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STATEMENT OF COVENANT
We covenant to acknowledge God's claim upon our lives and the work in the Covenant Association. We seek through this covenantal relationship:
- to share common ministry with authorized ministers and local churches.
- to affirm our faith in the living God, Eternal Spirit, Creator and Sustainer, who is revealed in the teachings,the person, and the work of Jesus as the Christ.
- to strengthen the ties of faith and community.
Members and Friends of Covenant,
I am excited about the upcoming Fall Meeting of the Covenant Association. The Fall Meeting will be held on Saturday, October 29th at Pilgrim Congregational UCC in Lansing. We will concern ourselves with the fellowship and business of the Covenant Association in the morning. Then, with a wider invitation to people in the Michigan Conference and the general public, our afternoon program will address the threat of nuclear weapons which is still very much with us today.
In the morning, we will begin with registration at 9:30 am followed by a worship service at 10 am and our business meeting at 10:45 am. At 12 noon we will break for lunch.
At 12:45 pm, we will begin our afternoon program. We will offer a choice of two movies to watch and reflect upon. One of the movies is a documentary called “Gate: Atomic Flame”. It is the true story of a group of Japanese Zen monks carrying a flame from the fires caused by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki back to the Trinity test site where the first nuclear bomb was exploded. The movie chronicles how these Zen monks walked the flame from San Francisco to Trinity, New Mexico and the challenges and joy they experienced along the way. It is a story of discovery and reconciliation.
The second movie to choose from is called “Countdown to Zero” and presents a vivid history of nuclear weapons and documents how we are in more danger now from nuclear weapons than during the cold war. Before seeing this movie, I, like many other people in the world today felt the threat of nuclear weapons was greatly reduced and of little consequence since the fall of the Soviet Union. But after seeing this film, I realize that the threat of nuclear weapons is worse than ever.
One of the problems of the nuclear threat is that people feel powerless to change anything. But after the movies are shown, we will gather to discuss them with a panel who will suggest some things that we can do about the nuclear threat. The movies are approximately an hour and a half. We will gather at 2:45 to discuss with a panel what we have seen and what we can do. The official departure is set for 3:45, but the panelists will remain to 4:15 if people wish to talk with them personally.
Originally, we had planned for the Fall Meeting and the discussion on nuclear weapons to be on separate days. But the Executive Team is aware of people’s busy schedules and did not want to have you come out for two different events. So we have combined them to make it easier for people to participate.
I know that there are many concerns for humanity in the 21st century. But we hope to bring about an awareness of a threat to us all that many people are ignoring or unaware, and to discuss things we can do to alleviate the threat. I hope that you will join us in this vital discussion.
God bless you all.
Peter Robinson, moderator of Covenant Association
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