Announcement: Caroling

On Friday, Chanitz will gather for caroling. Those who will participate in spreading the good news that Jesus Christ is born, are meeting in Chanitz room for rehearsal/practice at 9:00 pm.

The Chanitz Committee

Writings: Critics

"It is clear that we face two kinds of critics today. There are many loving critics who care deeply, seek ways to support us, and yearn for growth and vitality. They find themselves in dissent from some of our positions, finding in the Bible and the church's tradition differing understandings of how we are to view contemporary social and moral issues. We need to listen with care, humility and deep respect to these loving critics, assuring them of their honored place, finding ways for them to support those aspects of our ministries that they can fully embrace. We need to be open to the truth that they have spiritual insights to nurture, even challenge us toward greater faithfulness.
"It's also the case that there are critics who do not love, who seek to disrupt, distract, diminish, even destroy our life. These critics, within and beyond, encourage people to withhold financial support of our wider ministries, offer advice and counsel to others on how to leave us, and regularly disseminate deliberately misleading or false information about us. Those who love the church, and cherish its legacy, need to be clear in saying no to this form of critique which falls outside the bounds of acceptable Christian behavior.

Discerning between these two types of critics is one of the great challenges of leadership today. It requires a deep humility to embrace the loving critics, no matter how uncomfortable their critique may be, never saying, "I have no need of you." But it also requires the courage to name those whose actions are out of bounds, saying to those who would disrupt, distract, even destroy, "I will not let you damage what is precious or diminish a vocation that is a critical dimension of the Gospel witness." Such discernment is not easy. May God grant us the wisdom required for it, and the discipline to do it." by Mr. Thomas

Do you agree with the statements above? Which do you agree and which do you disagree with?

News: Garo Avesian

Garo Avesian, who studies in Armenia, gave a visit to Chanitz with his fiance.

Congrats. Garo and welcome to your home.

News: Christmas Party

On Friday at 8:30pm, the Christmas Party took off and ended at 11:00pm with the constant music played by Garo T. We started with the pastor's prayer after which the food was self served. After filling our stomachs, we divided into 2 groups of girls (ա ու ի) and guys (միայն էրգեկներ) to play 2 games. The first was prepared by Raffi Ch. where each team had to identify the title of the film, only by hearing its introduction. The guys came out winning in the end, although the girls were leading at the beginning. The 2nd game was prepared by Mano Ch. where each team had to sing along a song, and keep the rhythm after the sound is muted. The winners were the guys again. After the games, the chanitzagans danced on Armenian songs, after which Shake distributed gifts and verses to each chanitzagan.

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Beta Version

The Blogger engineers have been preparing their users to migrate to the new Beta Version. And the time has come for us, after being invited, to migrate. The Beta Version is not stable, hence the word "Beta". Therefore, we will try to benefit from the version the best, during the process of which we may stumble on difficulties. If you happen to find problems when viewing our blog, please do report to us, and we will try to tackle the problems as soon as possible.

Moreover, some features, like "verse of the day", "search tool", "email notification", "polls", "Our board" will be temporarily unavailable. On the other hand, the posts will be labeled according to their type/subject, which will allow visitors to easily navigate and view. The label section will be available in the right column soon.

In the meantime, enjoy reading the posts.

Update: "Verse of the day" is back, "Search tool" is back, "Email notification" is back, "polls" is back.
Update: In the right column you will see the labels/categories.
Update: At the bottom of the page you have "Older Posts" which allows you to see older posts.
Update: A New "Our Board" is launched, found at the bottom top of the right column.

N.B. Mozilla Firefox portrays the blog much better and the Armenian font in it is very beautifully shown. The Board also runs and loads better, the "Smileys" box will show in Mozilla, but not in Explorer. If you want to download Mozilla, go to www.mozilla.com/firefox. It's free and better.

The Administration