Holy Week Schedule

There have been some changes because of circumstances that have come up...

Tuesday

We will go to the Wesley Foundation for a Seder meal on Tuesday from 7 - 9 pm which is when we normally meet. I thought it was going to be on Thursday, but I was wrong. The Wesley foundation is at 1101 Las Lomas Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
Link: <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1101+las+lomas+ne+albuquerque,+nm&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.357162,114.257812&ie=UTF8&ll=35.088029,-106.634159&spn=0.012554,0.027895&z=16>

Friday

The Flash Mob idea is not going to work, mostly because UNM doesn't have classes on Friday. We will plan ahead and do a really good one on Pentecost at the beginning of June. What we are doing is from noon to 2:30 there is a stations of the cross walk that is downtown. It begins at the Civic Center at noon and is put on by the Center for Action and Contemplation. It should be very cool! 2 Holy Week events is probably good for our first year!

X-ile: Bar March 31, 2009

I believe this is where we are for tonight, if not someone please correct me :)

Jeremiah 42

¹ Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest approached ² Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, "Please hear our petition and pray to the LORD your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left. ³ Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."

⁴ "I have heard you," replied Jeremiah the prophet. "I will certainly pray to the LORD your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything the LORD says and will keep nothing back from you."

⁵ Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the LORD your God sends you to tell us. ⁶ Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the LORD our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey the LORD our God."

⁷ Ten days later the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah. ⁸ So he called together Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him and all the people from the least to the greatest. ⁹ He said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition, says: ¹⁰ 'If you stay in this land, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I am grieved over the disaster I have inflicted on you. ¹¹ Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you and will save you and deliver you from his hands. ¹² I will show you compassion so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.'

¹³ "However, if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and so disobey the LORD your God, ¹⁴ and if you say, 'No, we will go and live in Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the trumpet or be hungry for bread,' ¹⁵ then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'If you are determined to go to Egypt and you do go to settle there, ¹⁶ then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow you into Egypt, and there you will die. ¹⁷ Indeed, all who are determined to go to Egypt to settle there will die by the sword, famine and plague; not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.' ¹⁸ This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'As my anger and wrath have been poured out on those who lived in Jerusalem, so will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will be an object of cursing and horror, of condemnation and reproach; you will never see this place again.'

¹⁹ "O remnant of Judah, the LORD has told you, 'Do not go to Egypt.' Be sure of this: I warn you today ²⁰ that you made a fatal mistake ^b]">[b] when you sent me to the LORD your God and said, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us; tell us everything he says and we will do it.' ²¹ I have told you today, but you still have not obeyed the LORD your God in all he sent me to tell you. ²² So now, be sure of this: You will die by the sword, famine and plague in the place where you want to go to settle."

Jim Griffith

New Church guru Jim Griffith is going to be in Rio Ranch this weekend and we are invited to come by. The new church in rio rancho is doing a service from 5 - 7 on Sat. evening at Mt. View Middle School and then visiting about it. On Sunday there will be general conversation about new churches and how to start them at Vista Grande Elementary School from 9 - 5. If any of you can make it to any part of these please let me know. The more the merrier!

Rituals

We began a discussion tonight about rituals we can identify in our church experiences. Worshiping on Sundays, Communion, The Lord's Prayer, the creeds, etc. We weren't ready to wrap our heads around what might be a ritual X-ile would want to use. We're thinking on it, though. Each of us can consider the idea for next week. We'll meet at Coaches again at 7:30pm on 2/17. The reading will be from 2 Kings 25. Peace be with you all.

The Emergent Conference in March

The Registration forms have to be sent together with individual payments. So the site of the registration form is:
http://www.cacradicalgrace.org/conferences/emer/registration.php

Click on Group Registration Kit
Our Group Name is: Emergent ABQ
Our Group Leader is: Todd Seelau

You can either drop them off at Trinity UMC (off of Carlisle and Silver), St. John's UMC (Mark on the envelope "Attn. Todd Seelau" please), or call me at 321-9817 and I can come pick them up. :) Lets try to have them no later than Monday the 16th.

Oh and I almost forgot... There is a post-conference on Monday from 8:30-12:00 that cost an extra $25 (that's the suggested donation anyway) This is optional.

Here's the site if you want to view the the post conference details:
http://www.cacradicalgrace.org/conferences/emer/post.php

2/10 Meeting at Coaches

Hey there, gang. Our next meeting will be at Coaches at 7:30pm on Tuesday, 2/10. Who are you inviting this week?

We need to invite this Lady to our Church!

Ignorance is Bliss

Radiohead's video of their song "Just" portrays how we must act on what we know. Let's act on what we learn this week!

Gettin' messy in the Barley Room

We tackled the Barley Room on karaoke night. We were only about 30 minutes into full swing when the singing began. That was quite an experience. I think we get a very different perspective on the scriptures when we read and discuss them in a public place. Praying over the sounds of a bar is wonderful and distracting. Life!

Next week we'll be at Coaches on Central; roughly across from the 66 Diner near I25. 7:30pm as usual. Tracy will lead us through 2 Kings 23. Go God!!