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Originally founded as the Occupy Portland Interfaith Guild of Chaplains on October 15, 2011. This is a memorial website.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu has waded into an ecclesiastical row over a New York church's refusal to allow protesters from Occupy Wall Street to camp on a vacant lot it owns. However, despite weeks of negotiations, pressure from other church leaders and a hunger strike by four protesters, the church has been steadfast it its refusal to allow a winter encampment at its site at Duarte Square, at the corner of Canal Street and Sixth.Source: The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/16/desmond-tutu-occupy-movement-trinity-church
Rev John Metz, of the Episcopalian Church of the Ascension, in Brooklyn, who is part of the Occupy In Faith NYC group, said collaboration between churches and the Occupy movement was gathering momentum. In front of St Paul's Cathedral in London on Wednesday, where he gave a speech hailing protesters as the direct descendants of the civil rights movement, Jackson said: "The church should be the headquarters for the Occupy movement.
Sisters and Brothers, I greet you in the Name of Our Lord and in the bonds of common friendship and struggle from my homeland of South Africa. May God bless this appeal of yours and may the good people of that noble parish heed your plea, if not for ease of access, then at least for a stay on any violence or arrests. You see, the heartbeat of what you are asking for--that those who have too much must wake up to the cries of their brothers and sisters who have so little--beats in me and all South Africans who believe in justice. I appeal to them to embrace the higher calling of Our Lord Jesus Christ--which they live so well in all other ways--but now to do so in this instance...can we not rearrange our affairs for justice sake?Full text: http://occupywallst.org/article/message-solidarity-archbishop-desmond-tutu/
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When all the people of the world love,
Then the strong will not overpower the weak.
The many will not oppress the few.
The wealthy will not mock the poor.
The honoured will not disdain the humble.
The cunning will not deceive the simple.
-- Micius (China, 470?-391? BCE).
This is not an official statement of the Interfaith Guild of Chaplains.
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This is not an official statement of the Interfaith Guild of Chaplains.
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Headquarters of the US Christian Commission. It looks like occupying a farm. Image via Wikipedia |
The Great Commission stated in Matthew 28:18-20 reads: “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”What is, then, "teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you"? Perhaps one of the most important of such teachings is the Great Commandment -- and many teachings against oppressing people in the names of law and order, teachings against greed and corruption, teachings against using religion and religious traditions as fodders to promote evil, and the list goes on. Yet this list would not include anything about defending capitalism, patriotism for America, support for police state and militarism, lower taxes for the rich, de-funding of social services, hatred for immigrants (undocumented or otherwise), promoting American imperialism, armed invasions of other countries, homosexuality, abortion, or even "family values."
That commission from Christ is the sole reason why the church exists today, Longstreet stressed.
“To fulfill that mission the church must stand firmly upon the foundation of the Holy Scripture and the teachings of the Christ. That means insisting that the standard(s) set by Christ are, and remain, the guiding force behind everything the church does ... that means pastors are compelled to preach that those things the Scripture marks as sin are duly, and publicly, noted from their pulpits as SIN. If a church is reluctant to do this, or refuses to do this, then, in my opinion, that church is not a Christian church.”
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This is not an official statement of the Interfaith Guild of Chaplains.
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This is not an official IGC action; however we encourage everyone to support in solidarity as their capacities allow. Thank you.
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Officially adopted by consensus of the Interfaith Guild of Chaplains in its weekly meeting, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
The world's oldest IRC server (EFnet) in its birthplace, Finland. Image via Wikipedia |
For visual learners: Everything except for Username and Password (optional) should look like this. |
All IRC commands start with / (forward slash). To connect to a server -> /server irc.newnet.net 6667 To exit -> /quit To join a channel -> /join #opdxigc To establish/change a nickname (whereas foobar is your desired nick) -> /nick foobar To register your nickname so no one else can use it (Newnet specific), after having established your nickname (see above) -> /nickserv register password emailaddress To privately message someone specific (e.g. say "type your message here" to user willowfairypdx) -> /msg willowfairypdx type your message here
/server irc.aohell.org 6667Nickserv? The Nickname Server (NickServ) is a service provided by NewNet to help ensure that no one else is pretending to be you. When you register, you simply change your nickname to what you would like to register (for example, "quirkyquark")
/nick quirkyquark
/nickserv register tH1s1smyP@ssw0rd!? quark@occupy.portland.or.us