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ORONO WEBKLY TIS, TRURSDAY, APRIL 28tb, 196C tbrisianiy 15Envolment Tfaken front a.sermon preached by system which is not prepare Rev. Basil Long. accept the responsibility. We to be involved in such a way One recurring theme we hear we are,,not just "in" the fa îs that people do flot want to be but truly "of" it. We shird involv ed. Surely such a comment responsibility when we try indicates that we do flot know or live in' such a way that ws cannot realize what we are say- not g2et invoived. Becausec ing. Christianity IS involvement. conditions are set up m-hicl Man>- people who are conscious of destroying our society. I an hccepting the responsibility of a pessimist but I hope that1 fife find their involvement is too a realist. rnuch for them because so many others are flot involved. Even tboueh there is a si 1 ing of fine programmes, we Whether we like it or not, become addicts to the sad, Canadians of our generation are a programming of T.V. Our pe pleasure - seeking, over - stuffed, are being undermined inn pill-taking multitude of peop le. wavs. Their undlerstanding We have a high percentage of view of life is being formed1 disillusioned, disconcerted and this addiction to the zad,. discontented people. Restlessness, programmes. This is the w dissatisfaction and frustration kind of involvement., grow as our rejection of respon- sibility and involvement increases Orrlgoslf a fined in much the same mar Five years ago Toronto busin- We, look at the overfloi essmen obtained permission to churches in certain areas i paint the roads and sidewalks Of and say, "H-alleleuah! Chris: Vonge Street a respiendent pink ity is on the move!" But Ch jorthe Easter.Parade. Thousands ianity is a smaller percentagi vif people crowded on to the side- society in relafionship to the ,.çaâks waiting- for a parade to tai population than it was be ~start. Sound trucks had to be des- -Patched to tell the people, that THEY were the show;, THEY were to walk up and down the broad expanse of pink pavement; THEY were to be involved per- sonally«in the Easter Parade. This s a good illustration of what is happening in our generation re- garding invoivement in life. People are trying to stand on the sidelînes* and be entertained. That is not living, it is just exist- ing. We are part of the parade of M~e. It is in -participating that we fnd zeal and zest in living and real meaning in life. The Cross and Resurrection re- 'eal how deeply God is involvedj wîth man and Ris world. Because of the Coming, the Life, Death and Reýurrection of Jesus Christ we cah no longer think of God as remote, aloof, looking down or in u.pon struggling humanity, not al- ]owing Himself to become in- vo]ved. No God is a very real part of'us, so real that He involv- ed Himself in Jesus Christ, when Jesus Christ took on humanity. When man holds himself aloof fTom deep inivolvement,, whether it be in national, community, fam- ily or personal responsibility, he rannot know the dee~p satisfac- tions that put real meanîng into lfe. ManY of the things we de- plore in society are there be- eause people are content to stand on the. sidelines. Tbey refuse to become involved. On the world scene, anyone who bas eyes to see can know that what happens at the furthest point of the world involves us. î When we say, 'Let them fight it- out" while we are nice and cosy at home, we do not seem to realize that if *we were properly involvedI in ot her ways, -there would be no need to destroy one another. A(EEA OO~V At the- community level. we talk U io about those obscure people, A l to o TIIFY. "Why don't THTEY do something". We sit, back and Pontiac's beauty set watch, wait. and see wbat is going arrogance of its srl to happen and throw in a few bd.Ta ibeI criticismns. God creatcd us with a bd.Ta ibe responsihility. We should be vit- But we have a cie- ally involved in everything that Pontiacs. We cail il happens in our commfunity. Some- with ail the answers times people want to be "IN" the eatywyi sta community, but not "0F" it. Theyeaciwhitsta want to live to themselves, and Cars in people's driv( hasica11y it is a: very selfish de- sire. It leads to frustration and defeat as far as meaningful living is concerned. Sometimes people, capable and willing, accept their responsibility -and because others are tiot accepting theirs, theyP take on too great a load and their and ther re m ii(.1-ar n athe Church who aie not 0F il. They want to he respectable Chiristians up to a certin poinýt, in touch witlh the -d to, Christian commuinity but they do 3need1 not want to be învolved which thtshows that tchey do not understand yrniiy Chrîstianity. wdo The first 'Christian community of it ivere people who were involved.' sare 17hey -may not have been hi ghlyl soteducated or greatly refined, but* ia:m th ev knew if e through partie!- for the sake of being busy. A prn-church can be busy, fussy, and haPnoisy and accomplish nothing. It hav1ei in the nature of our involve- sick iment that the true test comeÉ eople 'to any congregation, denomina- many tion or individual. Jesus said, an "Not everyone who says to me i m 'Lord, Lord' will enter into the sickj Kingdom of Heaven,. but hie who vrongidoes the will of .my Father in ýede- nner. owing today istian- hr11ist- ge of e to- )efore How do we come to the worship service? Do wý.e corne to be in- volved and part icipate or dQ we corne only to ,ee the show? If we corne to partici Pate we will go away amply rewarded, regardIleýsb of how mediocre the miniister is, or how simple the music. If we; corne as a spectator, coirparing Lt' with professional pýerforrt)s, we will likelyg wy eln that this was aýn nrewarding ex- PART-TIME RADIO TV REPAUtS - 111-FI - Stereo -Rýcord Playtrs -Antennas - Towers -PA Systemn for rent Ail parts and labour guaranteedi 11ARRY WIERSMA, Phone 173q1 or '0 We HOPP ou IJuin even if: -you've been too busy to sigz Up. OR -you're not ia.terested lu- saving money. -yon neyer have t'O borrow, money. Vou Can't- Aford to, Pass Up Membershiplu inthe Crorio ýDiotrict CREDIT UNION Treas.-an., Angus Loue-kýs phone 4r10, Orono perience., îPaul, the great'Apostie, was an. 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