1. Activist Feedback
Rick Hershey, who leafleted at Winter Jam in Springfield, Missouri,
writes:
Chip and I handed out 3300 CVA booklets mostly to kids at JQH Arena in
Springfield, MO.This venue typically sells out because its capacity is only
10,000. The bands then did a couple songs outdoors for the people who
couldn’t get in.
Upcoming Outreach Opportunities:
Leafletting
03/19/2017 AR, N. Little Rock
Winter Jam 2017
03/19/2017 TX, San Antonio
Newsboys Love Riot Tour 2017
03/22/2017 AZ, Phoenix
The Rock & Worship Roadshow Tour
03/23/2017 IL, Chicago
Kari Jobe – The Garden Tour
03/23/2017 NM, Albuquerque
Newsboys Love Riot Tour 2017
03/23/2017 MI, Grand Rapids
The Very Next Thing Tour, Casting Crowns
03/24/2017 PA, State College
Winter Jam 2017
03/24/2017 TX, El Paso
Newsboys Love Riot Tour 2017
03/25/2017 NC, Greensboro
Winter Jam 2017
03/25/2017 TX, Houston
The Rock & Worship Roadshow Tour
03/26/2017 TX, Dallas
The Rock & Worship Roadshow Tour
03/26/2017 TN, Chattanooga
Winter Jam 2017
03/30/2017 VA, Richmond
The Very Next Thing Tour, Casting Crowns
03/31/2017 CA, Sacramento
Newsboys Love Riot Tour 2017
03/31/2017 IN, Indianapolis
The Rock & Worship Roadshow Tour
03/31/2017 KS, Wichita
Winter Jam 2017
04/01/2017 PA, Philadelphia
Kari Jobe – The Garden Tour
04/01/2017 NY, NYC
Hillsong – Colour Conference US 2017
04/02/2017 AZ, Phoenix
Hillsong – Colour Conference US 2017
04/02/2017 MA, Boston
Kari Jobe – The Garden Tour
04/02/2017 OK, Tulsa
Winter 2017
04/03/2017 CA, Los Angeles
Hillsong – Colour Conference US 2017
04/04/2017 TX, San Antonio
Chris Tomlin, Worship Night
04/06/2017 OK, Tulsa
Chris Tomlin, Worship Night
04/07/2017 WA, Seattle
Newsboys Love Riot Tour 2017
04/08/2017 MO, Kansas City
Chris Tomlin, Worship Night
04/08/2017 MN, Minneapolis
The Very Next Thing Tour, Casting Crowns
04/09/2017 WA, Spokane
Newsboys Love Riot Tour 2017
04/13/2017 MO, Springfield
The Very Next Thing Tour, Casting Crowns
04/21/2017 IL, Springfield
Newsboys Love Riot Tour 2017
04/21/2017 TX, Grand Prairie
Chris Tomlin, Worship Night
04/21/2017 NM, Albuquerque
Mercy Me
04/22/2017 AZ, Phoenix
Mercy Me
04/28/2017 CA, Los Angeles
Mercy Me
05/04/2017 WA, Seattle
Chris Tomlin, Worship Night
05/05/2017 OR, Portland
Chris Tomlin, Worship Night
05/07/2017 CA, Sacramento
Chris Tomlin, Worship Night
05/07/2017 TX, San Antonio
The Very Next Thing Tour, Casting Crowns
05/13/2017 TX, Houston
Sisters, Celebrating the Art of friendship (Women of Faith)
05/30/2017 NY, NYC
Mercy Me
07/21/2017 GA, Duluth
Joyce Meyer Ministries Conference Tour
09/15/2017 CA, Fresno
Sisters, Celebrating the Art of friendship (Women of Faith)
10/13/2017 IN, Indianapolis
Joyce Meyer Ministries Conference Tour
11/2-7/2017 CA, Los Angeles
Hillsong Conference
11/10/2017 NC, Charlotte
Joyce Meyer Ministries Conference Tour
Tabling
04/01/2017 WA, Seattle
Vegfest 2017
04/01/2017 TX, Austin
Texas VegFest 2017
04/08/2017 NV, Las vegas
Las Vegas VegFest
04/22/2017 MO, Kansas City
Vegfest Kansas City
04/23/2017 CA, San Diego
San Diego Earth Day
04/29/2017 NC, Charlotte
Charlotte Vegfest 2017
04/29/2017 IN, Indianapolis
Indy Vegfest
04/30/2017 MI, Novi
Michigan Vegfest 2017
04/30/2017 CA, Lake Balboa
Vegfest LA
05/06/2017 Canada, Ontario
Hamilton – Veggie Fest
05/20-21/17 NY, NYC
NYC Vegetarian Food Festival
06/01/2016 WI, Madison
Mad City Vegan Fest 2017
06/03/2017 OH, Cleveland
Cleveland Vegfest 2017
06/10/2017 NC, Asheville
Asheville Veganfest
07/01/2017 IL, Wheaton
Veggie Fest Chicago
07/22/2017 WA, Spokane
Spokane Vegfest
07/22-23/17 CO, Golden
VegFest Colorado
09/17/2017 OH, Columbus
2017 Ohio Vegfest
10/01/2017 CA, San Francisco
World Veg Festival Weekend
10/14/2017 OR, Portland
Portland VegFest
10/28/2017 FL, Orlando
Central Florida VegFest
11/11/2017 GA, Atlanta
Atlanta Veg Fest
2. On Faith, part 2
It is very difficult to discern God’s intentions for creation. In trying to address this question, I will first consider evidence that God played a role in creating the universe. The Bible describes God creating a beautiful, peaceful, harmonious world in which no individual harmed another. Skeptics doubt the historical accuracy of the creation story, noting that there is voluminous scientific evidence that contradicts this account.
Those arguing for God’s existence often maintain that the existence of the universe demonstrates the existence of a creator God. An atheist might reply: 1) we can now explain scientifically many things that had baffled the ancients and encouraged them to offer explanations involving divine forces, and just because we don’t yet understand everything about the universe doesn’t mean we need to propose theories about divine forces; 2) positing that God created the universe leads to the equally vexing question of how God came into existence; and 3) arguing that a divine force is responsible for creating the universe does not, itself, demonstrate that the Judeo-Christian account is any more accurate than the many, many other creation accounts of other religions.
The second issue, which I regard as more compelling, relates to the
existence of subjective experience, which has eluded scientific explanation
and creates space for positing a metaphysical component to the universe. If
God were responsible for a metaphysical component of the universe, then it
would seem reasonable to posit that God has certain intentions or desires
for creation. I will continue to explore this question next week.
Stephen R. Kaufman, M.D.
3. This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary
Hoffman
Heavenly Will Tops Worldly Ways