just hours before the massacre, to explain why he did this. HIAS is the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the counterpart to our own Lutheran Immigrant and Refugee Services. Its history goes back to the 19th century, but I remember its heyday in the 1980’s when tens of thousands fled anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union. Every synagogue in the US, it seemed, had a “Save Soviet Jewry” sign out front, rallying Jewish communities to sponsor refugees from the violence and oppression. HIAS came to a crossroads of sorts some twenty years later, when it was no longer Jews who sought resettlement but victims of wars in East Asia, children fleeing gang violence in Central America, and – most of all – refugees from the wars in the Middle East. Muslims. There was pushback from some in the Jewish community about sponsoring Muslims. The HIAS president uncorked this great response, I remember: “We help, not because they are Jewish, but because we are Jewish.” HIAS, one Jewish writer has defiantly proclaimed after the Pittsburgh killings, is Judaism at its best. Tuesday evening hundreds of Muslims, Catholics, Protestants, and Jews got together at our Homewood synagogue for an Interfaith Gathering of Lament and Healing. It was the most inspiring and, yes, the most healing thing I’ve known in a long time. The Southland communities of faith, at their best. We are in a season now when cynical and venal national leaders use immigration and refugee issues as a political dog-whistle, calling us to our worst self. The murderer in Pittsburgh was answering that whistle. Our self, at our very worst. We don’t listen to that whistle. We listen to what God says in Exodus and Leviticus. We listen to the voices of imams and rabbis and pastors and nuns, reading scriptures and preaching God’s word of lament and prophecy, healing and justice. We listen to the voices of God’s people on Tuesday night, raised in bold resistance: “Our faith will live, the weak be strong/We’ll stand before the Lord of Song/with nothing on our tongue but, Hallelujah!” America, at its very best. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chili Cook off & Costume Contest, Saturday November 3 Come eat good chili and dress up too! Yes, it’s November but why not wear that costume one more time? Sign up on the church office window with number of folks attending and what you’ll bring. We’ll gather 5:30- 8pm at the church. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Remembering the Saints, Sunday, November 4 On All Saints’ Sunday we remember witnesses to the faith who have gone before us: loved ones, friends, family members. We will read names in worship, as a time of remembrance & thanksgiving. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Church Photo Directory Sign up for your family photo for the church photo directory. Lifetouch will be taking our photos and produce the directory. Photos will be ready in time for Christmas and includes a free 8×10 for each family group. Appointment times are Fridays & Saturdays, November 23, 24 30 & December 1. Sign up online booknow-lifetouch.appointment-plus.com/yjjgkgpg/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fall Back this Sunday This Sunday, November 4, Daylight Savings Time ends. Turn your clock back an hour, and “get you to the church on time!”
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THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6 John 11:32-44 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts Chili & Costumes All Saints Sunday Photo Dijrectory Turn Back the Clock Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 6:30 Confirmation Class 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00 Jacob’s Well Practice Saturday 8:30 G,I.F.T. Bible Study 9:00 Altar Preparation 5:00 Chili Cook-Off & Costume Party Sunday Nov. 4 8:15 Worship: All Saints Sunday 9:30 Education Hour 10:45 Worship: All Saints Sunday 7:00 NA Meeting Tuesday Election Day Wednesday 7:00 Choir ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, November 4, 2018
Serving God in Worship at 8:15 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Assisting Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Organist: Rita Jeffirs Lector: Don Beal Song Leader: George Woolsey Choir Director: Jeff Silhan Flutist: Deb Burnet Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof Altar attendants: Ruth Alpers & Carrie Palmer Serving God in Worship at 10:45 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Assisting Minister: Erik Norwick Children’s Message:Pastor Amy Wiegert Musician: Rob Travis Lector: Edna Littlewood Song Leader: Scott Showalter Acolyte: Grace Suchor Altar attendants: Ruth Alpers & Carrie Palmer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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