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We believe God is calling us to be a WARM congregation: a people who embrace one another in unconditional love, a people who embrace those in need with the care they desperately seek, a people who embrace all those we meet so that all may know God's deep and abiding love for them.  W.A.R.M: Worship the Lord through the Appeal of the church to Reach everyone and Minister to their needs.

Mocha on the Mount

Notes on Mocha on the Mount

Summary of Session One:

We explored the meanings of "righteousness" and "kingdom of heaven" by comparing Biblical translations including the NET (included in the book) and The Message.

We found that righteousness had a deeper meaning than just obeying the rules. It also includes:

  • Good appetite for God
  • Commitment to God
  • Right living
  • "Not preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God's giving", (The Message)


We found that "the Kingdom of Heaven" does not mean the usual simplistic long term goal of "going to heaven", but that it means being part of God here and now. It is an active concept and:

  • Being part of the Kingdom of God means to be at peace with God NOW
  • The Kingdom of heaven is not a long term goal but an immediate condition
  • Don't wait for heaven, be at one with God now
  • Being driven deeper into God's world
  • "Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions" (The Message)



Reading Schedule

Group: Women's Lenten Book Study, all are welcome

Book: Mocha on the Mount, by Sandra Glahn

Time: Wednesday, 10:00AM

Contact: Zoe Lynda Pine, 975-6775


Class Time:

  • February 17: Introduction, Week 1, pt 1
  • February 24: No Class, WELCA meeting
  • March 3: Week 1, pt 2 AND Week 2
  • March 10: Week 3
  • March 17: Week 4
  • March 24: Week 5
  • March 31: Week 6


Reading Assignment for following meeting:

  • February 17: pages 1 - 48
  • March 3: pages 49 - 63
  • March 10: pages 64 - 80
  • March 17: pages 81 - 103
  • March 24: pages 104 - 126


Study extras:

To see an annotated version of the New English Translation Bible, follow it at


To read the Message translation, find it at


Assignment:

As we read, meditate, discuss and pray, think of a way to represent the Sermon on the Mount, its meaning, its effect on you etc. through your favorite medium. Draw a picture, write a poem, sing a song, sculpt with clay, design a cookie, make a cake etc. Explore using all your senses to express yourself. Bring in your expression any week. You can bring in something more than once!

You can see art from famous artists and their renderings on this subject at:

You can see art from other women who have studied this series at:


 
 
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