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Dale Lature — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:07:00 GMT

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Dale Lature — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:35:00 GMT

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David Fitch: HOW NOT TO MAKE JUSTICE INTO A PROGRAM AT YOUR LOCAL CHURCH

Dale Lature — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:11:49 GMT

This post from David Fitch (author of The Great Giveaway-----did I mention before how this is a great book? I think maybe at least a dozen times) is outstanding. I see that he is going to be at a conference in Oakville, Ontario which is happening right now (started this morning....I have begun my search for blogging types who are there, who might be so inclined to post live or semi-live, even podcast? This would be such a gift to those of us who yearn for such conversations. If anybody out there finds such online coverage, please let me know, and I'll do the same here. This conference has Shayne Claiborne, Ron Sider, and Jim Wallis. Quite a cross section, and I'm glad to see it. David Fitch and Dan (poserorprophet)

Fitch's post lit the fires of blogolalia in me with such as this:

I assert that there can be no "justice" detached from a social embodiment whereby it makes sense to those we preach. In the Great Giveaway, I argued that "our justice becomes just another disingenuous argument without a living visible representation of what justice looks like among a people of God" p. 154. In another place I argue that "without a Bodily presense in the world, there is little true engagement with the world except via individualist arguments until we have a church that lives justice, it's just Jim Wallis arguing against Jerry Falwell." I think Jim Wallis would probably agree with most of what I have just said (at least I hope so).

This requires that we see God as working in a people not just in individuals. This requires a shift from the seeing the church as a recruiting station to get people saved as individuals and then prepare them to go out and be individual agents working to relieve suffering in the world (or to vote for the right policy). This requires that politics becomes more than a monolithic concept the church must participate in to seeing that a local church itself can embody a politic.

One does not have to read long in the pastoral epistles to see the ethos of justice that had developed among the earliest communities of Christ. Notice the justice that takes place around the Eucharist Table (1 Cor 11:22). Notice the way the widows and orphans are treated (James 1:27 etc.). Notice how the poor are treated (Gal 2:10; James 2). Notice how these discernments are not easy (Gal 6:1-10). Notice how they all shared responsibility for one another (2 Cor 8:13-15). This then spread justice into the world. My contention is that if we want to talk to the injustices in the US medical system, we begin first to undermine that system of immense predatory capitalist power by showing the world how to practice medical care to one another in our churches. From here we march in immense social authority in Christ to bring down the strongholds of the unjust powers that grip our nation's (US) medical system. That's just one example.

Very much in tune with Hauerwas, Church of the Saviour, and ....uh , well....the gospel and a proper centering and emphasis upon the ecclesia.

On the reference above to "showing the world how to practice medical care to one another in our churches ", I immediately think of Christ House and many similar missions of the Church of the Saviour (see David Hilfiker story in Not All Of Us Are Saints: A Doctor's Journey With the Poor

Source: Reclaiming the Mission :: The Weblog of David Fitch

Time test

Dale Lature — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:20:00 GMT

After discovering that users had time settings too

Seven villages post

Dale Lature — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:53:00 GMT

here's a sample beginning , trying to figure out how to make a post show up in my online habitat village

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Dale Lature — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:26:00 GMT

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Dale Lature — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:14:00 GMT

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Dale Lature — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:09:00 GMT

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Dale Lature — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:05:00 GMT

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Dale Lature — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:10:00 GMT

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DNS stuff moved

Dale Lature — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:56:00 GMT

I'm hearing the music playing, waiting on this Web Cast via Breeze to get going.

I just finisihed moving several sites off of 112 and onto 110, and routing their DNS through 93, the new cluster controller:

S4S
UMAC
UMCGiving
UMMen (DNS still handled at :

The WhoIs info:
Tech ************@gcumm.org
Name Server:EXTNS2.NUVOX.NET
Name Server:EXTNS1.NUVOX.NET

UMTV
UnitedMethodist
NACO
GC2000
GCSRW/COSROW
blog.umc.org
blog1.umc.org
GBOD blog

Redirects now residing on 110

Noticias
AUDO
CCCI
CCPI
GC2004
GC2008
GCOC
CRT
MethodistRelief
Google

Holding back on:

IM_Downloads
WebConference.umcom.org (waiting until after this webconference)
UMC/Techshopministry (due to commerce tie-ins)

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Dale Lature — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:26:00 GMT

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Prayers for the Entire Gulf Region

Safiyah Fosua — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:18:00 GMT

Lord in your mercy... hear our prayers

Welcome to this sacred space. This is a place for prayers and laments for all who grieve and suffer in the Gulf Coast region. We invite you to offer up your thoughts and prayers for all who are suffering - physically, emotionally and spiritually during this painful time.

To share your prayer, click on "Comments" then "Post A Comment" below.
To read today's prayers, click on "Comments" below.
To browse through previous days' prayers, click on any of the highlighted days on the calendar to the right. Then, click the word comments at the bottom of this frame to see the previous days' prayers.

Please limit your submissions to 200 words and please avoid politics and profanity. All submissions are read before being posted, so please be patient. We apologize for not being able to accept materials for which you do not own the copyright.

If you are in need of personal prayer counseling, please visit The Upper Room Prayer Center

-Continued Prayers

Steve Downey — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:42:00 GMT

Lord in your mercy... hear our prayers

Welcome to this sacred space. This is a place for prayers and laments for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We invite you to offer up your thoughts and prayers for all who are suffering - physically, emotionally and spiritually during this painful time.

To share your prayer, click on "Comments" then "Post A Comment" below.
To read today's prayers, click on "Comments" below.
To browse through previous days' prayers, click on any of the highlighted days on the calendar to the right. Then, click the word comments at the bottom of this frame to see the previous days' prayers.

If you are in need of personal prayer counseling, please visit The Upper Room Prayer Center

Photos of Hurricane Damage in the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference

umcBlogAdmin — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:47:00 GMT

Photos taken in Bayou La Batre and Coden, Ala. are now online on the Alabama-West Florida Conference Hurricane Katrina web page. Click here to visit.

United Methodists Get to Work after Katrina

umc.org Admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:21:00 GMT

United Methodists from all walks of life an in all areas of the US are working to relieve the suffering and assist those left vulnerable following Hurricane Katrina. The following stories share what United Methodists are doing both within the disaster zone and outside of it to help thousands in need.

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Lon Morris College welcomes displaced students

umc.org Admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:08:00 GMT

Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, is opening its doors to college students Hurricane Katrina has displaced.

Lon Morris President Dr. Miles McCall said the United Methodist college will offer free tuition, housing and meals to 150 freshman and sophomore students.

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An Episcopal Letter to the Texas Annual Conference Churches

umc.org Admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:04:00 GMT

Dear United Methodist Brothers and Sisters,

Resurrection Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I write to all of you this day to tell you that truly we “have seen the Lord” in caring for our sisters and brothers of New Orleans. A friend commented to me earlier this week, “It is in times like this that one can see the true soul of a people and an institution.” Your souls are surely shining.

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Volunteers will be needed to help in Hurricane Katrina recovery

umcBlogAdmin — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 23:27:00 GMT

To find out how you can help with hurricane cleanup, contact your United Methodist Volunteers in Mission jurisdictional and annual conference coordinators. A list of these coordinators is available on the web at http://gbgm-umc.org/vim/vimcoords.htm or write Mission Volunteers at voluntrs@gbgm-umc.org for contact information. They will provide details on creating and training a team as well as scheduling details. For information on what disaster sites are currently scheduling volunteers, call the Volunteer Hotline at 800-918-3100.

Blue Lake United Methodist Assembly

umc.org Admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:54:00 GMT

Blue Lake United Methodist Assembly is available for Hurricane Katrina victims, individuals or families, to be housed and fed as needed. We ask that these persons in need coordinate their needs through FEMA, Red Cross and/or our Alabama West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church Disaster Recovery Ministry (866.340.1956) to ensure adequate space remains.

Blue Lake United Methodist Assembly can be reached at 334-222-5407, Email director@bluelakecamp.com, or registrar@bluelakecamp.com, FAX: 334-427-1469.

Blue Lake United Methodist Assembly is located on Alabama Highway 137 which is about 18 miles south of Andalusia. We are four miles from Pleasant Home School and are on the school bus route. Also we have a local doctor and nurse practitioner who have volunteered their services to any displaced person for however long. Please continue to pray for these victims. [Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference]

UMCOR Emergency Appeal for Health Kits, Water and Blankets

umc.org Admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:04:00 GMT

As president of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), I am making this emergency appeal for United Methodists and their friends to supply Health Kits, bottled water and blankets for survivors of Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast. The need is desperate throughout the area devastated by the storm, especially among people who have been or are being evacuated from their homes.

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Louisiana Annual Conference Hurricane Status and Contact Form

umc.org Admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:44:00 GMT

If you were displaced you can let the conference office know your situation through this form.

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Message from Bishop Bill Hutchinson

umc.org Admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:43:00 GMT

I am finding it difficult to believe my eyes and to believe my ears. What I am seeing and hearing by way of the news on the television is extremely disheartening.

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Louisiana Annual Conference Hurricane Katrina Message Board

umc.org Admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:40:00 GMT

If you are a member of an affected church, please include the name of the church so we can know your status.

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Alabama-West Florida: District by District Hurricane Damage

umc.org Admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:36:00 GMT

The following reports were gathered from the District Offices in an effort to centralize information about hurricane damage.

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