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Another of the EcuMeets

The Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, was among the many
religious leaders that greeted Pope Shenouda of the Coptic Orthodox Church
last Friday in London. The leader of the Coptic Church was in the UK to celebrate
the silver jubilee of St Mark's Coptic Church, Kensington, London.

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

The Pope kicked off the current Catholic-originated Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity by quoting the Second Vatican Council, [ecumenism] "is not genuine
if there is no change of heart. For it is from renewal of the inner life
of our minds, from self-denial and an unstinted love that desires of unity
take their rise and develop." John Paull II said there is "a growing awareness
of the need for a profound spirituality of peace and peacemaking, not only
among those who are directly involved in ecumenical work, but among all
Christians." Stressing that the "cause of unity concerns every believer,"
JP continued, "It is encouraging to see how the quest for unity among Christians
is spreading increasingly thanks to opportune initiatives, which touch different
realms of the ecumenical commitment."

On the second day during the "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity" John Paul
II delighted in the "ecumenical progress made between Catholics and Lutherans
in the five years since the signing of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine
of Justification." An ecumenical delegation from Finland met with the Catholic
Pope led by Lutheran Bishop Eero Huovinen of Helsinki, who arrived on the
Catholic feast of St. Henry, patron of Finland.

The Pope acknowledged as a "promising sign of this progress on our path to
full and visible unity" the "establishment of a new dialogue group between
Lutherans and Catholics in Finland and Sweden." JP II told them, "It is my
hope that Lutherans and Catholics will increasingly practice a spirituality
of communion." Speaking of the "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity;" Cardinal
Walter Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian
Unity, said on Vatican Radio. "The ecumenical way advances."

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Pope To Be Honored for EU Role

Pope John Paul II will be honored at a ceremony held at the Vatican on March
25 with a special edition of the prestigious International Charlemagne Prize
for his contribution to European unity. The award committee gave reason for
the extra award to John Paul II for "the extraordinary contribution of the
pope to the process of European integration, but also his particular effort
to exert an influence from Europe on the shaping of the world order."

The award, named after the historic Holy Roman emperor [ruled 768-814]
Charlemagne, is accompanied by a token cash prize of $6,350. The Roman Pontiff
will join other previous prize-winners such as Winston Churchill, former
U.S. President Bill Clinton, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. This
year's regular edition of the Charlemagne prize will be presented May 10th
to European Parliament president Pat Cox.

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Historical Happenings

January 18

0336 - Mark begins his reign as Catholic Pope

0350 - General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans.

0532 - Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die

1525 - Even before their first baptism takes place, the Anabaptists are
threatened with exile. Instead of exile, they are soon given death.

1562 - The Council of Trent was called by the popes to deal with the monumental
problems caused by the Reformation - reconvened, following a suspension of
ten years.

1644 - Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting

1678 - James Mitchell, a Scottish Covenanter is executed, having tried to
kill Archbishop James Sharp who was executing many Covenanters.

1891 - The first Armenian Church in the U.S. was consecrated in Worcester,
MA. New churches were later consecrated in Fresno, CA (1900); West Hoboken,
NJ (1907); and Fowler, CA (1910)

1901 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Graves De Communi Re

1936 - In Washington, DC, Catholic biblical scholars met to discuss two
proposals: the preparation of a new Bible translation and the formation of
a society of Catholic biblical scholars. In result, the Catholic Biblical
Association (CBA) was formed in 1937, and the New American Bible (NAB) was
published in 1970.

1985 - US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise.

January 19

0379 - Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire

0973 - Pope Benedictus VI elected. He is remembered because he was strangled
by an anti-pope.

1563 - The Heidelberg Catechism was first published in Germany. Written by
Peter Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus, it comprised a balanced statement of
Calvinist tradition, and was soon after accepted by nearly all of the Reformed
churches in Europe. "In his grace God grants me the righteousness of Christ
to free me forever from judgment." ~Heidelberg Catechism

1568 - Death of Miles Coverdale, 80, publisher of the first printed English
Bible. He completed the translation of the Old Testament which William Tyndale
had left unfinished at his death in 1536.

1889 - The Salvation Army split, as one faction within the denomination renounced
allegiance to founder William Booth. Booth's son Ballington and his wife
Maud led the American splinter group, which in 1896 incorporated itself as
a separate denomination known as the Volunteers of America.

1922 - The Hymn Society of America is formed (now called Hymn Society in
the United States and Canada). This society was dedicated to improving the
music and poetry of Protestant hymns and to writing new hymns relevant to
contemporary life. It produced hymns on city life, the Bible, and ecumenism.
A close association with the National Council of Churches led it to share
the office space of the ecumenical organization. It publishes a quarterly
titled The Hymn.

1983 - Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia

1991 - US acknowledges CIA & US Army paid Panama military thug and
Jesuit-pawn Manuel Noriega $320,000 over his career

January 20

0250 - Fabian dies -ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50) was killed after
a trial headed by Emperor Decius.

1045 - Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III

1788 - Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga

1841 - China cedes Hong Kong to the British

1918 - In Russia, following the Bolshevik Revolution, all church property
was confiscated and all religious instruction in the schools was abolished.

1939 - Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European
Jews

1942 - Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding
on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews

1965 - Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to
discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain

January 21

1077 - German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness

1118 - Paschalis II [Raniero], pope (1099-111 , dies

1189 - Philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion-Hearted initiate 3rd Crusade

1276 - Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocent V

1522 - Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope

1525 - History's first Anabaptist baptismal service took place in Zurich,
Switzerland, when Conrad Grebel (re-)baptized George Blaurock.

1549 - Parliament passed the first of four British Acts of Uniformity, this
first requiring the exclusive use of the Book of Common Prayer (later called
the First Prayer Book of Edward VI) in all public services of the Anglican
Church.

1986 - Charismatic Bible Ministries was founded in Oklahoma. A fraternal
fellowship of charismatic organizations, CBM held its first major conference
in June 1986 in Tulsa.

1998 - Pope John Paul II visits Cuba

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Sabbath Morning Companion      
Date:1/23/2004 By: Lenny Cacchio [used by
permission]

Work Should Not Be a Curse

Some days going to work seems like a curse, bringing to mind the statement
to Adam that "cursed is the ground for your sake.  In toil you shall
eat of it all the days of your life. … In the sweat of your face you shall
eat bread." (Genesis 3:17, 19)

Yet I know that work is in reality a God-ordained activity.  After all,
the Fourth Commandment says that "six days shall you labor and do all your
work," which is just as much a command as resting on the seventh day.

God, when he first put the man in the garden, gave the mandate to tend it
and keep it, which implies work.  Following this logic, it seems that
work is not of itself a curse.  But surely it can become so if we depart
from Godly principles.  In fact, in Ecclesiastes 3 we read, "That everyone
may eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his toil - this is the gift
of God."  And again, "There is nothing better for a man than to enjoy
his work."  (v13, 15 NIV). Without work, what God created and called
good would not remain that way.  Let your garden overgrow with weeds
and see that principle in action.

The Apostle Paul addressed the key issue when it comes to work.  To
the Colossians he wrote, "Bondservants (read "employees"), obey in all things
your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers,
but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.  And whatever you do, do it
heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will
receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. (Col
3:22-25 NKJV)

This is not a call to blindly obey whatever the boss tells you.  Rather
it is to emphasize Paul's admonition not to be a man-pleaser.  
In some parts such are referred as bootlickers, among other more colorful
euphemisms.   Think in terms of the fellow whose desire is to climb
to the top any way he can.  This would be the prototypical organization
man who cares little about the customer and nothing about co-workers. 
His focus is on his own advancement.

"Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men."  If
I know Jesus Christ, and I think I do, I would think that Jesus' concern
is to take care of people.   If  I clothe the naked, I am
doing it unto Christ.  If I'm a carpenter, I'm not working for the
boss.  I'm building a house so someone has a place to live.  If
I plant forty acres of wheat, I'm feeding what would otherwise be hungry
people.  If I work in a bank, I'm making sure that people have a safe
and convenient place to keep their finances.  If I'm a sanitation worker,
I'm helping the community's general health and welfare.  Whatever I
do, I'm doing for Christ, and by doing for Christ I am fulfilling a calling
to serve my neighbors.

It is hard for me to describe how my attitude toward work has changed since
my loyalties have changed.   No longer is my loyalty to my employer,
but to the people who really pay our bills.  These are the customers
that do business with us.  And by serving them I am serving Christ,
not as a man-pleaser, but in sincerity of heart.  - Lenny C.

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Thou Shalt Not Do Murder

In Atlanta, Georgia, 29 yr-old Christopher Carey and his wife Valerie along
with two children (7 and 2 yrs old) were found naked in the streets in the
cold of winter. The police learned from questioning the oldest child that
they were living in a nearby motel and that another child was hurt there.
Police went to the motel and found a dead six year old girl who "had been
strangled, stabbed, beaten and covered in pages torn from a Bible, possibly
in an attempt to 'undemonize' her," said an AP story. The Carey's were arrested,
taken to a psychiatric ward, and charged with murder while the children were
taken into DCFS custody. Christopher Carey was transferred to Fulton County
Jail and the next hearing is scheduled for Feb. 3. Valerie Carey still was
being held at a hospital psychiatric ward. The Carey's face charges of murder,
cruelty to children, public indecency and obstruction of justice. Cases like
this unjustly reflect a negative light on all bible-readers instead of the
bad seeds. Maybe the Carey's skipped the part about prayer and fasting to
cast out demons ... and that sixth commandment about murder?

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Cult Leader Judged

Dwight "Malachi" York [58], head of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors,
was found guilty on four counts of racketeering and six child molestation-related
charges on Friday in a Georgia courtroom. York's sentencing, which could
be up to an 80 year prison term, is scheduled in 60 days. 14 boys and girls
testified that York molested them from 1998 through 2002. 7 others testified
that York never touched them. Claims of a conspiracy against York by his
son and other ex-members were deemed unfounded by the jury. The prosecutors
said that the victims were taught that York was the supreme authority ...
he was a god to them and used this for his own deviant purposes.

Dwight York, has also been known as: Malachi York; Chief Black Thunderbird
“Eagle”; and/or Malachi Z. York. York's cult of Nuwaubians are known by various
names such as: Yamassee Native American Nuwaubians; United Nuwaubian Nation
of the Moors; and Ancient and Mystic Order of Malchizedek. Through the years
at various times, York has claimed to be a rabbi, a Muslim imam, Egyptian
royalty with heritage to Pharoahs, and even a space alien messenger. He now
claims to be a Creek Indian named Chief Black Thunderbird Eagle.

The Nuwaubians have a 476-acre compound, dotted with imitations of Egyptian
pyramids, near the small town of Eatonton, GA. The compound, or parts thereof,
is subject to being seized by authorities due to the racketeering charges.
York's teachings incorporated parts of Native American Indian heritage,
Christianity, Egyptian mysticism, Islam, Judaism, and space alien theology.

From their unofficial website: "YMaku: Chief Black Thunderbird
“Eagle” was arrested and detained on May 8, 2002 A.D. and held on 4 counts
of transporting minors across state lines for indecent purposes and 5 days
later indicted in the State for 120 counts of child molestation and on August
2, 2002 their plot to use an illegal grand jury was exposed and that indictment
was quashed meaning dismissed. They later re-indicted again on October 2,
2002 for 208 counts of child molestation."

The United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors Web site is located at
www.unnm.com

Unofficial Nuwabian website
http://users.netropolis.net/moorish/default.htm

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Checkpoint Charlie

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 earlier this month that police may set up roadblocks
to "collect tips about crimes." The decision allows police officers to block
traffic and ask motorists for help in solving crimes. Critics have complained
that authorities might misuse the power, disguising dragnets as ''informational
checkpoints.'

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More Historic Happenings

January 22

1510 - Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany

1522 - German Reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'Love cares for the
problems of others as if they were one's own.'

1588 - Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia)

1814 - 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held, New York City NY

1882 - The Fifth Street Presbyterian Church of Troy, New York, became the
first church in America to be illuminated by electric lighting.

1963 - Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth wrote in a letter: 'In Jesus
Christ, God and man...are already at peace Ä not as enemies but as true
companions. In Him salvation is already present and at work.'

January 23

0638 - Start of Islamic calendar

1492 - "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed

1552 - 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes mandatory in England

1579 - Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic

1647 - Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament

1656 - French scientist Blaise Pascal, 33, published the first of his 18
"Provincial Lettres," the majority of which attacked the Jesuit theories
of grace and moral theology.

1789 - Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded

1936 - Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms

1943 - The New Tribes Mission was incorporated in Los Angeles by founder
Paul W. Fleming. NTM works today primarily in missionary aviation, Bible
translation, church planting and the production and distribution of Christian
literature.

1989 - Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court

1998 - Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba

January 24

0041 - Caligula [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at
28

0772 - Stefanus III pope (768-72), dies 0817 - Stefanus IV [V/Colonna], pope
(816-17), dies

0817 - Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV

1076 - Synod of Worms German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII

1118 - Giovanni Caetani elected Pope Gelasius II

1539 - Belgium issues its second mandate against the Mennonites whom the
little nation harrasses and harries because of their Anabaptist beliefs.

1639 - Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders

1722 - In Cambridge, Mass., Edward Wigglesworth was named to fill the newly
created Thomas Hollis chair at Harvard College. Mr. Wigglesworth thereby
became the first divinity professor commissioned in the American colonies.

1738 - Four months before his celebrated Christian conversion, Anglican
missionary John Wesley wrote in his journal: 'I went to America to convert
the Indians. But oh! who shall convert me? I have a fair summer religion...
But let death look me in the face, and my spirit is troubled.'

1839 - Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society

1908 - General Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts

1943 - Jewish patients/nurses/doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau

1975 - Rev. F. Donald Coggan, 66, was consecrated the 101st Archbishop of
Canterbury (primate of Anglicanism). In the audience was Johannes Cardinal
Willebrands, the first Vatican representative to attend this Anglican ceremony
since the time of the Reformation.

1986 - L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard author/founder of Scientology
(Dianetics,Death Quest), dies at 74

1989 - The Rev. Barbara C. Harris, 55, of Boston, was confirmed as the first
female bishop in the 450-year history of the Anglican Church.

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Amish In The City

The UPN TV network is planning a new reality series for this summer, tentatively
called "Amish in the City," which features five Amish youth dropped into
a modern U.S. city. The show is loosely based upon the independent film "Devil's
Playground" and will follow the youths as they enter an Amish rite of passage
called "rumspringa" -- which means "running around." Rumspringa begins when
an Amish child reaches 16 years of age and is permitted to enter the "English
World" -- referred to by adult Amish as the "Devil's Playground." Rumspringa
continues until the youth decides whether or not they want to join or leave
the Amish church.

The Amish people are direct descendants of the Anabaptists of sixteenth century
Europe, more directly, a branch off of the Swiss Mennonites. Anabaptism
(re-baptizers) is a religion that came about during the reformation era against
the Catholic Church and even tenets of the Protestant split. The bible and
the Ordung [like the Jewish Talmud ... but different], which are the unwritten
rules of the church and are not specified in writing but are known and closely
followed, are the basics for the Amish people. The Amish follow the bible
at least in that they do not baptize infants but they also require baptism
of young adults to avoid them being lost forever. Yet, it is a personal decision
every young adult must make by themselves... probably the most important
decision of their lives.

Network executives say the show is not made to insult the Amish and called
it a "fish-out-of-water" situation that viewers will love to watch when Amish
"start getting real." Amish do not usually talk about their religion neither
do they appear on film. The young Amish in the series have willingly agreed
to forego these tenets of their society so they are already, apparently,
pre-disposed to opting for the worldly life rather than return to an Amish
baptism. They will be exposed to the coveteousness of shopping at malls,
wearing fashionable clothing such as blue jeans, the evils and lures of
television, the ability to enter the liberal dating culture of modern teens,
and even to 'party til they puke'. How many will return to what they were
taught in their youth?

Lucy Walker, who filmed the documentary Devil's Playground, said on the Oprah
show "You'd think that teenagers wouldn't go for it, but what's astonishing
is that almost all of them come back. In fact, more come back now than ever
before."

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should
go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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Gay Family Cruises

The smell of this "Rose" stinks to high heaven. Rosie O'Donnell, her partner
Kelli O'Donnell, and travel director Gregg Kaminsky have formed the 'first
company devoted to gay and lesbian "family" vacations' called "R Family
Vacations." Kelli O'Donnell said, "There are already some great kid's programs
on the ship," she says "For adults, there will be discussion groups on adoption,
insemination, surrogacy; world-class entertainment and a lot of pampering
and relaxation opportunities." Such blatant sin put forth as something good
is indeed a spiritual shipwreck.

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Medical Risk

The San Francisco-based Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), reported
that lesbians appear to be at a higher risk for developing breast cancer
than normal heterosexual women. A GLMA press release said: "More research
still needs to be done, but the results of this study indicate that there
are significant differences between the two groups of women." On that same
note, women who have procured an abortion have as much as a 30% increased
chance of developing breast cancer.

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L Word

Not to be left out, Showtime speaks the "L Word" on televison as it introduces
a series by that name revolving around a mostly lesbian cast of characters.
The show is cast in Los Angeles, and focuses on several attractive women:
their lives, careers, and romantic relationships - mostly gay and sometimes
straight. The mainstream media has recently stepped up its display of lesbian
activity. Enormous media attention was given to pop-music stars Madonna and
Britney Spear's kiss and a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" lesbian sexual scene.
Newspapers have published headlines about American high school girls
experimenting with same-sex relationships to make this seem normal and acceptable
behavior.

There are a couple other "L words" that should be considered. Lust,
Lasciviousness, Licentiousness - these sins, as all others, lead to death.

Romans 1:20-32 For the invisible things of him from
the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things
that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without
excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as
God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their
foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became
fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made
like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping
things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts
of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature
more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God
gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural
use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving
the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men
with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that
recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like
to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind,
to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all
unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full
of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters
of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient
to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection,
implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which
commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure
in them that do them.

There is one more "L" Word ... Love. God so Loved the people that He sent
His only Son to die for their sins. All sinners need to repent (turn from
sin), accept the atoning blood of Christ as sacrifice for their sins, and
lead holy respectable lives before God and man, enduring all temptations
and persecutions until the promise of Eternal Life is brought to those whom
believe and live it.

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