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Date Posted: 10:13:04 06/23/11 Thu
Author: Lois
Subject: Re: You People Sure Love Elvis!
In reply to: George 's message, "You People Sure Love Elvis!" on 09:05:31 06/23/11 Thu

>I heard that one of the reasons for "revisioning" the
>church was over the embarrassment of unique terms and
>names that the general public misunderstood:
>
>"Reorganized? Is your church in bankruptcy?"
>
>"Branch? Is your church a bank?"
>
>"Everybody here is bragging about how they went to
>Graceland. You people sure do love Elvis!"
>
>But the selection of the new name is most unfortunate.
>Most of the members can't wrap their mind around
>"Community of Christ," so they say, "I am from the
>Community of Christ church." To which the addressee
>replies, "Gee! I've never met anybody from New Zealand
>before!"
>
>George

Well George,

They didn't want people to think they were Mormons, so they chose a Mormon for their Peace Award.
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http://www.cofchrist.org/peaceaward/
Peace Award to Honor
Terry Tempest Williams
by BRAD A. MARTELL, Peace and Justice Ministries
and LORI MARTELL, Independence, Missouri, USA
Herald, June 2011

http://www.progressive.org/?q=node/334.
Terry Tempest Williams Interview
Terry Tempest Williams Interview
by David Kupfer

A fourth-generation Mormon and native of Utah, she takes inspiration from her church and from nature.
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They act like the Mormon leadership.

Lois

http://www.cofchrist.org/news/2010/june/IntoTheFuture-Veazey.pdf

Steve Veazey says, "Another nonnegotiable for me is priesthood support of World Ministries Mission Tithes.
Soon, we will put in place an administrative policy that will state clearly that we will not approve the ordinations of people whose understanding of the gospel and ordained ministry does not include awareness and support of the worldwide ministries of the church through tithing. We�ve had way too much drift in local congregations and mission centers on this matter."

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Re: You People Sure Love Elvis! -- George, 00:16:21 06/25/11 Sat