BEGINS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13!
Most people go to church to experience God, but our encounters with the Holy are in the very fabric of our lives. We live as individuals and in relationship to others as family and friends, at work and in the community. Our faith can be nourished in these relationships by becoming aware of God’s action and learning how to give witness and testimony to it.
The activities designed for the individual will help a person gain some comfort in sharing one’s faith and living out that faith in daily life. The activities designed for the home and family are suggestions for family groups, however you define that, or for small groups who wish to gather to learn more about faith practices. In these suggested activities the participants will practice sharing their experiences of God and the way their faith informs their life with one another.
This may help provide greater comfort for venturing out to share those thoughts with others.
The activities for the workplace and community are ways you can witness to your own faith in the larger sphere of daily life. They may help you have more confidence sharing your faith beyond the comfort of home or church.
As with all faith practices, giving testimony and witness require discipline. Some of the activities are low-risk, while others will require more courage. You have to be willing to accept resistance or flat out rejection. Sharing is a two-way street; if you are also willing to listen to others the rewards are great.
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PART VI
Download the sixth packet as a pdf file below:
DailyLivesTestimony–FutureandVision
Activity #2 Link to pdf of book
http://www.chinadevpeds.com/resources/Hope%20for%20the%20Flowers.pdf
Activity # 3
This is the video link (on YouTube) Free Hugs Campaign – Official Page (music by Sick Puppies.net )
Activity #5
Fair Trade Federation : Trade Built on Trust
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PART V
Download the fifth packet as a pdf file below:
DailyLivesTestimony–ContextandMission
Links
Activity # 3
http://www.globalministries.org/get-involved
http://www.cwsglobal.org/get-involved/kits/
Activity # 4
Mission stories
Missionaries Current Missionaries & Overseas Staff
Activity #5
Prayer shawl ministry
Volunteer Match –
http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/?l=Webster+Groves%2C+MO%2C+USA&k=&searchOpps=
Activity # 6
https://www.homelessworldcup.org/
http://www.un.org/en/index.html
http://www.census.gov/popclock/
Activity #7
(tune: Siyahambra, irr. South African song Chalice Hymnal #442
Activity #9
http://hunger.cwsglobal.org/site/PageServer?pagename=crop_main
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PART IV
Download the fourth packet as a pdf file below:
DailyLivesTestimony–Christian Tradition
Links
Activity # 1 Bibles
BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 100 versions and 50 languages.
Activity # 4 “Baptism” by Hullis Mavruk
Activity # 5 Christian symbols
Activity # 6 Crosses
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PART III
Download the third packet as a pdf file below:
DailyLivesTestimony–Discipleship
ACTIVITY #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7_v__5q9ws
Lyrics
You are salt for the earth, O people:
Salt for the Kingdom of God!
Share the flavor of life, O people:
Life in the Kingdom of God!
Refrain
Bring forth the kingdom of mercy,
Bring forth the kingdom of peace;
Bring forth the kingdom of justice,
Bring forth the City of God!
You are a light on the hill, O people:
light for the City of God!
Shine so holy and bright, O people:
shine for the Kingdom of God! (Refrain)
You are a seed of the Word, O people:
bring forth the kingdom of God!
Seeds of mercy and seeds of justice,
Grow in the Kingdom of God! (Refrain)
We are a blest and a pilgrim people:
Bound for the kingdom of God!
Love our journey and love our homeland:
Love is the Kingdom of God! (Refrain)
ACTIVITY #3
CROP WALK
http://hunger.cwsglobal.org/site/TR/2015CROPHungerWalks/TR-CHW2015?pg=entry&fr_id=20590
BREAD FOR THE WORLD
ST. LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK
We feed people in need – St. Louis Charity | St. Louis Area Foodbank
Webster Rock Hill Ministries- Donate time or money or food items through our church
Memorial Boulevard Christian Church – Donate time or money or food items via our church
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FAITH PRACTICES part 2
I hope you are all having a good experience with the second session. You now have 18 practices from which to choose something to take your faith out into the world in your daily living. If you want a head start on part 3 keep Crop Walk in mind. I encourage you to share your stories about your experiences with Faith Practices. Send me an email, write a note, or tell someone. God is actively present in our lives. Pay attention!
Peace, Devoree – dcrist@ymail.com
PART II
As we share our own experiences of God, we join all those who have gone before, like those witnesses in our Holy Bible. The activities suggested may encourage reflection on scripture and how our own testimony adds to that witness.
We are people with a story to tell. We are blessed with the sharing of stories about how God is active in our lives. Our testimony and witness add to the full truth of a loving God, and we are strengthened in faith by the giving and receiving of these stories with others.
Download the second packet as a pdf file below:
Important Links to use for Activity #5
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PART I
Download the first packet as a pdf file below:
JPG Photograph for Activity 1:
“Blind Feeling” by Diana Ong
Link to “Making a Mandela” for Activity 7: