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Mission: To unconditionally love everyone.
Goal: Pray for the Holy Spirit to show us ways to help others discover their unique gifts of grace.
Action: Model compassionate care.
Call: Share ministry with others by encouraging everyone to exercise their relational ministry. First, with family, then close friends, and then those in the community who are not connected to someone in a spiritual relationship.
World View: Local churches make up the spiritual heart of a community. However, all local churches are connected with the global universal church. The global universal church is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit on the earth. This fleshly dwelling place is the treasure in earthly vessels. The global universal church is a spiritual body, made without hands. The church is God's new governmental system on earth. The global universal church is made up of all nations, all people, all kindred, all tongues, is God manifested in the flesh. It is the Nation of Jesus Society.
Sacramental View: A sacrament is an outward sign of an inward influence of God's grace. Therefore, everything we do is a result of God's mercy and grace working in us to bring peace and non-violence into the world. Although God calls some to live a life of single devotion to the sacred heart and work of Jesus. Marriage, Conception, Birth, Baptism, Preventing Grace, Repentance, Confirmation of the indwelling Holy Spirit, Communion, Communion of Saints, Healing, Miracles, Anointing of oil, Laying on of hands, Witnessing, Confessing our faults, Encouraging one another, and Restoration are all a result of our responding to the immeasurable Grace of God and the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
The Kingdom of God: The teaching of Jesus is represented in the Aramaic prayer that he taught his disciples to pray.
"Our Father in Heaven, Our heavenly Father, hallowed is your name.
Your Kingdom is come. Your will is done,
As in heaven so also on earth.
Give us the bread for our daily need.
And leave us serene,
just as we also allowed others serenity.
And do not pass us through trial,
except separate us from the evil one.
For yours is the Kingdom,
the Power and the Glory
To the end of the universe, of all the universes." Amen!
Eashoa (Jesus) our King-Priest continually representing humans on earth, both dead and breathing from his parallel Universe of higher frequency. Jesus teaches that "all live unto me". Jesus our King-Priest sits at the right hand of Allaha, Our Father, continually mediating mercy and grace. Gifting "gifts" to both men and women, at His discretion, to those who cooperate and respond to his spirit-voice and written Word. Jesus is continually mediating his Seven Spirits to humans as we need them to be more than conquerors. His Seven Spirits are: "there shall rest and settle upon him the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Wisdom and Knowledge, the Spirit of Providence and Greatness, the Spirit of Understanding and Submission to the Lord;3. And he shall ascend from the East* with his Lord's assumptions,*" The spirit of Eashoa, is pouring out healing, joy, knowledge, understanding, peace, justice, mercy, oil of gladness into this global community. If you interested in becoming a partner with us contact us by filling in your contact information on the Home Page. |
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Trinity Outreach Program (T.O.P.)
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Bible study group gets its kicks from martial arts
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| Instructors lead students through warm-up exercises during Wednesday's meeting of the Trinity Outreach Program at the Briley Family Center, 643 Fair Ave. The twice-weekly class mixes Bible study and taekwondo. Allison Tyra photo |
Outreach program combines church lessons, physical fitness
By Allison Tyra
Staff writer
Published: Saturday, February 18, 2012 8:06 AM US/eastern
Trinity United Methodist Church has combined Bible study and taekwondo in the congregation's Trinity Outreach Program.
"We are a nonprofit organization based out of the Trinity United Methodist Church," said Matt Ping, one of the group's organizers. "We focus on teaching self-defense through taekwondo."
"But self-defense isn't the only thing students learn. We incorporate the teachings of Jesus Christ," Ping said. "Groups rotate between Bible study and practicing."
Shanae Dees, a first-degree black belt and one of the group's three instructors, said that studying a martial art helps enhance self-confidence and self-control and teaches participants a respect for authority, other people and themselves.
"It's a church function, so our main focus is outreach through the use of taekwondo," Dees said. Six months into the program, there are approximately 60 members, with about 40 people attending any given session.
"I'm a student," Ping said, though his wife, Stacia, is an instructor and a black belt. "She could kick my butt -- I'm not afraid to admit it."
The program is also free to participants. "All they have to do is buy their own gear," Ping said. "It's about $80 per person."
One of the best parts, Dees said, is the fellowship of new people that might never have encountered each other were it not for this program. "A lot of people have met friends through here," Dees said. Members range in age from 5 to senior citizens.
"We get all ages. ... This is my birthday gift to myself, to learn taekwondo," said student Sally Nicholson, who turns 63 this month. "This is a fantastic program."
The students are also at different skill and experience levels, with green and yellow belts practicing alongside white belts.
"We have different people joining at different times," Dees said, and the more experienced students should be working harder. "We expect more effort out of them, and more accuracy." The instructors adjust the difficulty levels for different belts.
"They're so patient," Nicholson said of the instructors. "We get kids that walk clear across town to get here."
The group meets from 6 to 8 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday at the Briley Family Center, across the street from the church building, 714 Fair Ave.
"We always pray at the end of the night, then stretch and go home," Ping said.
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There was a Bible man named Joseph born to a faithful man who loved him very much. His brothers disliked him from the beginning but around the house could say nothing. Dad was listening and would not stand for any talk about Joseph. But one day Joseph went to visit them at the work location.
In Joseph's excitement he began to tell them of the fantastic things that God was going to do and they could all be a part of it. But they were already doing okay by the standards of the day and he was just a dreamer anyway. They took one look at the beautiful coat of many colors that his Daddy had bought him and jealousy took control.
The tongues wagged behind the poor boy's back and he knew nothing. But it was decided that he was not their speed. He could not run with them. He had nothing tooffer. After all something must be wrong with him for his Daddy to love him so much.
So the plot was laid. They would silence his voice. See him no more. Have no awkward moments when he came into their presence. And the house would be the same again, like before he was born!
Springing on him like a cheetah on zebra, they stripped him of his beautiful earthly assets. They flung him in a pit. They killed a goat. Dipped his coat in the blood. That's it. We will call him dead.
Yes, Daddy would sorrow for awhile but after a while the killing by an animal story would stick. They would be through with him. No more dreams. No more Joseph. But what do we do with him?
Now they were not murderers of flesh. Just assassins of character, intelligence and good works. They had to get rid of him. Down the dusty road came their answer.
Slave traders. Sure, why did they not think of it before? Let's make some money off of him. Take him for what he's worth. No one will ever know.
Sunlight flooded into the pit where Joseph had been cast. Drug by ropes up the side until feet landed upon the ground. Bound hand and foot his fearful eyes took one last, longing look at those he loved and those he thought loved him and then it was over. He was gone. Gone to a place called Egypt to be a slave!
Money exchanged over and over for this intelligent, sharp favored son until he landed in the house of a ruler. He began to do well. He began to make friends. He began to find favor again. Wealth reappeared and he was making do.
I don't how often he thought of his brothers and their deeds but I am sure he thought of his dear old dad and how he must miss him! But can't go there too much. Got to keep thinking his way out and moving up where he was enslaved. And then it happened again.
The old gal who he worked for desired him. He had far too much integrity to fall for the soft words again and he fled. She lied. Her husband believed her. Joseph had tried to rape her and now he was headed to another prison to pay for someone else's ladder climbing, backstabbing, ungrateful ways.
Down in the jail house he started moving up again. Made some good friends. When they dreamed he told them what it meant. The favor was still on him and he was accurate so he was gaining ground when somebody told somebody who told somebody that he was good at what he did. That somebody happened to be the King or the Pharaoh as he was called.
Out of prison. Into the Palace. Moving on up. Now he's over the national warehouse and because of his way with dreams he knew the famine was coming and had stocked up so good that the Pharaoh could feed all of his people pretty good and then it happened.
Back at home Daddy could not supply food for his sons and daughters and their wives and children and so he made a decision. Calling them in, he told them to get their trucks and trailers and go to Egypt and buy some food. Off they went and when they got there they showed up at the Pharaoh's warehouse. And guess who was there?
Well, they did not remember him. It was so long ago. We have no more obligation. But Joseph remembered. Cried a bit. And sold them food. But he had to find out about Daddy and is this a brother he had never seen before?
What a heartache. What a sadness. But to see Daddy again he had to put up with the boys. What would Daddy want him to do?
I can identify with Joseph...
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