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Show eS The Salt Lake Tribune RELIGION Saturday, Januar A. JAMES RUDIN Christians Can No Longer Let Arafat Tell Lie About 15 years ago the Palestine Liberation Organization leader, Yasser Arafat, began a propaganda campaign by de- scribing Jesus as “a Palestinian At first. I thought he was kidSurely, I naively bed. no one would swallow afat’s utter nonsense of rheforically claiming Jesus for posthumous PLO membership But I was wrong. This distortion of history became an effective weapon in Arafat's conflict with Israel AndwhenIsrael turned over Bethlehem to the Palestinian Authority last Christmas, Ara- fat. a Muslim, proudly proclaimed: “This is the birthplaceof our Lord the Messiah the Palestinian.” Unfortunately, the international media happily bought into Arafat's carefully calculated Big Lie. But sadly, there have been almost no Christian protests about Arafat's continuing claim that Jesus was ‘a Palestinian.’ Do Christian leaders care that Jesus has been cyni- cally hijackedfor a narrow po- litical purpose? Where is memory? Have Christians forgotten the New Methodist Preacher Asks Denomination To ‘Heal’ Massacre By PeggyFletcher Stack THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Before dawn on Noy. 29, 1864 a regimentof the Colorado Cavala — led by a United Methodist lay preacher — attacked a Cheyenne Indian village. killing and mutilating more than 200 men womenand children. Nowa United Methodist minister is asking the denomination to heal the past in a ceremonyof re onciliation at the upcoming quadrennial conference this spring in Denver. The Cheyennes and the Arapa- hos still carry deep scars from this genocidal act upon them, that manifest themselves, even today. both socially and_ spiritually says the resolution submitted by the Rey. Alvin Deer, pastor of the El Reno Indian and the Kingfisher Indian United Methodist Churches in Oklahoma. The Cheyennes were camped on the banks of the Sand Creek in Colorado. Thechief, Black Kettle. hadsigned a peacetreatywith the Territory of Colorado and was given flag to fly overhis teepee Black Kettle was told that if he flew the flag his village would be protected from any American aggression But according to Western historians, territorial governor John Evans encouraged Colorado resi dents to kill Cheyennes and Arap- ahos andtake their property. The Third Colorado Cavalry, led by Col. John Chivington. the lay preacher, attacked thevillage at SandCreek Matthew Compiled by Peter Scarlet CATHOLIC Welcome Home” is thethemeof St. Ambrose Catho lic Church's programtoease thereturnof lapsed Catho lies to the faith. The program continues with an open meeting Feb, 4 at 7 p.m. at the church’s Vaughan Cen The cavalry returned to town with more than 100 Indianscalps they put on display in a Denver theater. The group became known as “the Bloody Third.” Chivington was heardto say be- fore the massacre, “I want you to kill andscalpall, big andlittle.” A subordinate later described Chiyington as “a fiend incarnate.” Though many Coloradocitizens were outraged, Chivington not only “received commendations for this crime against the Cheyenne people, but was honored at his death in October 1894 as a hero and pioneer that both Colo. radoans and Methodists looked up to,” the resolution says. Chivington held various pastor appointments for the denomination and is buried at a cemetery in downtownDenver, minutes away from where the 1996 General Conference of the United Methodist Church will be held from April 16 through 26. Although Chivington was ‘com- missioned as an officer of war,” Deer's resolution says, he was commissioned by the church as anofficer to bring peace and reconciliationto all of God’s people.” Theresolution urges the Gener- al Conference to “extend to all Cheyennes and Arapahos a hand of reconciliation, andask forgiveness ‘andto hold a “healing service of reconciliation’ to acknowledgethat “racism is a sin, but also to see eachother as whole people whoneed each other as we acknowledge that we also need God.” ish people from the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through David to Jesus? Have they forgotten it was the second-century Roman emperor Hadrian who first applied theterm Palestine to the land? Unfortunately. Arafat's cunning expropriation of Jesus is an old story. It is the modern political version of what a young Christian named Mar¢ion tried to do in Rome around the vear 144, Marcion attempted to break ChristianUys connection with Judaism, Baptist Pastor Looking for Core of New Congregation ByPeterScarlet THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE If pastor and missionary Chuck Loveladyis suc ful the growing northern Utah County area will haye a new Baptist congregation by the endofthe year At this point, though, he is still trying to organize a core the Old Testa- group — the small nucleus of believers that new churches ment, or the history ofIsrael For Marcion, Jesus had no human birth, but suddenly ap- usually are organized around “Currently we have a Sunday evening Bible study and and he wanted no part of the Hebrew Bible, peared as a mature 29-year-old the video at the Best Western adult The church officially con- [Inn] in Lehi.” demned Marcion’s extreme ‘ideas as a heresy. but vestiges Sundays at the homeof a Lehi of these intense anti-Jewish Baptist Church that Lovelady teachings still exist even today among some Christians Eventhe great Protestant reformer, Martin Luther, who had his own negative feelings toward Jews and Judaism near the end of his life, felt compelled in 1523 to write an important pamphlet entitled. That Jesus Christ Was Born a Jew. And, happily, many modern Christian theologians conthe Jewish sistently emphasi: roots of Christianity howessential it is for tians to affirm and study the dynamic Jewish religious milieu into which Jesus was born Of course, Arafat’s cynical assault on Christianbelief and history is more political than theological. But Marcion and the PLO leader do have something in common. If they can successfully delegitimize Jews and Judaism, they will have ad. vancedtheir goals. gfbullets Strange agenda: Marcion desired an amputation of Christianity from Judaism and the peopleof Israel Arafat’s agenda is to make Jesus an honorary memberof the PLO, but it is also aneffort to remove the Jews and their religion from the Middle East and to underminethe inextri cable bond linking the Jewish peopleto thelandof Israel. If ‘A¥afat can makethe world befieve that Jews are a kind of foreign element. an interloper in the MiddleEast, hewill have scored an enormous political victory It is time for both religious and political leaders to speak out against Arafat's modern heresy that Jesus is “Our Lord the Messiah, the Palestinian And the bloody 20th century has taught all of us that a Big Lie always starts as a small one, andif it is not publicly ehallenged and corrected, it festers like a cancer destroying not only truth, but human be- ings as well Rabbi Ri interre ofthe American Jewi mittee. ° hesaid Biblestudyis at 6:30 p.m. on resident. The Timpanogos hopes to organize currentlyis Conservative Baptist Home Mission Society. After he arrived in Utah in August 1993, Lovelady served an internship at Ogden's Washington Heights Baptist Church has many 20. Basically. we are working at establishing enough of a core to organize a regularservice.” hesaid. “We will continue with public things. After the Dobson program, we'll try to do more need-based, practical things at the motel like this.” Loveladyis a pastor and missionary for Conservative Baptists of Americaand in Mission to the Americas, the former Maxwell at Brigham Young Uni- versity’s Devotional Assembly Tuesday About 10.000 BYU students. faculty, and community members Maxwell, who is a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints andauthor of24 religiousbooks. In his 40-minute talk Maxwell said “joy is of a higher order than merepleasure” — that God's purpose is to “bring abundant and pure joy” to mankind Maxwell equatedpleasure with complying with the “commandments of men,” such as seeking political and financial power for selfish purposes or satisfying prurient and harmful perversions. Suchsins “burn over” taste buds that should be used for “tasting ng at Sun: am. to 2 p.m. at the school. 179: Orehard Dr. The school will have atalent show on Thursday andonFri day, alumni day, there will be a Mass at 1am. inthe adjacent St. Olaf's Catholic Church Th liturgyoffice of Utah's ‘atholie diocese is sponsoring a Visitation Skills Workshop” Feb. 3 as part of a continuing training program for communion ministers. Sister Claude Crinnionof ( atholic Communi ty Service's social and aging ministry will present the half-day workshopat 9:15 a.m. in roomsthreeand four in the basement o: It L akeCity’s Cathedral of the Madeleine, 309 E. South1 ‘emple. Call the liturgy office at 328-8641 to register e Catholie Woman's League will holdits annual spring luncheon Feb Salt Lake Ci ity's Marriott Ho jalhouratllam, tel grand ballroom. There will be andthe luncheon follows at noon. Fashions will be pre sented by Nordstrom a person. Pro Donation is ceeds go to St. Joseph Villa inSalt 1 City. Call Joan METHODIST Ed Everding New Testament at | will lead a weeker education experi¢ Growth.” k Feb odist Charct personor $35 200 East Re those interested education credit ail the church at or f more informa NONDENOMINATIONAL Sunday's 10:30 am. worship se at Salt Lake Christian Fellowship. 615 E 9800 South, Sandy, will include a aby dedication ers for God's ble singon 2 children and their famili¢ will be ffered. Call 1 want to include your Dunne at 943-1712 for reservations. EPISCOPAL An environmental perspective on the Winter Olym: pies will be discussed Sunday at Salt Lake City’s St SEVENTH-DAY ABVENTIS)) Salt lL Lak ch i Paul's Episcopal Church, 261 S. 900 E st, during the 10 a.m. Rector’s Forumprogram, Speaker will be Ivan We ber. a Sierra Club leader and a member of the Environ mental Advisory Committee of the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee The public is welcome LATTER-DAY SAINTS The First Presidency has called eight men — the first of a number to be called during the next veral week are: Joe — to serve as mission presidents Flake Sr., 50. Morgantown, W.V Leone (Lee) J. Flosi 54. Naperville. [ll: Paul A. Hanks. 57. Salt Lake City Steven D. Kohlert 56, Salt Lake City David O. Max field. 56, Magna: Merrill C Oaks. 60. Provo: Ronald A Rasband, 44. Sandy and TerryJoe Spallino, 46. Bounti The Rev. France A. Davis is one of up to a dozen Baptist clerics whowill spendseveral weeks next month on a preaching mission in southernAfrica “Weoperate schools, hospitals and churches,” Davis said of the National Baptist Convention USA. ‘Yearly, a small group of our 36.000 pastors areselected to go ona preaching mission to helprejuvenate and encourage the and to give them a little time and R for R There is less rest and recreatic for the pastors selected for the visit. Davis says they have good preachers as well a willing and able to go to It’s arare be in-a-lifetime said, “It letter invi Pastors preach as many sermons during their multi-coun tryvisit Davis. who has been pastor of surprise Salt Lake City’s Calvary Baptist ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE Baptist backgrounds.” The Church of the Pilgrims SOUTH VALLEY “AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS!” Rev. Bill Hamilton-Holway Service at 4pm Religious Education al agen/ nursery 6876 So. 20tn East 944-9729 said Maxwell of those en- gaging in carnal pleasure Therefore God tries separating mentioning that pain and suffering is caused by this separation, and is necessary Real and long lasting joy in- creases a person’s individuality andis foundinfollowing the doctrines of Christ. Maxwell said Sinners have a stale sameness about them, he added What are youseriously deprived of in living the gospel [of the LDS Church]? asked Maxwell Hesaid a person is only de- prived of AIDS,” “lung cancer and citing the Word of Wis- domand the Lawof Chastity, the LDS Church's belief in abstinence from alcohol and tobacco, and premarital sex | = Great Harvest Family Church LOCATED AT CENTER SQUARE PLAZA, MIDVALE De eueee Worship & Sunday School Hours -11 AM tena joy dren,” Sunday Cele brationnn Service Cnity is: ‘TH POW! 1 OF _ LIVING a ATIVELY ‘of Salt Lake” Eg ECKANKAR COME AND CELEBRATE JESUS WITH US! Mursery Care Available ‘On oceasion God weeps over the needless suffering ofhis chil- Rev. Robert 8. Coates, PhD Worship Services 10:30 am Sunday SchoolServices 10:30 a.m. Nursery Cate Provided ora + Liberut Demis UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST “It’s a bit upin theair as to It’s REV. SCOTT AWBREY Service: 11:00 a.m Meditation Service 103 24 hr. Dial-A-Prai New Thought Book & Gi | “THE BOTTOM LINE" he worth aconcertedeffort.” OD We introduce our new minister FIRST CONGREGATIONAL) _ CHURCH A} | Lovelady admits the new churchstill is not a surething. but I'm hoping it will. | na “T got as manynegative re- realiy panned out at this point, "GOING THE OST ANGE } Vintage Square SUNE Rev. Patricia Robbins _M CHURCH OFRELIGIOUSSCIENCE a th 900 East 26 | and. am. to 12:15 pam and eventried a telecomputer to call area residents with a message about the church. He has a phone number, 221-7937 for inquirers to leave messages for him whether a new churchis needed,” he said. “I've touched base with some churches in Idaho that have some people related to Micron. It hasn't & Silvia Behrend Intergenerational Service at 10:20 a Religious Education & Nursery Care 9.00 a.m, to 10:15 am gone door-to-door in the area, said of the computerizedtelephone calls. “I did this for three months. NEW THOUGHT CENTER 4) FIRST UNITARIAN [7 28687 CHURCH500 Worship Services 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m “PREACHER, PROPHET, POET” To spread the word of the nascent church, Lovelady has sponses as positive ones,” Church. an affiliate of the Nation ( land, Alpine represent about 40,000 people. Wefigure some of these come fromProtestant us from our sins,” listened to ho} houseand parent appreciationda Apostle Maxwell to BYU: ‘God Is Serious about Man’s Joy’ By Taylor Syphus I 3 Win recognition of Catholic Schools Week Feb. 2), St. Olaf School in Bountiful will hold Rev. Billi McCreary, Pastor Come experience the joy & peace SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE PROVO — “God is serious about joy,” said Elder Neal A To Celebrate ( eration of hit at 1 ter, 1975 S, 2300 East, Salt LakeCity Call Lisa Romero at 278-9218 orKathy Scott at 485-{ 24 for more information growth in the area,” he said “American Fork, Lehi, High- tisements in local newspapers At this point, Lovelady has six people whoparticipate in the Bible study. The Dobson program’s attendance has varied, but has averaged little over a dozen and, one week is t County “Part of our reasoning was that there is a lot of new James Dobson's Coloradobased Focus on the Family, on Saturdays at 7 p.m. at Lehi’s Best WesternInn JEWISH The United Je ann ymmunit L ity’s Little : people running those worksfor us dropped off flyers promoting the Dobsonseries, put adver- on the Edge,” produced by 1 and later at Sonrise Baptist Churchin West Valley City before heading to northern Utah “Life showing a video series, t Salt Lake Baptist Pastor to Preach Mission in Africe enumerates the 42 generations of the Jew- i. Their ai nounced late BULLETIN BOARD Testament’s very first chapter where C3 7, 1996 a eS UNITED METHODIST CHURCHE: FIRST UNITED METHODIST 203 S. 200 E. 328-8726 “GET A LIFE!” Rev. Robert Sewell Worship NSindey Service School 1100 9:30 am am CHRIST UNITED METHODIST 2175 € 3300 So, 486-5473 “GOD'S REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY” Rey. 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STONES MEAN 3610 South 4400 W “THE BLESSEDNESS ‘OF BEING” Worship Service tam Rev Wesley Nota tyde Baker p JAPANESE a iol SaNst 268 Wes th Si “BOAST IN“THE LORD” Worship Sermate pwares, es80 ev. Bringuo Kent thedo eee=8 TY OF GRACE Presbyterian Church Youth Services “SECOND Stetees 30 & 11:00 AM Sunday School For Al Ages 9-48 AM Tongan Worship 2:00 pm Youth Group 5:00 pm “YOUTH WORSHIP SERVICE” TAM Luncheon 507 E 1700 So. Suite A SLC 1580 Eos! Vine Street (6100 South! 278-4619 Rev Dovid Crockett *¢ Pastor and Mrs Williard Richard of WORD ALIVE FELLOWSHIP. The Richords are graduates of Rhema Bible Training Center in Tulse, OK Service times are: Sun. 10:30 a.m Midweek is: Wed. 7:30 p.m For more information please contact them at 965-9115 of 969-3618 |
