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Saline, MI: Sunday, October 23rd from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Liberty School auditorium, 7265 N. Ann Arbor Rd. in Saline, the Saline community group, et al, will host a public screening and discussion of FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO. This provocative and highly entertaining film examines and refutes the widely held impression that homosexuality and the Christian faith are at odds with one another. The screening is open to the public.
“We are screening this film as part of our mission to educate,” said Ian Reed Twiss, a member of et al and the pastor of Holy Faith Church in Saline. “Given how loud the bullhorn in our culture can be for religious views that see homosexuality as sick or sinful, we want people to know that there is another opinion out there—an authentic, Biblically informed way of being Christian that embraces different sexual orientations—and that there are folks in this community who hold that other view.”
A World Premiere in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO was also honored with Audience Awards at the 2007 Seattle and Provincetown International Film Festivals and The Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families – including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson – the film documents how people of faith handle, or sometimes tragically fail to handle, having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual orientation.
Et al is a group of citizens concerned about the current climate of intolerance towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ) people in Saline and elsewhere in Michigan. Founded a year ago, in the wake of the Saline School Board’s decision not to add “sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression” to its non-discrimination policy, the group’s mission is “to create an inclusive and affirming environment for LGBTQ individuals and families in the Saline Community through education, legislative advocacy and support.” Local clergy who belong to the group will be on hand to facilitate the discussion following the film.
For more information, contact Ian Reed Twiss at
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Last Updated ( Monday, 03 October 2011 20:34 )
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PET BLESSING: Our Feast of St. Francis Animal Blessing this year will be October 2. We will begin both our 9:00 and 11:00 services outside, weather permitting, to bless the animals, then we will move inside for the rest of the service. The day's offering will benefit the Humane Society of Huron Valley, which will be bringing some dogs to bless and meet, and will also have a table during coffee hour. This event is particularly meant as an outreach to the community, so please invite someone you know.
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PASTOR'S CLASS ON MATTHEW: This fall, come along with Pastor Ian and fellow parishioners for an in-depth journey through the Gospel of Matthew--and bring a friend! Based on the brilliant scholar N.T. Wright's accessible commentary, "Matthew for Everyone," we will learn about what Matthew meant in its cultural context and explore what it might mean for us today. Classes will meet on most Thursdays from 7-8:30, starting 9/22 and ending 1/26. Book cost is $21.34 with scholarships available. Please sign up on the bulletin board by Sunday 9/11. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 August 2011 11:14 )
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Church Musician
Position Opening
We are a dynamic, growing Episcopal and Lutheran congregation in Saline, MI currently worshipping 85 on a Sunday. We are seeking a keyboard musician who can lead singing well in the liturgical tradition. For more information, or to apply, please contact Pastor Ian Reed Twiss:
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. Check us out online at holy-faith-church.org.
Goals
- To enhance the worship experience by providing keyboard leadership for hymns and service music. This music will be drawn from a variety of musical styles, mostly traditional hymns, spirituals, Taize, and Southern Harmony melodies, but could also include jazz, classical, gospel, world, etc. Musician creativity is encouraged.
- To enhance the worship experience through the selection and performance of music, and possibly through leadership of an occasional church choir.
Duties
- Oversee and perform music for weekly services, including preludes, hymns, service music, and choir anthems (when applicable) using both organ and piano where appropriate.
- Encourage, support and incorporate church member’s musical talents into service when appropriate.
- Be in regular consultation with pastor to coordinate and review worship and music activities, including seasonal liturgy planning sessions (a few hours every couple months), and other as-needed communication.
Schedule
- 9:00 am and 11:00 am worship service each Sunday during program year. Services are identical to each other. One worship service each Sunday during the summer.
- Additional special services: Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil (Easter eve), Christmas Eve (2 services), and possibly a Carol sing. These and other extra services to be compensated in addition to usual Sunday compensation.
Instruments
An electric organ (Allen), an upright piano (Yamaha), and any other instruments musician would like to supply and use.
Compensation and Terms
- Compensation: Commensurate with musician experience and church size.
- Vacation: 4 paid Sundays/year to be scheduled in consultation with Pastor (not during Christmas and Easter). Vacation Sundays may be taken after the first 6 months of employment have elapsed. Additional unpaid time off negotiable. Musician is required to find substitute musicians for vacation Sundays.
- Church Musician reports to the Pastor.
On rare occasions, but no more than 4 times a year, Church Musician will not be needed for a service and will be informed 2 weeks in advance |
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"Feast of Love" Jazz Evening Worship and Church Dinner
to Benefit Appalachia Service
Holy Faith Church in Saline will hold an evening worship service combining jazz with innovative language on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. Those who wish may stay afterwards to enjoy a 7:00 pm pasta dinner accompanied by another set of live jazz. Both events are free and open to the public, but reservations must be made for the dinner at which a donation of $10 per person is suggested.
The theme of the evening is "A Feast of Love." With Valentine's day a few days later, this worship is designed to expand on our culture's romantic emphasis and celebrate all kinds of love including love between friends, love found in community, love of neighbor, and divine love.
In keeping with this theme, the freewill offering will be dedicated to raising funds for the church's teen group to perform service work in Appalachia. "Jesus says the two greatest commandments are to love God and to love our neighbor," says the church's pastor, Ian Reed Twiss. "This trip will provide us the chance to make that love real by fixing and rebuilding homes in one of the poorest areas of our nation."
The pasta dinner will be put on by the church's teen group, which plans to send ten youth and four adults to Appalachia for a week of work in June.
Twiss, who is a jazz pianist and arranger for the service, has designed the worship to borrow from the ancient monastic form for evening prayer mixed with contemporary language and jazz. He describes the service as "both contemplative and joyful." It will feature two singers who are also Episcopal clergy, and several of the area's working professional musicians on trumpet, guitar, bass and drums.
Holy Faith is a combined Lutheran and Episcopal church dedicated to extending God's hospitality and justice to all. It is located at 6299 Saline-Ann Arbor Road between the Brookside Golf Course and Textile Road.
Reservations for the pasta dinner may be made by calling 734-429-2991 or emailing
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