![]() When not working, she enjoys sipping a Starbucks latte, collecting 80s memorabilia, and spending time with her family and her crazy dog, Cookie. She also is a literary agent for Wordwise Media Services. She is a regular contributor for and and is a movie reviewer for Movieguide Magazine. Lazurek is a multi-genre award winning author, speaker, pastor's wife and mother. But the fact that you choose to bless him will produce a year-round ripple effect of gratitude in his heart. Your pastor will love any way you want to bless them. The suggestions above are just a starting point. October is not only the beginning of fall but a time to give thanks for God’s plentiful harvest and a time to reflect on your blessings, like being a part of a local church you love. You get a chance to use your gifts as a blessing and you free up a pastor’s already overpacked schedule. Ask a youth group, men’s group, or any other group, to create coupons for a themed workday like outside workday at the pastor’s house to do yard work, trim bushes, sweep the walk, etc. Offer to work for your pastor around his home, car, or other service that he can’t get done himself. Make certificates, trophies, medals, or prizes to go with each category. Zuppi is scheduled to go to Beijing soon.Do you have a gift or skill your pastor could use? Does your pastor have leaky pipes that you can fix for free? Are you good with cars and can’t wait to get your hands on the pastor’s car with a squealing belt or balding tires? On Saturday morning, Francis called on leaders to dispel the "dark clouds of war."įrancis has sent an envoy, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, to Kyiv, Washington and Moscow to discuss ways of ending the conflict in Ukraine and aiding humanitarian efforts. Passion,” said Yang Guang, a 37-year-old Catholic from Shanghai.Ĭatholics in the small cathedral were thrilled to see the pope and smiled with pride when he mentioned their pastor, Italian Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, who has worked as a missionary in Mongolia for more than 20 years. It’s not as if I have this kind of opportunity all the time. "I’m just extremely happy because this is the first time I’ve seen him. Outside the pope's meeting with Mongolian leaders, about two dozen Catholics from China waved red, five-starred Chinese flags. "This is the church of the world, especially for the margins, and that is a good thing," Chow said. He said the pope taking the trouble to travel such a long way to visit such a small congregation showed "that the church is expanding to the peripheries. Leading a delegation of about 40 Catholics from Hong Kong, Chow said the Catholic Church in Asia was growing and in a position to help Catholics from the East and the West better understand each other. ![]() In the audience was Hong Kong's top Catholic cleric, Archbishop Stephen Chow, who in April made the first visit to the Chinese capital by a bishop of the former British colony in nearly 30 years.Ĭhow, who will be a made a cardinal by the pope this month, told reporters he hoped the church in Hong Kong could be a "bridge Church" with mainland China. A landmark 2018 agreement between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops has been tenuous at best, with the Vatican complaining that Beijing has violated it several times.įrancis spoke at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, a small church built in the shape of a ger - a traditional round, nomadic tent-like home - that venerates a statue of the Virgin Mary found in the garbage 10 years ago. "For this reason, governments and secular institutions have nothing to fear from the church’s work of evangelization, for she has no political agenda to advance, but is sustained by the quiet power of God's grace and a message of mercy and truth, which is meant to promote the good of all," he said.īeijing has been following a policy of "Sinicization" of religion, trying to root out foreign influences and enforce obedience to the Communist Party. In an address to bishops, priests, missionaries and pastoral workers, he said Jesus gave no political mandate to his apostles but told them to alleviate the sufferings of a "wounded humanity" through faith. On his first working day in Mongolia, the government feted the pope with traditional events, such a parade including men on horseback dressed as ancient Mongol warriors. ![]() Pope Francis, in words that appeared to be aimed at China rather than the neighboring country he was visiting, said on Saturday that governments have nothing to fear from the Catholic Church because it has no political agenda.įrancis, 86, made his comments in Mongolia, which has only 1,450 Catholics and where the tiny church has good relations with a government that has expressed appreciation for its social, health and charitable activities. ![]()
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