Hey everyone i ust wanted to let yal know of a special event tha tis being put on by the friends and fmialy of Keith Dixon. Keith was mowing the yard of a friend who really needed the help and while mowing a hill his foot sliped and found its way under the lawnmower. Needless to say the mower won the fight and Keith had to have surgery. He has been told that he will not be able to work for several weeks and that does not even include the medical expenses!

So his friends and family (and yes, Th3 Waters is his family too)  have decided to have a benefit concert to help Keith and Sarah out! So, I have updated the calendar appropriately and here is the info here as well:

Where: Florence UMC (the map and directions can be found on the calendar.

When: This Sunday @ 7:00 pm

What to bring: money to give, and yourself to enjoy a night of amazing music!

If you would like to participate in the concert, just contact D.G. and he will send you to the right person. Thanks!

someone elses is setting up meals to take to Keith and Sarah and if you would like to cook a meal and drop it off over there contact D.G. again and he wil send you to the right person! Thanks and God bless yall!

BTW: Keith is the tall guy in the Habitat for Humanity picture just two blog posts down.

Just wanted to remind everyone that we are all going to join together again as an all Waters’ Living Out Loud event by building two Habitat for Humanity houses this Saturday! The event starts @ 8:00 am @ Florence Christian Chruch with Breakfast and lunch provided! for more information just go tot he Calendar over there on the right side of the blog!

And don’t forget the Derek Webb concert tonight @ 7:00 pm @ Vineyard Central 7:00pm – 10:30pm. (also on the calendar)

The Jesus for President tour is coming to Cincinnati….. I promise… this one will be full of conversation and discussion…here is a little info on it:

Jesus for President

Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw
And Friends

A different kind of campaign.
A different kind of party.
A different kind of Commander in Chief.

NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE AND FROM BOOKSTORES EVERYWHERE

»Teaching, storytelling, art, music, and liturgy to provoke the political imagination.

»Turn off the TV, pick up the bible and join the revolution of political misfits and cultural refugees.

»Politics for Ordinary Radicals

Shane and friends will be here June 25th Starting @ 7:00 pm… the location is yet to be known, but Please put this down on your calendars now… you will not be disappointed. (at least I don’t think you will, heh)

Photo by Cindy (C) all rights reserved. 

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helps brainstorm ideas for our Station of the Cross and to those who help set it all up! It was a great experience and I hope that two years from now when we do it again more of us can be involved! Thanks.. If you woul dlike to check out pictures from the event a few descriptions of the stations then head over to this Flickr set or try This Flickr Set!

God bless yall!

Hey everyone:

Via Crucis Immersion is going on right now! Please click the photo below and get directions to get there. The Friday night OG is going to check it out on Friday (Good Friday) and I would encourage everyone to check it out this week! It is open to everyone from 11am – 11pm through Saturday… I promise your Lent will be enriched like never before! here is the photo/link:

Sorry about that here are the dates for Via Crucis to help yall to decide if yall might be able to help with it Thanks!

February 16, Saturday – 10-noon – Planning meeting #1
- March 8, Saturday – 10-noon – Planning meeting #2
- March 15, Saturday – Set-up (all day)
- March 16, Sunday – Sunday morning preview for VC community (before/after worship gathering)
o Sunday evening opening night, 7:00 PM
- March 17-22 (Monday-Saturday) – open from 11am-11pm
- March 23, Sunday – Easter morning worship
o Sunday afternoon/evening – Station take-down and clean-up
- March 24, Monday – Station take-down and clean-up

Please continue to pray about your involvement and let D.G. know if your interested! Thanks!

Derek Webb, wife, and band concert!!!

Description
Derek Webb, prolific singer-songwriter and acclaimed folk musician, is coming to Cincinnati, Ohio at St. Elizabeth’s in Norwood. Come enjoy his music in a beautiful space. This time around, he will be accompanied by his band, and will feature his wife, Sandra McCracken, and local folk favorite Liz Bowater as openers.

Notes
Come enjoy Derek, Sandra, and local favorite Liz Bowater’s music in a beautiful church in Cincinnati, Ohio. There is no assigned seating so first come first serve!

Well, it looks like the station of the cross that we will be in charge of will be:

Jesus Bears the Cross – John 19: 6, 15-17

John 19:6

6As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”

John 19:15-17
15But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.

16Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha)

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OK our responsibility will be using a small space within a large beautiful old sanctuary (@ Vineyard Central, we will create an immersive experience to help anyone who comes to our space to experience a transforming moment that will help anyone contemplate or experience the scriptures above. We will just be one of the other stations of the cross that wil be doing the smae thing we will be doing, except with different scriptures.

OK, lets get to brainstorming…any suggestions? Just leave any comments you come up with in prayer here or email D.G.. Thanks!

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Here is something that I read:

Essentially the Way of The Cross is a love affair between Jesus and his cross. Here he is introduced to it, and he clasps it, not unlike the way John Paul 11 clasps his Processional Cross. He does not hold it like a standard, but rather like a treasured friend, something to embrace and caress. None of us looks for a cross, yet any serious attempt at pursuing a spiritual life must inevitably embrace The Cross in one form or another.

Here is all of the stations:

The Stations (first come first serve, let me know which one your group would like to do):
First Station: Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-41)
Second Station: Jesus, Betrayed by Judas, is Arrested (Mark 14: 43-46)
Third Station: Jesus is Condemned by the Sanhedrin (Luke 22: 66-71)
Fourth Station: Jesus is Denied by Peter (Matthew 26: 69-75)
Fifth Station: Jesus is Judged by Pilate (Mark 15: 1-5, 15)
Sixth Station: Jesus is Scourged and Crowned with Thorns (John 19: 1-3)
Seventh Station: Jesus Bears the Cross (John 19: 6, 15-17)
Eighth Station: Jesus is Helped by Simon the Cyrenian to Carry the Cross (Mark 15: 21)
Ninth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem (Luke 23: 27-31)
Tenth Station: Jesus is Crucified (Luke 23: 33-34)
Eleventh Station: Jesus Promises His Kingdom to the Good Thief (Luke 23: 39-43)
Twelfth Station: Jesus Speaks to His Mother and the Disciple (John 19: 25-27)
Thirteenth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross (Luke 23: 44-46)
Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Placed in the Tomb (Matthew 27: 57-60)

Via Crucis :: Immersion

Via Crucis :: Immersion 2008 intro letter (pdf)

You are invited.

Via Crucis :: Immersion is an experiential Stations of the Cross. Via Crucis is based on the 14 Stations of the Cross … remixed. Our expression of this ancient Christian practice will be multi-sensory,multi-denominational, multi-layered, and multi-media. Via Crucis :: Immersion is a pilgrimage. A journey into the heart of God. It is an immersion into the suffering of Jesus and a discovery of our own brokenness. It is Christ’s passion.

We have already given our desire to produce one of the stations of the Cross booths, so if you would like to help with this then please let D.G. know! Thanks!

Hey everyone:

I just wanted to let everyone know that Th3 Waters all together will be having another opportunity to Live Out Loud @ Sunday Night Live. This is an amazing ministry that we have gone to before where we serve dinner for around 100-120 homeless and low income people in Covington, KY.

Please!!!! Bring a desert…and please let us know if your going to bring one to make sure we have enough (we need to have enough to feed everyone)….

Also, they are always in need of clothes (especially winter clothes right now) and canned goods.

Please make sure this event makes your calendar! Can’t wait to serve along side yall!

Directions to Grace UMC/ Sunday night live:

Grace UMC

131 E. 5th Street
Covington, KY 41011

And here is a map to the location if you wan to meet us there around 3:00 pm.

We will also be carpooling to the church and meeting @ Florence UMC @ 2:30 pm and here is a map to Florence UMC.