Embrace to Justice and Truth

[Carl Thomas Gladstone]

November 14,  2006 After a bit of a break, welcome back.  A few new things this week.  Number 1 - the new web site is up for checking out.  Visit emergedetroit.org for a view of the new emerge detroit online tool for connecting the communities of young Christians across the Detroit metro area.  And Number 2 - attached to each of these emails will now be a one page discussion guide for any of you interested in gathering together friends or co-workers weekly to talk about Jesus, question the faith, and  explore the stories from the Bible that give us insight into all of that.  Number 3 - to compliment our web site, email devotion, and pdf discussion guide the Emerge Detroit podcast will now be more intentionally a place for interviews and witnesses from around our scattered community.  That 'cast will be getting going again this coming weekend.  We hope that in providing these resources to you we can nurture the growth of an organic collection of faith communities that relies on many interested young people living intentionally for Jesus and finding the power of God around them right here in metro Detroit. I was thinking about this scattering and connection among faithful people this week as my friend Tony and I sat down to record a short video for our friends serving in the Peace Corps in Tanzania.  In the simple act of saying hello into a camera we remembered them, and in remembering connected to their ministry there - some ten thousand mile across the ocean.  What would it be like if we remembered and connected like that with people seeking to grow the radical community of Christ right around here where we live?  What would it be like if from that remebering and connecting we moved to gathering, serving, and transforming the very local environment that surrounds us? I'm ready for it, are you? Yours in Christ, Carl Thomas Gladstone READ Luke 10:25-37 - Despite the challenge of a world that seeks to segment people into various categories of "other" Jesus tells of a man who embraces another because they are in need - and life happens.  How can your seeking of "embrace" regarding others bring life to friends, family, neighborhoods?	Emerge:Detroit Subscribe to the podcast! GATHER the EMERGE community Royal Oak Friends in Faith YAFF: Rochester Newburg YA Fellowship Wesley Foundation UofM GROW The Wesley Project 3rd Testament Project Soulstretch GO The NOAH Proj. Cass Community Baldwin Center Sierra Service Project City Year: Detroit Project Transformation PT: Oklahoma PT: Virginia US-2 Program Peace Corps Jesuit Volunteer Corps Young Leaders Initiative
*For those new to this email list - each Thursday I send an e-message to students and young adults connected with BHAM First UMC, and with the developing EMERGE worship community for young adults.  These emails are meant to stay in touch with you, encourage you in your Christian journey, and pose some faith-filled questions that might spark some email correspondence.  If you have any questions about this list, just drop me an email at the address above. Peace.
carl thomas gladstone | deacon, first umc, birmingham, mi | 248.646.1200 | cglad...@fumcbirmingham.org