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Show Interests Growing Churches For Metaphysical Churches in Utah By Melinda Sowerby Tribune Church Editor In 1917 the International New Thought Alliance was incorporated to unify all churches, centers and schools in the New Thought field in a spiritual framework that provides for and encourages full freedom of expression and function. Sixty-si- x years later, there are three churches in the Salt Lake area which are members of INTA, including the Church of Religious Science, Unity of Salt Lake and Lifecraft Ministry, the newest of the three. Lifecrafts minister, the Rev. Deborah Thornton, was recently chosen to serve as INTAs district president in Utah. INTA is not affiliated with the Utah New Thought Allliance, Rev. Thornton said, adding many people involved in New Thought religions in Utah do not know INTA exists. Id like to make people aware of INTA, Rev. Thornton said. Shed also like to make the general public more aware of New According to a INTA publication , churches, schools and centers affiliated with teach people to come into a conscious realization of the divinity within , and of the unity of God and man ... so we can say , 7 and INTA that Father are Thought churches in the area, be- cause she believes the interest is growing in the metaphysical churches. Conscious Realization According to a INTA publication, churches, schools and centers affiliated with INTA teach people to come into a conscious realization of the divinity within, and of the unity of God and man ... so we can say, I and the Father are one. INTA affirms the freedom of each person in matters of belief. They also affirm the Kingdom of Heaven is within us, that we are one with the Father, that we should love one another and return good and evil. The INTA publication also explains the sick should be healed through prayer and that we should endeavor to manifest perfection . . . we affirm that our mental states are carried forward into manifestation and become our experience through the creative law of Cause and Jesus Galilee Home Uncovered? OIMtl'A .NEWS Associated Press Writer The ancient house, its rooms surrounding an open courtyard, was built of black basalt rock with smaller stones pounded in between The Salt Lake Tribune Saturday, June Section 18, 1983 B 2 .Page and have our being ... we affirm that the divine nature expressing itself as health, supply, wisdom, love, life, truth, power, peace, beauty and one-stor- Eucharistic League Seeks Members joy. Body of God afAnd participating churches firm that the universe is the body of God, spiritual in essence, governed by God through laws that are spiritual in reality even when material in appearance. INTA supports and encourages new centers and encourages independent churches, such as Lifecraft, Rev. Thornton said, adding the Rev. Blaine C. Mays, president of INTA, has been particularly encouraging to her and her ministry. Lifecraft, now just over a year old, is now holding services in the Rodeway Inn, 280 W. 7200 South, in Midvale. Called Sunday Enrichment, the services are informal, Rev. Thornton said. Those services include an address by Rev. Thornton, a meditation period and a group discussion. Interested persons need not give up their current religious beliefs to join Rev. Thorntons group. Lifecraft holds the same principles as other INTA centers, including the belief that God and man are one. Lifecraft teaches healing of the sick through prayer and meditation and that mans mental state is reflected in his experience, therefore man has control over his experience. In addition, Lifecraft teaches the universe is governed by God through spiritual laws, and Rev. Thornton uses the Bible and and Scientific Christian Mental Practices, by Emma Curtis Hopkins. Rev. Thorntons goal is to give participants the tools to make metaphysical principles work' in daily life. She believes her relaxed style leaves more room for flexibility and the questions and answers help participants to understand. She believes understanding is the key to using what youve learned, she said. As district president of INTA, Rev. Thornton hopes to see a greater participation by local New Thought churches in INTA activities, pointing out that through INTA, Salt Lake City can have the benefit of a number of excellent speakers on metaphysics. She spoke of the upcoming annual INTA Congress, being held this year July 31 through Aug. 5 in Phoenix, Ariz. She said the congress will feature futurologist Barbara Hubbard and actress Anne Francis as guest speakers. Further information on INTA, the congress or on Lifecraft Ministry can be obtained by calling Rev. Thornton. Her number can be obtained through information by asking for L Alan Thornton. Remains of it, and supporting clues, have been found on the northeast shore of the Sea of Galilee at the site of Capernaum, which Jesus made his home base during his ministry. Excavations by Francisan archaeologists who found the house first-centu- the larger ones to seal the walls. Its now partly unearthed, and some archaeologists say its where Jesus INTA member churches also believe in God "in whom we live, move are recounted in the Biblical ArHer-shchaeological Review by editor Shanks and biblical archeologist James F. Strange of the University cf South Florida. As determined so far, it was a reN y atively large but plain structure of about 75 by 100 feet, with a rough floor of unevenly placed stones and thatched roof of mixed mud and straw on beams. Scripture implies that the house where Jesus lived was that of the fisherman apostle Peter and his family. Fishhooks were found on the site, but arent regarded evidence. What led to the conclusions, the authors relate, were excavations of church above the an octagon-shape- d house. Such octagonal churches in antiquity marked spots of special significance to early Christians. For example, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem was built in an octagonal form by Emperor Constantine in the fourth century A. D.; supposedly directly over the cave where Jesus was born, the authors note. Beneath the octagonal church in old Capernaum, the archaeologists turned up a house, originally built about 60 B. C., the authors say, that was probably St. Peters house where Jesus stayed. Part of the evidence cited for it is that something happened about the middle of the first century A.D., about 20 years after Jesus time, that niatked this house off from others in the town. once lived. By George W. Cornell The Peoples Eucharistic League is a Catholic group in which members attend church every day to keep up a perpetual crusade of prayer, according to the Rev. Fredrick Roberge, moderator of the league in Utah. Father Roberge said members of the league believe that besides actions of charity, visiting the sick, helping the poor and consoling the afflicted, they can also do much with the master himself by their knee action kneeling in prayer for all their needs. Although the Utah Peoples Eucharistic League was officially established Sept. 13, 1981 by the Most Rev. William K. the league was founded about a century and a half ago in France by St. Peter Julian who today is honored on Wei-gan- d, Ey-mar- d, altars of all Catholic the There are branches of the PEL all over the world, with millions of members. In Utah, there are now about 175 members, most of whom reside in Salt Lake City, Father Roberge said, adding most of these people go to Sacred Heart Church, 948 S. 200 East, where Father Roberge serves as one of the pastors. Members of the Peoples Eucharistic League pray at Sacred Heart each day between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Members of the league not living in Salt Lake City can fulfill their prayer duties in their own Catholic Church. Each member of the league is expected to report the number of hours theyve spent praying in church. These hours are reported to the national headquarters in each country in which the league is established. Churches. At the beginning of each is made to the Pope, who is comforted by the knowledge that millions of hours have been spent in prayer for his intentions and for the spiritual and temporal benefit of people all over the world, Father Roberge said. He added, in other words the PEL is an apostolate of prayer to obtain the grace and strength of the other apostles in all missionary endeavors of the church. report Father Roberge said this duty of members of the Peoples Eucharistic League is known as the adoration of the Blessed Sacra- ment Catholics who may wish to belong to the PEL may contact the fathers and brothers of the Sacred Heart Church in Salt Lake by calling the parish or writing to the Peoples Eucharistic S. 200 League, 948 City, Utah. year a East Salt Lake Religious Messages Discovered in Science Fiction By George W. Cornell Associated Press Writer A vast, unseen Force pervades the universe, offering its inhabitants marvelous strength and endurance for good. But to plug into it takes deep commitment and discipline. A dark, destructive power also vies for dominion. ity, and so turns to dreamed-u- p replacements. In brushing off God, people lose any sense of an ultimate why in life, of purpose or meaning, he says, but still need this encounter so desperately that theyre drawn to it in imaginary space adventures. Short, in his book, analyzes a half Numerous other space films of recent success are regarded as providing balm, in fancied form, for a modern religious void. Abandoning Faith In a sense, the film fantasies strike such a big response by offering a substitute for widely lost but needed faith, Short writes in a new paperback, The Gospel from Outer Space, published by Harper & Row. He says contemporary society has tended to believe only in itself, abandoning faith in God, losing something absolutely essential to human It may be that the parallels between the story of E.T. and the life of Christ were coincidental , but those parallels are noticeable, says Prof. Albert Star Wars producer George Lucas, a religious man, calls his saga a fairy tale, but its very basic. It's where religion came from." He says such tales are designed to teach man the right way to live and to give him a moral anchor. Millar. indifferent to man, with no hope yond himself. dozen space movies, detailing the lines of biblical vision and longing mirrored in them, including the extraterrestrial, E. T. He came from a mysterious be- Short secs many analogies to the Christian faith in the Star Wars series, including Christ symbol characters that instruct the hero, Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force. be- But he sees extensive religious connotations in other films he examClose Encounters of the ines Third Kind, the Superman and Star Wars series and E.T. yond; the establishment disbelieved and rejected him, yet he was innocent of any wrong; he epitomized love, performed miracles, died, lived again and ascended. All these factors resembled the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, Short points out After E.T.s resurrection, Short writes, there is an empty tomb scene when the children slip him away in a van. As they help E.T. down from the back of the van, hes covered in a shroudlike white cloth. Jesus-ELComparisons Preachers and professors around the country have explored the paral- Before he "ascends to his home in the heavens, Short adds, many of lels. Albert Millar, a professor of English at Christopher Newport Col- - his departing words resemble those of Jesus to his disciples, such as E.T. saying as he touches a boys head, Ill be right there, still with him. biggest rage sale around," by organizers will be held Saturday at St. Olafs Catholic Church, 1800 S. Orchard Drive, from 8 a m. to 4 p.m. r, The sale is a begun about six years ago, with monies going towards completing the churchs social center. Such items as furniture, appliances, lawnmowers, clothing, flowers and centerpieces and many other items will be avail ga- fund-raise- will Matt For information Special to The Tribune Suzelle will appear in Sandy concert at Mountain View Christian Assembly, 300 E. 8000 South, June 19 at 6 p.m. Suzelle is a young Southern California soloist who performs for Minister "What Catholics Believe troduction to Catholic Doctrine." will be offered at the Newman Center (St. Catherine of Siena Parish), 1327 E. 200 South on Wednesday evenings June 22 through Aug. 10 at 7.30 An In- pm. The Rev. Tom McGreevy, O.P., will lead discussions on basic Catholic belief and practice. The course is free and open to the public. For further information, con- tact the Newman Center. Ayers CIIIRCII S. 1381 SUMMER FORUM T)tf MX m Crtizon Franc BIBLI BAPTIST CHURCH 2700 SouOi Mata Worship 1 1 a.m. Sunday School 10 im. Wed. Eve. 7 p.m. Sunday Eve. 7 p m. Pastor Or. 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Nelson or Daiwin The group was organized in 1974 concert WORSHIP WED. FAMILY SERV. . aw Bible Study Christian Education Morning Worship Evening Praise SUNDAY SCHOOL MORNING 8:30 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 561-591- 1 WORSHIP EVENING PRAISE phono and college-ag-e people throughout the United States and foreign countries. Auditions are held after each concert for future tours. many churches, Christian organizations, the concert stage and opera. She has had extensive vocal training and has a deep, spiritual relationship With God. The public is Invited to the free 8000 So., Sandy SMf. (Across from Alta High) pa- Suzelle Will Appear in Sandy June 19 E. NEARLY ALTA CANYON There will also be food available, including homemade Mexican food, hot dogs, ice cream and popcorn. and since then has made over 800 appearances before nearly a million people. The philosophy of founder Cam Floria is that regardless of the country or religion, music is a com- mon language. The public is invited to this free performance. EC. 10:30 Lit. 500 pja., LEW HANCOCK, Area residents as well as businesses have donated goods for the sale. by audition from thousands of high school Park Hom Murray eibtaCtaa AHAgaa Worqto Sorric washer, a car top carrier, televisions and kitchen chairs. Participants are selected 300 SUNDAY MORNING Continental Singers, Orchestra To Play at Southeast Church The Continental Singers and Orchestra, will perform Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Southeast Christian Church, 1881 Vine Street. The group of 36 instrumentalists and eight vocalists is on a y summer tour. This years presentation, entitled "Praise His Name and See It Happen," will feature portions of a new musical, Dreamer, based on the life of Joseph. The program will include contemporary and traditional Christian music including orchestral arrangements from the groups album. Praise the Lord. I 9)03 South State dish- The public is invited to join rishioners at the sale. SOUTH SI DI Or CHRIST CHUStCH of on a "This is not a grim humorless, humanist battle of man alone against the universe, as in 2001. No, there's another Force at work ... a force that is infinitely stronger and wiser and kinder than mere folks. MTN. VIEW CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY St. OlaFs Church to Sponsor Large Garage Sale Saturday able for sale. In addition, a closed Special to The Tribune be held number sale BOUNTIFUL - Whats been items, including a dining table, and best scribed as the bid Many of the teachings about the Force sound as if they could have been taken directly from the teachings of Jesus, says Short. He says the saga reflects a faith strongly marked by triumphal joy and laughter. FNTHETV ALLE YAT. EXPERIENCElWORSHIP de- Apparently the parallels in E.T. were not consciously planned but just happened, Short says. He quotes the Catholic-educate- d scriptwriter, Melissa Mathison, as saying that only after the filming did she recognize the similarities with the Jesus story. Producer Steven Spielberg is Jewish. Not Consciously Planned Thats the cosmic drama of the Star Wars series, the third of which, The Return of the Jedi, hit movie theaters lately, reflecting in razzle-dazz- le ways the biblical theme of God, humanity, good and evil Like Scripture, the star saga anticipates the final triumph of the good over all evil, appealing to our deepest yearnings and needs, says Robert Short, an expert on theology couched in pictorial fiction. lege in Newport News, Va., has issued a widely distributed pamphlet, describing 33 similarities between the life of E.T. and Jesus. Short of Wilmette, 111., deals with several other films as well, going back to 2001: A Space Odyssey. He says it, in contrast to the others, suggests a meaningless universe, coldly a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. a.nt am wtanf mdependanf A centered body of Chnjiam (8100 S.) 272 9266 tibia School 946 a m. Cvoninf Sorvico 6:30 p m. ftov. lorry lewis. 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