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Wapendwa,

I salute you all in the Name of our Risen Lord. From a Christian perspective, it must surely feel good to be swimming in this post-Resurrection wave, with the knowledge that by His Resurrection, Jesus gave meaning to our faith and reason for our pursuit of the faith. By defeating death and raising the dead, we are empowered to walk forth in confidence and declare the Lordship of Christ and our identity as children of God.

However, even in the light of the Resurrection, as Christians we rejoice and sometimes groan at good and sometimes not so good news. Some of the updates we report are not music to our ears, but on a positive note, they teach us to lean more and more on His everlasting arms. First things first;

1. Tomorrow, Friday April 9th night, we will have our Kesha (overnight prayer meeting) at the church from 10 pm to 6 am on Saturday morning. Please plan to attend.

2. On Sunday April 18th, we will have our Prayer & Fasting day. Please pray and prepare for that day.

3. For those in need of Baptisms and confirmations and have been eagerly waiting for the class, we will have a session on Sat. April 24th from 9 am to 1 pm. Time keeping is of the essence.

4. On a sad note, Margaret Mwariri (Dist 2), Mary Gitonga (Wa Joshua) and Richard Mwariri have lost their sister in Kenya. We will be holding prayers at Margaret's residence; 15 Swan St. Nashua, NH 03060 on Sunday April 11th at 4 pm. Remember them in your prayers.

5. Sometimes last month, I brought to your attention the issue of Mrs Wambui Nguyai (nyina wa Mbari) who had been diagnosed with cancer. She is holding on and responding to treatment quite well. But in an unfortunate turn of events, her husband, Mr Nguyai was yesterday diagnosed with leukemia and immediately admitted at Bringham Hospital in Boston for specialized treatment. Please keep those family members of St. Stephen's Church in your prayers. The couple has also been active in our couple's fellowship. Visits and calls to them are quite welcome.

Blessings and peace to all,

Your pastor and friend,

The Paradox of our Time!
The paradox of our time in history is that...

We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers.
Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less.
We buy more, but enjoy it less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families.
More conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees, but less sense.
More knowledge, but less judgment.
More experts, but more problems.
More medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly,
laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly,
stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little,
watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life;
We've added years to life, not life to years.

We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
We've conquered outer space, but not inner space;
We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've split the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less;
We plan more, but accomplish less;
We've learned to rush, but not to wait;
We have higher incomes, but lower morals;
We have more food, but less appeasement;

We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication.

We've become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships.

These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure,but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.

These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes.

These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.

It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to make a difference, or to just hit delete...

Dr. Bob Moorehead
The essay appeared under the title "The Paradox of Our Age" in Words Aptly Spoken, Dr. Moorehead's 1995 collection of prayers, homilies, and monologues used in his sermons and radio broadcasts.

Message quoted from http://www.naute.com/

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