Resolution: "Day of Repentance" General Church Budget Implications: None East Ohio Conference Implications: Yes Day of Repentance Whereas: Jesus calls us to love one another, and Whereas: The Bible proclaims that Christ died for all of us while we were sinners, and Whereas: Our nation today is experiencing a growing level of sinfulness of angry words and incivility in public discourse, and Whereas: Such ugly decorum is found in a growing number of circumstances, from the acrimonious words hurled about in public demonstrations, to the intemperate language and sweeping condemnations from leaders in government, and Whereas: Such disrespect of one another at any of life breeds a cancerous escalation of animosity and destructive relationships among people throughout society, and Whereas: Such disruption created by such unChrist-like interactions is undermining our nation’s spiritual strength and clearly eroding our proud and time honored national claims, such as nation under God,” pluribus unum,” and we stand.” “One “e “United Therefore, be it resolved that: The East Ohio Conference declare the last Sunday of June to be a Day of Repentance, providing a time and opportunity to ask God’s forgiveness for any such divisive and destruction interactions on our part, and Be it further resolved that: Just as the last Sunday of June celebrates independence from worldly oppression by it’s placement between two celebrations of independence, Juneteenth (the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the U.S.) and July 4th (commemorating our nation’s independence) so may our Day of Repentance commemorate our independence from a spiritual oppression within our hearts and interactions with others of God’s people, and Be it further resolved that: In our individual prayers and corporate worship that day we ask God’s forgiveness for our failure to embody Christ’s model of grace and forgiveness, that he modeled for us in his encounters with those who despised him and/or spoke against him, and Be it further resolved that: Through personal invitations and media announcements we invite others to share this time of repentance and spiritual renewal. Submitted by: East Ohio Methodist Federation for Social Action and East Ohio Methodist for Church Renewal
Resolution: "Day of Repentance" General Church Budget Implications: None East Ohio Conference Implications: Yes Day of Repentance Whereas: Jesus calls us to love one another, and Whereas: The Bible proclaims that Christ died for all of us while we were sinners, and Whereas: Our nation today is experiencing a growing level of sinfulness of angry words and incivility in public discourse, and Whereas: Such ugly decorum is found in a growing number of circumstances, from the acrimonious words hurled about in public demonstrations, to the intemperate language and sweeping condemnations from leaders in government, and Whereas: Such disrespect of one another at any of life breeds a cancerous escalation of animosity and destructive relationships among people throughout society, and Whereas: Such disruption created by such unChrist-like interactions is undermining our nation’s spiritual strength and clearly eroding our proud and time honored national claims, such as “One nation under God,” “e pluribus unum,” and “United we stand.” Therefore, be it resolved that: The East Ohio Conference declare the last Sunday of June to be a Day of Repentance, providing a time and opportunity to ask God’s forgiveness for any such divisive and destruction interactions on our part, and Be it further resolved that: Just as the last Sunday of June celebrates independence from worldly oppression by it’s placement between two celebrations of independence, Juneteenth (the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the U.S.) and July 4th (commemorating our nation’s independence) so may our Day of Repentance commemorate our independence from a spiritual oppression within our hearts and interactions with others of God’s people, and Be it further resolved that: In our individual prayers and corporate worship that day we ask God’s forgiveness for our failure to embody Christ’s model of grace and forgiveness, that he modeled for us in his encounters with those who despised him and/or spoke against him, and Be it further resolved that: Through personal invitations and media announcements we invite others to share this time of repentance and spiritual renewal. Submitted by: East Ohio Methodist Federation for Social Action and East Ohio Methodist for Church Renewal
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