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URL:https://firstafrikanchurch.org/events/wednesday-bible-study-spring-202
 5-2025-05-21/
SUMMARY:Wednesday Bible Study - Spring 2025
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 75\; Passcode: 346573\n\n\n\n\nLent and The Resurrection of Yeshua\nThis s
 ermon and study series follows Yeshua to the cross of calvary where he is 
 crucified\, and to the empty tomb where he is risen by Yahweh. It conclude
 s with a few stories about the ministry of those earliest post-resurrectio
 n students of Yeshua. The intent of this series is to chronical the psycho
 -emotional resilience of those earliest students of Yeshua and to highligh
 t their collective determination to adhere to Yahweh’s agenda. \n\nIn a
 ncient Egyptian/Kemetic religion there is a concept called serudj ta. Seru
 dj ta means to “raise up what is in ruins\; to repair what is damaged\; 
 to rejoin what is separated\; to replenish what is depleted\; to set right
  what is wrong\; to strengthen what is weakened\; and to make flourish tha
 t which is fragile\, insecure and undeveloped” (Karenga 2022). In the cu
 rrent N. American social\, economic and political context where so much is
  being destroyed it is incumbent upon those who know the way(s) of Spirit 
 to serudj ta. Serudj ta is a strategy of resistance that requires kujichag
 ulia (Ki-Swahili for self-determination) that demands that African people 
 define\, defend and develop our selves instead of allowing others to do th
 is for us. We must recover our lost memory\, imagine and build the world w
 e prefer to live in. \n\nIn the face of the Roman Empire of old\, the ear
 liest students of Yeshua utilized serudj ta to begin creating the sort of 
 social\, political and economic realty they preferred. Utilizing the teach
 ing and practices of their teacher (Yeshua)\, they envisioned and develope
 d alternative ways of being and living where truth\, justice\, reciprocity
  and compassion were the primary ethical components of their common life. 
 We can and should emulate them.   \n\nPastor Lomax\n\n\nWednesday\, Apr
 il 30\nSunday\, May 4: Third Sunday of Easter \nBiblical Text: John 21:1-
 19\n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 7\nSunday\, May 11: Fourth Sunday of Easter\nBib
 lical Text: Acts 9:36-43\n\n\n\nWednesday May 14\nSunday\, May 18: Fifth S
 unday of Easter\nBiblical Text: Acts 11:1-18\n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 21\nSu
 nday May 25: Sixth Sunday of Easter  \nBiblical Text: John 5:1-9
CATEGORIES:bible study
LOCATION:https://zoom.us/j/86041259075
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