Saturday, April 30, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
The Alabaster House Location
The Alabaster House - will be in the Good News Community Chapel on Thursday Nights @ 7 p.m.
Exodus 40:9
Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.
Mark 14
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
1 Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. 2 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.
4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.
6 “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. 8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. 9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
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The fragrance of such an extravagance sacrifice filled the house with its perfume saturating every aspect with a model of love and worship. We believe this to be true in our worship and our prayers, we become the Alabaster Jar (House) released into the environment, the community, and to the ends of the earth - God's Love and Healing.
The Alabaster House Pinckney Michigan
The Alabaster House, an outreach into Pinckney, found a geographical location to pray, worship, and soak. We are developing a site in downtown Pinckney. The Good News Community Chapel has provided space on Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. to worship God and pray over the community with a special emphasis on the kids. We will be located at 104 Putman Street, Pinckney, Michigan - just a block off Main Street. Our first time was on Thursday, April 21st. This has unique significance as it was Maundy Thursday. It was not planned that way, but God always has a plan.
While different denominations observe Maundy Thursday in their own ways, two important biblical events are a primary focus of Maundy Thursday:
Before the Passover meal, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. By performing this humble act of love, the Bible says in John 13:1 that Jesus "showed them the full extent of his love." By his example, Jesus demonstrated how Christians are to love one another through humble acts, serving others, and building relationships.
During the Passover meal, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you." These events recorded in Luke 22:19-20 describe the Last Supper and form the biblical basis for the practice of Communion. Many believers observe a traditional Passover Seder meal.
Thank you to Good News Community Chapel for the use of your church. The Alabaster House is a part of the Catch The Fire (CTF) network of prayer/soaking centers that has its base in both Toronto, Canada and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Come as you are.