SMEC held its second session of ALPHA on Wednesday. Our topic for the night: Why Did Jesus Die?
You could say it was because Pilate condemned Him to death. Or because Judas betrayed Him. Or because the Temple priests needed Jesus dead. All that would be true, but to anyone reading the story in the Gospels it comes across that there is something more to it.
Jesus said that He came to give His life to redeem those willing to believe in Him - that His death was the price that had to be paid to release people from slavery, slavery in the sense that we are under the power of sin and death, and need to be set free. So Jesus is telling us that His death would make it possible to be linked with God in a new relationship.
St. Paul tells us that Jesus became sin for us, so that we might be declared righteous through Him. Because He suffered what we deserved, Jesus redeemed us from the curse or penalty of the law. “The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him.” Because He suffered the penalty, we can enjoy peace with God.
Next Wednesday night's topic: “How Can I Be Sure of My Faith?” Join us for worship, dinner, a video on our topic, dessert and conversation starting at 5:30 pm.
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This Week.........
This Sunday: The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 am Adult Sunday School
10:30 am Holy Eucharist & Younger Children’s Sunday School; Fellowship Hour
Wed: Alpha 5:30pm Holy Eucharist/Dinner/Discussion: “How Can I Be Sure of My Faith?”
Sat: Vestry Planning Day beginning at 8am
Next Sunday: The Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 am Adult Sunday School; Choir Practice
10:30 am Holy Eucharist & Younger Children’s Sunday School; Fellowship Hour
You could say it was because Pilate condemned Him to death. Or because Judas betrayed Him. Or because the Temple priests needed Jesus dead. All that would be true, but to anyone reading the story in the Gospels it comes across that there is something more to it.
Jesus said that He came to give His life to redeem those willing to believe in Him - that His death was the price that had to be paid to release people from slavery, slavery in the sense that we are under the power of sin and death, and need to be set free. So Jesus is telling us that His death would make it possible to be linked with God in a new relationship.
St. Paul tells us that Jesus became sin for us, so that we might be declared righteous through Him. Because He suffered what we deserved, Jesus redeemed us from the curse or penalty of the law. “The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him.” Because He suffered the penalty, we can enjoy peace with God.
Next Wednesday night's topic: “How Can I Be Sure of My Faith?” Join us for worship, dinner, a video on our topic, dessert and conversation starting at 5:30 pm.
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This Week.........
This Sunday: The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 am Adult Sunday School
10:30 am Holy Eucharist & Younger Children’s Sunday School; Fellowship Hour
Wed: Alpha 5:30pm Holy Eucharist/Dinner/Discussion: “How Can I Be Sure of My Faith?”
Sat: Vestry Planning Day beginning at 8am
Next Sunday: The Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 am Adult Sunday School; Choir Practice
10:30 am Holy Eucharist & Younger Children’s Sunday School; Fellowship Hour
SMEC held its first session of ALPHA on Wednesday. Our topic for the night: Who Is Jesus? Given today's confusion, it was a very timely topic indeed!
C.S. Lewis wrote: "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher." Either Jesus was and is the Son of God, or else He was insane or evil but, C.S. Lewis goes on, "Let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." "However strange or terrifying or unlikely it may seem, I have to accept the view that He was and is God."
Next Wednesday night's topic: Why Did Jesus Die? Join us for worship, dinner, a video on our topic, dessert and conversation starting at 5:30 pm.
This Sunday: The Third Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 am Adult Sunday School
10:30 am Holy Eucharist & Younger Children’s Sunday School; Fellowship Hour
Mon Vestry 5:30 pm in Church Library
Wed Alpha 5:30pm Holy Eucharist/Dinner/Discussion: “Why Did Jesus Die?”
Next Sunday: The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 am Adult Sunday School; Choir Practice
10:30 am Holy Eucharist & Younger Children’s Sunday School; Fellowship Hour
June 30th Vestry Planning Day
This Week at SMEC
Monday: June 11, 2007 St Barnabas, Apostle
Church Office Closed
Tuesday: June 12 Enmegahbowh
ECW at the Marina 5:30 pm
Wednesday: June 13
5:30 pm Holy Eucharist/Dinner/ALPHA Course
Friday: June 15 Evelyn Underhill
Saturday: June 16 Joseph Butler, Bishop
Sunday: June 17 Third Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 am Adult Sunday School in the Library
9:30 am Choir Practice
10:30 am "Younger" Children's Sunday School in the Education Building
10:30 am Holy Eucharist
12:00 pm Coffee/Fellowship in the Parish Hall
Coming Attractions:Saturday: June 16 Joseph Butler, Bishop
Sunday: June 17 Third Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 am Adult Sunday School in the Library
9:30 am Choir Practice
10:30 am "Younger" Children's Sunday School in the Education Building
10:30 am Holy Eucharist
12:00 pm Coffee/Fellowship in the Parish Hall
June 30th Vestry Planning Day
This Week At SMEC
Monday: June 4, 2007
Church Office Closed
Work Day/Cook Out beginning at 4 pm
June 13th Alpha Begins!
5:30pm Holy Eucharist/Dinner/Discussion
June 30th Vestry Planning Day
Church Office Closed
Work Day/Cook Out beginning at 4 pm
Tuesday: June 5
Wednesday: June 6
5:30 pm Holy Eucharist/Healing Service
Wednesday: June 6
5:30 pm Holy Eucharist/Healing Service
Thursday: June 7 Corpus Christi
Friday: June 8
Saturday: June 9 Columba of Iona
Sunday: June 10 Second Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 am Adult Sunday School in the Library
9:30 am Choir Practice
10:30 am "Younger" Children's Sunday School in the Education Building
10:30 am Holy Eucharist
12:00 pm Coffee/Fellowship in the Parish Hall
Announcements:Saturday: June 9 Columba of Iona
Sunday: June 10 Second Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 am Adult Sunday School in the Library
9:30 am Choir Practice
10:30 am "Younger" Children's Sunday School in the Education Building
10:30 am Holy Eucharist
12:00 pm Coffee/Fellowship in the Parish Hall
June 13th Alpha Begins!
5:30pm Holy Eucharist/Dinner/Discussion
June 30th Vestry Planning Day
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