FAITH
Pope implores sports leaders to curtail corruption
Friday, October 7, 2016
VATICAN CITY (AP) —
Pope Francis implored sports
leaders on Wednesday to do a
better job of keeping corrup-
tion off the playing ield.
Speaking at the irst global
conference on faith and sport,
Francis said sports must be
protected from manipulations
and commercial abuse.
“It would be sad for sport
and for humanity if people
were unable to trust in the
truth of sporting results, or if
cynicism and disenchantment
were to drown out enthusiasm
or joyful and disinterested
participation,” Francis said.
The pope’s challenge
comes during a period of
widespread corruption in
sports, from various scandals
at FIFA to Olympic ticket
abuses to match-ixing in
numerous leagues and games.
Members of the Interna-
tional Olympic Committee,
soccer executives and athletes
were attending the three-day
conference in the Vatican.
“In sport, as in life,
competing for the result
is important, but playing
well and fairly is even more
important,” Francis said.
“I trust that these days of
meeting and relection will
allow you to explore further
the good that sport and faith
can bring to our societies.”
Francis has denounced
doping in sport, saying
drug-fueled victories are
“sterile.” He has urged athletes
to be clean and to use sport for
personal development and
solidarity.
Francis has also spoken
out strongly about corruption
in all aspects of society and
urged young people to resist
its addictive lure.
U.N. Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon and IOC
President Thomas Bach were
special guests for the opening
ceremony of the convention,
called Sport at the Service of
Humanity.
“It was very inspiring,”
Bach told The Associated
Press of the pope’s speech.
“That’s what we all have
in common. We are joining
forces in the ight against
corruption, for instance.”
“We know that he’s a great
friend of sports and he’s appre-
ciating the values of sport very
much,” Bach added.
Former Juventus great
and Italy World Cup winner
Alessandro Del Piero took
part in a ceremonial kickoff
for the event with a soccer ball
on stage.
“Sport is passion for me,”
Del Piero said. “I always tried
to give my all in full respect
of the rules and with the great
passion that always made me
stand out, together with desire
and humility, in pursuit of my
dreams.”
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Native of Palestine
to speak in
Pendleton
A pastor who works
NEW HOPE
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Seventh-Day
Adventist
Church
PENDLETON — The
public is invited to hear
a presentation by Areej
Masoud, a native of
Bethlehem, Palestine.
Currently working as
the communication and
administration oficer for
Kairos Palestine, she acts as
a liaison, and networks and
oversees communications
with churches, organizations
and donors. She has
previously worked with
Seeds of Hope in Jericho and
as a religious studies teacher
in 7-10 grades in Jerusalem.
The presentation is
Sunday at 4 p.m. at the
First Presbyterian Church,
201 S.W. Dorion Ave.,
Pendleton. Participants are
invited to dine afterwards.
Masoud speaks Arabic,
English and a bit of
French. She has training in
international human rights,
international humanitarian
law and conlict resolution.
She has led workshops and
been a speaker and is a
member of the Palestinian
Youth Ecumenical
Movement.
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Liberty Quartet to
perform locally
STANFIELD — A
Boise-based gospel group
that hardly requires an
introduction will return to the
area to present a concert.
The Liberty Quartet,
which maintains a full-time
concert ministry, performs
at church services, nursing
homes, prisons and music
festivals.
The traditional gospel
quartet will perform
Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at
the Stanield Baptist Church,
310 N.E. Wheeler Ave. There
is no admission charge, but a
love offering will be taken.
Another regional
performance is Sunday, Oct.
16 at 9 a.m. at the Walla Walla
Valley Cowboy Church, 906
Chase Ave., Walla Walla.
For more information
about the group, visit www.
libertyquartet.com.
Aglow meeting
features special
speaker
WALLA WALLA — A
woman who strives to lead
others to Christ will speak
at the Walla Walla Aglow
Community Lighthouse
meeting.
Shellie Canada will share
about her Aglow experiences
Saturday at 10 a.m. at
Whitman Court, 305 Ash
St., Walla Walla. A freewill
offering will be taken for the
event, which includes lunch.
Aglow, which started
in 1967, is an international
organization that seeks to
minister to its members and
share God’s word in the
community. In addition to the
regular monthly meetings,
there are weekly prayer
groups and Bible studies.
For more information, call
Kathy Owsley at 509-540-
2684, Lora Sykes at 509-540-
0212 or visit www.ecwaglow.
com/?page_id=925.
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I
am a bi-vocational pastor. It’s a
Again in that tradition, there was
word that means I have two jobs.
a conception that a person had
There are many of us these days.
to be close to the world of work
Small churches and house churches
to understand the dificulties of
need characters like me to meet
ordinary life. How could it be
their needs. I remember when I told
otherwise?
a former dean of my seminary that
There is no doubt that the church
this was my wish; she went a little
is in trouble, and people are aware
ballistic, saying that she had labored
that this institution’s time is possibly
Colin
all her years to create expectations
short. There is a cycle to churches,
Brown
of pastors being compensated
and there is a natural movement of
Faith
like other professional people in
people. In these rural areas there
full-time situations. I begged to
is a low out of young people, and
disagree. Pastors are called, not employed.
a low out of their parents after they leave
You provide forgiveness of sins for their
in order to be close to their children and
repentance, no other reason.
grandchildren. Families have to settle and
A pastor, I think, expects to die on
ind affordable jobs; swathes of poverty are
his feet. My friend Jim, a Catholic priest
not desirable.
who has been a priest all his life, never
I heard this last weekend that many
got a retirement because he was basically
young people have come now to the Baptist
expected never to retire. He is in his 70s and church in Boardman; this ills me with joy
was lown to the Chilean earthquake several and hope. I pray that Pastor Bill keeps being
years ago to help provide burial services for blessed in this way. I hope that the Good
the many that died. He had to carry their
Lord sends some young families our way
bodies out of the wreckage as well as bury
too.
them. He was made ill by the work, but still
Lastly, you may have seen that I haven’t
carries on. But the church does not provide
written about elections. I never will, except
much for him. He gets Social Security but
to say that I think it is our duty to vote
no retirement. He makes glass artwork and
and to consider the essential character of
books to supplement his small income.
a candidate. Would you lend your car to
I work in the week outside of my church. that person if they needed it? Would you
There, besides my usual work, I am also
ask them to babysit your child? Would you
to help folk suffering from anxieties and
share sadness with them? Would you pray
sickness. I pray over colleagues and others
with them?
there also. I like being in two worlds of
I’ve been a U.S. citizen for many years
activity as I believe God is active in both.
now, and am always in awe of the process
My father, who was a God-illed man, was
of accounting in 50 states. It is an honor and
pleased for me to become a pastor. I was
a duty to vote with great consideration for
pleased to be on this track before he died.
the future.
He was a Methodist, and in Limeyland, the
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Methodist pastor is a rare animal and travels
Colin Brown is pastor at Boardman’s
a circuit, going from church to church to
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church in one day for small compensation.
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Wednesday Bible Study
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