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The Meeting Place She didn’t recognize him. Somehow, she didn’t recognize him. What THE MEETING PLACE had happened to Jesus over those three days in the tomb such that March, 2009 Mary no longer knew him when she saw him? Was it the experience ___________________________________________________________________________________ of the betrayal and his death that marked him in such a way that Jesus Centretown United Church Newsletter had become unrecognizable to her? Events do that. The things that we face in our life change us. The birth of a child. The death of a Thanks to all those who suggested names for the newsletter. The choice of parent. A traumatic accident. Somehow, we change. Perhaps we don’t The Meeting Place echoes our hope that the contents of this publication even recognize ourselves after “it” happens. Was this what happened will grow to be a written embodiment of our Centretown United Vision: to Jesus? … a Christian meeting place of spirit, faith, and community for all Scripture and the early Christian Theologians were very clear that … rooted and recognized in Central Ottawa as a place to nurture spirituality and question the values of secular society Jesus really died – he didn’t just appear to die on the cross. He was … all who enter find something meaningful to their lives and experience a dead, dead, dead and laid in a tomb. The Apostles’ Creed speaks to loving community in times of celebration, fun, joy and sorrow. this claim by saying that Jesus “descended to the dead”. If the joys and the struggles of this life can change us, then what changes might From the Ministers’ Desk be visited on us by death? Did the harrowing of hell so put its mark upon Jesus that he was unrecognizable? 10 Then the disciples went back to their homes, While these two explanations might account for a part of the reason, 11 but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent there is another element at work: the transforming action of the Spirit over to look into the tomb of Life. God’s Spirit raised Jesus from the dead. He was “made new” – 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had not just fixed up a bit, but made new . It is no wonder that Mary been, one at the head and the other at the foot. doesn’t recognize Jesus. She is looking for the old Jesus as she 13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken remembers him. Until she is willing to see that Jesus is not the same, my Lord away”, she said, “and I don't know where they have put she cannot recognize him for whom he really is – nor can she claim a him.” relationship with Jesus in his transformed life. It is only when Jesus 14 At this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she greets her that she is able to see him for who he really is in this “new did not realise that it was Jesus. life”. Though she wants to hang on to him, Jesus tells her that she 15 “Woman,” he said, “why are you crying? Who is it you are cannot – the demands of his transformed life require that their looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you relationship be redefined – he must return to God. She becomes a have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I witness to the other disciples about what she has seen in the garden will get him.” that day, and whom she has met. 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned towards him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). God is working resurrection through us. This is what God does. This 17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to is what God is always doing, in the power of that first resurrection the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, I am event that took place two millennia ago, to which John bears faithful returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your witness. God is working resurrection through us. We may not God.” recognize ourselves when God’s through with us. This is hard. We 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: I have seen like our former life. We know its shape, its contours. But it is no the Lord! And she told them that he had said these things to her. longer our life. Our life now belongs to God in Christ. God has (John 20: 10-18) claimed it. We may no longer be recognizable in our new “way of being in the world for the world”. There is loss, but there is blessing as well. Are we willing to see our becoming unrecognizable as a cuts them off from Jerusalem. The Cities at Peace project builds blessing that comes from being embraced by the Spirit of the God of relationships and understanding between Arab and Jewish young new life? The journey does not end in the tomb, and neither does it people from neighbouring communities. I met members of Rabbis for end in the garden. Jesus goes on to be with God, whose life is love Human Rights, Palestinian, Christian ecumenical groups, and Arab without end. And praise God, so can we. Amen. women’s organizations, all seeking peaceful solutions to the violence, fear, and injustice that are part of daily life. UNITED FOR PEACE CAMPAIGN In Colombia, we visited Methodist Church leaders who are helping A letter from the The Right Rev. David Giuliano, Moderator to heal individuals and communities wounded by the horror of forced Dear Friends, disappearances and executions. In Nicaragua, the Antonio Valdivieso I greet you in the name of the One whom we call “the Prince of Ecumenical Centre works to heal those who were traumatized by civil Peace.” Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be war. All of these people—and countless others around the world—are called children of God” (Matthew 5:9). We’re all in favour of peace as peacemakers, children of God, and our friends. Their hope has been an idea. I am writing to call on you to take action, to be a peacemaker raised and their spirits lifted by the United Church commitment to in the world. One of the ways you can do that is by getting involved in being united with them for peace. We cannot let them down. the United for Peace Campaign. I am writing to invite you and your congregation to respond to The United for Peace Campaign was adopted during General God’s call to be peacemakers and to take an active role in the United Council 2006 in response to our heartache about the long history of for Peace Campaign. In this mailing, you will find resources that violence in Israel and Palestine. Commissioners committed the address the General Council commitment to call on the Canadian church to raising $1 million for peace activities there. The United government to take action for peace. The United for Peace website Church of Canada also committed to learning about root causes of also continues to offer a variety of excellent educational and violence and the work of our global partners in the Middle East. And fundraising resources. the church promised to call on our own Canadian government to “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed work for peace around the world. Since then, the Executive of General you were called in the one body. And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15 Council broadened the scope of the campaign to include peacemaking activities in other parts of the world and raised the campaign goal THE FAITH FORMATION COMMITTEE from $1 million to $2 million. Easter Congregational Breakfast As your Moderator, I have visited our partners in Israel and Everyone is invited for breakfast in the dining hall at 9:00 am Palestine, and in Nicaragua and Colombia. During those visits I heard following the Easter morning “sunrise” service. Breakfast stories of both despair and hope. I shared our intention to financially will be cooked and served by the youth and children of the senior class with help from their adult sous-chefs. The youth are offering this breakfast in support, learn about, and advocate for their efforts for peacebuilding. support of two other young people, members of our congregation, who will Project proposals from partners in those and other places of violence be volunteering their time this spring and summer in mission-service trips. have been arriving steadily. Mary Fee , who is graduating from Glebe High school this June, will travel Unfortunately, financial contributions to the fund have not. Less than to Kenya, Africa in August as part of a cross-cultural initiative to build a 10 percent of our goal has been achieved. At the November 2008 school while working with members of the local rural community. This is meeting of the Executive of General Council, an additional $25,000 a program organized through Free the Children . Participants are from was committed from the Mission and Service Fund to promote the across Canada and volunteer with this non-governmental organization to United for Peace Campaign. The work is too important to neglect. aid community development, expose young Canadians to international In Palestine and Israel, I met children who attend schools in development issues and improve their teamwork and leadership skills.
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