The words of hope
of our desire
our commitment as a congregation
our hope as a people
living by our creed
Open hearts, open minds,
open doors to one another
to all God’s people
ALL ARE WELCOME;
come, enter in
The words on our sign
before the entrance
an offer, a promise
calling to our brothers, our sisters,
our neighbors in this place
A desire for union
for full inclusion
a Church fully open
all God’s children
all the people on earth
edited January 11, 2014
ALL ARE WELCOME here – v7
(editing original again)
Edited September 15, 2013
“ALL ARE WELCOME here –
v6”
Edited September 13, 2013
ALL ARE WELCOME here – v5
Edited September 8, 2013
ALL ARE WELCOME here – v4
(editing original again)
Edited September 8, 2013
ALL ARE WELCOME here – v3
Edited August 30, 2013
ALL ARE WELCOME here – v2
June 25, 2011
ALL ARE WELCOME here
sign
in front of our Church
ALL
ARE WELCOME
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
June
25, 2011
&
Edited September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy –
v2”
new poem September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy”
----
This poem is about my wife
and me when we got married
in a civil service on
December 17, 2004 in Concord, NH in White Park
and then before our church
family at
Wesley United Methodist
Church in Concord, NH
on April 23, 2005.
----
We celebrate 2
anniversaries because they both mean a great
deal to us, in very
different ways.
I grieve for those who are
able to marry civilly in so many
states now, such as NH,
but are unable to marry in their
United Methodists churches
and for the clergy who are put on trial
for choosing to go against
the Discipline to marry them.
&
trials of Rev. Frank
Schaefer
and Rev. Thomas Ogletree
and Rev. Steve Heiss
&
Edited September 7, 2013
For Offering Love – v2
June 22, 2011
For Offering Love
&
Matthew
10:40-42
2
Kings 4:8-11, 14-16
Psalm
13
Worship
Theme: “All Are Welcome”
and
sermon: “Ambassadors for God”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook
United Methodist Church
June
26, 2011
Second
Sunday in Pentecost
&
note of Cynthia Good
on Keith Olbermann Special
Comment
and
Passage of gay marriage bill in
New York last night
&
posting on my Facebook page
“my 'heart' sinks with your
continued association with the United Methodist church. God's Word clearly says
that the Lord’s command is no females are allowed to be leaders. 1 Cor.
14:33-38; 1 Tim 2:12-3:12. Violating God's Word is not a recommended path to
follow.”
&
verdict and judgment in Love on
Trial,
the case against the Reverend
Amy DeLong,
&
John
8:1-11
&
June 23, 2011
Able to Breath – unedited
&
John
8:1-11
&
Samuel
Thompson’s
Inclusion
Essay
shared
at the New England United Methodist Church
Annual
Conference
in
response to call by Reconciling Ministries Network
for essays describing, “My
vision for an inclusive church”,
June 10, 2011
&
in part inspired by
conversations with
the
Reverend John Makokha
Riruta
UMC
Other
Sheep Afrika-Kenya http://www.othersheep.org/OSEA_CL_Other_Sheep_Kenya.html
Children
of Africa Hope Mission Project in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. http://rirutaumc.homestead.com/children_of_africa.html
&
Matthew
25:31-46
The
Sheep and the Goats
&
Matthew 28:18-20
Matthew 28:18-20
Great
Commission
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