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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 05, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba m y k Page b8 Faith Winnipeg free press sunday october 5, 2008 b 8 editor Greg Lockert fax 697 7412 / phone 697 7292 Greg. Lockert free press. . Winnipeg repress. Com announcements for Faith briefs must be in our office by thursday 4 p. Prior to the intended Date of publication. Due to space restrictions publication is not guaranteed. E mail Diane. Pratt free press. . or fax 697 7412 no attachments please. Faith briefs shrine of divine mercy shrine of the divine mercy St. Andrew Bobola Church celebrates the feast of Saint Faustina oct. 5. The festivities begin at 1 p. With exposition and adoration of the blessed sacrament then at 2 45 p. Devotion to the divine mercy and the holy mass at 3 15 p. With his Grace archbishop Emilius Goulet main celebrant. The shrine is located at 541 Marion St. Call 233 4316. Healing service order of St. Luke Healing service oct. 5, 7 p. M., St. Aida nos anglican Church 274 Campbell. Laying on of hands anointing of Oil and Healing testimony. Call 489 3390. Thanksgiving service holy Trinity anglican Church St. Francis of Assisi thanksgiving service for animals oct. 5, 3 p. M., 256 Smith St. Bring pets on a Leash or in a carrying Case. Blessing of animals St. Georges anglican Blessing of the animals service oct. 5, 4 p. M., 321 Pandora ave. W. Pets Welcome. Worship and sunday school every sunday 10 30 a. And Bible study wednesdays 7 p. Storytelling singing evangelical Anabaptist Fellowship of Canada and the c. O. Committee of the Manitoba mennonite historical society presents storytelling and singing around the theme of Christian discipleship and peacemakers oct. 5, 7 p. M., Rosenorn Etc. Featuring a Hutt Erite choir and Story telling of Dora Maendel and others. Worldwide communion fort Garry United Church and St. Paulus anglican Church Are celebrating worldwide communion sunday together oct. 5. Join in dissolving barriers at fort Garry United Church 800 Point re. As we seek and celebrate Community. Coffee 10 a. M., worship 10 30 a. Information 475 1586. Bible Story time free Parent & Tot Bible Story time tuesdays beginning oct. 7, 10 a. M., our lady of perpetual help Church. Call Sherry 832 4336. Time of Fellowship aglow Winnipeg Southwest Lighthouse breakfast and time of Fellowship and Christian spiritual enrichment oct. 7, 9 30 a. M., Assiniboine Gordon inn on the Park 1975 Portage ave. Speaker Shirley Hildebrand. Reservations Elaine 269 3680. Lighthouse meeting Kildonan Lighthouse monthly meeting oct. 8, 1 p. M., Elmwood Christian Fellowship 414 Tweed ave. Guest speaker pastor Marcia Barrett. Free admission. Information Lynda 663 6192. A glows 40th anniversary nov. 22, 11 a. M., Victoria inn. Sisters of the holy Rock Augustine United Church presents Sisters of the holy Rock oct. 9, 7 30 p. M., 444 River ave. Tickets sue 284 2250. Menus Fellowship full gospel business menus Fellowship Intel Buffet banquet oct 16, 6 30 p. M., Canad inns Polo Park Empress at St Matthews. Music prayer ministry and testimony business Success Tom Foster destroyed his family but god made All things new. $ 15, Call 475 4207 to Reserve soul travel presentation past lives dreams and soul travel presentation oct. 16, 7 8 15 p. M., St. James Public Library 1910 Portage ave. Learn of other faiths learn of other faiths. Three thursdays 7 9 p. On Earth based spiritual ties led by people from those traditions. Week 2 Midwin room 47, 4th floor u. Of w. Fee $ 5/ evening. Oct. 16 wicca created by Manitoba interfaith Council and faculty of theology University of Winnipeg. Information 772 2892 or to Julie its. Net bless Israel tour Victory missions bless Israel tour nov. 15 25. Call Ken 942 5433 or wow. Outdoor spectacular. Com. U usually when Church folks talk about finances the conversation includes asking everyone to dig a Little deeper. But there wont be any solicitation for funds at an upcoming conference on mennonites and Money promises organizer Royden Loewen of the University of Winnipeg. Instead the two Day free event on thursday oct. 9 and Friday oct. 10 will be loaded with discussions about attitudes toward Money and How one eth no cultural group has dealt with wealth and poverty Over its 500 year history says Loewen chair of the University yes mennonite studies department. The very intention is to look at the phenomenon of Money and greed to understand How we have dealt with Money in the Western world says Loewen who says the Only request for Cash next weekend May be asking participants to throw change into the Coffee fund. Many mennonites have found themselves to their Surprise in wealth and not known what to do and Many mennonites have found themselves in poverty and not known what to do with that either although mennonites have dealt with cycles of being Rich and poor often because of relocation and immigration their roots Are based in principles of simplicity and humility. Menno Simons the 16th Century founder of the protestant sect urged his followers against excess and wealth says Loewen. His concern was the relationship with god he says his concern was that greed and the status that came with Money was an obstacle to humility and simplicity. Simonsj admonitions still ring True today especially in the faces of the current credit crunch says a religious studies professor from Mcmaster University. At its most Radical the mennonite perspective rejects the premise that Money is the principle of Exchange in their Economy says Kroeker a former Winnipeg Ger raised mennonite and now attending a presbyterian Church. If you think your Security is found in that kinds of Possession that stockpiling of your asset you re going to be hooked by the very anxiety that is driving so much of our Economy. The individualistic capitalistic culture of the Western world contradict the teachings of Jesus Christ which connects Faith with economic and social practices says Kroeker and that Isnit always a popular message. The question is whether 21st Century christians Are willing to hear that he asks. Were so corrupted in the Way things Are. As a religious and cultural group mennonites have had to juggle their beliefs in simplicity and humility with living in a capitalist culture that promotes Success and wealth says Loewen. In to Days society Money equals status and status contradicts humility he says. Today Many mennonites have very intentionally sought to control the lure of Money and work for the common Good. Yet no one should believe that All mennonites Are closet Amish who turn their backs on the ways of the world says an anthropologist from new zealand who has written two books on mennonites. From the outset there have been Urban me nos involved in business and Industry. But this involvement was restricted by external circumstances where they could flourish they flourished says James Urry in an e mail interview. Urry says poverty in mennonite communities has usually been caused More by external circumstances such As revolutions and War than internal factors but those circumstances were the catalyst for organizations like mennonite Central committee which provides Aid on a global scale. Brenda Suderman. Com Brenda Suderman How one eth no cultural group has dealt with wealth and poverty Over its 500 year history mennonites and Money j a Bakker Christian Punk preacher and son of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker preaches about gods love for Gays and lesbians building on a theme his late Mother championed. The pierced and tattooed Bakker grew up in Charlotte n. C., at the heels of his parents Praise the lord ministry and television network. The pal Empire imploded in scandal in the 1980s. Afterwards Tammy Faye who divorced an imprisoned Jim Bakker and married Roe Messner re emerged As a television and cult personality this time embracing Gay men infected with the aids virus. She died of cancer last year. Her son is following in her footsteps fighting to end religious and political discrimination against Gays and lesbians and presenting a nonjudgmental inclusive face to his Christian Faith. I. Talk about Loving your Neighbour As yourself gods amazing Grace and the dangers of apathy in our lives said Bakker. Now 32 and living in Brooklyn n. Y., he leads revolution new York City a Church that meets sunday afternoons in a bar. Services Are recorded and posted on the website wow. Revolution nyc. Com to create an online Church for people who have Given up on Church. Bakkers activism on behalf of Gays and lesbians started three years ago after he saw friends mistreated because of their sexual orientation. He began to study the Bible and now says hers convinced that passages condemning homosexuality refer to worship of a Fertility god or male prostitution but not the caring and respectful relationships established Between people of the same sex. I dont think that two people in love is a sin he said. Bakker himself is not Gay but is now separated from his wife Amanda. The celebrity preacher has paid a Price among conservative and evangelical christians for his convictions. Engagements to his widely sought out Church appearances were abruptly cancelled and he stopped speaking publicly for a year. His journey was the subject of a documentary series broadcast on the Sundance Channel called one Punk under god. Bakker said the scandal that embroiled his parents taught him that he Compromise his principles even if it Cost him Money or Church contacts. Jim Bakker had a sexual affair with a Church Secretary and was later convicted on Federal charges that he sold time shares he could not provide at his South Carolina theme Park and resort. Mcclatchy newspapers Christian Punk teacher follows in momus path by Yonat Shimron Phil Hossack / Winnipeg free press Royden Loewen the very intention is to look at the phenomenon of Money and greed to understand How we have dealt with Money in the Western world. What a free conference on wealth and poverty when thursday oct. 9, and Friday oct. 10 at the University of Winnipeg whats on when Check out the schedule at mennonite studies. Winnipeg. events Money. Pop William Glasheen / Sundance Channel / the associated press archives i. Talk about Loving your Neighbour As yourself gods amazing Grace and the dangers of apathy in our lives Jay Bakker the son of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker a 08_ oct 05 08. Ind b8 1 0/ 4/ 08 5 13 01 pm ;