DLCMA
Dahlonega Lumpkin County Ministerial Association
Meeting Minutes
January 8, 2018
St. Luke’s Parish Hall
The Rev Stephen Schofield
The Rev Robin Parr
The Rev Gerhard Michael
Father John Matejek
Father John Hamilton
The Rev McKay Caston
Health Care Initiative Program
We decided to prepare a resource for local churches on health making significant use of Biblical references. Pastor Michael will bring to the next meeting several topics which we can divide among ourselves. For each topic we will devise questions with Biblical references about health and its connection to spirituality.
It was decided to base the Lenten Services on the hymn attributed to Thomas a Kempis: Father John sent out an email with the text of the hymn “O Love, how broad, how strong, how high” and ask people to sign up to do different weeks of the Lenten Service.
We did not plan the Good Friday Service. St. Luke’s will not participate. St. Elizabeth’s may not. We will need to plan the Good Friday Service at the next meeting.
We discussed shelter from the cold for those needing it. It was noted that Dahlonega United Methodist Church is used as a shelter once the Red Cross declares that there is a need for shelter. We wondered why this had not been evoked this cold spell, and some of us were concerned that the process had broken down.
Submitted,
John Hamilton
Addendum: Results of Email Poling and Lenten Service Schedule
Theme of Lenten Services: O Love, how deep, how broad, how high
Background on this hymn can be found at this website: https://hymnary.org/text/o_love_how_deep_how_broad_how_high
Date
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Theme
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Hymn
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Pastor
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Feb 20
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The Son of God takes mortal form for mortal sake
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Verse 1
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Fr Matejek
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Feb 27
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He bore his holy fast and hungered sore
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Verse 2
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Fr Hamilton
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Mar 6
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For us temptation short he knew, for us the tempter overthrew
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Verse 2
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Rev Schofield
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Mar 13
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For us he prayed, for us he taught, still seeking not himself but us
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Verse 3
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Ms Lago
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Mar 20
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For us to evil power betrayed, scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed
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Verse 4
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Rev Colloday
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An image of the hymn in a version of the United Methodist Hymnal is on the next page.
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