5 January 2011 Issue - Christian Vegetarian Association Update Newsletters


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5 January 2011 Issue

1. Activist Outreach Opportunities

2. Super Bowl Accommodations and Tickets Offer – To Help the CVA!

3. Commentary on the Lectionary: Isaiah 42:1-9 (1/9/11)

4. This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman

5. Vegan Bake Sale

6. Book Announcement: Color Me Vegan

1. Activist Outreach Opportunities

1/9 NC Charlotte Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

1/14 FL Jacksonville Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

1/15 FL Tampa Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

1/16 GA Atlanta Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

1/21 IA Des Moines Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

1/22 IL Dekalb Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

1/23 IN Ft. Wayne Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

1/24 IN Newburgh Abandon Christian Rock

1/26 IN Newburgh Abandon Christian Rock

1/28-29 VA Richmond Acquire the Fire Youth Conference

1/28 PA University Park Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

1/29 OH Columbus Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

1/30 OH Cleveland Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

2/3 MS Tupelo Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

2/4-5 MN Minneapolis Acquire the Fire Youth Conference

2/5 NC Greensboro Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

2/10 GA Augusta Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

2/11 SC Greenville Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

2/11-12 MO Kansas City Acquire the Fire Youth Conference

2/12 AL Birmingham Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

2/14 KY Louisville Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular

7/5-8 OH Cincinnati Table Church Turning the World Upside

Contact Paris at christian_vegetarian@yahoo.com if you can help. To find out about all upcoming leafleting and tabling opportunities in your area, join the CVA Calendar Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christian_vegetarian .

2. Super Bowl Accommodations and Tickets Offer – To Help the CVA!

A CVA member is generously offering 2 tickets to the 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas and accommodations in her home to the highest offer of a donation to the CVA. She is even willing to pick them up at the airport if that would help. Contact the CVA at cva@christianveg.org if interested.

3. Commentary on the Lectionary: Isaiah 42:1-9 (1/9/11)

This passage foretells the coming of God’s “servant” who will “bring forth justice to the nations.” The passages continues, “He will not fail or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.”

Christians believe that Jesus was the “servant” about whom Isaiah prophesied. If so, Jesus’ work is not done, because there remain great injustices throughout the earth. In addition to profound injustices against humans, the scale and severity of crimes against nonhuman beings is beyond the capacity of the human mind to comprehend.

Christians believe that we are called to help complete Jesus’ work, to participate in the coming of the realm of God (Isaiah 11:6-9) in which God’s will is done “on earth as in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). Indeed, Jesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father” (John 14:12). Belief in Christ calls us to action on behalf of justice. As James recognized, “Faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead” (2:17).

Stephen R. Kaufman, M.D.

4. This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman

Daniel, God's Man in the Field (Part XXIII): Spiritual Warfare
http://www.all-creatures.org/sermons98/s20110102.html

5. Vegan Bake Sale

http://www.veganbakesale.org/veganbakesale/index.html

6. Book Announcement: Color Me Vegan

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author of The Vegan Table and The Joy of Vegan Baking has a new book Color Me Vegan. Its description is “Maximize your nutrient intake and optimize your health by eating antioxidant-rich, fiber-packed, color-intense meals.” For more information, go to www.compassionatcooks.com, which also features Vegetarian Food for Thought podcasts.

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