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The Gift of Rust
One of the great treasures of the American religious scene is Martin Marty, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago. He has written so many books that the joke often told is that when you telephone him his secretary answers, "Dr. Marty is writing a book, do you want to hold?"
Dr. Marty tells the following parable: God created the world in six days, rested on the seventh, looked around and appraised everything "very good" and then, on the eight day, created rust, one of the greatest of divine gifts. Without rust, Marty explains, the world would now be nothing but a cosmic junk pile of things that never decay, never cease to exist.
Then comes the practical application: rust is good for mental health; it enables us to 'consign to oblivion' the irrelevant and the obsolete. Rust also allows us not only to forgive...but to forget.
In Faith,
Pastor Tim |
"Forgiving love is a possibility only for those who know that they are not good, who feel themselves in need of divine mercy, who live in a dimension deeper and higher than that of moral idealism, feel themselves as well as their fellow men convicted of sin by a holy God and know that the differences between the good man and the bad man are insignificant in his sight."
Reinhold Niebuhr, An Interpretation of Christian Ethics |
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 Georgene Bruder, RN, BSN, joins us as the Parish Nurse (Faith Community Nurse). Georgene has office hours on Mondays or you can reach her via email at Georgene@faithcapecoral.org. We will be commissioning her on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at the 11 a.m. worship service.
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Tuesdays Together
Dinner at 5:30 p.m.
in Faith Center
$7.50 per adult,
$3 for 6-12 yr olds
$20 family max.
This week's Menu
Roasted Vegetable Lasagna and Italian Sausage
CAYAN Programs
Not Meeting this week
Tuesdays Together Study
Week 1 on Islam - Friend or Foe?
To reserve your seat, call the church office (239) 542-2858. |
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This Wednesday - Men's Breakfast
Join us this Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. Cost is $3.00. This month's speaker is John Manning, Lee County Commissioner. |
 A weekend full of celebration.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
50th Anniversary Dinner
Tickets are now on sale for our 50th Anniversary celebration dinner on Saturday, February 19, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and are available at the church office (during office hours) or you may purchase your tickets online or with your smartphone with your credit card at www.faithcapecoral.org, click on the 50 years of Faith logo and follow the "pay as guest" prompts (if you pay online we will mail you your tickets). Do not delay as we only have 500 seats available.
The MENU for the 50th Anniversary dinner is: Spring Mix Salad, choice of Prime Rib Au Jus w/Twice Baked Potato OR Chicken Marsala w/Rice Pilaf, Green Beans Almondine, served with rolls & butter, tea, coffee, & dessert. You will need to decide which entrée you prefer when you purchase your ticket and must bring your ticket for entry to the dinner celebration. (Due to the limited number of seats, we will not take reservations for tickets. We will not be assigning tables, but we will reserve a table for you if you purchase a table of 8 tickets.)
We are also taking orders for the History book and DVD at a cost of $10.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
50th Anniversary Worship Service |
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