Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Hi all, Just wanted to sit down and write and let you all know that things are looking up. I am in contact with some church friends who I knew when I went to another Fellowship Bible Church who webcast their services online. I have asked and (I believe granted) membership status even though I am attending the service online. I wanted to thank all of you for standing with me conserning the issue of my size and the issues conserning this church. I almost feel that if there were enough people that would do so, you all could escort me into this church making me feel like I had my own Secret Service detail just to get into a church that discriminated me for my obeise problems and the fragrences that result from this.In fact, a couple of you whave already said that you would have done just that, and I wanteed to say thank you! However, I am reminded that a church, no matter where it is, is NOT A NAME OR A BUILDING. It is the people that are associated with a belief in a Power greater than owerselves. In twelve step groups that Power is defined by the individual, but in denominations it is defined on Biblical principles. I have chosen to believe that as a result of my own experiences of faith over the years that it is truely impossible to prove that there is ONE power, but more importantly a multitude of smaller powers that constitute a POWER greater than anything we can even conceive of. To prove my point, one computer cannot do anything unless it was connected some way to a series of other computers that can voice thoughts opinions and even ideas. This is what the Internet is, and it is this Internet that is helping us to communicate with each other. So, I believe that just on that basis that we are a 'fellowship' of believers who can come together who can for a church based on just our ideas of this Power that we all believe in. That just goes to show how important I think all of you are to me. OK, OK, I know what you all are saying. " Shut up, you are preaching! " I am no minister or teacher, but I am just sharing with you all what I believe. So I will stop for now. However, I do have an idea that I would like to just see if you all would like to participate in. I want to have a group of people who just want to share about things that have to do with this POWER GREATER than us. It does not have to be God, or Christ, nut just a group that we can all share in that is an expresion of our individual faith. Yours in Friendship, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Hi all, Just wanted to sit down and write and let you all know that things are looking up. I am in contact with some church friends who I knew when I went to another Fellowship Bible Church who webcast their services online. I have asked and (I believe granted) membership status even though I am attending the service online. I wanted to thank all of you for standing with me conserning the issue of my size and the issues conserning this church. I almost feel that if there were enough people that would do so, you all could escort me into this church making me feel like I had my own Secret Service detail just to get into a church that discriminated me for my obeise problems and the fragrences that result from this.In fact, a couple of you whave already said that you would have done just that, and I wanteed to say thank you! However, I am reminded that a church, no matter where it is, is NOT A NAME OR A BUILDING. It is the people that are associated with a belief in a Power greater than owerselves. In twelve step groups that Power is defined by the individual, but in denominations it is defined on Biblical principles. I have chosen to believe that as a result of my own experiences of faith over the years that it is truely impossible to prove that there is ONE power, but more importantly a multitude of smaller powers that constitute a POWER greater than anything we can even conceive of. To prove my point, one computer cannot do anything unless it was connected some way to a series of other computers that can voice thoughts opinions and even ideas. This is what the Internet is, and it is this Internet that is helping us to communicate with each other. So, I believe that just on that basis that we are a 'fellowship' of believers who can come together who can for a church based on just our ideas of this Power that we all believe in. That just goes to show how important I think all of you are to me. OK, OK, I know what you all are saying. " Shut up, you are preaching! " I am no minister or teacher, but I am just sharing with you all what I believe. So I will stop for now. However, I do have an idea that I would like to just see if you all would like to participate in. I want to have a group of people who just want to share about things that have to do with this POWER GREATER than us. It does not have to be God, or Christ, nut just a group that we can all share in that is an expresion of our individual faith. Yours in Friendship, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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