Emmanuel Church dedication is today
JANESVILLE — A new church, a new minister and lots of new programming.
It’s all on the agenda for the Emmanuel Free Methodist Church, 4224 Whilden Court, just off Highway 14.
At 10 a.m. today, the church will lay its cornerstone and dedicate its new building that was several years in the planning. The public is invited to the ceremony.
It also will welcome the Rev. Daniel J. Grimes, a doctor of divinity and a former teacher at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla.
“Ministry is really my calling,” Grimes said. “I was teaching my calling; it left me wanting to be back with people, wanting to return to the local church.”
The leadership of Emmanuel Church is a plum job. It’s the largest Free Methodist church in a seven-state region.
He also feels like it is a church that has embraced a larger vision and wants to extend itself to the community.
“I’m very excited about what’s happening there; it’s very visionary,” Grimes said. “It’s about reaching people with the love of Christ.”
The church recently started a support group for single moms. Emmanuel, along with two other local churches, is hosting “Fifth Quarter” events after Friday night football games. The “Fifth Quarter” event includes Wii, other electronic games, basketball and other activities for teens.
The church also is holding a “Harvest Park” event Monday, Oct. 28. Kids can come in their costumes for candy, games and other activities.
Oct 18, 2009 at 3:56 p.m.
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Gullible.
Oct 18, 2009 at 3:17 p.m.
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Main Entry: faith
Pronunciation: \ˈfāth\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural faiths \ˈfāths, sometimes ˈfāthz\
Etymology: Middle English feith, from Anglo-French feid, fei, from Latin fides; akin to Latin fidere to trust — more at bide
Date: 13th century
1 a : allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions
2 a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust
3 : something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs <the Protestant faith>
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Nope. There's the definition of faith. I don't need it, and don't want it, or belief. Both words indicate trust in something you cannot quantify with proof, or the need to trust in it based on nothing. Trust is for the naive, as well.
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Religion is propogated by indoctrination into a common belief or goal. So has it been for thousands of years.
Oct 18, 2009 at 2:38 p.m.
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DiGriz - So any point of view that doesn't agree with your personal faith (in science? in personal determination? in "I'm right because I'm right'?) is "indoctrination"? What world-view are YOU indoctrinated into? Every one of them requires faith at some level.
Oct 18, 2009 at 12:41 p.m.
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"A new church, a new minister and lots of new programming."
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Same old religion, some guy who who decided to be a minister, same old indoctrination....
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"It’s all on the agenda for the Emmanuel Free Methodist Church"
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It's free of Emmanuels??
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