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ocpunk714ocpunk714 Master
edited February 2018 in General
I just wanted to share that I am extremely blessed to be where God has placed me. There is nowhere I would rather be on a Sunday than with these little ones.


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  • IwoodcarveIwoodcarve Newcomer
    Blessings to you. God puts us where we need to be. 
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  • KA9FFJKA9FFJ Master
    Congrats @ocpunk714 You're touching a generation you'll never see...
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  • PappyJoePappyJoe Master
    Actually quite a few on here. 
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  • Oddjob27Oddjob27 Master
    Cheers man! Good on you. Great to see. 
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  • Jayhawk422Jayhawk422 Master
    @ocpunk714, truly amazing work!
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  • BonanzadriverBonanzadriver Master
    That's fantastic!
    I've had the honor of serving on virtually every board and committee out there over the years.  Although rewarding work I have to tell you that I have been involved in only the choir for the last 10 years.  Very rewarding.  Actually sang at a wedding in the church today.
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  • Jayhawk422Jayhawk422 Master
    I always find it wonderful when someone commits time to their faith community, especially when it comes to working with younger children.

    I volunteer a lot of my time in a couple of programs for the Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. I work with teens and young adults to help them with their call to vocations being the religious life, married life, or the devout single life. 

    As I was preparing to enter into the seminary, I met my now wife.  The few years as I prepared and went through the process bought me such joy and happiness that I could not begin to describe. As a joke I say to some of the young men, want to be married try to become a priest!
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  • Jayhawk422Jayhawk422 Master
    God does some truly amazing things for us, and he will not lead us to a place where we do not have the gifts to over come them.
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  • thebadgerpiperthebadgerpiper Master
    Church goer here. I've been going for my entire life, and even went to a seminary-type school for college (where I met my wife). While I'm not in the ministry, I help out at my church by serving on their media team once a month. Thanks for sharing your testimony, @ocpunk714 .
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  • Corey562Corey562 Master
    Brother love to see other spreading the word. I wake up every morning felling blessed and highly favored. With out the Lord I would have never made it as far as I have.
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  • judandhispipejudandhispipe Master
    Active Unitarian Universalist.
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  • Londy3Londy3 Master
    Blessings to all of us in this forum to do the good work of God. This generation needs Him more than ever. I feel bad how evil this world has become. 
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  • motie2motie2 Master
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  • motie2motie2 Master
    @xDutchx -- Just another example that ol' "Cleanliness/Godliness" dichotomy.
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  • xDutchxxDutchx Master
    @motie2, my guess is if the Reverend preached that sermon, he might run off his truck stop congregation. The reality to it, is that changing into fresh clothing, would require most truckers to do laundry more often. That is, unless they are utilizing the old venerable sniff test.
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  • toddotaylortoddotaylor
    I grew up with both parents on staff at a non-denominational church. I remember our children's church leader always had a bowl before and after it started, right there outside the foyer. It was like burning incense before entering the sanctuary. What a great guy...
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  • motie2motie2 Master
    71 year old retired clergy, who won't join the local congregation because if I was the young preacher, I would worry/feel that I was constantly being judged.
    (The fact that every preacher is constantly being judged, notwithstanding. I have taught a couple of adult ed classes there. 
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  • mseddonmseddon Professor
    Good to hear from ya! @ocpunk714 I'm a priest in the Episcopal Church. My Sunday starts at 8:30 and goes 'til 5, thee services, two in English, one in Spanish. And if the "punk" in your handle means as in the Punk movement, I can join you there too. Saw Minor Threat play at the Channel in Boston in the early 80s, blew out my eardrums in Chicago going to hear Naked Raygun, Government Issue, Youth Brigade, Dag Nasty, Suicidal Tendencies, et al.
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  • PappyJoePappyJoe Master
    My father was a Catholic. My mother was raised a Pentecostal. My grandmother - who was Pentecostal - always said the important thing was a belief in God and encouraged us to attend as many different denominations as we could and find the one that we felt most comfortable with. Other than that she was a stereotypical member of her church. She was over 6-feet tall, wore her hair in a bun and when she had it down, her hair would almost touch the floor.

    We had a Chaplain on my first unit and he would conduct services 3 times a week. He would preach that God would listen to your prayers in the woods or on the back of a ship floating in the ice just as much as he would if you were sitting in an expensive building. He always said he thought building a million dollar building to praise God when churches could use the money to help the poor was a sin. 
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  • motie2motie2 Master
    I'm to old to appreciate punk rock, but I'm a big admirer of the work of the Episcopal Church. I partnered with the local Episcopal priest for nearly 20 years; he ran a weekly mass for the young developmentally disabled Christians in our community: He conducted Mass, I gave the homily/sermon, and a RC sister distributed the Host for the several young Catholics that attended.

    I'm uncertain about punctuation: Should Priest, Mass, and Sister always be capitalized? @mseddon, give me a hand here?
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  • PappyJoePappyJoe Master
    Our younger son and his wife is a member of a small Episcopal church in West Louisiana. How small? 95% of the congregation are related to three families. Sunday services usually has about 25 people and they have an itinerant Priest who is only there once or twice a month. Each family takes turns doing the readings from the Bible on Sundays.
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  • motie2motie2 Master
    As a side gig, I served a congregation in Fargo that had twelve families. They had me lead services and deliver a homily, but the members took turns reading Holy Writ, just as you describe!!!
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  • GreenbriarGreenbriar Newcomer
    I attend an anabaptist church but I do keep my pipe smoking hobby on the down low
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  • motie2motie2 Master
    I have a friend who keeps cheeseburgers "on the down low"..... something to do with three biblical prohibitions concerning eating meat and dairy together. 
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  • MangoandyMangoandy Master
    Yeah. When I'm not holding my dental drill I wear a few hats here at Redeemer.  My favorite role is the originator of our Men's ministry Pipe/Cigar (Whiskey) nights. Making incense and celebrating to the glory of God. :wink:
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  • daveinlaxdaveinlax Connoisseur
    edited March 2018
    No and I've never understood believers of any faith. I believe most of the evil in this world is done in the name of a profit of holy ghost. Religion kinda creeps me out and that a "divine" power drives lawmakers scares me a little. I've always thought that promises of a righteous death were just fables to keep the masses fighting and working for the anointed ones.          
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  • ocpunk714ocpunk714 Master
    edited March 2018
    Also, my faith is only concerned with the teachings of the Lord. I don’t have one mindset to push an agenda such as politics. I just want to find like minded individuals such as myself. It’s how I ended up here. Lol.
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