{"id":2731,"date":"2015-12-23T20:37:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T20:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2015-12-23T20:41:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T20:41:30","slug":"weekly-newsletter-december-232015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/es\/2015\/12\/23\/weekly-newsletter-december-232015\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter December 23, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thought for today:<\/h1>\n

\u00bbFlee to Egypt with the child and his mother\u00ab Matthew 2:13<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The term \u00abRefugee\u00bb was voted word of the year.<\/p>\n

This year so many people in our world had to flee; that never before had happened.<\/p>\n

– Jesus shared this hard fate with all those people. I can\u00b4t imagine a worse stigma than being undesirable. Nobody wants to receive those people. It is easier to spend money on fences and walls. – This is actually a reaction that we observe in small children. They look away or close their eyes and then the problem is gone. What they don\u00b4t see anymore, is no longer there, does not exist anymore.<\/p>\n

But one year later in kindergarten, we learn that this is not true. Nevertheless politics still follows this scheme of two years old kids, not because the politicians want it, but rather because the voters do.<\/p>\n

We are talking about a central point of our life; it is about the human condition and humanity. Only if I discover that my neighbor is a human being, I start to be human too.<\/p>\n

God becomes man, vulnerable, kicked around, powerless. But precisely because he stepped down into our darkness he has brought us hope. Christmas \u2013 there is hoping to become really human.<\/p>\n

A merry Christmas time<\/p>\n

Reverend Roland<\/p>\n

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THIS SUNDAY AT BALBOA UNION CHURCH<\/h1>\n

Worship Service at 10 a.m. \u2013 ALL ARE WELCOME!<\/strong><\/p>\n

SPEAKER: Rev.Roland Schnell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday School Teachers: On Vacation<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
First Testament Readings and\u00a0Psalm<\/td>\n1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26;\u00a0Psalm 148<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Epistle Reading<\/td>\nColossians 3:12-17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gospel Reading<\/td>\nLuke 2:41-52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0Prayers Concerns<\/h2>\n

Please Pray for Our Brothers and Sisters from Siria and Iraq<\/p>\n

Lord, please remind the world that we are all brothers and sisters and there should be no violence among us, only love and attempts to understand one another.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We also remember in prayer our former pastors:<\/p>\n