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Join Us Calendar Contact Us About Us Links Reference Home Nat'l votf In the Vineyard Child Victims Voice ARCHIVES Meeting History Bishop Accountability This website is provided as a free service by Bethany-Beach.net I Updated 4/10/2008 PRAYER TO THE SPIRIT O Spirit of God, and God of the Spirit, We remember the many ways You have touched our lives, transforming us and leading us to fulfill Your mission. We celebrate the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit among us. We believe that the Spirit calls us to continue the work of God in the world and through the Church. We believe that the Spirit transfigures us from within and we are grateful. We believe that you will empower us to be Your Presence to each other and to all those with whom we meet. We pray now for continued hope and confidence that you will continue to generously pour out your gifts. We pray for courage that we may remain committed to the vision of a stronger Church, and for strength that we may work tirelessly to fulfill Your will. We pray all of this in thanksgiving, and in the name of Jesus, our friend. |
3/10/08 Dear Friends of VOTF: Please put our next meeting on your calendar: March 26, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ocean View Town Hall, 32 West Avenue, Ocean View. We're going to carry over the program we had planned for February which is a video presentation by Reverend Richard McBrien: "VOTF & the Church: Where Do We Go From Here?" We hope to see you there. Keep the Faith, Change the Church! Skip Sullivan |
3/13/08 Dear Friends of VOTF: The Association for Rights of Catholics in the Church (ARCC) is sponsoring a Symposium: Rebuilding the Catholic Church on May 16 and 17 at Temple University in Philadelphia. The Keynote speaker will be Bishop Geoffrey Robinson of Australia elaborating on his book, Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church. Aside from Bishop Robinson's appearance on Friday evening, the all-day program on Saturday(attached) will feature the following speakers (including Paul Stanoz whose recent Commonweal article we all admired): Joseph O’Callaghan Why Not Elect Our bishops? David Efroymson History – What Went Wrong and Why? Christine Schenk Women of the Word, Women's Leadership in the Early Church Paul Stanosz Formation and the Priesthood Leonard Swidler Constitutional Catholicism Robert Blair Kaiser How We Can Take Back Our Church There are two web sites with information: www.arcc-catholic-rights.net and www.rccrenewal.org This is an excellent opportunity for us and Philadelphia isn't far! Perhaps we could form some carpools and spend the weekend. Think about it! With fiercest hope! Skip Sullivan Coastal Delmarva VOTF |
3/25/2008 Good Morning Everyone, Here's the article on our affiliate that appears in today's edition of the WAVE. Thank you to Bob Wallace for being our liaison to the paper, and for being willing to be photographed. It's not too bad, but the reporter (Molly McMullen) got some things mixed up (the wording of our 2nd goal e.g.). Both Bob and I tried to correct her mistakes prior to publication, but she didn't make the corrections. I'm obviously not the chair. And my words were, "We don't question our creed --not creator! Oh well... With hope for a positive reaction on the part of readers, Skip Sullivan Click here: The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com - Salisbury, Md. |