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Happy Hanukkah!
A common understanding of the December holiday season is that Christmas is the holiday for Christians and Hanukkah is the holiday for Jews. Few Christians relate to Hanukkah since it is not one of the biblical feasts of Israel. But, the fact that Jesus celebrated Hanukkah should make Christians curious enough to investigate the possible importance of the festival to their faith. It is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for Hanukkah, there could have very well not been a Christmas. Hanukkah prepared the way for the birth and ministry...
read moreBranches in the Vine
His Branches has been called to bring Hope, Healing, and Restoration to our community as a visible manifestation of God’s love for the world. To listen to an inspired message about what it means to be a Branch that’s abiding in the Vine, delivered earlier today by Pastor James Laughlin at Joy Community Church, please click here. The associated PowerPoint presentation can be viewed here. We who have been grafted in through faith as His Branches believe in the coming Kingdom of God, not only as a “pie in the sky” concept of good things to...
read moreHarold Lowry 1927-2014
Early this past Friday morning Susan Morehouse’s father passed peacefully into the arms of his Father with her at his side at St. John’s Nursing Home. He was 86, widowed for 7 years, and had led a full, rich life up until months before his death when a series of health reversals left him bedridden and progressively debilitated. The staff at Cloverwood, Rochester General Hospital, and St. John’s Home was an inspiration in their professional devotion to his personal care, and family and friends have been a wonderful source of...
read moreCherry Retirement Banquet
Friday night the Riverside Convention Center witnessed one of the most joyful celebrations in recent memory, the community-wide celebration of the 34-year ministry of the Rev. Dr. James L. Cherry, Sr. and First Lady Eunice Cherry at Aenon Baptist Church. Over 1400 guests came to honor the Cherrys for their gifted, compassionate, and self-sacrificial service and leadership in the Greater Rochester community over the past three decades. After a pre-dinner reception, the evening started with a color guard processional, invocation, music and...
read moreBlood Moon #2
If you didn’t catch our Passover post this spring, please read the attached article, written by David Kubal, president of Intercessors for America, entitled The Heavens are Speaking, and prayerfully meditate on your relationship with the God of sojourners as we embark on this fall’s Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot). With the second of “Four Blood Moons” (unusual lunar eclipses) set to occur this week – each one heralding in a most extraordinary way 4 major biblical holy days in a row, Passover and the Feast of...
read moreSukkot
The High Holidays or “Days of Awe” and Rosh Hashanah have just concluded this weekend with the solemn fast and deep contemplations of Yom Kippur, and we are about to embark this week (click here for a calendar and brief explanation of this fall’s events) on one of our faith’s most lasting celebrations, Sukkot or the Feast of Tabernacles. Every biblical holiday given to the Jewish people has these three aspects: Israel was commanded to observe the holiday in the present in order to remember something God had done in the past, and because of...
read moreRosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated in 2014 from sundown on September 24 to nightfall on September 26. The Hebrew date for Rosh Hashanah is 1 Tishrei 5775. Though Rosh Hashanah literally means “head of the year,” the holiday actually takes place on the first two days of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, which is the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar. This is because Rosh Hashanah, one of four new years in the Jewish year, is considered the new year of people, animals and legal contracts. In the Jewish oral tradition,...
read moreWonderful Block Party!
This year’s Arnett Block Party was a wonderful success, thanks to our gracious God who held the weather so marvelously for us and to the many community volunteers, agencies, and performers who put so much into the day. Starting with Matt Doward and his Horses’ Friend crew and carrying through a visit from our favorite police dog, Child ID, face painting, free food, firefighters and their truck, an ambulance, contests and prizes, the ZooMobile, bike repairs, hoop contests, a fabulous clown show, music, free books and Story Time...
read moreBlock Party 2014
It’s that time of year again! It’s time for our 2014 ARNETT BLOCK PARTY! on Saturday, August 2, Noon to 4 pm Location: Arnett Boulevard from Warwick to Rugby (street closed) Here’s the Schedule! 12:00 – 12:30 K-9 “Ian” and Officer Miskell 12:00 – 2:00 Horse Rides 12:30 – 1:00 Christian Rap Group 1:00 – 1:30 Jump Rope and Hoola Hoop Contest 1:30 – 2:00 Story Time with Mr. Bruce 2:00 – 2:30 “Happy’s” Magic Show 2:30 – 3:30 Zoo Mobile 3:30 – 4:00 New Life Gospel Choir All Afternoon:...
read moreA test of humility
Josemaría Escrivá’s 17 Signs of a lack of humility: Allow me to remind you that among other evident signs of a lack of humility are: Thinking that what you do or say is better than what others do or say Always wanting to get your own way Arguing when you are not right or – when you are – insisting stubbornly or with bad manners Giving your opinion without being asked for it, when charity does not demand you to do so Despising the point of view of others Not being aware that all the gifts and qualities you have are on loan Not acknowledging...
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