This morning I had the good opportunity to join All People's United Church of Christ: A Central Oregon Church House for worship. Today congregations across the country participated in Jubilee Sunday and we did the same in Redmond this morning. What is the Jubilee movement?
In the Jubilee Year as quoted in Leviticus, those enslaved because of debts are freed, lands lost because of debt are returned, and community torn by inequality is restored.
Today international debt has become a new form of slavery. Debt slavery means poor people working harder and harder in a vain effort to keep up with the interest payments on debts owed to rich countries including the US and international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The Jubilee USA Network brings together people to turn this reality around by active solidarity with partners worldwide, targeted and timely advocacy strategies and educational outreach. Please join us in working for Jubilee justice.
During worship this morning we prayed for those third world countries being crushed by dept and reflected together on Amos 8:4-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-7, & Luke 16:1-13 and what it means to forgive debt - both in economic and personal terms.
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All People's United Church of Christ: A Central Oregon Church House is a small progressive faith community that meets in Redmond, Oregon. It is the definition of "church house" and there is something very special about that. Being there I was remind of the early church movement when people gathered in homes to share the Gospel message. To learn more about All People's call (541) 388-2230.
The drive there and back was over six hours but I was rewarded with spectacular views driving through Mt. Hood National Forest and witnessed some amazing cloud formations (the bad side of which were the southern-style torrential downpours that brought traffic to a crawl on the way home....worth it all though for the incredible beauty). This photo of Mt. Hood was the only time today the top of the mountain was visible to me. The clouds broke only for a few seconds and fortunately there was a turn-off where I was able to snap a photo on my iPhone.
