The goal of Christian Education is to help children and adults become disciples of Jesus -- to become a people that seek and follow the way of God first in their lives in the world. Our goal is to nurture holy souls within a holy community.
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| Will our children will become disciples of Jesus Christ? |
Places form communities. We need holy places to form holy communities. We need places set aside from the dominant rules of our secular society; places that are different, places that are somewhat remote, that are special.
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| We need special places to know God. |
Last weekend families from my church enjoyed time in a special place --
Presbyterian Clearwater Forest. We stayed in two lodges and ate in the dinning hall. We canoed, boated, swam, hiked, walked, biked, played games, prayed, worshiped, did crafts, took naps, and tried to sleep while the loons called.
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| Holy places are set aside to experience the Divine. |
More important than what we did is how we did these activities together as families with other families and as a church with other churches.
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Holy places are unlike other places in our lives.
Presbyterian Clearwater Forest is helping to form Union Presbyterian into a special, yea, a holy community. |
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| Holy places form holy community. |
