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14 April 2010 Issue
3. Commentary on the Lectionary: Fish Stories
4. This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman
1. Revised CVA BookletWe are pleased to announce the printing of a revised CVA booklet. Formerly titled “Are We good Stewards of God’s Creation,” the new booklet is titled “Would Jesus Eat Today?” and the subtitle reads Perhaps not. Here’s why. There have been several other changes, but overall it’s very similar to the old booklet.
To see it, go to www.christianveg.org/honoring.htm .
2. Activist FeedbackCasey, who leafleted on public property at Lakewood Church (the biggest church in the country) in Houston, writes:
1200 Would Jesus Eat Meat Today?
900 Even if You Like Meat (Vegan Outreach booklet)
600 Compassionate Choices (Vegan Outreach booklet)
I dressed all preppy to leaflet the 8:30am and 11:00am, masses trickling in and herding out, as well as the smaller 1:30pm Spanish session arrivals. There were lots of late arrivals and some other activities between sessions, so I had a pretty constant flow the entire time. I got some good feedback. Typically I offered 1-2 booklets per family, older people I mostly gave CVA booklets and teens or young adults CC or EI.
The reason we can leaflet here is that the parking garage and old stadium are on a street, which is now blocked off, but we can stand in the street right by the main entrance/exit. My opening line was mostly "Help Stop the Violence," which raised a few eyebrows and interest.
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04/22 OH Cleveland Catholic Charities Centennial Leadership
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04/22 IA Cedar Rapids Family Force 5 - Rock and Worship Road Show 04/23 TX San Antonio Superchick Christian Rock Concert 04/23 MI Grand Rapids Carrie Underwood Concert 04/23 IN Fort Wayne Family Force 5 - Rock and Worship Road Show 04/23 ND Fargo Newsboys Christian Rock Concert 04/23-24 NV Las Vegas Women of Faith - Imagine Conference 04/23-24 LA Shreveport Women of Faith - Over the Top Conference 04/23-24 NY New York EarthFair TABLE at Grand Central Terminal 04/24 ND Bismarck Newsboys Christian Rock Concert 04/24 FL Orlando TABLE Central Florida Earth Day! 04/24 OH Columbus Family Force 5 - Rock and Worship Road Show 04/24 OR Portland Fireflight Christian Rock Concert 04/24 OH Toledo Carrie Underwood Concert 04/25 SC Columbia Family Force 5 - Rock and Worship Road Show 04/25 OR Klamath Falls Fireflight Christian Rock Concert 04/25 OH Cincinnati Carrie Underwood Rock Concert 04/27 VA Richmond Carrie Underwood Rock Concert 04/29 AZ Tempe Extreme Faith Rage Festival 04/30 WY Gillette Fireflight Christian Rock Concert 04/30-05/2 NC Asheville Ignite 2010 FREE Christian Rock Concert 05/1 NY Morrisonville Seventh Day Slumber Christian Rock Concert 05/1 MO St. Louis CeCe Winan's Christian Concert 05/1 CO Denver FireFlight Christian Rock Concert 05/1 MS Meridian Point of Grace Christian Concert 05/2 TN Humboldt Sidewalk Prophets Christian Rock Concert 05/4 MD Cumberland Seventh Day Slumber Christian Rock Concert 05/7 MS Summit Seven Day Slumber Christian Rock Concert 05/7 MS Brandon Sidewalk Prophets Christian Rock Concert 05/8 NC Supply Point of Grace Christian Concert 05/11 ND Bismarck Skillet Christian Rock Concert 05/14 NC Randleman Sidewalk Prophets Christian Rock Concert 05/15 ND Fargo Skillet Christian Rock Concert 05/16 NY New York TABLE Veggie Pride Parade & Rally 05/16 CA Lake Balboa TABLE WorldFest 2010 06/19 VA Richmond TABLE Richmond Vegetarian Festival 06/19 NJ Newark 3rd Annual McDonald’s Gospelfest International Events: 05/30 CAN Ontario TABLE Ottawa Veg Fest 2010 |
Contact Paris at christian_vegetarian@yahoo.com if you can to help. To find out about all upcoming leafleting and tabling opportunities in your area, join the CVA Calendar Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christian_vegetarian/
3. Commentary on the Lectionary: Fish StoriesApril 18, John 21:1-19
I am indebted to Rev. Frank Hoffman for helpful insights into this week’s comments. As Rev. Hoffman has noted, Jesus might have been referring to the fish when he asked Peter, “Do you love me more than these?” (John 21:15). When Peter affirmed his love, Jesus replied, “Feed my lambs.” We may recall that Peter had been fishing when Jesus called him to become a “fisher of men” (Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17). According to this interpretation, John 21 describes Jesus asking Peter whether Peter preferred to catch fish or to be a disciple. Jesus had called Peter away from fishing toward a ministry that involved reconciling all God’s creation.
Prior to this exchange with Peter, Jesus demonstrated his divinity by miraculously assisting the disciples in catching fish (John 21:6). Did Jesus not care about the fish? If Jesus killed fish in order to save people, then in essence he was sacrificing one group of innocent individuals, the fish, for others, his disciples. Even if one did not place a high value on fish, they are living, feeling creatures, and their destruction would seem to contradict the notion that Jesus had a non-sacrificial ministry. However, this was a miracle story, and consequently one may envision the miracle consisting of God creating fish as food, in which case there was no need for the fish to have the capacity to feel pain as normal fish do. By analogy, God created manna and dead quail for the Hebrews in the desert.
Stephen R. Kaufman, M.D.
4. This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary HoffmanGod’s Grace Sustains Us
http://www.all-creatures.org/sermons97/s2apr89.html .
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