Philippians quiz

1)      Philippians live in what city?

2)      Who is the city of Philippi named after?

3)      Who was Phillip?

4)      What other famous battle took there?

5)      Does anyone remember, where in the Bible right around Christmas time that we would we read about Caesar Augustus?
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Answers plus: http://sheepspeaks.blogspot.ca/2012/11/philippians-1-be-bold-for-gospel.html

Greater Love Has No Man Than To Lay Down His Life For His Friends (John 15:13)

Presented to the community of Nipawin at the Remembrance Day Ceremony, November 11, 2007, and to the community of Swift Current at the Remembrance Day Ceremony, November 11, 2009 and 2012 by Captain Michael Ramsay (Padre, Royal Canadian Legion #56)

Greater love has no man than to lay down his life for his friends, John 15:13.

On November 11, 1918, the armistice was signed to end the Great War, the war to end all wars – the First World War. Canadians, our friends and our family, in service to God, King, and country, marched overseas to lay down their lives for our friends

Greater love has no man than to lay down his life for his friends.

On November 11, 1813, almost 200 years ago now, Canadians repulsed an horrific enemy invasion, with the help of our friends, the British and the First Nations. We laid down our life for our family. They laid down their life for us, their friends.

Greater love has no man than to lay down his life for his friends.

On November 11, we remember also our friends and families, some of whom are here today, who headed overseas again, in what is remembered now as World War II, in service to God, King, and country to lay down their lives for their friends. Many of us have friends and family who marched out of Saskatchewan here to offer their lives up for their friends. My uncle from Silver Stream never spoke of the day they were surrounded by the Germans until he died a couple of years ago.

read more: http://sheepspeaks.blogspot.ca/2007/11/greater-love-has-no-man-than-to-lay.html

Christmas Kettle Training

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Sally's War

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On November 11th we remember our friends and families who served in the World Wars, Korea, peacekeeping missions and subsequent conflicts in the 20th and 21st centuries. My own grandfather returned home to Saskatchewan from California, where he was working when the Second World War broke out, to join the Canadian Army. He eagerly grabbed some friends from Cut Knife and they all signed up for our armed forces. Of the men that enlisted that day with my grandfather, I believe, only he lived to see the end of the war. John 15:17, in the Bible, records:'Greater love has no man than to lay down his life for his friends'

The Salvation Army was also present in both these wars – actually in the trenches -offering material and emotional support and the love of God to the soldiers. I am humbled and honoured to share with you today some of what the Lord has done through the Canadian Salvation Army in the conflicts of 20th Century.

During both world wars and throughout the Cold War, The Salvation Army was very active. We provided military personnel with basic comforts and helped maintain morale by establishing leave centres for rest and recreation providing a degree of civility amidst the loneliness and dehumanizing conditions of war. As an Officer in The Salvation Army, I thank you today for the opportunity that those who went before me had to serve.

Read more: http://renewnetwork.blogspot.ca/2010_11_01_archive.html

Proverbs 3:13-18: Advertising Haikus for Life.

Presented to Swift Current Corps of The Salvation Army, 04 Nov. 2012.

By Captain Michael Ramsay

 

The passage today would be a wonderful teaching pericope on wisdom.  Ellen F. Davis has referred to the book of Proverbs as a series of short haikus or poems.[1] If we had more time or if this was a class that I was teaching rather than a homily, I would actually have us all writing haikus about wisdom before its conclusion but since it is not I won’t make us write haikus… about wisdom. I will still let us each try to write a haiku but it can be about anything you want. You each have a pen and paper so I’ll give us each a chance to see how we do. Now so that we all know what we are doing, we will look at a few sample haikus to start us off today. First, can anyone sum up for me roughly, what is a haiku? A haiku is a short Japanese poem that often has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third line; and the last line is supposed to make you think about the first 2 lines in a whole new way. I am going to have at least one person read out the haiku that we each write here; so be prepared - think about it. Here are some examples for us by Udiah:[2]

 

The Rainbow (Gen 9: 8-17)

after summer's rain (5 syllables)

God's promise is remembered (7 syllables)

glorious rainbow (5 syllables)

 

The Tree of Life (Gen 3:22)

Partake of The Word (5)

The Tree of Life, Jesus Christ (7)

And live forever (5)

 

I’ll give everyone a moment to come up with a haiku and when you have one ready that you are willing to read out, put your hand up. Let me know. Here is one that Sarah-Grace and Susan shared with me earlier this week that I think sums up haikus quite nicely.

 

Haikus are easy
but sometimes they don’t make sense
Refrigerator

 

Davis writes that, “like a haiku, [Proverbs] does not require a lot of scholarly explanation.” She states, “Biblical proverbs represent language in its most condensed form. Their stock characters are the wise and the foolish, those who yield to wickedness and those who practice righteousness.”

 

read more:  http://sheepspeaks.blogspot.ca/2012/11/proverbs-313-18-advertising-haikus-for.html

Election Debate 970

1 Kings 1: Election Debate 970 BCE
Presented to Swift Current Corps of The Salvation Army

By Captain Michael Ramsay, 21 October 2012.
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Today’s pericope is about an awkward family situation and an awkward political situation. Now, I don’t really follow politics like I used to once upon a time. I no longer put my faith in the idea that whoever happens to win a popularity contest every so many years will or even can do anything to better a nation. On the contrary, as a 21^st Century Christian, I recognize as the Scriptures say that ‘I know from where my help comes; it comes from the maker of heaven and earth’ – not from some politician (Psalm 121).

That being said, there have been some interesting things happening in our world in politics recently. We in this city are in the throes of a municipal election and while no one is officially challenging Mayor Jared Schafer and the work he is doing, there are 11 people – I believe – vying for just six city council jobs and there are school board elections as well. In Ontario, I understand that there is quite a tempest brewing in that the relatively recently re-elected premier has just offered his resignation. In the United States, they have just finished another round of presidential debates and they are in the midst of another very close election.

The situation in the United States right now actually does have some parallels to our text today and it has even more parallels to elections south of the line where a sitting president isn’t up for re-election. Does anyone remember the election campaign highlighting Al Gore and George W. Bush? That was a very tightly contested race. In the end it was actually left up to the courts to declare who would be president of their country.

Then and there you had a sitting President, Bill Clinton, who was no longer able to wield his official power. He was on his way out. His own party put forth his Vice President as a possible successor to him and the other political party put forth the son of another past president as their choice. There are many states that always seem to support the same party and only a few swing states for the taking in any election. That country then, like their country now, was divided.

It is the same in our text today. Read more: http://sheepspeaks.blogspot.ca/2012/10/1-kings-1-election-debate-970.html

God In Action: Doctrinal Bible Study

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Community Care Ministries

Sunday is CCM Sunday here: http://www.saministryresources.ca/community-care-ministries