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sAw FI"{MING CHARIOT According to [adldon, thc proph€t Isetah was put Thi6 symbol ls asroclated wlth Elliah, one of thc to dcath by b€lng cut in half wlth a {tooden saq'. filrt prophets mcndoned ln ttrc Btbl€ Bliah dtd not dle, but asccndedlrto heaveolo a flemlng charlot.

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'. . . bur thosewho wait for the lr)rd shdl rcncw 'Jusrlike rhe clay in ihc pottcr's h:md,so irc you thcir strcngth,ftc,v shall mount up with wings likc in my hand,O houseof Israel. eigles, thcy shall run nnd not bc weiry'. |hey shall -JercDnab I8:6b (NRS:\\ ' walk and not lrint -Isrlt ', i0J7 (NRSV) ClnY POT cod showedJcrcnriahdre prophet thrt thc pcoplc (:ROSS TAU arc ro God as the chy is to drc pottcr. Th€ ch) cm The Tao crossis known as thc Old Tesrament bc rcworkcdro crealea ncw ima8e. crossbccausc it .epresentsthc fact thllt God revcded his wry$ to rhe pcoplc of Isncl in thc linrc bclbrc rhe comingof the Mcssiah.

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"Othcr scrd G[ tnto good ro aod blought forth "And rhc gavc birth to her flrstbord son and 8rrln, trowlng up aod lncr.arlnS rnd ylcldlng $tty \rr.ppcd htm ln bads of cloth, .nd ldd hlfi ln r md rixty .nd . hudredfold." mangcr,bcclultc ihcG wes ao placc lor thcm io thc -larl ,.'8 (NRSV, inn." -rrle 2.7 (NRslt) SBSDS CRTCHB Sccd! symbollze the word of God taklng root in thc llvca of faidnrl people, Jclus r.ld f.lth ls ltkc a Thc now-popularChdstmas creche w$ Atst crc- graln of du3tard 8€ed. atcd by S!. Flancls of Asslslwho wantcd a slnplc xay to tcUpcoplc the storyofJe$r' bLrth.

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BILIJ THE PEARL Bcllshavc calledpcoplc to worship for manyccn- Thc pcarl is somerimcsused to rcprcsentrhe turics.Vhcn wc hcar thc bclls of our own church or word of cod. A p€arl ts a valuablcrrcasure-a sym- of n neighborirrgchurch, wc know thil people are boluiprcciousralvation rhro ghJcsu{ Chrisl gathcring() pr.risc(;od.

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PNAYERBOOK PHOENIX The Booh of Comnon PnrJ,e/. introduced by The phoenix is a myrhical bird thar bursts into Bishop Thomrs Cranmcr in E4tand in I 549. involted flames upon its death. As the flames die down, a ncw all th€ people in worship. Thc Praycr Book has gonc bird riscs up l?om the ash€s.This represenrs the ree 'l through vari()us revisions. hc EpiscopalChurch ur.ection ofr€sus the Chrisr. usesthc 1979version, @ fu\",y.. kk^,ar" L

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THISTLE CROSSOF TRruMPH Th€ rhisrle, a planr associatedwith the curse This crossrcpres€nts th€ ideathat thc cospcl haj fo'un(l in Genesls3: I 7-19, stands for our carthly sor- been preached to all pans of thc carth. It slmbolizes row and sintul natur€ the missionof the Church. chok"r@ hkm.duk:a @

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SHIELDO}' T'HE APOSTI-ES TRTNITYSHIILD On this shlcld dre aposrlcsare reprcscnlcdas thc This shieldconnects thc l-rti,r words lbr $e per- sheepthat follow rhc Good Shepherd. sons of the l rinny with thc Latin words non cst' mcaoiDtt/s rol md est mcaninS/s. Thc word for (;od is it th€ center. lr is onc attcnlpt nt explaining thc Trinit!. Lhra t4n hrnwttu a art 6;\

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