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Peace & Justice
Two Key Scriptures
That Guide Our Peace & Justice Committee Thinking
Mark 12:28-31 (The Message) "The Most Important Commandment"
28 One of the religion scholars came up. Hearing the lively exchanges of question and answer and seeing how sharp Jesus was in his answers, he put in his question: "Which is most important of all the commandments?"
29-31 Jesus said, "The first in importance is, 'Listen, Israel: The Lord your God is one; so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.' And here is the second: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.' There is no other commandment that ranks with these."
Matthew 25:31- 36 (The Message) "The Sheep and the Goats"
31-33 "When he finally arrives, blazing in beauty and all his angels with him, the Son of Man will take his place on his glorious throne. Then all the nations will be arranged before him and he will sort the people out, much as a shepherd sorts out sheep and goats, putting sheep to his right and goats to his left.
34-36 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Enter, you who are blessed by my Father! Take what's coming to you in this kingdom. It's been ready for you since the world's foundation. And here's why:
I was hungry and you fed me,
I was thirsty and you gave me a drink,
I was homeless and you gave me a room,
I was shivering and you gave me clothes,
I was sick and you stopped to visit,
I was in prison and you came to me.'
Resources
- Presbyterian Peace Making Program link
- Fields of Peace, a program to help teach peace in one's own faith tradition
- Peace Village, co-sponsored by the Rev Charles Busch of Lincoln City
If you are interested in joining the Peace & Justice Committee or just being on the email list, please contact the church office @ 541-265-2841 Also, you may be interested in the closely related Eco-Justice Team that is nested within the Peace and Justice Committee.
