Creepy Scientology Religion now Exposed as being Even Creepier

The US Navy and Liturgy

In our casual culture, we have lost most of the vestiges of civilized formality and ceremony. One place, however, that has maintained the use of dignified ceremony is the U. S. Navy. Since moving to Whidbey Island I have grown to love the Naval Air Station's sailors and the way they present themselves in accordance with the traditions of the US Navy. I have had the blessing of being invited to naval ceremonies ranging from the memorial for the techs from EODMU 11 to the induction ceremony for a class of Navy Chiefs to serving as chaplain for a change of command ceremony. Formal wording, gesture, structure, movement and action are all not just parts of these events, but are the heart of them.

Watching the precision drill work of the US Navy Ceremonial Honor Guard shows that ceremony and even drilling have value in transforming the ordinary work of walking and carrying a weapon into something beautiful.



Compare this to liturgy. At the beginning of the service, the pastor has to get to the front of the church. He could stroll up the aisle chatting with the latecomer who is taking her seat near the front, but the church has wisely followed the dictate of St. Augustine that there should be no movement in the worship service without music. So the pastor processes in while the congregation sings a Hymn. So also when he bows, kneels, turns, gestures, approaches the altar as the Introit is intoned, makes the sign of the cross, raises the chalice, holds a book, and raises his hands in blessing, he displays the proper dignity to match what is going on here. God himself comes to serve us in the worship service. Heaven and Earth come together. The people of God eat the Bread of Life. Lost sons of perdition receive the name, sons of God and are given a token of the inheritance they are soon to receive.

Our ceremony, liturgy and careful presentation of the Word confirm the truths the church presents. It is nice to see that the wisdom of formality is not lost in all parts of society, and it is a joy to serve in a place where such wisdom is still treasured.

Abortion Clinic Director Resigns, Joins Pro-Life Ministry, after Seeing Abortion Ultrasound

Planned Parenthood is suing Abby Johnson and Coalition for Life for something (perhaps embarassment?) Johnson was the director of the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Bryan, Texas.

Ed Morrissey reports:

What pushed Johnson out was both an ultrasound of an abortion and a renewed emphasis on the cash-generating business in the failing economy. After being told to deemphasize prevention and market for abortions, Johnson finally had enough:

According to Johnson, the non-profit was struggling under the weight of a tough economy, and changing it’s business model from one that pushed prevention, to one that focused on abortion.

“It seemed like maybe that’s not what a lot of people were believing any more because that’s not where the money was. The money wasn’t in family planning, the money wasn’t in prevention, the money was in abortion and so I had a problem with that,” said Johnson.

When employees are told to stop promoting contraceptives in order to keep the money from abortions coming in, you can not say that PP is a not-for-profit community service organization. It is all about making money, no matter who must suffer nor how many must die.

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Hymns for All Saints' Day, 1 Nov 2009

Service: Lutheran Service Book, Divine Service Setting 1 with This is the Feast

Three Year Lectionary series B

 

Hymns from LSB

 

675 O What their Joy

677 For All the Saints

680 Thine the Amen, Thine the Praise (women st. 1, men st. 2, choir st. 3, all ss. 4-5)

676 Behold a Host Arrayed in White

667 Saints, See the Cloud

The Klan Never Could Dream of This Sickening Genocide

From CNSNews.com

Abortion kills more black Americans than the seven leading causes of death combined, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2005, the latest year for which the abortion numbers are available.

Abortion killed at least 203,991 blacks in the 36 states and two cities (New York City and the District of Columbia) that reported abortions by race in 2005, according to the CDC. During that same year, according to the CDC, a total of 198,385 blacks nationwide died from heart disease, cancer, strokes, accidents, diabetes, homicide, and chronic lower respiratory diseases combined. These were the seven leading causes of death for black Americans that year....
Among the large states not reporting abortions by race--and thus where the number of blacks killed by abortions is not included in the national total of 203,991--are California, Florida, Illinois and the rest of New York state outside of New York City.
According to the CDC, the total of 203,991 blacks killed by abortion in 2005 also does not include those aborted by "private physicians’ procedures.”...

“I would just like for them to explain why there’s such a significant proportion of their clinics that are located in minority communities,” said Bush, who is black. “So if you’ll notice, I did not mention that as a factor when I talked to you [earlier], so I was not accusing them of anything.

“I was just pointing out the fact that we have more, but since they brought it up, I would like for them to explain where their clinics are located, and why their clinics are located in that area,” she added.

“I would also like for an explanation of why their founder, Margaret Sanger, who was a known eugenist, also had a Negro project, and an explanation if that was not directed at the ‘undesirables,’” said Bush. “So, I’m not accusing them of anything. I would just like an explanation for the practices that they have continued.”

(emphasis added)

Abortion is genocide.

Hymns for Reformation Sunday, 25 October 2009

LSB 656            A Mighty Fortress         

LSB 659            Lord of our Life  

LSB 662            Onward Christian Soldiers

Concordia Lutheran Church Celebrates 50 years of God's Grace

Concorida is at the intersection of NW 7th Ave and N Oak Harbor Road in Washington (A few block west of Officemax).
We worship on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 9:00 a.m. with Sunday School and Bible Class at 10:15.
Call the office at 360-279-1760 for other Bible Studies and more opportunities.
Concordia is a congregation of the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod.