From rshadian@hawaii.edu Wed Oct 30 19:42:35 1996 Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 19:40:16 -1000 From: Ritchard Shadian To: Chi Alpha Subject: The Brotherly, Volume FA96, issue 5 ### # # ### # ### ## # # # ### ####### ###### ###### ####### ## ## ####### ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ###### ####### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ####### ##### ## ## ## ###### ####### ##### ## ## ## ####### ###### ## ## ## ###### ####### ###### ## ### ## ## ## ## ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ###### ### ####### ## ## ###### ## ## ## ####### ## ## ###### ### _ THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA CHI ALPHA CHAPTER ______________________________________________________________________________ OCTOBER 30, 1996 VOLUME FA96 ISSUE NO. 5 ______________________________________________________________________________ Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; Hebrews 6:1a ******************************************************************************* Here's your All Hallow's Eve eve issue. Sparse but new. ----------------- | ANNOUNCEMENTS | ----------------- DALLAS AND STAR TREK -------------------- What do these have in common? Nothing really, other than their relation to our November activity. Dallas, our Campus Minister (who most of you probably don't know), may finally be returning this month. We plan to have a welcoming party for him (shhh... don't tell him). No other details on that are available. We are also planning to see the newly released Star Trek movie sometime in mid-November --- the first one without Captain Kirk. We'll probably go out to eat something before. Again, the details haven't been worked out, but the next issue will most likely fill in the gaps. HALLOWEEN ROCK WITH FROLIC ------------------------- Here is the latest Frolic Like a Heifer update. On October 31, Frolic will be performing at Waikiki beach next to the Duke Kahanumoku statue. They're starting at around 8 pm, I think. Come and show your support. Just be aware that Waikiki goes pretty wacky on Halloween night. Isn't that a perfect match: a crazy band in a crazy place on a crazy night. ABSTINENCE: THE SAFEST ALTERNATIVE ----------------------------------- Every year at Valentine's Day, ASUH, Campus Center Board, and others sponsor the UH Condom Fair in Campus Center which is intended to "educate" students about AIDS, other STDs, and "Safer Sex". This time, however, Chi Alpha is going to join others who are taking a stand against the whole ill-conceived notion of not-so-safe sex. We plan to have a booth which educates students about the safest sex there is --- abstinence. The event is next February (only 4 months away) and we want to start planning now. If you are interested in assisting in this endeavor, the first meeting will be this Saturday (11/2) at 1:00 pm, location TBA. See Tim or Amy for details. BROTHERLY QUESTIONNAIRE COMING TO AN INBOX NEAR YOU --------------------------------------------------- Some time during the next two weeks I intend to send out a questionnaire in order to evaluate the purpose of the "Brotherly" newsletter. I would greatly appreciate it if you took a few minutes to fill it out and send it to me when you get it. _______________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------- | PRAYERS AND PRAISES | ----------------------- >From Stacey (dated 10/17) "My grandma has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She has not accepted Jesus into her life so this is a major area of concern. We need prayer in this area because it is the family who will likely be the ones who share Jesus with her. She has always used the excuse "later" whenever we invited her to church before. Ask God to give my aunties and my mother and me wisdom to present the gospel to her because we love her and desire to see her again in a better place. " _______________________________________________________________________________ ------------ | FEATURES | ------------ OUR RELIGIONSHIP A rebuttal, by Joel Elies This is a rebuttal in response to the article on our "religionship" in the last "Brotherly". It was said that while it is possible to have religion without relationship, it is not possible to have relationship without religion. I am still a little unconvinced by the argument, and I THINK it may be quite possible to have our relationship with God without the trappings of religion. I read a book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (he was a German pastor imprisoned in Nazi Germany for his outspoken stance against them) and after a while in prison he began to really consider the possibility of a religionless Christianity. He said that religion was like the clothing of Christianity. It could be taken off and changed but it would look totally different from the outside. He also said that because Christianity can never become outdated, things which are becoming outdated such as religion cannot be an integral part of Christianity. If it was, than Christianity would become outdated. So what would religionless Christianity look like today? To tell you the truth, I really don't know. But I would be excited to see what it would look like. Maybe the "ecclesia" or church of the New Testament would become a group of people rooming together in a big ol' house who would get together every Friday night and have a big celebration of Christ's resurrection with chips and soda rather than wafers and grape juice. I don't know. It's just a thought. Jole Eelyes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FELLOWSHIP: GOOD FOR THE SOUL by Ritchard Shadian I thought I'd include a little bit of my personal experience in here, hoping to shed a little bit of light about how important I found good Christian fellowship to be. As most of you know (or don't know) I spent the first six weeks of the school year participating in the UH production of Romeo and Juliet. It was fun, but the rehearsal and performance schedule kept me away from regular Chi Alpha meetings for about five straight weeks. I finally was able to attend the meeting last Friday, and boy did I need it. There were no Christians in the cast (that I know of) and it was a struggle to maintain Christian character amidst everything. When I came out of the Chi Alpha meeting, I felt relieved and refreshed. Indeed, fellowshipping with other believers is essential to healthy spiritual growth, in my opinion. If you don't have it, your totally missing out. I want to encourage all of you to check into it if you are not doing so right now. You will not be sorry. _______________________________________________________________________________ Pray that the spirits of darkness will not overtake our community and look out for the Brotherly questionnaire coming your way soon. In Christ, Ritchard (rshadian@Hawaii.Edu) ============================================================================== Mailing list address: chi_alpha@Hawaii.Edu World Wide Web page: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rshadian/chialpha/homepage.html