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Worship Conference in Greenwich, November 7th, featuring Bob Fitts

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Bob Fitts Conference

The New England Prayer Center presents “Breathe,” a worship and arts symposium featuring Bob Fitts, noted worship leader and the composer of well-known songs such as Blessed Be The Lord God Almighty, The Lord Reigns, and He Will Come And Save You. The event will run on November 7th from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM.  There will also be a worship service at 5:30 PM.

The event will be hosted at Harvest Time Church International, 1338 King Street in Greenwich, CT. Click here to register online.

Keep up with Christian events around Connecticut by using our Connecticut Christian Events Calendar.  You can always submit events to info@PrayCT.org.

Graham Jones in Greenwich, June 14

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Graham Jones will be ministering at Harvest Time Church, 1338 King Street, Greenwich, CT on Sunday, June 14th, at a special 7:00 pm evening service. Graham ministers in many different countries every year and the Lord uses him particularly in the area of physical healing.

More information on Graham’s ministry is available at www.gjmi.org.

Pain on the way as State, towns grapple with budget cuts

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When the chickens come home to roost as they eventually do it’s a safe bet that you don’t want to be sitting under the roost.  So, I’m cringing as I think about how our debt habit is finally starting to hurt us in ways that really count.  What’s going to get cut? Who’s going to get hurt? And will we learn the larger lesson about the borrower being the servant to the lender?

There’s lots of misery to go around, apparently.

Courthouses: Will the Derby courthouse close? Local businesses would suffer, other courthouses which already lack space would have to pick up the slack. (story)

Nursing Homes: “Representatives for Connecticut’s nursing homes are warning that budget cuts proposed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the legislature’s Democratic leaders could cost thousands of jobs at facilities across the state, and might plunge currently stable facilities for the elderly into financial peril.” (story)

It’s not only the State of course, but towns are varied as Greenwich and Hartford that are seeking ways to cut expenditures, raise taxes or both.

The next shoe to drop: commercial real estate.

Continue to pray for the Governor and all our State legislators.

Jan Nel ministering in Fairfield County beginning May 26

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Pastor Jan Nel will be returning to Fairfield County for two weeks of seminars, Bible studies and a full day of Sunday services, beginning May 26. Jan’s seminars, The School of the Spirit, and The Father’s House, have been completely restructured with three separate modules for each course. The modules will be repeated later in the year, making it possible to attend some now, take others later, and still get the same content.

Seminars:

School of the Spirit: May 26, 27 & 28 (Tues/Wed/Thurs) at 7:00 PM

Content: The School of the Spirit is designed to train lay leaders in the gifting, work and ministry of the Holy Spirit. The course shows the necessity of the presence and power of the Spirit in ministry.

Location: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 471 Mansfield Avenue, Darien CT 06870

Father’s House: June 2, 3 & 4 (Tues/Wed/Thurs) at 7:00 PM

Content: The Father’s House is a discipleship training course designed to identify, develop and implement the ministry gifts.

Location: Harvest Time Church, 1338 King Street, Greenwich, CT 06831

Sunday services, May 31


Morning Services: 8:30 – 10:00 – 11:30 AM: Harvest Time Church, 1338 King Street, Greenwich, CT 06831

Evening Service: 7:00 PM: Presbyterian Church of Old Greenwich, 38 West End Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT 06870

Graham Jones ministering in Fairfield County, Feb. 3-5

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From his ministry base in Saint Etienne France, Graham Jones from England ministers in many different countries every year. The Lord uses Graham particularly in the area of physical healing through simple faith in God’s promises and the manifest presence of God. Graham is involved in church planting and oversees churches in Europe, India and North America. Graham & his wife Léa are currently planting a new church in the town of St Etienne in the South of France.

Graham will be speaking on healing at St. Paul’s Darien (471 Mansfield Ave, Darien) at 7:30pm, Feb 3rd.  He will also be ministering at the midweek service at Harvest Time Church (1338 King St., Greenwich) at 7pm, Feb 4th.   Graham will be at Presbyterian Church of Old Greenwich (38 West End Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT) on the evening of February 5th, time to be announced.

More information on Graham’s ministry is available at www.gjmi.org.

Greenwich becoming Connecticut’s gay marriage capital

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Proximity to New York may be making Greenwich the capital of gay marriage in the area, just as it made Greenwich the Powerball Mecca a few years back.

Since Nov. 12, when a state judge gave the final go-ahead for gay marriage, 26 same-sex couples have been married in Greenwich. That is more than the number married in any of the state’s four largest cities, according to data obtained from vital records officials. Seven gay marriages have taken place in Bridgeport; 16 in Hartford, 17 in Stamford and 20 in New Haven. Of the couples married in Greenwich, all but two were from out of state. Fifteen came from the New York City area; three from Long Island; two from Westchester County; one from New Jersey; and one each from Chicago, North Carolina and Kentucky.

Chicago, North Carolina and Kentucky?

I take it back. At this rate Greenwich may become the Las Vegas of gay marriage.

More here from the Greenwich Time.

Can you refuse to marry a gay couple in Connecticut?

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If you are a public official, the answer is clearly “no.”  Attorney-General Blumenthal has issued an opinion which recognizes gay marriage as being on a par with other civil rights, pursuant to the recent Supreme Court decision in the Kerrigan case.  Says Mr. Blumenthal:

Section 46b-22 does not impose a duty on persons authorized to perform marriages to perform a marriage for any particular couple or establish a right for couples seeking to marry to have the ceremony performed by a particular authorized person.  However, as is currently the case, public officials who have been authorized to perform marriages may not refuse to perform a marriage for discriminatory reasons, in violation of the Connecticut Constitution.

 

As I read this, clergy may refuse to marry anyone, but public officials who are authorized to solemnize marriages may not, as it would be a violation of those persons’ state constitutional rights.

The Greenwich Time ran an interesting piece last week about the impact of our new situation upon justices of the peace.

In the wake of his expanded duties, one justice of the peace was thinking about stepping down.

“I haven’t had to face that issue, thank God,” said justice Forbes Delany, asked if he would be willing to perform gay marriages. “I can turn down anyone.”

Three days after the release of Blumenthal’s legal opinion, Delany said he was no longer interested in being a justice of the peace. Asked if his decision was influenced by Blumenthal’s statement that justices may not refuse to marry gays, Delany said only, “I think I have to take my name off the list.”

Reactions from other justices range from disappointment to celebration.

Byram Republican Emil Smeriglio, a justice for 25 years and born-again Christian, said last week, “Frankly, it’s against my religion.”

“It’s a discretionary call, I thought,” he said.

 

I’m afraid that Mr. Delany and Mr. Smeriglio will have to make a call based on conscience in our Brave New State.  Indeed, this is only the beginning of a soft expulsion of committed Christians and other traditionalists from public life.