Fast and Pray Oct 16

Mark your calendar and tell your friends!
Oct 16 & 17, 2007

STAND UP SPEAK OUT AGAINST POVERTY http://standagainstpoverty.org

Join The Compassion and Justice Learning Community as we:

Fast & Pray to End World Hunger
Start Time: Tues Oct 16 am-Wed Oct17 7:59am
Location: Wherever you are
Event Description: FAST 24 hrs. & PRAY during your would-be mealtimes.

Pray:

That the non poor consider the needs of their poor neighbor.

That we will actively seek ways to alleviate suffering and injustice.

That followers of Christ will be compelled by love and live a life of sacrifice.

(Above: Phnom, 7, gives thanks for her food at World Vision’s Bamboo Shoot Center for street children in Phnom Penh, Cambodia http://www.worldvision.org/

*"Stand Up, Speak Out" calls for people of the world to hold their leaders accountable, to foster knowledge and understanding of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and to propagate global grassroots participation that positively impacts the decisions of world leaders. This is not about raising money; it's about raising awareness

Do we worship a homeless man?

"Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." Matthew 8:20

Feed the Homeless Go to Jail!?

You gotta read this to believe this. ORLANDO, Fla. -- A controversial city ordinance has led to a number of protests and now a trial. An Orlando man is the first person to face a jury for feeding the homeless. http://www.wftv.com/news/14289861/detail.html?reddit

Feed My Sheep

God's Word for contemplation: John 21:15-19
The Reinstatement of Peter

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you. " He said to him, "Feed my lambs." He then said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you. " He said to him, "Tend my sheep. " He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you. " [Jesus] said to him, "Feed my sheep. Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go. " He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God And when he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me. "

Read and contemplate. Exchange your name for Peter's. What is God saying to you? How are you showing or confessing your love and devotion to Christ?

Here is a great commentaty on this beautiful and often read scripture:
http://centeringprayer.com/wklyart.htm

Feeling Compassion

I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it.
Thomas Aquinas

Work for Food That Endures..

"Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you." JOhn 6:27

""My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.." John 4:34

Compassion and Justice Learning Community

PCC's Compassion and Justice Learning Community welcomes people who are intested in learning together, praying together, humbly serving together, as we demonstrate the love of Jesus to the least of these in Redwood City. We desire to live out our Christian mandate to LOVE GOD and LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR.

As Mother Teresa so beautifully puts it:
“I wish to say that every person must be concerned with the welfare of his neighbours. It is a duty of charity. We must show our love for all men and women who are God’s children and, so, are our brothers and sisters”“We can not show our love for God whom we can not see and who is in need of nothing except by loving and serving our neighbor who we see and love as God’s child”

OUR COVENANT
1) GATHER with other Christ followers
2) READ & REFLECT on scripture and books related to the poor
3 ) SERVE – Acts of Compassion – individual service and group service (1-2 hours a week)

For more details on our community at Peninsula Covenant Church in Redwood City, please check out the other posts in this blog or contact me at virginiahuffman@yahoo.com