MARDI GRAS
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22nd February 2009

 
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 WE WILL BE MEETING TODAY AT 5.00 AS USUAL AND SHARING OUR JOY WITH GOD AND EACH OTHER......
 Too often Christians are made to believe that bits of themselves are not welcome in church - the bits that laugh, and celebrate, as well as the bits that grieve, and suffer and worry. We are taught that our sexuality is not welcome and that walking down Bourbon Street having fun and a few cocktails is incompatible with worshipping God and our faith journey - PHOOOEY!
Jesus blessed a wedding celebration at Cana of Galilee with his first miracle, and his presence, and what was that miracle? Making wine so the feast could continue, and not just any old wine, but GOOD wine! Lets bring all of ourselves to church this afternoon and worship God in honesty and integrity....



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ACCESS TO CHURCH.
Sundays parades are as follows -
 
11.00am Okeanos on the uptown route (Magazine street to Napoleon, to St Charles to Canal)
11.45 Mid-City on the same route in uptown
12.00pm Thoth starts on Tchoupitoulas and State, then along Magazine to the standard uptown route (as above)
5.15pm Baachus starts on Tchoupitoulas, then up Napoleon and along the standard route, but ends at the Riverwalk.
5.20pm Napoleon runs in Metairie along Veterans between Clearview and the Metairie Canal, with a detour up through the Lakeside Mall.
None of these parades directly block church, and if you can get to the I10 then the Carrollton exit to church will remain open. Also, Baachus will probably only be trundling along St Charles by the time church ends - if you want to catch it you have plenty of time to get to Canal Street after service!
   
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Contact Information......
 
Telephone: 504 214 4340
 
Email: pastor@bigeasymcc.com
 
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