We are deeply shocked and disheartened to share that the Mt. Zion Church of God 7th Day’s church van has been stolen. This van is more than just a vehicle—it serves their community by transporting members to services, outreach events, and vital programs. Its loss is a heavy blow to the work we do and the people we serve.

We are appealing to the conscience of our community: If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of the van, please come forward. Contact 718-284-1097, your tip—no matter how small—could make a difference.

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Earlier this week, Henry Kissinger, a former U.S. Secretary of State and national security advisor, passed away at the age of 100. While he left mixed feelings on his actions over the course of his career, there’s no question that Kissinger had left an influential mark on politics

Kissinger was actually the first Jewish Secretary of State when he was sworn into office, which would later become a pressure point to the Nixon administration, becoming a key factor on said pressure with Israel when it came to withdraw from approaching Cairo and Damascus during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

But the interesting thing is how Kissinger’s passing actually relates to current politics. Antony Blinken, also Jewish, now serves as Secretary of State, and is actually visited Israel this week to meet with leaders over the ongoing ceasefire in the war against Hamas.

The reason this comes up is because of the pressure that now comes from the Biden administration, though on a much different level than what Nixon’s did, in regards to the message they’re trying to convey. Not to mention the significance of their involvement in the 2024 Presidential election, which will no doubt draw both pro-Israel voters, as well as millions of Jews and Christians.

With us now to talk about Kissinger’s legacy and how it has these interesting ties with the modern political scene is Jonathan Feldstein, a key Israeli figure and founder of the Genesis 123 Foundation (based on Genesis 12:3). His expertise in what’s happening in Israel should prove useful with this discussion. We welcome him to the show.

About Jonathan Feldstein…

Jonathan lives in Israel and has a son and son-in-law currently serving in the IDF. He has established an emergency fund through his Genesis 123 Foundation:

Israel has suffered barrages of thousands of rockets and missiles fired at Israeli communities creating death, damage, injuries, fear and trauma. The security threats, deaths, injuries, and trauma are at a level unseen in years.

The Genesis 123 Foundation is standing in the gap to provide emergency needs including civilian security, soldiers’ welfare, those suffering trauma, people whose homes have been destroyed, and emergency medical needs.

Every donation of any size makes a huge difference. https://love.genesis123.co/

Jonathan Feldstein is president and founder of The Genesis 123 Foundation. Jonathan was born and educated in the U.S. and immigrated to Israel in 2004. He is married and the father of six.

Throughout his life and career, he has been blessed by the calling to fellowship with Christians to serve as a bridge between Jews and Christians and to help connect Christians to Israel in a meaningful way.

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Statement of the Council of Bishops of the UOC of the USA: Pray for Ukraine!
Звернення Собору Єпископів УПЦ США: Молімось за Україну!
God is with us! Christ is amongst us! He is and always shall be!

These ancient Christian greetings are so necessary for us all to embrace in hope and love, with a sense of deep concern and an unfathomable desire for peace, as the world watches the news reports from Ukraine and around the world concerning yet another threat from Russian leadership.

The scare and intimidation tactics with the presence of the armed vehicles and over a hundred thousand of soldiers around the borders of Ukraine combined with systematic cyber attacks at all levels of life in Ukraine can only be interpreted as terroristic threats that target innocent lives of Ukrainian citizens.

They seem to be instigated by an extremely low sense of self-esteem among the leadership of what has become the aggressor nation of modern times – which creates a very dangerous set of circumstances.
Ukraine – the geographic reality – with its own sovereign borders has always been coveted by neighbors from anywhere beyond those borders because of the expanse of her natural resources, especially the incredibly rich black soil, which earned her the name “the Breadbasket of Europe”, which produced the abundance of wheat that was shared with the world. It was and is this land that so many other countries have attempted to annex, dominate, subordinate and benefit from not only in modern history, but throughout the early Kyivan-Rus’ history.

It is no secret that Russia, under the guise of the “Soviet Union” wanted not only the rich natural resources, but just as importantly, a buffer zone between itself and the rest of the Western world. Further, Ukraine, as a blossoming democracy inspires surrounding nations. Therein lies the key to comprehending modern Russian and other earlier invasions. In seeking to control the land, the resources and the political system, hardly a thought has ever been given to the real people who live in that land. These people are the “nation” of Ukraine, and that nation possesses a self-identity that is impossible to annihilate.

Through centuries of invasions the “nation” was unimportant to the invaders. Thus, the “nation” bore the loss of millions and millions of victims to genocide, most atrociously under the former Soviet Union and its Holodomor. Throughout all this history of terror, the self-identity of the “nation” survived – in the hearts, minds and souls of the people. It is with the people that we are desperately concerned as we write these words. It is for the them, our brothers and sisters, that we ask you to join is in prayer.

We must beseech God in the Holy Trinity to protect her people from the horrors that far too many of their ancestors knew and perished from. We direct all our clergy to offer the following prayer during the Litany of Fervent Supplication of each Divine Liturgy. Further, we ask you all to make this prayer part of your daily prayers in your home chapels. May God hear our loving petition and soften the hearts and minds of all, within and without Ukraine during these dangerous times.

With prayers,
+Antony, Metropolitan
+Daniel, Archbishop
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Звернення Собору Єпископів УПЦ США: Молімось за Україну!
З НАМИ БОГ! ХРИСТОС ПОСЕРЕД НАС! ВІН Є І ЗАВЖДИ БУДЕ!
Ці стародавні Християнські вітання так необхідні для нас усіх, щоб ми огорнулися надією та любов’ю, з почуттям глибокого занепокоєння та незбагненного бажання миру, коли світ спостерігає за новинами з України та світу, про чергову загрозу з боку Російського керівництва.

Тактика залякування та шантажу за наявністю воєнної техніки та понад ста тисяч військовослужбовців біля кордонів України у поєднанні із систематичними кібератаками на всіх рівнях життя в Україні можна трактувати лише, як терористичні загрози, спрямовані на невинне життя громадян України. Вони, здається, спонукані вкрай низьким почуттям власної гідності у керівництві, що і призвело їх називати нацією-агресором в сучасному світі, яка створює дуже небезпечні обставини.

Україна – географічна реальність – зі своїми власними суверенними кордонами завжди була приманкою для сусідів з усіх сторін своїх кордонів через великі її природні ресурси, особливо неймовірно багаті чорноземи, які дали їй назву “Житниця Європи”, яка вирощувала велику кількість пшениці і ділилися зі світом. Саме ці землі намагалися анексувати, домінувати, підпорядкувати і отримати користь не лише в новітній історії, а й протягом усієї ранньої історії Київської Русі.
Ні, це для кого не секрет, що Росія під виглядом “Радянського Союзу” хотіла не тільки багатих природних ресурсів, але, що не менш важливо, буферної зони між собою та рештою частиною Західного світу. У цьому криється ключ до Російських та інших попередніх вторгнень. Додаймо до цього ще і реальність того, що теперішня загроза для тоталітарного режиму є реальність демократичного способу життя молодої нації, яка провела шість відкритих і спокійних президентських виборів, та веде подальші впевнені демократичні реформи. Прагнучи контролювати певні території, ресурси та демократію, навряд чи прагнення людей було взято до уваги, які проживають на цій територій. Ці люди є “народом” України. Хоча поняття “Україна”, як назва географічної території не така давня, як “Київська Русь”, “нація” чи народ цієї країни мають самоідентичність, яку неможливо знищити.

Протягом століть вторгнень, “нація” була неважлива для загарбників. Таким чином, “нація” понесла міліонні втрати жертв в геноциді, найбільш жорстоким під час колишнього Радянського Союзу Голодоморі. Протягом усієї цієї історії терору самоідентичність “нації” збереглася – у серцях, розумі і душах цього народу. Саме про “народ”– людство – ми відчайдушно стурбовані, коли пишемо ці слова. Саме за “народ – наших братів і сестер, наших людей” ми просимо вас приєднатися до молитви.

Ми повинні благати Бога в Пресвятій Трійці, щоб захистив свій народ від жахіття, яких зазнали, і від яких вмирали занадто багато їхніх предків. Просимо всіх вас приєднатися до нас у цій молитві, яку ми доручаємо всьому духовенству виголошувати під час Потрійної Єктенії за кожною Божественною Літургію. Крім того, ми просимо всіх вас мовити цю молитву у ваших щоденних молитвах, у ваших домашніх капличках. Нехай Бог почує наше прохання з любов’ю та пом’якшить серця та розум усіх, як всередині України, так і за її межами в цей непевний час.

З молитвами,
+Антоній, митрополит
+Даниїл, архієпископ

Choir of St. Volodymyr Cathedral,
Conductor Nataliya Vashchenko.

Pastor Rev. Volodymyr Muzychka

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At sunrise each day, this bird, known as Canary da Mata, opens its wings as though giving thanks to God for another day.

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Dear Friends and Members,

This is a very Holy Time of the Year. Every Day is a Blessed Day for ALL, including the animal and plant kingdom. The Canary da Mata shows us if we open our wings to give thanks the beauty of life will surround us.

Aamir shares these religious thoughts: What a coincidence. Only every hundred years or so do these major religions celebrate a Festival Weekend together. God bless all.

Lailat Al Bara ah. (Night of forgiving and forgiveness) to our Muslim Friends.

Palm Sunday for our Christian Friends.

Passover to our Jewish friends and

Holi to Hindu friends.

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LET’S GROW TOGETHER. GOOD NEWS MOTTO: ALL WE ARE IS WHAT WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER. ZEAL. Enjoy Every Moment.

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Members of many Christian denominations, including the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, Oriental Orthodox and Reformed traditions, observe Good Friday with fasting and church services.[5][6][7] Communicants of the Moravian Church have a Good Friday tradition of cleaning gravestones in Moravian cemeteries.[8]

The date of Good Friday varies from one year to the next on both the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Eastern and Western Christianity disagree over the computation of the date of Easter and therefore of Good Friday. Good Friday is a widely instituted legal holiday around the world, including in most Western countries and 12 U.S. states.[9] Some countries, such as Germany, have laws prohibiting certain acts, such as dancing and horse racing.

Easter,[nb 1] also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin)[nb 2] or Resurrection Sunday,[5][6] is a Christian festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day after his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.[7][8] It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.

Most Christians refer to the week before Easter as “Holy Week”, which contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Maundy and Last Supper,[9][10] as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus.[11] In Western Christianity, Eastertide, or the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks, ending with the coming of the 50th day, Pentecost Sunday. In Eastern Christianity, the season of Pascha begins on Pascha and ends with the coming of the 40th day, the Feast of the Ascension.

Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts which do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars which follow only the cycle of the Sun; rather, its date is offset from the date of Passover and is therefore calculated based on a lunisolar calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established two rules, independence of the Jewish calendar and worldwide uniformity, which were the only rules for Easter explicitly laid down by the council. No details for the computation were specified; these were worked out in practice, a process that took centuries and generated a number of controversies. It has come to be the first Sunday after the ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21 March.[12] Even if calculated on the basis of the more accurate Gregorian calendar, the date of that full moon sometimes differs from that of the astronomical first full moon after the March equinox.[13]

Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover (Hebrew: פֶּסַח pesach, Aramaic: פָּסחָא pascha) by its origin (according to the Synoptic Gospels, both the Crucifixion and the Resurrection took place during the Jewish Passover)[14][15] and by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. In most European languages the feast is called by the words for passover in those languages; and in the older English versions of the Bible the term Easter was the term used to translate passover.[16] Easter customs vary across the Christian world, and include sunrise services, exclaiming the Paschal greeting, clipping the church,[17] and decorating Easter eggs (symbols of the empty tomb).[18][19][20] The Easter lily, a symbol of the resurrection,[21][22] traditionally decorates the chancel area of churches on this day and for the rest of Eastertide.[23] Additional customs that have become associated with Easter and are observed by both Christians and some non-Christians include egg hunting, the Easter Bunny, and Easter parades.[24][25][26] There are also various traditional Easter foods that vary regionally.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter

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“You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with magic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.”

-Warren Buffett
Dear Friends and Members,

Life is full of miracles, waking up each day, talking to a stranger (who really is our Homosapien brother or sister!), seeing a squirrel run up a tree and so on.

Warren Buffet, a very successful man financially… has no IPHONE, IPAD, but does enjoy his Egg McMuffin at McDonald’s shares his thoughts above. What can help each of us to have peace and love in our life is the realization that everyone has their own thoughts and words and to “Let Them Be.” Mr. Buffet says, ” If words control you, then everyone else can control you. Breath and allow things to pass.”

The old adage, Sticks and Stones may break your bones, but words can never hurt or break me,” according to Wikipedia has been around since 1862. when it appeared in The Christian Record. a publication of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, interesting during BLACK HISTORY MONTH.*

As 2021 unfolds for us and as always filled with GOOD NEWS if we see it, let us all BE STRONG and some cases BE STRONGER than we ever were by allowing others to sharetheir thoughts, even when we dont agree. More Good News, or LIFE, will then come our way because as Warren Buffet states, “Breath and allow things to pass.”

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* Alexander William Kinglake in his Eothen (written 1830, published in London, John Ollivier, 1844) used “golden sticks and stones”.

It is reported[1] to have appeared in The Christian Recorder of March 1862, a publication of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, where it is presented as an “old adage” in this form:

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never break me.

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“At a time of division and despair, Linda Seger reminds us of essential human values shared by all: humanity, respect and ensuring a better, safer world for our children. This book builds a bridge for people with different political and religious beliefs.” – Congressman Steve Israel (2001-2017)

In this provocative and insightful book, Jesus Rode A Donkey: Why Millions of Christians Are Democrats (Clovercroft Publishing May5th, Trade Paperback, 253 pages, ISBN: 978-1950892143, $16.99), author Dr. Linda Seger, a theologian and a Quaker, explores what it means to be a Christian and a Democrat as we approach a sure-to-be historic 2020 election.

“Being Christian and a Democrat are not mutually exclusive,”asserts Seger, Th.D. “My book reveals the close relationship between Democratic policy and Jesus’ teachings and the many ways in which the values Jesus espouses in the Bible correspond to the values Democrats call their own.”

The idea that American Christians vote strictly Republican crumbles as readers peruse Seger’s careful study of both parties’ platforms. Jesus Rode A Donkey reminds the reader that Jesus and the prophets had a radical, progressive message that calls individuals and nations to feed the hungry, help the poor,heal the sick, free the oppressed, and to love our enemies. The Democrats embrace these values.

“The public needs to understand that Republicans do not have the corner on Christ,” says Dr. Seger. “They have actually lost their moral authority and moral compass since 2016 by not speaking out against unchristian, immoral behavior from our government.”

If you’re unsure about which party and which policies best express your values, perhaps this book will bring you some clarity about who you are, what you believe as a citizen of our country and of our world, and what actions you can take to help create a society that is an expression of God’s grace, the love of Christ, and the manifestation of the Holy Spirit.

Seger, Th.D., holds three master’s degrees, as well as a Th.D. in theology and drama. She is the author of 16 books and has given seminars and speeches in 33 countries around the world. Raised a 1950s Republican and a Lutheran, her political and religious evolution led her to become a Democrat and a Quaker.She is a born-again Christian, was a fundamentalist and evangelical for several years. In one way or another, she has been associated with the Southern Baptists, United Church of Christ, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. She serves on the board of Christian Democrats in America. She has also been a county caucus chair and has served as a delegate for the Colorado county and state Democratic Convention.

Dr. Seger believes our nation is in the midst of a moral crisis, and notes that Democrats of late have been more willing to speak up about their faith and have been more willing to look at the crisis in our government through their moral and ethical faith perspectives.

Jesus Rode A Donkey is a well-researched, soul-searching, and clear-eyed look at America’s Christian values and how they impact policy. It also makes a strong case that the Democratic platform clearly reflects Christian values.

For more information, please visit www.jesusrodeadonkey.com

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