OUR PURPOSE
The 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”
“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 on Sunday morning 11 am (Sept 30- Dec 9th) at Peninsula Covanant Church in Redwood City, CA
2) READ & REFLECT on scripture and books related to the poor and the Christian's call to serve. 3-4 hours a week
3) SERVE – Acts of Compassion – individual service and group service (1-2 hours a week) _- “Discover through direct contact.” “.. .Learn your lessons not out of a book but in the rough and tumble of life, among real people, in a setting you will never forget” Mother Teresa
2) READ & REFLECT on scripture and books related to the poor and the Christian's call to serve. 3-4 hours a week
3) SERVE – Acts of Compassion – individual service and group service (1-2 hours a week) _- “Discover through direct contact.” “.. .Learn your lessons not out of a book but in the rough and tumble of life, among real people, in a setting you will never forget” Mother Teresa
OUR GOALS
1) FOR OTHERS
MAKE GOD REAL by being the loving hands and feet of Jesus to a distressed, helpless, disenfranchised people
MAKE DISCIPLES – fulfilling the Great Commission
HELP PEOPLE BECOME TRANSFORMED -- Proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. -- what could be more exciting than this?
2) FOR OUR OURSELVES
MAKE OUR FAITH ALIVE/REAL by doing KINGDOM WORK
LEARN TO LOVE GOD AND OTHERS AS WE LOVE OURSELVES
STORE UP TREASURES IN HEAVEN
LEARN HOW TO EXPRESS OUR FAITH THROUGH LOVING, HUMBLE SERVICE
3) FOR THE CHURCH BODY
PREPARE God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. ((Eph. 4:12,13 – CHECK REFERENCE)
4) FOR CHRIST -- TO SERVE THE ONE TRUE GOD HIMSELF– AS WE SERVE OTHERS WE WILL STRIVE TO SEE JESUS IN THEM, TO SEE PEOPLE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF THE SON OF GOD.
WHO's INVITED?
All those interested in moving further along in their journey of Christian formation through understanding the concepts of compassion and justice. People interested or already involved in community outreach, economic development, or mission.
SCHEDULE
SESSION 1 (Sept 30-Dec. 9th) COMPASSION
SESSION 2 (Jan15-April) JUSTICE
(See below for a more detailed schedule)
COST
Approx $42 each session for reading materials
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