{"id":65692,"date":"2024-03-06T08:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T13:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=65692"},"modified":"2024-03-06T07:32:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T12:32:51","slug":"happenings-at-wawa-first-united-forth-sunday-of-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/happenings-at-wawa-first-united-forth-sunday-of-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Happenings at Wawa First United &#8211; Forth Sunday of Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past Sunday we heard of different ways one might understand the Ten Commandments. They are found in Exodus 30:2-12, Deuteronomy 5:6-21 and Exodus 34: 11-26 is the Ritual Decalogue.<\/p>\n<p>The Ten Commandments concern matters of fundamental importance in Judaism and Christianity. The greatest obligation (to worship only God), the greatest injury to a person (murder), the greatest injury to family bonds (adultery), the greatest injury to commerce and law ( bearing false witness). The greatest inter-generational obligation (honour to parents), the greatest obligation to community ( truthfulness) the greatest injury to movable property (theft).<\/p>\n<p>The commandments are written with room for varying interpretation reflecting their roles as a summary of fundamental principles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scripture Readings for Sunday March 1oth, Fourth Sunday of Lent<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Numbers 21:4-9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A bronze serpent heals the people<\/li>\n<li>Ephesians 2:1-10\u00a0\u00a0 We are not saved by our own doing, but by grace<\/li>\n<li>John 3: 14-21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For God so loved the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>John3:16 is likely the most famous of all scripture passages. Yet it is juxtaposed in the lectionary this week with the story of Moses lifting up a snake on a cross in the wilderness.<\/p>\n<p>In this story from Numbers, we encounter the cranky Hebrew people. The longer they wander, the more complaints they have, and the crankier they get. They don\u2019t like the food, they\u2019re thirsty, they\u2019re tired, they want to go back to Egypt, they\u2019re sick of camping. Finally, they reach the boiling point and complain to Moses that they\u2019ve had enough. God retaliates by sending venomous snakes into the encampment.<\/p>\n<p>While this seems a little harsh on God\u2019s part, what parent hasn\u2019t been pushed to the limit? Yet the arc of the scripture story is one of a relentless and undeterred God who does whatever necessary to maintain a relationship with humanity. Even in this situation and after an extreme reaction, God receives the people\u2019s prayers and provides a cure for snake bites.<\/p>\n<p>Fear of the unknown, fear of the other, fear of failure, fear of death \u2013 these cause spiritual and emotional paralysis. During this Lenten journey, let us reflect on how we are afflicted by fear\u2019s venom and remember that it is only by moving headlong into death\u2019s shadow that we can know Christ\u2019s resurrected love.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (the Gathering L\/E 2024)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Announcements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Annual Congregational meeting will take place after the Service on Sunday, March 10<sup>th<\/sup>. Please plan to be in attendance, everyone is important.<\/p>\n<p>The Cross of Lights will be lit on March 29<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Good Friday. If you would like to purchase a bulb in celebrations or in memory of someone please contact Maria at\u00a0 705-856-2861. Cost per bulb $5.<\/p>\n<p>The Prayer Shawl group will meet on Sat. Mar. 9th from 3-4:30 pm in the Family Room. All knitters and crocheters are welcome, needles and wool can be provided.<\/p>\n<p>Remember March 10<sup>th<\/sup> the clocks spring ahead one hour<\/p>\n<p>March 8 \u2013 International Women\u2019s Day<\/p>\n<p>March 14 \u2013 PIE ( National Affirming) Day\u00a0\u00a0 (pieday.ca)<\/p>\n<p>March 18 \u2013 Global Recycling Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Sunday we heard of different ways one might understand the Ten Commandments. They are found in Exodus 30:2-12, Deuteronomy 5:6-21 and Exodus 34: 11-26 is the Ritual Decalogue. The Ten Commandments concern matters of fundamental importance in Judaism and Christianity. The greatest obligation (to worship only God), the greatest injury to a person &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":9399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 00:06:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65693,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65692\/revisions\/65693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}