Sketches of the Passion:
through the eyes of Mary Magdalene

A Passion Sunday Musical

Morning of Palm Sunday
March 24, 2013

St Johns MCC
805 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27605
(919) 834-2611

Eric Hendricks, Director of Music
Robby Blanks, P/W Leader

Featuring:
St John’s MCC Praise Team
Narration written by Eric Hendricks

Stations of the Cross - 10:30 A.M.
Prayer and Reflection
Background Music
Provided

Musical - 11:00 A.M.

Video: Faith in Action 2012 Sunday Worship Service

preaching by Senior Pastor Rev. Brendan Y. Boone

Celebration! • 10:00 am
just a few feet from Moore Square • Raleigh

On Sunday, July 29th, St. John’s MCC officially left the building! We moved our celebration worship service to a parking lot next to Moore Square in Downtown Raleigh. Hundreds of people who live in and around that area joined us for worship and for the social justice efforts that followed.

If you couldn’t make it to the service, here’s the video.

Sunday, July 29, 2012
St. John's MCC • 805 Glenwood Avenue • Raleigh, NC

A new and thorough examination of the cause and consequences of Bible abuse that is directed at homosexuals can be found at this link. First researched and compiled as a presentation for a local community group, the study has two goals: 1) to look at who it is that commits abuse of specific biblical passages and then directs it toward homosexuals – and why and 2) “to try to determine what the original biblical texts actually say.” Remarkably, it is not the goal of the study “to debate the relevance or infallibility of biblical scripture or to proselytize.”

In its refreshing conclusion, the writer shows that there is more biblical evidence that God loves everyone God created than the spurious notion that God wants to condemn and reject us.

The piece is chock full of notes and interesting facts, making it an enjoyable and fascinating read. I found it well worth the few hours it takes to read all the material.

This study takes a different approach to the Problem of Bible Abuse by religious conservatives. Some of you have taken my class called “Freed from Guilt • Freed from Shame: Overcoming Bible Abuse about Homosexuality.” You will find this study complimentary to that class. I recommend it with two thumbs up.