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Katrina survivor to host upcoming community event
by Russ Jones
Christian Press newspaper
The Rev. E.L. Porter, pastor of Greater Galilee Missionary and also Hurricane Katrina survivor, will serve as the Host Pastor of the upcoming Community Service of Remembrance and Hope concerning Hurricane Katrina and the 2008 Indiana Flood & Wind Disaster. The event is sponsored by The Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis.
“It is a story that will be remembered for the rest of my life and should be shared with readers around the world about how God saved and delivered my family,” said Porter. “But now I just want to give thanks to those in Indianapolis and the state of Indiana who were there for us.”
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Indy Christian Geeks... Lunch @ Cairo
Everyone should feel absolutely welcome. Let's break bread together and accelerate the Great Commission as we learn & use these new tools God has given us... to team up throughout the city... and start getting the job done.
Here's the map-link to the CAIRO cafe.
Politics and Your Weak Opinions
Democrats are flaming liberals, Republicans are rich conservatives! Ugh, does this exhaust anyone else besides me? Everyone has opinions, but why do we so oppose each other and try to get everyone not on our side of the opinion war to convert to our views?
Last Sunday I watched an open forum conducted by Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren...
[continued at A Roller Coaster Called Life (Abundantly)]
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The Other Secret
It seems the universe is kicking Rhonda Byrne's butt these days - some have called it a "karmic backlash" against the author of The Secret.In her best-selling book, Byrne writes "Nothing (good or bad) can come into your experience unless you summon it through persistent thoughts. Your thoughts are the primary cause of everything. Your current reality or your current life is a result of the thoughts you have been thinking.” In that case, Byrne's in dire need of some happy thoughts, pronto.
The Weekend Australian Magazine recently reported "'the most powerful law in the universe' seems to have gone awry, with Byrne's own former associates accusing her of fraud and hiring platoons of lawyers to pick apart the business machinations behind The Secret." Byrne responded by suing "two of the very people who were instrumental in launching her book and film The Secret to phenomenal success ... a tactic one judge has since described as vexatious and harassing."
The very long report compares snippets from the book's claims to the reality of Byrne's legal woes and growing list of enemies, "all of which seems to contradict the law of attraction – unless you believe the universe is trying to restore balance by undermining the entire glittering edifice of self-help entrepreneurialism."
Dan Hollings, a former associate "whose 'viral marketing' helped propel Byrne to global fame via Oprah" claims he wouldn't trade places with the author for any amount of money. “I just don’t think success has enriched her life," he says. "It’s like lottery winners who win the lottery and discover their life is worse and they wish they had never won.”
In an article for the Christian Professional magazine last year, Theresia Whitfield pointed out a series of problems with the teachings advanced by The Secret in how they line up with the Scriptures and with reality. [more]
National Planning Meeting... Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
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Dr. Jerry O'Neill, President of RPTS (Pittsburgh, PA) addressed leaders of Reformation Societies in cities across the country got together in Indy for an all-day planning meeting on Wednesday. RS groups are a local expression of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
[See the photostream from Wednesday's all day planning session hosted here in Indianapolis. (...and some photos from recent RSI luncheons.)]
God's Word
1 Samuel 12:24
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Franklin College to host 'Doctors Without Borders' convocation
Christian Press newspaper
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FRANKLIN, Ind. – Franklin College will host a Doctors Without Borders convocation with guest speaker Sally Najera, RN, MPH, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 9, in the Franklin College Chapel.
Najera has participated in medical missions in Mozambique, Liberia, Angola, Darfur, and most recently, Bihar State in northern India where she worked with victims of severe flooding. Najera will talk about life on the frontlines, where she and others bring much needed relief to regions affected by conflict and crises. In addition to establishing hospitals and clinics and performing surgeries in remote villages where doctors are scarce, Najera and her teams leave a lasting legacy by providing shelters, implementing nutritional programs, vaccinating children, sanitizing water supplies and offering health education programs.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Franklin College at (317) 738-8185.
Founded in 1834, Franklin College is a residential four-year undergraduate liberal arts institution 20 minutes from downtown Indianapolis. The College prepares men and women for significant careers through the liberal arts, offering its approximately 1,000 students 28 majors including biology, business, education, and journalism. In 1842, it became the first coeducational institution, and the seventh in the nation, to admit women. Franklin College maintains a voluntary association with the American Baptist Churches USA.
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I am doing well. I took my early retirement in January 2007. I spent about 5 months in Congo last year.
I am speaking, writing, and reading about my quest to end extreme poverty in Congo. That should keep me busy for long while.
Peace and Blessings, Woody
email: WMCollins@CongoHelpingHands.org
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