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"CELC
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Both of these forums require you
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E-Church Group Page is part of
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We look to this quasi-static website
and our Fan Page to be primarily
a one way information
transmittal platform and the
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share dynamic information with your
brothers and sisters in Christ
through our chosen CELC
social networking
tool.
Ask anyone on the e-team for
help setting up your Facebook
access. Visit and "Like" our
Facebook page often to help
spread the gospel to you friends
outside the church. It
really works!!!
In
today's gospel, we see Jesus praying for those he is about
to leave behind. This prayer of Jesus reminds us that we are
sent out into the world. We have work, God's work, to do.
Our task is to live an integrated life, one that lets the
light of the good news shine through us and our actions. How
do we do this? We follow the model of Jesus.
Maybe
you've got neighbors who are at loggerheads—how can you be a
peacemaker? Your grandma is lonely and far away? Write a
letter once a week or send a card. You've got a friend who
has hit a rough patch? Invite the friend over for dinner and
share a bottle of wine or a pot of tea. You know that people
are hurting in a tough economy? Make soup or provide support
for your local shelter.
If
these suggestions seem too time-intensive, use the actions
of Jesus in today's gospel as your model. Pray. The beauty
of prayer is that you can do it anywhere. In your car, pray
for your family, your boss, the people you see at the gym,
the parents of your children's friends, fellow church-goers,
coworkers—all people who make up the fabric of your life.
When you take a break during the day, remember to pray. As
you watch or read the news, pray for all those victims in
today's parade of traumas. As you drift to sleep at night,
pray for God's protection for us all.
Each
day, pray the prayer that Jesus prayed so long ago. "I speak
these things," Jesus prayed, "so that they may have my joy
made complete in themselves" (John 17:13). May that joy
spill over onto others, as joy invariably does. Each day,
ask God to guide you as you seek to be God's love made real
in the world.
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