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From C-'67 -- a communion prayer |
| Something old/new for a communion
prayer:
The Confession of '67 affirms faith in Christ - and
an ethic that flows from that faith
[3-25-02]
Amid all the demands for confessions of faith in
Christ, Gene TeSelle has noticed that a central section of the
Confession of 1967 (C-9.31-32) offers a clear affirmation of faith in
Christ, and links that faith to a radical ethic of reconciliation. That
"ethic" is not so much imperative or moralistic as it is
eucharistic: a thankful response to God's grace shown in Christ.
TeSelle suggests that this passage (given here in the
inclusive language version, with a few more doctrinal sentences omitted)
is so liturgical in style, and so eucharistic in tone, that it might
well serve as a prayer at the close of a celebration of the Lord's
Supper, combining both "promise" and "charge."
Here it is:
To be reconciled
to God is to be sent into the world as God's reconciling community.
This community, the church universal, is entrusted with God's message
of reconciliation and shares the labor of healing the enmities which
separate men and women from God and from each other.
The life, death,
resurrection, and promised coming of Jesus Christ has set the pattern
for the church's mission. His human life involves the church in the
common life of all. His service to men and women commits the church to
work for every form of human well-being. His suffering makes the
church sensitive to all the sufferings of humanity, so that it sees
the face of Christ in the faces of people in every kind of need. His
crucifixion discloses to the church God's judgment on our inhumanity
to each other and the awful consequences of our own complicity in
injustice. In the power of the risen Christ and the hope of his coming
the church sees the promise of God's renewal of human life in society
and of God's victory over all wrong.
So to live and
serve is to confess Christ as Lord.
If you use this in worship, we would like to hear how it
"works" for you and your congregation. Please
send a note!
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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PVJ's
Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, PVJ's
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views,
or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created
this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship
and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the
voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy,
students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers
and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God
in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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John Harris’ Summit to
Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical
reflections on everything between summit to shore, including
kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology,
politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New
York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive
New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the
Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian
Church in Flushing, NY. |
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John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently
serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized
and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and
lightening up. |
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Got more blogs to recommend?
Please
send a note, and we'll see what we can do! |
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Plan now for our 2010 Ghost Ranch
Seminar!
GHOST RANCH SEMINAR
July 26-August 1, 2010
WE’RE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER
CONFRONTING THE STRUCTURES OF INJUSTICE |
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