All Saints’ Day
Whither
thou goest …
…
the choices that we all make on our life journeys
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the
land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of
Moab, he and his wife and two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the
name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion;
they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of
Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was
left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah
and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years, both
Mahlon and Chilion also died, so that the woman was left without her two sons
and her husband.
Then she started to return with her daughters-in-law from the country of Moab,
for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had considered his
people and given them food. So she set out from the place where she had been
living, she and her two daughters-in-law, and they went on their way to go back
to the land of Judah. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back
each of you to your mother's house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you
have dealt with the dead and with me. The Lord grant that you may find
security, each of you in the house of your husband." Then she kissed them,
and they wept aloud. They said to her, "No, we will return with you to
your people." But Naomi said, "Turn back, my daughters, why will you
go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?
Turn back, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. Even
if I thought there was hope for me, even if I should have a husband tonight and
bear sons, would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain
from marrying? No, my daughters, it has been far more bitter for me than for
you, because the hand of the Lord has turned against me." Then they wept
aloud again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
So she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to
her gods; return after your sister-in-law." But Ruth said,
"Do not press me to leave you
or to turn back from following you!
Where you go, I will go;
where you lodge, I will lodge;
your people shall be my people,
and your God my God.
Where you die, I will die —
there will I be buried.
May the Lord do thus and so to me,
and more as well,
if even death parts me from you!"
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.
Ruth 1:1-18
Ruth
and Naomi
He
Qi
2001
China
Dr. He Qi is a professor at the Nanjing Union Theological
Seminary and a tutor for master candidate students in the Philosophy Department
of Nanjing University. He is also a member of the China Art Association and a
council member of the Asian Christian Art Association.
"The passion of Ruth's commitment is suggested by the word
"clung." The verb is most frequently found in the context of
marriage, such as the famous words from the garden scene in Genesis 2:24.
"Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife,
and they become one flesh." Ruth clings to her mother-in-law as a man
clings to his wife....Naomi makes one last attempt to send Ruth away...Ruth's
response is among the most radical statements of commitment in the Bible...the
words of Ruth 1:15-16 take the form of a covenant, but a covenant that goes
against all social expectations. Ruth chooses to commit herself to Naomi. She
binds herself unconditionally not only to a woman rather than a man, but in an
act of radical solidarity, to a woman in near desperate circumstances."
When we are no longer able to change a situation,
we are challenged to change ourselves.
~
Viktor E. Frankl
Hold faithfulness and sincerity
as first principles.
~
Confucius
Judy
Jensen presented parting gifts to our Interim Pastor, Jim Reid.
Sunday
was his last day with us;
He
has accepted an interim call to a church in Manitou Springs.
Jackie
McFarland shows three of the gourds she painted
for
the Holiday Art Mart at Foothills Art Center in Golden.
Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio
A Presentation by Dr.
Timothy Standring
Gates Foundation Curator of Painting and Sculpture
for the Denver
Art Museum
Opens November 8, 2015
Dr.
Timothy Standring gave a fascinating talk on Wednesday evening
at the Center for the Arts Evergreen
about
the upcoming Denver Art Museum exhibit he curated.
Timothy
is wearing a cap with 04852, the Zip Code for Monhegan Island
in
Maine, where Jamie Wyeth has a studio and cottage where he lives
for
part of the year.
A
sketch Andrew Wyeth did for the painting “Christina’s World.”
Self-portrait
by Jamie Wyeth
Halloween, says Jamie Wyeth,
has “sort of been a big thing in our family. … We dress up all the time,
anyway;
but it’s kind of an excuse to
do it not just among ourselves.”
Sandy
Kuka fixed a delicious lunch for four of us in her new home on Thursday.
Sandy
is a former neighbor of Vicki’s, and a new neighbor of Jackie’s!
Yum!
Kimra
Perkins, at Rotary on Friday, dressed as
The
Statute of Limitations.
Woooo-Hooooooo!!!!
A Closing Party!
Rome
Chelsea and Peggy Eggers,
co-chairs
of the Capital Campaign for Center for the Arts Evergreen,
gave
a toast Friday evening to everyone who helped in the campaign.
Greg
Dobbs and Peggy Eggers
The
official CLOSING was on Friday, October 30, 2015.
Evergreen’s
new Art Center will be in the former
Bergen
Park Community Church!
We still have a long way to go to pay for the renovations to the new center.
If I keep a green bough in my heart
the singing bird will come.
~
Chinese Proverb
November 1, 2015 23rd
Sunday after Pentecost—31st Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 26
One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with
one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, "Which
commandment is the first of all?" Jesus answered, "The first is,
'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind,
and with all your strength.' The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor
as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." Then the
scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that 'he
is one, and besides him there is no other'; and 'to love him with all the
heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,' and 'to love
one's neighbor as oneself,' — this is much more important than all whole burnt
offerings and sacrifices." When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said
to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." After that no one
dared to ask him any question.
Mark 12:28-34
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
Into your hands we commend your servant, Larry.
Larry Sohrweid
October
11, 1939 ~ October 26, 2015
Memorial
Service
Saturday,
October 31, 2015
Ruth 1:1-18
Psalm 146
Or…
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Psalm 119:1-8
Hebrews 9:11-14
Mark 12:28-34