NOTE: Rev. Williams appeared for several years with Rev. David Mainse on 100 Huntley Street. He then pastored Good Samaritan Church, Kitchener and is now an evangelist who travels extensively across Canada.
After having had many inquiries about the Toronto Vineyard ministry, I decided that I should go and see for myself what was happening that was attracting so much attention and publicity not only here in the Toronto area but nationally and internationally.
As I entered the Vineyard meeting room my attention was drawn to a young man in his mid-thirties who was standing at the back of the room. His eyes were closed, his arms were extended in front of his body and were moving up and down very quickly, very much like the movement of an old water pump handle. He was humming. I didn't think too much about this because this physical movement was what the old time Pentecostals called "one of the excesses" by which people tried to pump up the experience of the Holy Spirit. His whole body was shaking violently and apparently out of his control. After taking a seat, a young woman sat down next to me and began to make the same physical gyrations with her body. As I looked around the room, I observed many people going through the same attempt to "get in the Spirit" This appeared to be an acceptable and, as I was to later find out, an encouraged phenomenon.
The meeting began with a time of "Praise and Worship". People certainly felt free to raise their hands in praise. The choruses and songs were well-led and there was certainly an atmosphere of expectation. The auditorium was filled to capacity. After the singing was finished, we were led in prayer.
One of the leaders then explained that he was going to call upon several people to share a testimony about what the Lord had done for them since they came to Vineyard. The first person that he invited to come to the front was the young man who had caught my attention when I first came into the meeting. He was apparently a Baptist preacher from England. He went to the front began to speak and after a few sentences fell to the floor roaring and screeching.
The leader reassured us that everything was all right. This roaring, he explained, was caused by the Holy Spirit...it is the roaring of the lion of Judah. This was apparently a common occurrence in their meetings. His explanation surprised me because I had encountered this "roaring" hundreds of times in meetings and church services over the years. And, I can assure you, it was not caused by the Holy Spirit, except in that it was the anguish or the torment (Mk. 5: 7) that the demon or evil spirit was experiencing as it possessed or harassed the person.
The preacher that evening was from a Vineyard in the United States and was apparently a member of the American leadership. He explained that although he had prepared a message, he felt led to set it aside for a better one that the Lord had given him. As he started his message, he explained that "I used to be educated but now I am anointed". I have no problem with a preacher being led by the Holy Spirit to set aside a prepared message, hopefully inspired by the Holy Spirit to be replaced by another message that is inspired by the Holy Spirit. However, when a person explains that he is setting aside his intellect and uses the Holy Spirit for the excuse to deliver a questionable and disorganized message, I have a problem with that because "the anointing of the Holy Spirit is not exclusive to our education". In fact, the Holy Spirit uses our education in His guidance.
And to further prove that his new message was from the Holy Spirit, the speaker punctuated his message from time to time with a brief shaking of his head, shoulders, and arms accompanied with the rolling of his eyes. "The anointing of the Holy Spirit is still with me," he repeated in some manner or other after each episode. Proof of the anointing is in the message and not in any particular shaking physical movements or manifestations that may or may not accompany the delivery of a message.
The speaker concluded his message by telling us that the Holy Spirit was now moving in our midst and anyone who felt any shaking, trembling, or numbness was to understand that those feelings or manifestations were from the Holy Spirit and those who were experiencing those things should raise their hands and a member of their ministry would come and pray with them. Many people began experiencing this uncontrollable shaking of their bodies. Many fell on the floor roaring and screeching. Some were laughing hilariously. I walked freely around the auditorium observing what was happening.
Now, for people looking for a religious experience, there is no doubt in my mind but that they received one very much unlike they would have in any evangelical, charismatic, or pentecostal church. Although, there would be some parallels.
A simple look at this Vineyard worship might lead most people to conclude that although it is different from the way than most churches conduct their worship, it is probably all right. It is probably from God. After all, people have come from countries all over the world to experience what is occurring in the Vineyard ministry so that they can take it back with them to their home churches.
I also attended a Wednesday afternoon session at a Pastors and Church Leadership Conference on November 17. The agenda was Praise and Worship, some prayer, and the Conference Speaker was a former Dallas Seminary professor and Vineyard leader who was now pastoring a Presbyterian Church. His message and response made me realize that many of those in attendance had been battered, possibly burned-out, although the speaker indicated that any pastors who had suffered burn-out had no one to blame but themselves. His message was well-received and concluded with a would-be word-of-knowledge-invitation to have prayer for healing for various health problems. The response was good. Again, throughout the meeting there were various people shaking uncontrollably of which several fell on the floor.
I believe that the Toronto Vineyard ministry has to be evaluated and tested Scripturally. We cannot just right this ministry off as some people attempted to write off the believers on the Day of Pentecost by saying that they were drunk. But we must evaluate it and test it to see what is of God and what is not of God. As James said about the mouth, "Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so". Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh" (Jas. 3: 10 - 12). The same can be said about worship and ministry. If there is both blessing and cursing coming from any ministry then it must be examined in order to see why.
1. Uncontrollable shaking is not a work of the Holy Spirit.
According to the Fruit of the Holy Spirit the opposite is the case: self-control (Gal. 5: 23). In any movement of the Holy Spirit there are often physical responses to the presence and work of the Holy Spirit but these are quickly brought under control by an act of the will. During the early days of Pentecost, uncontrollable shaking was seen as an excess of the flesh or a counter-work of the enemy who tried to interfere with the legitimate working of the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, this is being encouraged in the Vineyard circles as a manifestation of the Holy Spirit. During the past few months, I have had to deal with people who have attended the Vineyard meetings and have started to have this uncontrollable shaking. They suspected that there was something wrong but were told just the opposite. I have had to take authority over these people and cast out evil spirits (demons) out of them so that the shaking would stop. Usually they had gone to a meeting wanting to be Baptized in the Holy Spirit. Instead they were taken over by this violent and uncontrollable shaking and they could not speak in tongues.
Last September, at Kennedy Road Tabernacle such a person responded to an altar call that I gave at a Friday evening service. The woman wanted to receive ministry. Before I could get to her she had fallen on the floor and was shaking violently. I commanded this spirit to leave her and encouraged her to speak in tongues. After some effort she did. I did not get an opportunity to speak to the woman that night.
On Friday, November 18, 1994, I preached at Kennedy Road Tabernacle again. The same woman was there and again, when I issued the altar call for ministry, she came forward for prayer. When I went to pray for her she was shaking but not as badly as she had been before. Again, I took authority over the evil spirit and commanded it to leave, and she was set free. She fell under the power of the Holy Spirit and experienced peace and self-control as she lay there praying in tongues.
The woman waited to talk with me after I was finished praying with everybody who had wanted prayer. She wanted to know if I could explain to her what had been happening to her. Everytime she went to a Vineyard meeting she came away with an evil spirit. The first night that I ministered to her she not only did not have any control over her body, she was prevented from speaking in tongues. Plus, when I encouraged her to speak in tongues, she said that she was filled with anger. After our first meeting at K.R.T., she went back to Vineyard and came away with another evil spirit. She went to Kitchener to see Rev. Howard Ellis at Jacob's Well Ministry for deliverance. She was set free. She then went back to Vineyard and came away with another evil spirit She came to K.R.T. and I set her free again. I encouraged her not to go back to Vineyard or else she would have the problem again. There is a "transference of spirits" occurring at the Vineyard meetings. They are obviously unaware of the wiles of the devil.
2. Testimonies were prevented from being completed.
The Scripture is abundantly clear that a person's testimony is very important and very powerful. Jesus wants us to be able to share our testimonies so that others can believe. "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1: 8). A witness shares his or her testimony. "And they overcame him (the devil) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death." There is only one person who would prevent a testimony from being shared by using a counterfeit sign. And, that of course, is the devil.
3. People fell on the floor roaring like a lion and screeching and laughing.
The explanation for the roaring, of course, was that it was being caused by the Holy Spirit. "It's all right. It's just the lion of Judah roaring." There is only one Lion of Judah: Jesus Christ. When He roars, He speaks clearly the word and judgement of God. He does not cause people to roar. He causes them to worship God. He causes them to praise God. Peter warns us about someone who roars today: "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Pet. 5: 8). At Vineyard his roaring is welcome.
I have no problem with people who fall down under the power of the Holy Spirit or are slain in the Spirit, as long as it is caused by the Holy Spirit and results in ministry. This is a part of my own ministry. But when a person does fall down under the power of the Holy Spirit (Is. 28: 13; 2 Chron. 4:14; Acts 9: 4; Rev. 1: 17) there are positive results: salvation, baptism of the Holy Spirit, gifting by the Holy Spirit, healing, deliverance, a miracle, a need is met, and the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. S: 22 -23) become operative.
I have no problem with laughter either. Many people need to have their joy restored, "for the joy of the Lord is your strength" (Neh. 8: 10). However, as Ecclesiastes (3: 4) reminds us, there is "A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance." But when things get out of their timing such as laughter becomes uncontrollable and become disruptive and the preaching of the Gospel is prevented, then laughter is not from God.
4. No normal invitation for ministry is given.
Vineyard seems to want to operate on a sort-of Word of Knowledge basis. When the Word of Knowledge (1 Cor. 12: 8) is the main invitation given, people who have other prayer needs require encouragement. It is normal to give a broad invitation so that people can understand that Jesus wants them to receive more than only the Word of Knowledge. "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Is. 1: 18). The invitation is a time to reason with people for salvation, rededication, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, healing, miracles, God's plan, direction, financial needs. The key is "whosoever" comes will not be turned away.
5. There is no call to repentance.
This is a requirement in order to receive anything from Jesus Christ. Paul makes this abundantly clear: "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death" (2 Cor. 7: 10). When the people heard Peter explain what had occurred on the Day of Pentecost, they asked him and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" Then Peter said to them "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2: 38 39). Repentance must be the theme of any and all invitations for ministry. At Vineyard it is noticeably absent.
6. Because of the demonic attacks that are occurring in the Vineyard ministry, it is obvious that there is no Gift of Discerning of Spirits (1 Cor. 12: 10).
They also do not know how to examine themselves and their ministry Scripturally. They would do well to follow the example of the Bereans of whom it was said, "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so" (Acts 17: 11). I fear that there are very few if any involved in the Vineyard who have the ability to do this.
7. There appears to be a reverse blasphemy against the Holy Spirit in the Vineyard.
During Jesus' ministry on earth, people looked at him and misidentified the Holy Spirit as being an evil or unclean spirit (Mk. 3: 21 - 30). This was what Jesus called blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. At Vineyard, the leadership is looking at these manifestations of people roaring or howling, shaking uncontrollably, and misidentifying them as the Holy Spirit when they are either the work of an evil spirit or the flesh. This exposes people to a religious experience but not to one of God's Holy Spirit.
The Conference speaker made a strong point in encouraging people to use their gift of the Holy Spirit. He threatened the listeners with the statement, which like a lot of popular religious sayings sound right but aren't, that "If you don't use your gifts (of the Holy Spirit) you will lose them." To which most people applauded and agreed. The only problem is that, scripturally speaking, this is not true. Paul tells us just the opposite, "For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance" (Rom. 11: 29). Also, it was quite apparent at this pastors conference that there was a poor understanding about the role of a pastor in relationship to his flock of sheep or congregation and the place of suffering in a Christian and a pastor's life. Paul's viewpoint is quite different, "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead" (Philip. 10 - 11). "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me" (Matt. 16: 24).
9. The Biblical "Signs Following"
(Mark 16:17 - 18) and the order given by Paul (1 Cor. 14: 26 - 33) are not to be seen at Vineyard. They, unfortunately have their own "signs" which happen to be the uncontrollable shaking of the body, the roaring and shrieking, as well as people running and jumping uncontrollably as well. Dancing in the Holy Spirit is a beautiful thing to observe and to experience. It is not disruptive and cause distraction from worship.
is downplayed at Vineyard. I have been told by many people who have been there that there are often times when there is not time for the preaching of the Word. According to what Paul says preaching is just about the most important thing we can do in our worship services. "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God" (1 Cor.58).
"How then shall they call on him in who they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?" "So faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10; 14, 17). Preaching has got to be central in any ministry. Any down-playing of its importance will not be from the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
My view of the Vineyard Ministry is that there seems to be an attempt to make a contemporary presentation of the Gospel in such a manner that in trying to avoid what the leadership of Vineyard sees as mistakes and problems observed and experienced in more traditional church structures and approaches to worship, they have tried to develop a modern substitute. The result is that they may have produced a hybrid monster that may end up being more dangerous and destructive than the ones they have rejected.
There is a reason for the Church structures that are described in the Bible. Those structures are there because they are designed to handle sinful people and the wiles of the enemy. They fail only when people stop using them in a Biblical way, stop following the instructions in the Bible, and stop listening to the Holy Spirit.
They are there so that if properly used the result will be just exactly what Jesus wanted: Salvation, maturing of the Saints, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, the Fruit of the Holy Spirit, and Healing. But when not used as directed in the Scriptures, chaos results and the devil runs rampant in our midst, yes, even in the midst of our places of worship and ministry.
Today, pastors and Christians are flocking to Vineyard. One pastor told me that he had gone to Vineyard twelve times. I asked him why he had done that. "I want to get it and bring it back to my church so that I can have a revival in my church." I asked him if he was a saved man. "Yes," he replied. I asked him if he had been baptized in the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues. "Yes," he replied again. "Then, you have all that you need in order to have a revival. So start using what you have. Start giving altar calls at your worship services. Start praying with your people for salvation, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, healing, deliverance, or whatever they need."
Pastors want to have some kind of "magical dust" that they can sprinkle on their congregations and have an instant revival. "Instant revivals" are the result of faithful ministry carried on often under severe criticism. Instant revivals often take hard work, hard praying, and a long time. Sometimes, instant revivals are the result of a pastor calling in the other members of the 5-fold ministry that Paul describes in Ephesians 4: 11: apostles, prophets, evangelists, and teachers.
1. Vineyard Ministry is a battlefield in which the one side, that is, the Christians, cannot tell who the enemy is with the result that people who go there for ministry receive mixed blessings.
2. The leadership has accepted non-biblical signs as being signs of the Holy Spirit (shaking, roaring). when upon close examination they are from either the flesh or the enemy. The uncontrollable signs of shaking and roaring are very reminiscent of a group called "Christian Spiritualists" who have entered into a new revelation of God. One Christian man who went to a Vineyard meeting asked me, "Why couldn't the Holy Spirit do something that is not in the Bible?" The Bible was given to us for our protection and it still sets the parameters of Godly worship which appear to be missing in the Vineyard meetings. I believe that we need to learn the lesson of Micaiah the prophet to whom God gave a vision to show him how he was going to deal with 400 false prophets by sending a lying spirit to deceive them because they would not listen to the Word of God (1 Kings 22).
3. Some people receive ministry that is of God.
4. Other people receive ministry that is not of God and they go away possessed or harassed by demons.
5. This ministry is blinded to the works of the devil because of a wrong approach to ministry. It's focus is not on preaching and a call to repentance. Because of the lack of a good invitation ministry they do not minister to the real spiritual needs of those who go there.
6. This ministry appears to be an alternative to traditional churches which will show those churches the right way to carry on Christian ministry.
7. There appeared to be very little use of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit by the people who came to worship.
8. People who attend services at the Vineyard are having a religious experience. Religious experiences are addictive. Christian services are not usually very attractive because they call us to repentance, to self-denial, to spiritual warfare from which we will often grow weary. Whoever said that when you come into the presence of the Holy Spirit you would always have a nice and comfortable experience was misled.. When we come before God it can be a frightening and uncomfortable experience because it stirs up a godly fear. It causes conviction of sin. It can make us want to run away and not stand in His presence. Like Isaiah in the Temple, when he saw God sitting on His throne, high and lifted up, he wanted to run away. He was deeply convicted of his own sin. "Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts" (Is. 6: 5). Now, that is an experience of God! After God has dealt with our sin, who can express fully the joy of our salvation?. Then, His presence is desired. Worship is anticipated with expectation.
However, all religious experiences do not always come from the God of the Bible. The god of this world also gives religious experiences. And, contrary to what people might think, when the devil gives people a religious experience, it is not usually a bad or frightening one either. People worshipped Baal in the Old Testament, not because Baal gave them a bad worship experience, but just the opposite. He gave them a religious experience that did not require repentance and which allowed people to live by the works of the flesh.
Because of the Vineyard approach to ministry, their worship services expose people to the demonic more than many of the alternatives from which they have come. Many people who have attended Vineyard meetings become hyper-critical, judgmental, and disruptive in the churches from which they have come and especially so in churches that are open to the Holy Spirit and allow the gifts of the Holy Spirit to be used by their people.
9. People, Christians and non-Christians, and pastors should be discouraged from getting involved with Vineyard. Vineyard does not provide the "Simple Alternative" for ministry. Many pastors have gone back to their churches and have attempted to inaugurate the Vineyard approach to ministry with the result that they have become even more discouraged. This approach does not develop a strong Biblical foundation for the Christian life. Unfortunately, pastors still evaluate their ministries by the numerical response and acceptance they receive. One pastor told me "They must be doing something right because of all the people who go there." Jesus never evaluates our ministries because of the numbers of people that we attract to our services but rather by our faithfulness to God and the Word. I do not know of anybody who could preach the gospel better than Jesus did. Numerically, he was not really well accepted. The response to His ministry was "the cross" as well as those who were saved, of course.
10. Workshops and seminars need to be developed so that pastors and church leadership can be taught the ways of the Holy Spirit, how to evaluate their ministries Scripturally, how to discern the work of the enemy, how to operate in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and worship God in Spirit and in Truth.
I believe that the leadership of Vineyard is sincere and well-meaning and that they want to serve God, but unfortunately they are not prepared because of the lack of teaching and knowledge and experience. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children" (Hosea 4: 6). We need to pray for the Vineyard leadership and those who go there that they will be protected and that they will not be deceived but will seek the truth in the Scriptures.
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Transformed campus through a $200 million Monroe Street Market, campus-wide energy replacement program, building renovations, and new construction.
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President Garvey prioritized the student experience, investing in capital projects such as residence hall updates, new athletic fields, facilities, and sports programs. A new dining hall is currently under construction. Investments were made in the on-campus counseling center and the Center for Academic and Career Success.
During his presidency the University created the Center for Cultural Engagement to provide support for students from diverse backgrounds, and launched the Take Flight Program for first-generation college students. In fall 2020 President Garvey established the Sr. Thea Bowman Committee to address diversity across all parts of University life. In 2021 he named a special assistant to oversee diversity initiatives.
Catholic University has increased student retention rates from 79 percent to 88 percent.
Academic growth.
Since 2013 two new schools have been created at Catholic University – the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art, and the Busch School of Business. Eight new centers and institutes have been launched. The Conway School of Nursing is consistently rated one of the top nursing schools in the nation. This fall the University will break ground for a new nursing and science building.
President Garvey established University Research Day in 2016. In 2021, the University received its largest single research grant (more than $64 million). The University recently established new programs in Alexandria, Va. (to serve adult learners) and in Tucson, Az. (to bring affordable Catholic higher education to a region that is largely Latino).
Most successful era of fundraising in history.
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Campus transformed.
President Garvey led expansive revitalization projects outlined in a 15-year master plan (approved by the District of Columbia) that included the $200 million Monroe Street Market mixed-use development on the edge of campus. It has brought restaurants and apartment living to the neighborhood. Renovations, construction, and smaller upgrades have occurred all across campus.
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The University has become an environmental leader in higher education. The 2016-21 Energy Project replaced antiquated heating systems with energy efficient systems, and reduced costs and consumption of natural gas, electricity, and water. One hundred percent of the campus's electricity is now purchased with renewable energy credits. The campus is consistently recognized as a "best green college" for its tree coverage and other environmentally conscious designs. A five-year sustainability plan is guiding the campus forward.
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John Garvey is introduced as the 15th president of The Catholic University of America on June 14, 2010, by the Most Rev. Allen H. Vigneron, archbishop of Detroit and chairman of the University's Board of Trustees.
John Garvey greets staff and faculty after the news conference introducing him as the University's new president.
The day before his inauguration, John Garvey meets with two former Catholic University presidents: Most Rev. David M. O'Connell, C.M. (1998-2010), left; and Rev. William J. Byron, S.J. (1982-1992).
John Garvey and his wife Jeanne address students at an inaugural ball given in their honor.
John and Jeanne Garvey enjoy their first dance as Catholic University's first couple at the inaugural ball on Jan 28, 2011.
President Garvey taught an undergraduate course on constitutional law throughout his presidency.
President Garvey speaks at Commencement 2011, his first as President of the University, where he began his annual tradition of speaking about a particular virtue.
President Garvey joined students in a game of knockout to celebrate the completion of a new outdoor basketball court. Enhancing the student-life experience has been a priority of his presidency.
John Garvey and Andrew Abela, then chair of the Department of Business, met with business faculty to launch a new graduate program. Soon afterward, the department became the newest school of the University.
Capping off a yearlong celebration of Catholic University's 125th anniversary, the President announces that the University community had logged 352,627 hours of community service for the Cardinal Service Commitment, eclipsing the goal of 125,000 service hours.
John Garvey joins students on Sept. 13, 2015, for the Walk With Francis Day of Service working in the gardens of the Franciscan Monastery.
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President Garvey visited with NBC news anchor Lester Holt at the network's makeshift studio on the roof of Father O'Connell Hall prior to the visit of Pope Francis to the Catholic University campus on Sept. 23, 2015.
President Garvey surveys the congregation on the University Mall gathered for the Sept. 23, 2015, Mass celebrated by Pope Francis.
Comedian Jim Gaffigan and comedy writer and producer Jeannie Gaffigan display the honorary degrees they received after addressing the Catholic University graduating class of 2016.
President Garvey stands with benefactors Tim and Steph Busch in front of the newly renovated Maloney Hall, home to the Busch School of Business.
Every August as new students arrived on campus with their families, they could count on a personal welcome from President Garvey.
President Garvey visits with members of the President's Society in Nugent Hall.
Members of the President's staff walk with John Garvey on campus.
First Dog Gus Garvey poses for a Christmas photo in 2017 with his people John and Jeanne Garvey.
John Garvey points something out to one of his granddaughters before the annual Christmas Concert at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
John and Jeanne Garvey help launch the public phase of Light the Way: The Campaign for Catholic University at the historic Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in downtown Washington, D.C.
President Garvey prepares food with students at the Washington Hebrew Academy as part of a Martin Luther King Day of Service project on Jan. 20, 2020.
President Garvey and benefactor Bill Conway visit with nursing faculty and students. Bill and Joanne Conway's transformational support of the Conway School of Nursing has reached a total of $80 million since 2013.
Always their biggest fan, John Garvey frequented Cardinal Athletic events.
Under Garvey's leadership, the University set new records in fundraising. Here, he launches the University's comprehensive campaign—the most ambitious campaign in University history.
Vice President for Student Affairs Judi Biggs Gabuio and President Garvey lead a virtual town hall for the University community at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Garvey leads the way as students head out for a day of service in honor of Earth Week 2021.
John Garvey is ready for his close up as he prepares for the University's first virtual Commencement in May 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.
President Garvey's grandchildren often participated in the annual Christmas tree lighting on campus.
President Garvey and leaders of the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist celebrate an agreement to have sisters working with Campus Ministry as religious in residence in student residence halls.
President Garvey celebrates new graduates at University Commencement.
Former vice president and chief of staff and well-loved alumnus Frank Persico served President Garvey for several years.
President Garvey relaxes in his Nugent Hall office.
President Garvey enjoys a visit with students from the Metropolitan School of Professional Studies.
President Garvey with Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev (right), Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Volokolamsk at a February 2011 event titled "Music and Faith in My Life and Vision." This event was one of many to celebrate the inaugural year theme of "Intellect and Virtue."
President Garvey visits an architecture class about the medieval building techniques and tools related to the Notre Dame de Paris Truss Project.
John Garvey greets students after 2021 Freshman Convocation.
John and Jeanne Garvey with their children and grandchildren gathered on the Nugent Hall patio for Easter.

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Use this page in conjunction with Basic Chartwork.
Sailing charts--scales 1:600,000 and smaller are for use in fixing the mariner's position as he approaches the coast from the open ocean, or for sailing between distant coastwise ports.
General charts--scales 1:150,000 to 1:600,00 are for coastwise navigation outside outlying reefs and shoals.
Coast charts--scales 1:50,000 to 1:150,000 are for inshore navigation leading to bays and harbors of considerable width and for navigating large inland waterways.
Harbor charts--scales larger than 1:50,000 are for harbors, anchorage areas, and the smaller waterways.
Special charts--various scales, cover the intercostals and miscellaneous small-craft areas.
A compass rose on a chart will show both true north and magnetic north, but the magnetic bearings vary with the passage of time, hence the term "variation." A navigator must always know which set of bearings he is dealing with (e.g. true, magnetic, compass). So as to not mistakenly confuse them when navigating, it is often best to choose one system and stick with it. You can convert from one to another by remembering the phrase "True Virgins Make Dull Companions."
When dealing with variation and deviation remember "West is Best" and "East is Least," meaning you add when it is West and subtract when it is East.
Variation is recorded on the compass rose on the chart.
Deviation must be manually calculated for each compass onboard.
The bearings are 240 degrees True with 7 degrees West variation and 4 degrees East deviation.
You would then steer 243 degrees using your boat compass in order to proceed 240 true degrees.
Large metal objects onboard, such as a diesel engine, generate magnetic fields that will affect the accuracy of a boat compass. This effect is referred to Deviation, and it will change at different points of sail. You can have the deviation of your binnacle compass professionally determined, and you can do it yourself, although it might not be as accurate as having it professionally done. Determining deviation is referred to as "Swinging Ship." The result is a Deviation Card that indicates the deviation at each point of sail.
1. Create a card like the one displayed.
2. Sail the boat at each heading listed on the card using the binnacle compass to determine the correct heading.
3. While on each heading, also record what a hand compass determines the heading to be. Have the person using the hand compass stand as far away as possible from the engine and any other metal object. The best place is at the bow of the boat.
4. After sailing through all the headings (i.e. swinging the ship), subtract the compass reading from the binnacle reading for each heading. If the number is positive, it is West (west is best). If the difference is negative, it is East (east is least). For example: 90 (binnacle) - 87 (hand) = + 3 (West); 240 (binnacle) - 244 (hand) = - 4 (East).
5. Plot the differences for each point of sail on the deviation card and draw a line to connection the points.
1. Calculate the Magnetic course (True +Variation = Magnetic).
2. Look at the card for the deviation for that particular heading.
3. Add the deviation for a West correction, and subtract the deviation for an East correction.
4. Use the binnacle compass to steer a course based on the deviation calculation (Magnetic + Deviation = Compass). For example, if the course is 90 degrees and the deviation is 3 degrees West, steer 93 degrees.
Dead Reckoning (or Ded Reckoning) is the process of using time and speed to "deduce" (hence the term "ded" reckoning) your position based on advancing from a known position. You chart a course, and then at regular intervals, you determine your position along that course line using dead reckoning.
To check the accuracy of your calculated position using time & distance (i.e. dead reckoning), you must take a "fix" of your actual position. Fixes can be taken from nearby objects using lines of position. You can also take an electronic fix using a GPS.
Fixes are taken using a hand bearing compass.
Fixes are better with nearby objects.
Tangent lines from the sides of islands also serve as good lines of position.
Take fore and aft bearings first.
Take the side bearings last.
Use three lines of position, ideally 60 degrees apart.
The center triangle where they intersect (called a "cocked hat") is the position of the boat.
The average error for a line of position is 5 - 6 degrees, and the error increases with the distance from the objects.
Currents are usually stronger in deeper water. When moving against a current in a channel, stay to the sides. When moving with a current in a channel, stay in the middle. Many underestimate the strength of a current and its affect on navigation. This is especially true of the Gulf Stream that can be 4 knots or more.
By computing a dead reckoned position and taking a fix, you can calculate the set and drift of a current.
1. Plot a course and travel along it for 1 hour.
2. Compute a dead reckoned position along that course.
3. Take a fix and mark your actual position.
4. Join a track line to your actual position.
5. Join a current vector from your dead reckoned position to your fixed position. This is the set (direction) of the current.
6. Use your dividers to measure the current vector, and use the latitude markings to determine distance in minutes. Since you've traveled 1 hour, the length of the current vector is the drift (speed) of the current in knots.
You travel for one hour at 6 knots.
Your dead reckoned position is 6 nautical miles down the course line.
You take a GPS fix and mark your actual position. Your track line shows that you've traveled 5 nautical miles down the track, less than the 6 nautical mile shown on the course line due to the effect of the current.
You connect the current vector and measure it with your dividers. It measures 1 minute of latitude; therefore, its drift is 1 knot.
When the current is 90 degrees to the boat, you can do a quick calculation of the lead angle.
Dead reckoning error is normally about 10%, and you can allow for this by drawing circles of uncertainty on the chart around your dead reckoned positions.
Since a boat covers a nautical distance in one hour equal to its speed in knots, you would allow a 10% margin of error for each hour.
At 6 knots, you would have a .6 nautical mile error potential in the first hour.
At 6 knots, you would have a 1.2 nautical mile error potential in the second hour.
At 6 knots, you would have a 1.8 nautical mile error potential in the third hour.
That is why you need to take regular fixes because the error potential of dead reckoning steadily increases with time.
Since dead reckoning is accurate only to 10% of the distance, it is possible that you could miss an mark to which you are sailing.
You therefore need to keep track of your estimated time in route to know when you should be encountering the mark. Before leaving, you should calculate your estimated time to the mark.
When 5 minutes have past and you have not encountered the mark, you need to begin a search pattern to find it (if finding it is crucial to your safe passage).
Searching for a mark (or even for a man overboard) involves an expanding square. You can use the shoreline and water depth contours for reference. With such a pattern, you are never more than one mile from a prior pass.
It is also possible to take a "running fix" using only one object. A running fix is not terribly accurate, but it is better than nothing. If there is a current, it is of limited reliability.
A. Take the first line of position (LOP) from a charted object, and record the time.
B. Travel a distance and take a second LOP. Record the time.
C. Pick a point anywhere along the first LOP.
D. Based on speed, direction and time, do a dead reckoning (DR) from the time of the first LOP to the time of the second LOP. Draw a course line from the first LOP to the DR point.
E. Draw a transferred LOP through the DR point parallel to the first LOP.
F. Where the transferred LOP intersects the second LOP is the fix.
When unable to find a mark but able to see a charted object on the shore, you can ride a line of position until you find the mark.
1. Identify a charted object on shore.
2. Draw a line of position from the object on shore through the mark.
3. Move to the bearing of the line of position and steer toward the object until the mark is located.
When sailing directly toward a destination, an error might put you off course, and make you miss your mark. You then might not know which way to proceed.
Instead, you can deliberately miss the mark and then know in which direction to proceed.
1. Set a course directly to a destination.
2. Veer off shortly before arriving.
3. Follow the shoreline to the destination.
Running the contour is especially helpful when navigating in times of low visibility, such as fog.
1. Perform a deliberate miss of the destination, but know which side of the mark you are on.
2. Use the depth sounder and the depth contour lines of the chart to proceed along the shore to the destination.
In times of low visibility, it is often difficult to find a mark.
1. Determine the distance of visibility for an object subject to the current conditions.
2. Draw a circle around the mark equal to the area of visibility.
3. Plot a course to the mark.
4. A boat normally sails 7 - 8 degrees to either side of a track line creating a cone of 15 degrees.
5. Plot a 15 degree arch from the boat on either side of the track line.
6. The cone must pass within the circle of visibility of the mark if you expect to see the mark.
When it is necessary to stay clear of a reef or an underwater obstruction, calculate three bearings to the mark: safe, clear, danger.
By knowing these bearings, you can sail to the mark and only be concerned that the mark stay below the unsafe bearing you calculated.
In the example to the right, as long as the mark does not go higher than 15 degrees, you are okay. It must remain between 15 & 5 degrees for you to reach the mark safely. If it goes to 25 degrees, you're on the reef.
When the compass bearing of another boat remains unchanged but the boat continues to get closer, you are on a collision course.
You can use the lifelines and stanchions (or any other stationary object onboard) to align with the boat in order to gauge its bearing change. If it remains aligned with the object and continues to get closer, you should consider altering course.
If an object doesn't move fore or aft with respect to the shoreline, the boat is moving directly toward the object. It is better and easier to steer toward a mark rather than try to steer a compass course.
1. Record the time when a charted object onshore is 45 degrees from the boat.
2. Record the time when the object is abeam of the boat (i.e. 90 degrees).
3. The distance traveled (A) computed from time and speed is the distance from the object (B).
1. Take a bearing with a hand bearing compass as you pass a charted object onshore.
2. Record the time in minutes that it takes the bearing change to equal the boat speed in knots.
3. The time in minutes will equal the distance from the object in nautical miles.
4. If you combine the calculation with a line of position from the object to the boat, it provides you with a good estimated position.
Set a waypoint at your starting point when beginning a voyage, and continue setting waypoints at each turn in the voyage. You will then be able to refer back to these waypoints and use them to help establish an estimated position. It is also helpful if you already know the waypoint of your destination.
1. Use the GPS to determine the direction and bearing of two or three prior waypoints.
2. Draw lines of position from these waypoints.
3. Where they intersect is your estimated position.
1. Plan to arrive upwind or up current.
2. When possible, take the favored tack. The favored tack is the one that takes you closer to your destination. You should always start on the favored tack when beating upwind. That way, if the wind unfavorably alters course, you will have gained some ground at the start.
When beating upwind, do so in a narrowing cone.
Beating upwind increases the distance by 1/3.
Avoid dead run with the wind behind you.
Alter course 35 degrees from rhumline. The extra speed may make up for the extra distance traveled.
Assume a 20 degree cone (10 degrees on each side.
Don't let the cone pass too close to any obstructions.
Draw a circle of error around a dead reckoned position.
Assume you are in the circle in the position closest to danger.
When the weather is too rough to site a hand bearing compass, aim the boat at the mark and record the bearing using the binnacle compass.
Likewise, steer abeam of the bearing and record the bearing using the boat's binnacle compass.
An average 35 foot sailboat sailing close hauled will experience leeway up to 7 degrees in 20 knot winds.
It will experience leeway of not less than 10 degrees in 30 knots of wind.


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Der Stadtteil Twixlum (Plattdeutsch: Twixum) befindet sich im Nordwesten Emdens und wurde erst 1972 nach Emden eingemeindet. Zuvor gehörte Twixlum zum Landkreis Norden. Twixlum hat derzeit 1008 Einwohner (Stand: 31. Dezember 2010).

Weite Teile Twixlums und der Umgebung sind landwirtschaftlich geprägt. Der Ort wird durchflossen vom Twixlumer Tief, das als Verlängerung des Larrelter Tiefs in das Knockster Tief mündet und somit zur Entwässerung der tief liegenden Gebiete beiträgt. Das Knockster Tief entwässert in die Ems.

Die Freiwillige Feuerwehr Twixlum wurde 1905 gegründet und gehört damit zu den ältesten der Region. Die aus dem Gründungsjahr stammende Handdruckspritze ist heute noch funktionstüchtig und wird bei historischen Veranstaltungen vorgeführt. Die Feuerwehr sorgt für den Brandschutz und die allgemeine Hilfe im Ort.

Der Stadtteil beheimatet den Turnerbund (TB) Twixlum, gegründet 1950.

Geschichte
Durch die Twixlumer Gemarkung führte im frühen Mittelalter der Conrebbersweg, ein alter Königs- und Handelsweg von der Knock an der Ems in die Mitte Ostfrieslands. Von der Knock über den (heutigen) Hof Doodshörn ging der Weg in geradem Verlauf in Richtung Emden. Die Strecke zwischen Doodshörn und Emden wurde für das Jahr 1832 von Fridrich Arends mit "1 1/4 Stunden Länge" angegeben. Der Weg wurde wahlweise als Conrebbersweg oder Robodesweg bezeichnet, letzteres ein anderer Ausdruck für Radbodsweg, benannt nach dem legendären Friesenkönig Radbod.

Zur Zeit der Ostfriesischen Häuptlinge im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert war Twixlum ein alteingesessener Häuptlingssitz. Ein gewisser Häuptling Folkert wurde 1312 als Mitunterzeichnet des Emsiger Landrechts genannt. Zirka 60 Jahre später hingegen hatte Twixlum diese Eigenständigkeit verloren, der Häuptling Larrelts war zugleich Twixlumer Häuptling. Nach 1407 erlangten zunächst die tom Brok die Herrschaft über Larrelt und damit auch Twixlum. Nach deren Sturz 1427 war Frerich Allena von Larrelt auch Häuptling von Twixlum. Es folgten Verwandte Focko Ukenas und schließlich erbte Ulrich von Dornum die Burg. Die Twixlumer Häuptlingsburg bestand bis in die 1780er Jahre, als sie abgerissen und ihre Steine zum Bau eines Wohnhauses verwendet wurden. Die Burg stand an der Südostseite des Dorfes, zwischen der Twixlumer Kirche und dem Twixlumer Tief.

1744 fiel Twixlum wie ganz Ostfriesland an Preußen. Die preußischen Beamten erstellten 1756 eine statistische Gewerbeübersicht für Ostfriesland, nach der es im Ort zwei Bäcker, je einen Schneider und Schuster sowie einen Kaufmann gab, der mit Tee, Kaffee, Tabak, Salz, Seife und Tran handelte. Weitere Händler und Kaufleute waren im Ort, der wirtschaftlich im Schatten des benachbarten Larrelt als drittgrößten Handelsort im Amt Emden lag, nicht zu finden.

Jahrhundertelang waren die natürlichen Tiefs und die Entwässerungskanäle, die die Landschaft um Emden in einem dichten Netz durchziehen, der wichtigste Verkehrsträger. Über Gräben und Kanäle waren nicht nur die Dörfer, sondern auch viele Hofstellen mit der Stadt und dem Hafenort Greetsiel verbunden. Besonders der Bootsverkehr mit Emden war von Bedeutung. Dorfschiffer übernahmen die Versorgung der Orte mit Gütern aus der Stadt und lieferten in der Gegenrichtung landwirtschaftliche Produkte: "Vom Sielhafenort transportierten kleinere Schiffe, sog. Loogschiffe, die umgeschlagene Fracht ins Binnenland und versorgten die Marschdörfer (loog = Dorf). Bis ins 20. Jahrhundert belebten die Loogschiffe aus der Krummhörn die Kanäle der Stadt Emden."

Torf, der zumeist in den ostfriesischen Fehnen gewonnen wurde, spielte über Jahrhunderte eine wichtige Rolle als Heizmaterial für die Bewohner. Die Torfschiffe brachten das Material auf dem ostfriesischen Kanalnetz bis in die Dörfer um Emden, darunter auch nach Twixlum. Auf ihrer Rückfahrt in die Fehnsiedlungen nahmen die Torfschiffer oftmals Kleiboden aus der Marsch sowie den Dung des Viehs mit, mit dem sie zu Hause ihre abgetorften Flächen düngten.

Im April 1919 kam es zu sogenannten "Speckumzügen" Emder Arbeiter, an die sich Landarbeiterunruhen anschlossen. Zusammen mit dem Rheiderland war der Landkreis Emden der am stärksten von diesen Unruhen betroffene Teil Ostfrieslands. Arbeiter brachen in geschlossenen Zügen in die umliegenden Dörfer auf und stahlen Nahrungsmittel bei Bauern, wobei es zu Zusammenstößen kam. Die Lage beruhigte sich erst nach der Entsendung von in der Region stationierten Truppen der Reichswehr. Als Reaktion darauf bildeten sich in fast allen Ortschaften in der Emder Umgebung Einwohnerwehren. Die Einwohnerwehr Twixlums war mit 43 Angehörigen im Vergleich zu anderen Dörfern des Landkreises Emden eher durchschnittlich groß. Diese verfügten über 20 Waffen. Aufgelöst wurden die Einwohnerwehren erst nach einem entsprechenden Erlass des preußischen Innenministers Carl Severing am 10. April 1920.

Twixlum zählte 1823 insgesamt 246 Einwohner.

Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs war nicht nur die Kernstadt Emdens ein Ziel im Luftkrieg. Da sich in den Dörfern rund um Emden mehrere Flak-Stellungen befanden, waren diese ebenfalls Ziel von Luftangriffen. Jedoch verfehlten die alliierten Bomber häufig aufgrund von Wetterlage, Dunkelheit oder Beschuss durch die Luftwaffe ihr Ziel. So kam es beispielsweise am 7. Juni 1942 zu einem Luftangriff, der unter anderem die Flak-Stellung im Vorort Larrelt zum Ziel hatte. Getroffen wurde neben der Emder Innenstadt jedoch auch Twixlum, wo nach Abwurf einer Luftmine acht Menschen starben.

Am 1. Juli 1972 wurde Twixlum in die Stadt Emden eingegliedert. Bei der Eingemeindung hatte Twixlum 719 Einwohner.

Einwohnerstatistik
Twixlum zählte per 30. September 2012 977 Einwohner. Damit ist Twixlum nach Marienwehr, Logumer Vorwerk, Uphusen und Friesland der nach Einwohnerzahl fünftkleinste der Emder Stadtteile. Von den 977 Einwohnern waren lediglich acht Ausländer, was einem Anteil von 0,8 Prozent entspricht. Der Ausländeranteil ist damit prozentual der kleinste unter allen Emder Stadtteilen und in absoluten Zahlen der zweitkleinste nach demjenigen von Logumer Vorwerk. Die Vergleichsquote für die Stadt beträgt 5,1 Prozent.

Die Mehrheit der Einwohner (590) gehört der reformierten Kirche an, was einem Prozentanteil von 60,4 Prozent entspricht. Damit liegt Twixlum deutlich über dem Durchschnitt Emdens, in der Stadt bilden die Lutheraner knapp die Mehrheit der evangelischen Christen (15.666 zu 14.767). Vor allem durch Zuwanderung nach dem Beginn der Industrialisierung Emdens um 1900 sowie nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg hat sich der Anteil lutherischer Glaubensangehöriger in der zuvor deutlich reformiert geprägten Stadt verstärkt. Mehrere der später eingemeindeten Dörfer, darunter auch Uphusen, sind hingegen noch stets mit großer Mehrheit reformiert. Lutherisch sind in Twixlum 184 Einwohner (18,8 Prozent), der katholischen Kirche gehören 38 Einwohner an (3,9 Prozent). Die restlichen 165 Einwohner (16,9 Prozent) sind entweder konfessionslos oder gehören einer anderen Glaubensrichtung an. Zusammen stellen die Christen der beiden großen evangelischen Kirchen also 79,2 Prozent der Einwohner.

24 Prozent der Einwohner (235 Personen) sind älter als 65 Jahre, womit der städtische Durchschnitt von recht genau 20 Prozent klar übertroffen wird. Zur Alterskohorte der Bis-19-Jährigen zählen 183 Personen, mithin 18,7 Prozent der Einwohner. In der Altersgruppe zwischen 19 und 24 Jahren finden sich weitere 50 Personen, so dass die Zahl aller Personen bis 24 Jahre 232 (oder 23,7 Prozent) beträgt. Die Vergleichszahlen für das Stadtgebiet betragen 18,5 Prozent (bis 19 Jahre) und 25,6 Prozent (bis 24 Jahre). In der Alterskohorte bis 19 Jahre liegt Twixlum also ganz leicht über dem städtischen Durchschnitt. Die Zahl aller Personen bis 24 Jahre hingegen ist im Vergleich zum städtischen Durchschnitt niedriger.

Politik
Wie ganz Ostfriesland – und Emden im Besonderen – ist Twixlum seit Jahrzehnten eine Hochburg der SPD. Bereits bei der Bundestagswahl 1949 ergab sich eine Mehrheit für die SPD. Sie holte damals mehr als 40 Prozent der Stimmen, während die CDU unter zehn Prozent blieb. Bei der Bundestagswahl 1953 holten die Sozialdemokraten die absolute Mehrheit, bei der Bundestagswahl 1969 ebenso. Die "Willy-Brandt-Wahl" 1972 brachte den Sozialdemokraten Rekordergebnisse in Ostfriesland, was auch auf Twixlum zutraf: Die SPD lag bei mehr als 70 Prozent der abgegebenen gültigen Stimmen, während die CDU weniger als 30 Prozent holte.

Wappen
Blasonierung: "In Blau eine beide Schildränder berührende silberne Flussschleife in der Form eines gestürzten Omegas, in der Schleifenöffnung eine goldene Windmühle."

Wappenerklärung: Die silberne Schleife ist das Twixlumer Tief, ein Entwässerungstief, das den Ort schleifenförmig durchfließt. Die Windmühle stellt eine Poldermühle dar, von denen einst etliche zur Entwässerung der Polder dienten.

Wirtschaft und Verkehr
Twixlum gehört schon aufgrund des hohen Anteils an Landwirtschaftsflächen an der Gemarkung zu den Schwerpunktorten der Landwirtschaft innerhalb der insgesamt industriell geprägten Stadt Emden. Gleichwohl machen Landwirtschaftsflächen insgesamt etwas mehr als die Hälfte des Stadtgebiets aus, wozu die 1972 eingemeindeten, bis dahin stark landwirtschaftlich geprägten Dörfer (darunter eben Twixlum) den stärksten Anteil beitragen. Spätestens seit der Eingemeindung hat sich Twixlum jedoch zu einem Pendler-Vorort entwickelt. Gleichwohl gibt es innerhalb der Gemarkung noch mehrere landwirtschaftliche Betriebe. Die Höfe finden sich teils im alten Ortskern, teils in der Gemarkung. Einige von ihnen sind Aussiedlerhöfe.

Die verkehrliche Anbindung Twixlums erfolgt über eine Kreisstraße (da Emden kreisfrei ist, handelt es sich somit um eine Straße, deren Straßenbaulast bei der Stadt liegt). Im Nachbarort Larrelt befindet sich die Anbindung an die Landesstraße 2 und damit an die Stadt. Die nächstgelegene Autobahn-Anschlussstelle ist die Anschlussstelle Emden-West, der Startpunkt der A 31.

Twixlum wird von der Linie 19 des Stadtverkehrs Emden bedient.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Backsteingotische Twixlumer Kirche aus dem ausgehenden 15. Jahrhundert

Sport
Sportverein des Stadtteils ist der 1950 gegründete Turnerbund Twixlum (TBT). Ungeachtet seines Namens war er zum Zeitpunkt der Vereinsgründung ein reiner Fußballverein, weitere Sportarten wie Völkerball, Gymnastik und Skat kamen erst später hinzu. Die Fußballer kickten zunächst auf provisorisch hergerichteten Weideflächen, die heutige Sportanlage wurde erst 1954 von der Kirchengemeinde gepachtet. Auf überregionaler Ebene spielten die Mädchen- und Frauenteams des TBT, in den 1990er Jahren bis in die vierthöchste Liga. Die Saison 2012/13 beendete das Erste Frauenteam als Meister der Bezirksliga Weser-Ems Nord und spielt ab der Saison 2013/14 in der Landesliga Weser-Ems.

Die Erste Fußball-Herrenmannschaft spielt ab der Saison 2013/2014 in der zu dieser Saison neugegründeten, ostfrieslandweiten Kreisliga (Ostfrieslandliga), der drittniedrigsten (oder achthöchsten) Spielklasse im Ligensystem in Niedersachsen. Die Twixlumer waren in der Vorsaison aus der Bezirksliga Ostfriesland abgestiegen. Die zweite Mannschaft des TB kickt in einer Spielgemeinschaft zusammen mit Fußballern des SV Frisch-Auf Wybelsum aus dem Nachbarstadtteil in der Ostfriesland-Klasse A (1. Kreisklasse), also eine Stufe niedriger.

Die 1. Mannschaft des Turnerbund Twixlums schloss die Saison 2016/17 sehr erfolgreich ab. Als Meister der Kreisliga Ostfriesland sicherten sie sich somit die Teilnahme an der Bezirksliga in der folgenden Saison. Darüber hinaus gewannen sie den Krombacher Pokal in Emden, sowie die Fußball-Hallenstadtmeisterschaft (OLB-Cup).

Literatur
 Ernst Siebert, Walter Deeters, Bernard Schröer: Geschichte der Stadt Emden von 1750 bis zur Gegenwart (Ostfriesland im Schutze des Deiches, Band 7). Verlag Rautenberg, Leer 1980, , darin:
 Ernst Siebert: Geschichte der Stadt Emden von 1750 bis 1890. S. 2–197.
 Walter Deeters: Geschichte der Stadt Emden von 1890 bis 1945. S. 198–256.
 Bernard Schröer: Geschichte der Stadt Emden von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart. S. 257–488.

Weblinks
 Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche in Twixlum

Einzelnachweise

Stadtteil von Emden
Ehemalige Gemeinde (Emden)
Gemeindeauflösung 1972

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This round-table discussion is filled with discussion on how to reach out to micro-cultures on campus. From drum corp to the greek houses, these tight-knit, and often closed groups take a little different approach when it comes to ministry. These practitioners will lay out the ways they have approached micro-cultures and what success they have had.
Micro-cultures are closed groups that require shared special interest and entrance rights. These are not places where a person can just advertise Bible studies and gain a following. It takes a certain amount of respect and regard to included.
A great way to reach these micro-cultures is to raise up student leaders who are already included in these groups. Empower and equip them to share the Gospel with their peers.
Even if you are not part of one of these groups, relationships can go a long way. In the video, Jane takes some time to talk about how she gets to know some of the greek students on campus, and the importance of asking them about them, and not necessarily focusing on their house or sport. Each person is a soul that needs Christ, and being able to see them for that goes a very long way.
What active micro-cultures are prominent on your campus?
What micro-cultures do you or members of your staff already have caché?
What would be 2-3 groups that you could start praying for?


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Nothing Beats 'The Good Place': David Bianculli Picks The Best TV Of 2019
Fresh Air | By David Bianculli
FX, NBC
Dan Stevens plays a young man who's haunted by the voices in his head in Legion. Kristen Bell explores what it means to be a good person on The Good Place.
Good TV seems to be coming at us in increasingly large quantities and from so many different directions. Just last month, two major services — Apple TV+ and Disney+ — launched, joining the crowded field of streaming services. All this added up to a great year for quality television. Here's a list of my favorite shows of 2019.
1.The Good Place(NBC)
Michael Schur's afterlife comedy managed, once again, to reinvent itself entirely this year — and in ways that were almost impossible to see coming. To start the new season, we even learned the Bad Place's official theme song — a hell of an idea that still makes me laugh out loud. The Good Placeis the best show on television right now, and the fact that it exists on broadcast commercial network television — when almost all of the other top choices come from streaming or cable networks — is itself a miracle worthy of The Good Place.
2.Legion(FX)
This series went out this year as it had come in: Its finale was as mind-blowingly unique as its opening episode, and its opening episode was as stunningly different as the first installment of Twin Peaks.Noah Hawley set out to tell a complicated, shifting story from the point of view of an astoundingly unreliable narrator — and never wavered. If you've never seen it, watching Legionin a big binge should be your holiday TV gift to yourself.
3.Black Mirror(Netflix)
Last year, the astounding interactive Bandersnatchepisode of Black Mirrordidn't show up until after I'd compiled my top 10 list. This year, a trio of new episodes of the anthology series dropped; I still haven't forgotten the Striking Vipersepisode,which I consider one of the best TV shows I saw all year.
4.Fleabag(Amazon) and Killing Eve(BBC America)
I'm slipping these two shows in, as a tie, because both series were created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who stars in the former and wrote previous seasons of the latter. I love the plot twists and leading performances of Killing Eve,with Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer as amorously intrigued adversaries — but I adore, equally, Waller-Bridge's perfectly executed breaking-the-fourth-wall stares into the camera on Fleabag.Watch both.
5.Watchmen(HBO)
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She's Having Nun Of It: Regina King as Sister Night in HBO's Watchmen.
This new addition to the 2019 TV rolls is a DC Comics adaptation and expansion so intelligent and ambitious it does for DC Comics what FX's Legiondid for Marvel: It outgrows its original medium, and uses the medium of television in an impressively original way. Each episode of Watchmenwas better than, and different from, the last – and that's high praise indeed.
6.The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel(Amazon)
The production values of Season 3 have upped this show's game even more – which is saying something, because Mrs. Maiselalready had some of the most exquisitely delivered dialogue and comic acting on TV. Amy Sherman-Palladino's jokes, delivered by the likes of Rachel Brosnahan and Tony Shalhoub, make for the perfect servings of ham on wry.
7.Dead to Me(Netflix)
Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini starred in this dark, twisted Netflix series, which focuses on women coping with different kinds of grief in wildly different ways. By the end of this year's first season, these two women had bonded deeply, separated vehemently and ended on a note that makes next year's Season 2 something to await with great anticipation.
8.Barry(HBO)
This Bill Hader series got even better this year, following its muse into territory not seen on TV since The Sopranosventured into the Pine Barrens.
9.Evil(CBS)
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Katja Herbers, Aasif Mandvi and Mike Colter investigate phenomena that are not easily explained on the CBS series Evil.
This series, from Michelle and Robert King, proves the same thing that their Good Wifeseries did when itwas on CBS: that the commercial broadcast networks still could produce and present a smart, entertaining TV drama series, if it hired the right people and left them alone. With Evil,the definition of that word, and this show's plot, deepened all season, and turned what could have been a simple cross between The X-Filesand The Exorcistinto something much, much more.
10. Veep(HBO)
Oddly, this series got less attention and acclaim for its final lap around the track than for its other, Emmy-magnet seasons – but Veepwent out with a bang, and with razor-sharp comedy performances from Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the entire cast, including Tony Hale and dry-wit secret weapons Hugh Laurie and Gary Cole.
Special mentions in other categories:
Movies and Miniseries:The Act(Hulu); Deadwood: The Movie(HBO); El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Netflix); Years and Years(HBO)
Nonfiction:Leaving Neverland(HBO); 60 Minutes(CBS)
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Biografia

Figlio unico di Giovan Battista Maggi, agiato mercante di ori e di sete, e di Angela Riva, Carlo Maria Maggi nacque a Milano il 3 maggio 1630 nella casa avita di Porta Romana, di fronte al monastero del Lentasio. Si laureò in utroque a Bologna nel 1649 e quindi, dopo qualche viaggio in varie parti d'Italia, si stabilì definitivamente in patria, dove il 14 settembre 1656 sposò Anna Maria Monticelli, che gli avrebbe dato undici figli. Visse a Milano fino al 22 aprile 1699, circondato dalla stima dei concittadini che ne apprezzavano la dottrina e la rettitudine con la quale tenne gli importanti uffici di segretario del Senato, di insegnante di lettere latine e greche nelle Scuole Palatine, di curatore dei confini e di soprintendente all'Università di Pavia.

Grande fama, in patria e fuori, gli procacciarono le opere letterarie per le quali ebbe alti onori e grandi lodi e fu fatto membro di molte accademie, tra cui la Crusca e l'Arcadia. Da giovane compose vari melodrammi, che poi rifiutò (Augusto in Egitto, Bianca di Castiglia, ecc.). Scrisse pure prologhi, intermezzi, scene varie, La Griselda, tragedia derivata dalla novella di Boccaccio, due drammi sacri, Teopisto, e Il ritorno d'Azoto (che rifà la parabola del figlio prodigo), la Ifigenia derivata da Euripide e la Troade derivata da Seneca. Ma di tutte le sue produzioni teatrali si ricordano specialmente le commedie in versi, nelle quali alcuni personaggi parlano in dialetto milanese: Il Mancomale, Il barone di Birbanza, I consigli di Meneghino, Il falso filosofo. Le compose negli ultimi anni di vita. Pregevoli per scene e personaggi presentati con grande vivezza, queste commedie ebbero il merito di rendere popolare la figura di Meneghino, divenuto poi la maschera milanese. Il Maggi compose anche liriche in latino, in greco e in spagnolo, e molte in italiano, tra le quali non poche di soggetto morale e religioso. Cominciò seguendo il gusto del suo tempo per le ampollosità e le sottigliezze; poi andò via via correggendosene, e la sua fama di poeta fu così grande ai suoi giorni, che il Muratori non dubitò di paragonarlo a Dante e al Petrarca. Oggi Maggi ci appare verseggiatore corretto, ma freddo, di scarsa originalità, e se ne ricordano quasi soltanto le liriche ispirategli dall'amor di patria, quantunque non escano generalmente dai soliti luoghi comuni. Più vive sono le poesie burlesche, parecchie delle quali in dialetto. In prosa scrisse orazioni latine e italiane, molte lettere e la traduzione dal francese di due libretti spirituali, i Sentimenti di pietà e Il ritiramento delle dame. A quest'ultimo egli aggiunse, come appendice, alcuni suoi Trattenimenti per le dame (Milano 1687).

Opere

Tra le opere in italiano vi è un libro di poesie d'affetto, da alcuni apprezzato come ventata di novità, da altri disprezzato come trasgressivo (l'Accademia della Crusca bocciò i suoi termini di origine lombarda); probabilmente Maggi intraprese la corrente dialettale proprio in antagonismo all'arroganza dei puristi fiorentini.

La sua produzione in milanese consiste in rime e commedie. Le rime sono perlopiù poesie d'occasione che descrivono momenti di vita borghese.

 Rime varie (Firenze, 1688)

È però ricordato soprattutto per le sue commendie in cui creò il personaggio popolare Meneghino, divenuto in seguito l'incarnazione del popolo milanese.

 Il manco male (1695)
 Il Barone di Birbanza (1696)
 I consigli di Meneghino (1697)
 Il falso filosofo (1698)
 Il Concorso de' Meneghini (1698-1699)

con intermezzi autonomi (Dell'Ipocondria, Per una tragedia, Delle Dame sugli spassi del Carnevale, Beltraminna vestita alla moda, Dell'Ambizione).

I punti chiave del suo lavoro teatrale sono la riconciliazione del teatro con la Chiesa (non puntando il dito come Molière ma proponendo valori positivi), la critica dell'etica protestante (per cui il successo sarebbe segno dell'approvazione divina), l'anticonformismo e l'idealismo patriottico.

Edizioni
La raccolta più ampia delle sue opere è quella curata da Ludovico Antonio Muratori (Milano 1700), che comprende rime varie, lettere familiari e altri scritti. Nello stesso anno si pubblicarono a Venezia anche le sue scritture dialettali ristampate poi col titolo di Commedie e rime in lingua milanese (Milano 1701). Nel 1728 si raccolsero i componimenti latini negli Anecdota posthuma miscellanea. Antonio Cipollini, con uno studio sull'autore (Milano 1900) diede una Scelta di poesie e prose edite e inedite.

Note

Bibliografia
 Emilio De Marchi, Carlo Maria Maggi, Saggio, Milano 1885 e 1930;
 Antonio Cipollini, I mss. milanesi e le poesie inedite mondane e sacre di Carlo Maria Maggi, Milano 1895;
 Antonio Cipollini, Carlo Maria Maggi e le Consulte inedite, Milano 1899;
 Federico Barbieri, Le rime e le commedie meneghine di Carlo Maria Maggi, Milano 1917;
 Luigi Medici e Gian Antonio Maggi, Carlo Maria Maggi, Milano 1930.

 Circolo Filologico Milanese, Carlo Maria Maggi e la Milano di fine '600, Milano, Di Baio Editore, 1999. ISBN 88-7080-679-0.

Voci correlate
 Dialetto milanese
 Letteratura milanese
 Meneghino

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Accademici dell'Arcadia
Scrittori in lingua lombarda
Studenti dell'Università di Bologna
Accademici della Crusca
Scrittori dialettali italiani
Poeti in dialetto milanese


In an area that's known for its rainfall, this paver installation was intended to solve drainage issues.
Sometimes even the simplest jobs can turn into logistics problems waiting to be solved. Take the project Portland, Oregon-based Eastern States Paving completed for the Firstenburg Community Center in Vancouver, Washington.
Imagine trying to machine-lay 45,000 square feet of permeable pavers for a facility that's open for business from early morning until late at night and won't consider shutting down for even the brief time required to complete the project.
David Carlton, the project manager for Eastern, says the Firstenburg project went hand-in-hand with a second city of Vancouver project — the Vancouver Police Department East Precinct parking lot — that offered the same challenges but with slightly less than half the square footage.
One important difference: the Firstenburg Community Center portion of the job received an honorable mention for Concrete Pavers – Permeable – Commercial at the 2017 Hardscape North America (HNA) show.
However, Carlton says by working the two jobs simultaneously, his company was able to deal with the scheduling challenges both offered.
In an area that's known for its rainfall, the jobs came about because the city was having problems with another permeable product.
As it was, Eastern States Paving worked as a subcontractor under locally based Keystone Construction, which served as general contractor for the project and executed all of the work — including demolition and concrete — except for the installation of the pavers.
He explains that to meet the client's needs, both projects were divided into three phases.
"We would flip back and forth because both had only one entry point," he says. "That made it a bit complex as far as keeping them open, not to mention getting the material in there.
The project specifics involved laying permeable pavers from Willamette Graystone LLC over a bed of open-graded crushed rock with no fines. Carlton estimates it took 30 truckloads of product to complete the Firstenburg Community Center portion of the job, and that was the only part of the operation where the company worked around the center's schedule.
Otherwise, the company maintained its normal 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. work schedule. Fortunately, he adds the two sites were only a few miles apart so moving men and equipment wasn't a major headache. A crew of six men worked on both projects simultaneously.
Aiding the work was the pouring of a grade beam down the center of the two-way traffic entrance onto the property. The grade beam served as a permanent edge restrain, allowing the contractor to install pavers on one traffic lane while leaving the remaining lane open for access.
As soon as the first lane received pavers, vehicles were permitted to use it and construction moved to the other lane.
Despite the logistics issues, Carlton says he's most proud of the fact that the job was completed on schedule and under budget, even though there was some overtime involved.
And, while Carlton says he can't necessarily put a finger on any one thing he learned from doing the job, it may be the quality of his crew under adverse conditions.
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The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for snow and ice in northern England, western Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Snow has covered West Yorkshire this morning as over 4in fell overnight
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The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for snow and ice in northern England
Strong winds are also expected to make an appearance, with gusts reaching speeds of 60mph expected to hit southern England today and may cause some travel disruption.
A photographer was nearly swept out to sea while trying to take a picture of today's weather conditions was badly injured when a sign was blown off a building hit him on the head.
The man was sent flying after 70mph winds swept him off his feet in Gorleston, Norfolk.
Ambulance crews arrived and gave him first-aid on the spot before wrapping him in a foil blanket and taking him to hospital.
It will feel colder across the whole country as Arctic air blasts in, sending temperatures tumbling to meagre highs of just 11C.
Tuesday will be cold and rainy with severe gales on coastal areas and high grounds with speeds up to 75mph with Northern Ireland and the Republic the worst affected.
Those gale force winds and rain will continue as they move across England and Wales affecting most parts on Wednesday.
Parts of London have also today seen some rain and hail.
SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS
Met Office has also issued a yellow weather warning for Northern Ireland on Tuesday due to the gales which then covers most of England as well on Wednesday.
Once again gale force winds are expected with speeds of up to 75mph on coastal areas as well as the hills and high ground.
Yorkshire and the Midlands have been hit with heavy snow this morning, while the Queen's Norfolk estate at Sandringham was hit by a power cut as the wind sent trees crashing across high-voltage cables.
Pictures show snowed-up South Yorkshire this morning, where about 4in of snow fell overnight.
A jet stream from the Atlantic is driving the wintry weather causing problems for thousands.
While northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland will get snow and ice across many parts, southern Wales and England will get blasted by strong winds.
In the South, there will be delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport, and bus and train journeys could take longer.
Devon and Cornwall Police tweeted: "Police receiving exceptional number of calls from right across Devon and Cornwall re fallen trees across roads this morning due to the high winds. Please reduce speed and be vigilant when driving."
In Southampton, pensioners John and Joan Goodeyhad a tree fall through their roof after strong wind gusts brought it down.
The tree managed to take down some of their back garden's fence, as well as smash a window.
The Met Office also warns of short-term power loss and for coastal areas to be affected by spray and large waves.
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Trends in personal protective equipment 2020
Joseph Milot III, director of product management, Protective Industrial Products Inc. (PIP), discusses eyewear and protective clothing trends for 2020. For protective clothing, there's been an i…
Reusable vs. Disposable PPE: Why Switching to Gear You Can Reuse Makes Good Financial Sense
Nora Kirby, national account manager for Protective Industrial Products (PIP), weighs in on why switching to reusable PPE is a favorable alternative to using disposables amid the global pandemic. With disposable PPE in…
Why this New York glove supplier bought an ear plug maker from California
Protective Industrial Products in Latham, New York, added 100 employees and expanded its presence in the food, drug and retail sectors when it acquired ear plug maker Hearos LLC of California last week. "We are a lea…
Trends in Hearing Protection
Approximately 22 million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise on the job every year, according to OSHA. Damaging noise can result in noise-induced hearing loss – something that OSHA no…
PIP Acquires Georgia Glove Maker
Protective Industrial Products in Latham, New York has acquired Century Glove Inc. in Summerville, Georgia. It is the 20th acquisition for Joe Milot since 1984 when he had a disagreement with his bosse…
10 minutes with Bridget Milot of PIP
Bridget Milot remembers waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of invoices rolling across the fax machine when she was a little girl. She was 12 years old the first time her father, Joe Milot…
Big data will help this company sell more gloves, goggles and hard hats
Bridget Milot believes that big data and a bigger information technology department will position Protective Industrial Products to gain a larger share of the market for safety goggles, hard hats and gl…
Hearing loss is preventable. Why, then, is it still so common? NIOSH notes that occupational hearing loss is one of the most common work-related illnesses in the United States. And according to OSHA, ap…
Trends in Eye Protection
In 2014, nearly 24,000 eye injuries involving days away from work occurred, the Bureau of Labor Statistics states. Workplace-related eye injuries can have lasting and devastating consequences. However, th…
Glove and hard hat supplier doubles sales as construction and manufacturing grow
A rebound in the automotive and construction industries have helped Joe Milot's company double its revenue over the last five years.Milot is founder and president of Protective Industrial Products Inc., a …
The State Of The Personal Protective Equipment Market
During the STAFDA 2015 Convention on Nov. 9 in Phoenix, AZ, the event's general session that morning included a "state of the industry" report on personal protective products from Robin Roberts, Vice Pr…
Trends in Protective Clothing
For workers who wear protective clothing, getting dressed for the workday is serious business. Take a construction worker performing night work, for example. High-visibility clothing can help him be se…
STAFDA Announces Convention Keynote Speakers, Theme
The Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association recently announced the keynote speakers and theme for this year's 39th Annual STAFDA Convention and Trade Show, held Nov. 8-10 in Phoenix.STAFDA…
Latham Glove Manufacturer Names New CFO
Protective Industrial Products has named Sean Weil as the Latham, New York-based manufacturer's new chief financial officer.Protective Industrial supplies hard hats, work gloves, safety goggles and refl…
New tenant taking Plug Power's space at headquarters
A manufacturer in New York's Capital Region will take over the street-front offices at the headquarters of Plug Power Inc., the Latham, NY fuel-cell maker.By year's end, Protective Industrial Products…
PIP Wins Affiliated Distributors 2012 Supplier of the Year for Performance
PIP was recently honored for outstanding achievement in winning the Affiliated Distributors 2012 Supplier of the Year - Performance Award. To be recognized as a top performer in this esteemed group of…
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