| Interfaith Ministry For Addiction Hello Rev.Amy, I know that I sent you a e-mail a while back letting you know about my new ministry so I thought I would give you an update. First off I already have my ministry registered as a business in the state of Oregon and already have my business license approved and I should have it in hand by the end of the week. I have had to take these steps because of the weddings I will be doing. I have a friend working on my web site and it will be up and going soon. The wedding side of my business is just the beginning. I became ordained in the ULC while I was working as a Chemical Dependency Counselor in the hope of starting a faith based treatment program. Since working in that field I have always had a passion for working with people struggling with addiction. I have a special connection with people in recovery because I myself am in recovery from a drug addiction. Because the people that I worked with knew that I was also in recovery it produced a bond of trust between us. They knew that I understood the pain and the struggle of recovery. I no longer work in the Chemical Dependency field but I still have the passion for working and helping these people. They are my people. This is the vision of my ministry. To help give these people that are truly dedicated to their recovery efforts hope and direction in their lives. Amy, at this point I am willing to try anything to see that my vision for this ministry becomes a reality. I respectfully ask for your wisdom and would appreciate any advice you have to give me ideas to see my vision come to a reality.I recal reading in a newsletter of some sort of publication from the ULC that Sharon Stone in Hollywood is a a ordained ULC minister. Do you recal seeing something about this? I think it would be a blessing if Sharon knew about my vision for this ministry and could help get my message out about my ministry's desire to give people support and help. I'm not sure what needs to be done to get my message out but I think just people knowing and understanding the struggles that these people have is a good start. I do know there are plenty of people in Hollywood that are in recovery. These people understand the pain of being an addict. I'm not sure how involved Sharon is in the ULC Church but it would be great if I could at least let her know about my ministry and it's vision of hope. If you have any Idea how I could get my ministry's message to her it would be greatly appreciated. As far as the wedding end of this I hope to be booking weddings before Valentines Day. I am very blessed to have a lot of good friends that are helping me get this off the ground. I do appreciate your time and I hope to here from you soon. Blessing and peace, -- Loren H. Holloway Minister Universal Faith Ministry & Weddings ******************************* The Universal Life Church is a comprehensive online seminary where we have classes in Christianity, Wicca, Paganism, two courses in Metaphysics and much more. Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free, and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button. The ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials. I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary. Try our new free toolbar at: ULC Toolbar |
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Universal Life Church
Friday, May 11, 2012
Master of Religion
| LESSON 1 "One of the first internal evidences that the Bible is truly God's word is seen in its unity. Even though it is really sixty-six individual books, written on three continents, in three different languages, over a period of approximately 1500 years, by more than 40 authors (who came from many occupations of life), the Bible remains one unified book from beginning to end without contradiction." This was a very insightful portion which is simple to understand and appreciate. It shows the bible truly is the undefiled word of God which is God breathed and useful for teaching; correcting; rebuking and training in righteousness. In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. He was in the beginning with God. A lot of faiths claim to be the way to a god, but the thing is Christianity is the only faith that doesn't require works to bridge the gap between man and God because God has put out all the effort to mediate between us and him, and God has done this through his word. LESSON 2/3 With over 300 messianic prophecies in the Old Testament this portion of the Bible is indispensable. This study made me look at the common threads the 2 parts of the bible share. The old testament is the new testament concealed. ie: poetic; stories. The new testament is the old testament revealed. It shows how God has been staging things right from the very beginning. We were once called to physical circumcision and physical sacrifices, but now circumcision is done by the spirit not by the written code. As it says in Romans a man is not a jew if he is merely one outwardly, no a man is a jew if he is one inwardly. But God never has made circumcision the way to him. No. It is and always has been obedience, not sacrifice God required of us. He wanted us to destroy idols and to show compassion to orphans and widows and not to obey him superficially. As for the 10 commandments and which one to follow. Jesus says the sum of the law and the prophets is this, Love the Lord your God and love your neighbour as yourself. These 2 commandments balance each other out. If all we do is love God without considering our neighbour we become shut in monks that only pray and forget about outreach. If all we do is love our neighbour we become humanists and deify our own ways and only do what is politically correct. These 2 commands sum up the law and Gods requirements and if anything else does not correspond with these then I through the discernment God has given me I will reject the lies. I fully plan to write another essay pertaining to the rest of this course. I just thought I would break it up and at least send one portion to show you I am still interested in this course and have not put it off. Thank you. Rev. Colin Burgess.
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