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2017year of hope. Hope never disappoints. This is what God promised to me for this year. Well, some things are not going well, but God will always lead me to a beautiful ending. I testify His goodness for the past one year, how He is able to do things beyond what eyes could ever imagine. Also, reading 1 Chronicles 17 with the story of David OriginalProverb: “Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.” Meaning as told by my informant: “It’s honestly pretty self explanatory. It’s good to be an optimist you should always root for what you want and have faith. However, you can’t be naive about it. Yougave me faith ’coz you believed I’m everything I am Because you loved me You were always there for me The tender wind that carried me A light in the dark shining your love into my life You’ve been my inspiration Through the lies you were the truth My world is a better place because of you You were my strength when I was weak faith hope and love Monday, January 17, 2005 bangun pagi pusing, semalam tak bisa tidur mimpi buruk tentang aceh; terbangun, tidur dan terbangun lagi berharap bisa pergi kesana, sekedar agar bisa bermain bersama anak-anak dan ajak mereka menatap masa depan posted by haleygr at 3:21 AM 2 comments Friday, January 14, 2005 PRAY FOR OUR NATION Loveis a set of emotions and behaviors characterized by intimacy, passion, and commitment. It involves care, closeness, protectiveness, attraction, affection, and trust. Love can vary in intensity and can change over time. It is associated with a range of positive emotions, including happiness, excitement, life satisfaction, and euphoria, but Frau Mit Hund Sucht Mann Mit Herz Hunderasse. When we come face to face with Christ in heaven, there will still be much that has to happen. We will still need to have faith in the outworking of a new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness will dwell. We will still need to hope in the glorious finale when everything is restored, in Christ, to how it originally was, all of creation and every living creature united in perfection, to the glory of God the Father. Although perfection exists in heaven, there is unfinished business to be completed in the cosmos. Heaven is not about OUR hopes, for we are focused on God, concentrating on him and how he will eventually achieve his cosmic righteousness in his creation, through Christ. Our praise and service will still be employed by him, for his glory. We know not what work we will be assigned in heaven towards that end, or for how long. After all, God has a track-record of not being hasty with anything he does. Since when has God been in a rush to do anything? Just this morning I alighted on this old hymn, and as I sang the verses in solitary confinement in my home, for I would not inflict my piano-playing-cum-singing on innocent hearers the combination of faith, hope and love was eloquently expressed by Christopher Wordsworth 1807-85 to the tune Charity by John Stainer, 1840-1901. Bear with me as I recite all six verses, for I see in them the distinct division between our hopes and faith here on earth, and the ultimate supremacy of love in heaven once all is all in God Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost – taught by Thee, we covet most of Thy gifts at Pentecost, holy, heavenly love. Faith that mountains could remove, tongues of earth or heaven above, knowledge, all things, empty prove without heavenly love. Though I as a martyr bleed, give my goods the poor to feed, all is vain if love I need; therefore, give me love. Love is kind and suffers long, love is meek and thinks no wrong, love than death itself more strong; therefore, give us love. Prophecy will fade away, melting in the light of day, love will ever with us stay; therefore, give us love. Faith, and hope and love we see, joining hand in hand, agree; but the greatest of the three, and the best, is love. When Philippians 29-11 has been fulfilled, then I suggest love will remain supreme, but until that distant day is reached, our heavenly estate will still call for faith and hope as the creation of a new heaven and a new earth in which righteousness will dwell will be worked out. Our getting to heaven won’t be the finale. This will be the finale “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” I suggest that, even when we get to heaven, there’s a way to go before that ultimate climax, when "that which is perfect" has arrived Romans 1310. arti i hope love girl?1. arti i hope love girl?2. Dialog tentang hope and dreamdan artinya3. example love and hope in relegion universal4. apa arti dari and i hope you can back again5. anto l hope so andbukan artinya tapi jawabanya​6. Apa arti i hope playing card and tio7. Real success is determined by two factors. First is faith, and second is action.” coba artikan!!!8. Contoh dialog bahasa Inggris dan artinya tentang wish and hope9. contoh love and hope, dalam konteks agama secara universal contoh sebanyak banyaknya10. 40 contoh kalimat wish and hope berserta artinya11. Contoh expressing hope and intentions dalam dialog dan artinya12. Apa arti dari bahasa inggrisnya FAITH?13. 40 contoh kalimat wish and hope berserta artinya​14. Tuliskan dialog congratulation hope and wish sama artinya​15. tuliskan contoh hope and wish masing-masing 2 bikin artinya?​16. Apa Kesimpulan dari novel faith and the city ?17. arti my dear sweet mother i hope your special day is blessed with sunshine and smiles laughter ,love and happiness18. apa arti bhasa inggris i and hope19. Arti Dari paragraph ini MY DEAR SWEET MOTHER I HOPE YOUR SPECIAL DAY IS BLESSED WITH SUNSHINE AND SMILES LAUGHTER, LOVE AND HAPPINESS20. And I hope you came back again itu artinya apaan?? 1. arti i hope love girl? aku berharap mencintai gadisaku berharap mencintai wanitatapi kata kata itu ndak nyambung menurutku, mungkin seharusnya i hope i can love a girl atau i want love a girl 2. Dialog tentang hope and dreamdan artinyaJawabanHopes sebuah harapan, ~~ DREAMSsebuah impian, sekianPenjelasannyaHopes is when you are expecting/want something to happen.Harapan/impian adalah ketika kamu menebak/menginginkan sesuatu untuk terjadi.Dreams is when you are trying to fullfil that hopes.Mimpi adalah ketika kamu mencoba untuk meraih impian-impian itu.Maaf kalau salah dan semoga membantu DSimak lebih lanjut di - ya aku taunya arti nya 3. example love and hope in relegion universalContoh cinta dan harapan di universal religion 4. apa arti dari and i hope you can back again dan aku berharap kamu bisa kembali lagi 'smg mmbntu ya Jawaban Translate Dan aku harap kau bisa kembali lagiSemoga membantu^^ 5. anto l hope so andbukan artinya tapi jawabanya​Jawabanwhat does this mean? I do not understand, please understand, if I understand, I will help 6. Apa arti i hope playing card and tioJawabanaku berharap dapat bermain kartu dengan tio 7. Real success is determined by two factors. First is faith, and second is action.” coba artikan!!! Keberhasilan nyata ditentukan oleh dua faktor. Pertama adalah iman, dan yang kedua adalah tindakan. "Kesuksesan yang sebenarnya ditentukan dari dua faktor. Yang pertama adalah keyakinan, dan yang kedua adalah perbuatan. 8. Contoh dialog bahasa Inggris dan artinya tentang wish and hope dialog bhs inggrisnya tentang apa? kalo arti wish dan hope itu berharap. jadi wish dan hope artinya sama. 9. contoh love and hope, dalam konteks agama secara universal contoh sebanyak banyaknyaJawabanLOVE ADALAH DARI BAHASA INGGRIS YG ARTINYA CINTA 10. 40 contoh kalimat wish and hope berserta artinya Wish You luck Semoga BeruntungHope I win semoga aku menang 11. Contoh expressing hope and intentions dalam dialog dan artinyaBerikut adalah contoh dari Expressing hope and intentions ENGLISH Adi Tomorrow my little brother will celebrate his birthday. Budi Good. I hope he has a nice birthday party. Adi Thank you. You should come. Budi I am sorry, I can’t go anywhere tomorrow. Adi You have a job in your home? Budi Yes, there will be my cousin and my mother ask me to take him care. Adi Oh I see. Ok no Adi Besok adik kecil ku akan merayakan ulang Bagus. Aku berharap dia akan merayakan pesta ulang tahun yang Kamu juga harus Aku minta maaf. aku tidak bisa pergi kemanapun Apakah kamu mempunyai pekerjaan dirumah mu/Budi Iya. ada sepupu ku dirumah dan ibu meminta ku untuk menjaga nya. Adi Baiklah. Tidak Expressing hope mempunyai pengertian harapan. Sebenarnya Harapan tersebut ada dua yaitu harapan menceritakan masa lalu past tense dan harapan untuk masa depan. Akan tetapi kebanyakan istilah “Hope” sendiri digunakan untuk mengekspresikan harapan yang belum terjadi dan sangat mengharapkan harapan tersebut agar membantu. 12. Apa arti dari bahasa inggrisnya FAITH? Arti dari Faith adalah *Iman*faith iman, kepercayaan, agama, janji, kesetiaanmf klo slh 13. 40 contoh kalimat wish and hope berserta artinya​JawabanHere are the example of hope and wish below I hope I can see you I hope she will like it. I hope she can forgive me. I hope they are happy. I hope she'll understand. I hope she can manage. I hope there's no fight. I hope you can finish it. I hope they will win it. I hope nobody's hurt. I hope she can hear me. I hope nothing bad happens I hope it's peaceful there. I hope the rain stops. I hope the boss is here I hope he can take it. I hope we will have it done soon. I hope no mistake is made. I hope it's not broken. I hope it can be fixed. I wish you a happy birthday I wish you a great life I wish him a best of luck I wish things weren't like this. I wish I could talk to her. I wish I were in your position I wish she were more patient I wish I could disappear. I wish she didn't lose control I wish her success there I wish I had seen the sign. I wish I had recognised her. I wish they had played better. I wish she hadn't acted like a child. I wish they had anticipated it. I wish I had been more polite. I wish he had scored more. I wish things had been different. I wish she had been more relaxed. I wish I had known that. 14. Tuliskan dialog congratulation hope and wish sama artinya​JawabanBambang Hey Ardi Congratulation for being the student of the year!Ardi Thanks Bambang! I hope you will be the one next I wish man, it's hard you Its not that hard, you just need to be lucky. 15. tuliskan contoh hope and wish masing-masing 2 bikin artinya?​I hope my grades are good=Semoga nilaiku bagusI hope I get a new stationery=Saya harap saya mendapatkan alat tulis baruI want to get the class champion=saya ingin mendapatkan juara kelas i wish get a new toys =saya ingin mendapatkan mainan baruSEMOGA MEMBANTU,FOLLOW DAN LIKE YAJawabanHopeI hope you have a great dayI hope you will be the winnerWishI wish you a wonderful birthdayWishing you the bestPenjelasanKalimat hope digunakan untuk mengungkapkan doa atau harapan kepada seseorang. Kalimat wish umumnya digunakan untuk membicarakan sesuatu yang tidak mungkin terjadi, tetapi bisa juga digunakan untuk mendoakan/berharap kepada seseorang. 16. Apa Kesimpulan dari novel faith and the city ? diceritakan bahwa Hanum dan Rangga ditakdirkan bersama untuk mengemban tugas dari atasannya masing masing untuk mengerjakan sebuah misi yang berbeda di Amerika. Hanum diminta mewawancarai beberapa narasumber pasca tragedi WTC 9-11 dan menjawab “would the world be better without Islam?” dalam sebuah tulisan. Sementara Rangga, ditugaskan dosennya Profesor Reinhard untuk mengundang Philipus Brown memberikan kuliah akademis di kampusnya di Austria. 17. arti my dear sweet mother i hope your special day is blessed with sunshine and smiles laughter ,love and happiness Ibuku tercinta, aku berharap hari spesialmu diberkati dengan langit yang cerah dan senyuman kebahagiaan, cinta, dan tersayang, aku harap hari spesialmu dipenuhi dengan kehangatan sinar mentari dan senyum tawa, cinta dan kebahagiaan 18. apa arti bhasa inggris i and hope Saya dan HarapanMaaf apabila ada kesalahan I and hope = saya dan pengharapan 19. Arti Dari paragraph ini MY DEAR SWEET MOTHER I HOPE YOUR SPECIAL DAY IS BLESSED WITH SUNSHINE AND SMILES LAUGHTER, LOVE AND HAPPINESS Ibu kesayanganku yang manis aku berharap hari spesialmu terberkati dengan cahaya matahari dan senyum tawa, cinta dan kebahagiaan 20. And I hope you came back again itu artinya apaan?? dan aku berharap kamu akan kembali lagidan saya harap Anda datang kembali lagi What happens when someone decides to say, “yes,” to God’s kind invitation to become His Romans 24? We trust He has been at work in the sinner’s heart because it is the Father Who draws men to the Lord Jesus John 644. Since God loves us, He sent Jesus to save us from our sins John 316, and we love Him with reason; we love [Him] because He first loved us 1 John 419. When a sinner is saved from spiritual death, faith, hope, and love are involved, with faith and hope being a simultaneous work in the sinner’s heart. At true conversion, a person makes a 180 degree turn from a willful, sinful life. This does not mean people will never sin that won’t happen until heaven, but it does mean they do their utmost to obey and follow Jesus and the Holy Spirit, who now indwells and hope both involve trust. They both hinge on the trustworthiness of the person or object of an individual's core belief. When we drive a car, both are relevant; we have faith the car will transport us safely to our destination and we also hope no one crashes into us or us into them.At the moment of conversion, just about everything changes; we’re still here on earth, but our worldview and reason for living are new Acts 1728. It’s a hard road for us to get to the point of asking Jesus to be our Lord and Savior, but the moment of accepting Him is supernatural simplicity when the person praying is sincere. To pray to receive Jesus as Lord means acting in faith and with hope. We have faith He can save us, and we hope because of what He has done, is doing, and will do. The tandem nature of this is evident in Scripture Romans 52, Galatians 55, Colossians 121-23, 1 Peter 121.With God, our faith and hope are in the only One we can trust for eternal life. And due to His perfect, loving nature, we love Him as our hope and faith Thessalonians 12-4 emphasis added gives us a great summary of the relationship between faith, hope, and love. “We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God.” Faith involves work. It is never just faith; it is a noun that carries a verb that promotes its work keep, display, have. Love is an active verb. When we love someone, it is never passive; it always involves doing. When we consider the Father’s love, it manifested itself in the giving of Jesus John 316 and in adopting us as His children 1 John 31. Our patience of hope is built on Christ’s righteousness and promises Titus 211-14, 1 Peter 26. Hope is looking forward to and expecting something good. For the Christian, our hope is in God’s promises. Hope enables our faith and love to endure, and our faith in Christ drives us to obey His commands in love, which endures because of the hope He gives Is the Context of 1 Corinthians 13?The first letter to the Corinthian church has much to do with discipline within the body of believers, as Paul addresses conflicts in which they were involved. Corinth, located in the Roman province of Achaia, was infamous for its corruption. A number of the Corinthian believers were formerly involved in the local debauchery, and some were still embroiled in its wretched sin. They chose the worldliness of the culture over following the tenets of their new faith, and this caused divisions in the church. Paul addressed sexual sin, improper worship, spiritual gifts, and he highlighted the resurrection of Jesus chapter 15. As he made his case throughout the epistle, Paul, in chapter 12, expanded on the spiritual gifts and the necessary unity within the Christian body regarding the reception and use of the gifts. In Galatians 522-23, Paul speaks of the fruit of the Spirit, which those in the Corinthian church sorely needed love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. His argument to the Corinthians is Why have any spiritual gifts if they are exercised without love? Love is defined as the righteous and active pursuit of the well-being of another. Love is God’s highest value ethic, and He expects it to permeate the church. God provides believers with gifts for individual expressions of love which effectively edifies and seeks the spiritual well-being of the Does the Bible Say about Faith, Hope, and Love?The preeminent chapter which has the three together is 1 Corinthians 13. In this chapter, Paul continues his discourse from chapter 12, prioritizing the characteristics that should must govern every Christian’s life. One may have various gifts, but if he does not have love, his gifts are moot—meaningless and unproductive vv. 1-3. Love is the greatest gift, and chapter 13 is often called The Love Chapter. Many wedding vows contain the passage which includes verses 4-13. Verse 13 says, “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” To have them stated concurrently brings a greater emphasis on how they are to work together. 1 Thessalonians 58 adds to that by telling us to put on the “breastplate of faith and love” and the hope of salvation is our Is Love the Greatest of These?God made an object lesson of faith, hope, and love when He told Abraham to sacrifice, “your son—your only son, Isaac, whom you love” Genesis 221-16. Abraham displayed his faith in God with his immediate, without question, obedience to the Lord. This is the first time the word “love” is used in the Bible, and it is a presage of God giving, “His one and only Son” John 316. We are further enlightened about Abraham’s faith and hope in Hebrews 1117-19, where the author says, Abraham concluded that “God was able to raise him [Isaac] up, even from the dead, from which he received him in a figurative sense.” Through it all, love overwhelmed each act of is mentioned 278 times in the ESV version of the Bible. Hope? 151 times. Love trumps them both, being mentioned and commanded at points 551 times in 505 is the driving force which caused Jesus to come and “put on flesh” for us and to testify to the truth” John 1837.Galatians 514 tells us all the law is fulfilled in love, just as Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, all our mind, and all our strength Deuteronomy 65, Mark 1230 and to love our neighbors as Bible tells us God is love 1 John 48, 16. It does not say God is faith. It also does not say God is hope. Faith and hope are a result of God’s love for us. Scripture does say, however, all our faith and hope may be found in Him, for only in Him and the atoning work of Jesus may we have faith 1 Peter 121, Ephesians 616.Why, then, is love the greatest of “these?”God has entrusted us with a divine faith in which we experience heavenly love, looking toward eternal hope in Christ Jesus. It’s His love that gives us life. That’s why it is the credit ©GettyImages/Shutter2ULisa Loraine Baker is the multiple award-winning author of Someplace to be Somebody. She writes fiction and nonfiction. In addition to writing for the Salem Web Network, Lisa serves as a Word Weavers’ mentor and is part of a critique group. She also is a member of BRRC. Lisa and her husband, Stephen, a pastor, live in a small Ohio village with their crazy cat, Lewis. This article is part of our larger resource library of popular Bible verse phrases and quotes. We want to provide easy to read articles that answer your questions about the meaning, origin, and history of specific verses within Scripture's context. It is our hope that these will help you better understand the meaning and purpose of God's Word in relation to your life Is the Day the Lord Has MadeIron Sharpens IronBlessed Are the PeacemakersFaith without Works Is DeadBe Anxious for Nothing Alumni Spotlight The Rev. Bernadette Hickman-Maynard, AB ’02, EdM ’03, MDiv ’07 Harvard Divinity School welcomed our new Associate Dean for Ministry Studies, the Rev. Teddy Hickman-Maynard, to campus for the menginjak of the 2022 academic year. Throughout his first year at HDS, he has become a vibrant voice within the community, affectionately known as “Dean Teddy.” During an interview for a 2022 Dean’s Report story on multifaith ministry, Dean Teddy was asked about the importance of multireligious education. He fervently shared the story of an alumna near to his heart who is using her education in psychology, education, and divinity to make a difference in the world the Rev. Bernadette Hickman-Maynard. The Hickman-Maynards met as undergraduate students at Harvard College. They saw each other through several post-secondary degrees two masters degrees for her, a masters and PhD for him while also building a marriage and starting a family. They have four children. In addition to establishing their careers in both ministry and education, they have also become avid advocates for their community in Lynn, MA. The Rev. Bernadette Hickman-Maynard is currently the pastor of Bethel AME Church in Lynn. She is also the Deputy Director for Essex County Community Organization ECCO and co-chair of the Lynn Racial Justice Coalition of which ECCO is a member. Pastor Hickman-Maynard, now a pillar of community- and coalition-building in the Northeast, grew up on the West Coast. Born in Inglewood, CA, she was raised by a single mother who emphasized the importance of education from a young age. “ She wouldn’t have used the word poverty,’” Hickman-Maynard shares about her mother, “but we were low-income, and she always taught berpenyakitan that education was our ticket to make a better life for ourselves. So, from the very beginning, she did everything she could to make sure I had access to the best schools possible.” Religion was also a powerful force in her upbringing. Hickman-Maynard was raised as a devout Christian in the Conservative Baptist Association of America, which she notes was “both the name and the description” of the church. With an ardent emphasis on accepting Jesus Christ as lord and savior to escape hell in the afterlife, Hickman-Maynard’s experience with this tradition involved a staunch hierarchy of power. Women were titinada granted any official authority within the church; they were forbidden from preaching or teaching male congregants over the age of 18. Moreover, while the congregation was primarily comprised of Black community members, leadership consisted entirely of white membubuhi cap. Reflecting on her earlier experiences with religion, Hickman-Maynard notes that she identified as a secular feminist. “I believed that women could be doctors, lawyers, even president of the United States in the secular world, but not within the church,” she says. “Women and men were equal, but in the church, God called menandai to lead.” It wasn’t until she was introduced to an African Methodist Episcopal AME Church in Roxbury that Hickman-Maynard began to see more diverse representation in religious leadership. A Pathway to Ministry Grounded in Psychology and Education From a young age, Hickman-Maynard showed exceptional talent in science and math. She had early ambitions of becoming a doctor and, with the encouragement of her family, attended a medical magnet high school in Los Angeles. She reflects “When I applied to colleges and got into Harvard, it was like a dream. But my mother didn’cakrawala pressure me. She let berpenyakitan consider UCLA or Stanford.… It was my aunt who said, you’re going!’” When asked about the transition from the West Coast to Cambridge, Hickman-Maynard laughed “I had never even visited before, but I was invited to a pre-frosh acara for women in science before move-in day. I remember hailing a cab and saying, I need to go to Harvard University,’ and the cabbie was like okay, where?’ This was before the days of Uber, Lyft.… I didn’t even have a cell phone! But I had a paper with berpenyakitan that said Canady Hall,’ so I got myself there, and that was the first time I stepped foot on campus.” As a first-year student, Hickman-Maynard remembers exploring concentrations and searching for a church to call home on the East Coast. She was introduced to the Kuumba Singers on campus—an organization that explores and shares the rich musical culture of Black people through spirituals, gospel, African folk songs, and contemporary music. Joining Kuumba was particularly influential for Hickman-Maynard. “Kuumba was the first place where I experienced Black spiritual music. I knew gospel music, but we couldn’kaki langit play drums in my home church; drums were of the devil. So, I really gravitated to Kuumba as a space for my faith as a Christian, but also as a Black Christian who was newly exposed to the celebration of Black spirituality.” Kuumba is also where young Bernadette Hickman met young Teddy Maynard. Reflecting on their introduction, Hickman-Maynard shares “I knew he was a minister, and I kept telling him to take berpenyakitan to church because I was looking for a local church home. He brought me to Charles Street AME Church, and there were a number of things that were surprising to me. First, there were women who were preaching and teaching, and I thought, well, they don’tepi langit seem to be of the devil!’ Second, I learned that God does titinada just care about the Bible and souls going to hell. I learned that God does not want us to live in hell on earth—that sexism matters, that racism matters, and that Jesus came to set captives free on earth. That’s where I had a shift in my faith and a shift in my understanding of my role within Christianity because I was able to see women who were indeed being used by the Semangat to preach and to teach and to lead God’s people.” The AME Church , built on a foundation of emancipation and liberation in the late 1700s, was not without its own gender politics. Jarena Lee , a renowned preacher who was a contemporary of the church’s founder, Richard Allen, was only ordained posthumously in 2022. However, seeing women in leadership roles within the church inspired an evolution of both personal faith and professional ambitions for Padri Hickman-Maynard. “Coming to Harvard, I did feel called to be a doctor. I wanted to help people heal their bodies. As I learned more, I found myself thinking about how I could help heal people’s lives and break down those systems of oppression that hold people back and prevent them from thriving. So, that’s where I started to have a shift in my faith, in my calling, and in the type of work I wanted to do. And all that happened at Harvard College.” After her undergraduate work, Hickman-Maynard earned a masters degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, focusing on human development and risk prevention. She then decided to pursue a masters at HDS to begin formal ministry work. Advisors at HDS, notably Cheryl Giles , helped create space for exploring feminism and womanist theology, including the work of a past WSRP Research Associate, Delores Williams . When asked about the importance of studying at a multireligious divinity school, Hickman-Maynard notes “I wanted to study alongside other women who were exploring their faith, interrogating their faith, and finding out what was liberating about their faith at the same time. So that’s what appealed to me about Divinity School, that I could study with Christian, Jewish, and Orang islam women—people of all traditions—to see what’s possible.” Community Organizing in Service of a Just World At Peace After completing her studies at HDS and being ordained an Itinerant Elder in the AME church, Hickman-Maynard began her pastoral ministry and community organizing in Bridgeport, CT. She later returned to the Boston area, where she has been leading Bethel AME Church in Lynn. She has also built a network of advocates through ECCO and serves as co-chair of the Lynn Racial Justice Coalition. What Hickman-Maynard has seen up close and personal in both communities is a deep, unyielding need for community support—especially regarding racial justice and police reform. Working to change and/or dismantle broken systems can be dispiriting, but building coalitions of community advocates, especially with interfaith organizations, is one way to sustain momentum. Working together toward concrete goals that serve as stepping stones toward progress is another. Hickman-Maynard has made it a point to bridge cultural and religious divides—working with pastors, priests, rabbis, and imams—to create movements that share common goals. She also builds connections with secular community members, policymakers, union leaders, and advocates for an array of issues, using her time, energy, and skills to facilitate productive conversations, organize action, and negotiate systemic change. One example of this work in action is when the city of Lynn wanted to increase the police budget by $2 million in the wake of yet another wave of police brutality in 2022. The summer after Breonna Taylor and George Floyd were killed by police, the then-mayor of Lynn, Thomas McGee, denounced racism but had yet to implement reforms within the city’s own police force. Working with a number of community organizations and activists, Hickman-Maynard employed a range of organizing skills rallies , education , policy plans to advocate for body cams, bias trainings, and a better plan for nonviolent crisis response. Mayor McGee worked closely with ECCO and the newly formed Lynn Racial Justice Coalition to pursue a series of reforms to address systemic racism and equitable public safety for all , including Updating the Lynn Police Department’s Use of Force Policy, which included the addition of body cameras Establishing the city’s first-ever diversity, equity, and inclusion office Allocating $500,000 for a pilot test of an unarmed crisis response team ALERT Considering the establishment of a civilian review board for police. This was a major win for the community. Additionally, a successful juru terbang program could mean reform across the state. Boston and Cambridge have already signaled they would also explore such an option, with Lynn’s test-run paving the way for expansion across Massachusetts. However, with a change in local leadership, plans have been stalled. A September 2022 interview with Mayor Jared Nicholson , focused mostly on real estate development and transportation, mentions the unarmed crisis response team at the end noting “there is not yet a menginjak date for the program.” Community leaders continue to advocate for this vital program to create, as Pastor Hickman-Maynard says, “a future of public safety that keeps everybody safe.” On Solidarity and Sustaining Progress Coalition building has proven to be one of the most effective forms of advocacy and community support, but it is not without its trials and tribulations. One major challenge is navigating the often-complicated politics and procedures of bureaucracy especially for people who are volunteering their time in addition to being parents, pastors, community leaders, teachers, health care providers, and laborers. Add a universal pandemic to the mix and this work becomes much more difficult. Another major challenge, especially for leaders from marginalized communities, is getting support from different people in ways that support the cause without subverting power. Hickman-Maynard says “I consider the community to be my congregation, and my work is to help tear down systems of oppression affecting the community so that we can all be free. One thing I have learned through interfaith work is that Black people can’t do it all by ourselves. LGBTQ folks can’t do it all by themselves. Marginalized folks can’cakrawala do it all by themselves. We need to get together, and we need to get together with white people, and people who have different types of privilege, to build that power and make change that benefits all of us. This is something I have really committed to figuring out how to work with white people so they are actually coming alongside, and sometimes behind, folks of color to support the direction and agency-building of marginalized groups to fight for justice in the way that we see bugar.” In short, to work for justice, all the -isms and -phobias need to be checked in favor of support and solidarity. —by Amie Montemurro Kelahiran Tuhan Yesus kembali dirayakan bersama oleh umat Gereja Indonesian Congregation Camberwell ICC di St. john Anglican Church, Camberwell. Serupa seperti tahun sebelumnya, ICC mengundang masyarakat luas dari berbagai latar belakang dan keyakinan, bukan hanya masyarakat Indonesia yang beragama yang diangkat di tahun 2014 ini adalah Hope, Faith and Love. Ketua Panitia Natal ICC Yolanda Ohello mengatakan tema tersebut ditemukannya dalam Alkitab 1 Petrus 1. “I think it’s very beautiful,” tersebut pun diwujudkan dalam berbagai bentuk penampilan dari jemaat ICC; dimulai dari tarian cantik oleh anak-anak sekolah minggu yang berpakaian seperti malaikat, sampai koor yang menyanyikan lagu-lagu khas dua anak ini berharap acara natal ICC dapat membawa kebaikan kepada semua orang yang telah terlibat dan telah cuma mau semua orang yang datang dan terlibat hari ini, baik jemaat, pelayan, hamba-hambanya; come out from here filled with hope and faith and love. Jadi dalam kehidupan sehari-hari mereka dapat dipenuhi pengharapan, iman dan dekorasi nan indah dan berwarna-warni tidak luput menghiasi seisi ruang ibadah sehingga suasana Natal pun menjadi lebih terasa. Rupanya persiapan yang dilakukan oleh seksi acara dan dekorasi, Ganda Marpaung, berlangsung kurang dari satu bulan. “Untuk acara sebenarnya ide-idenya sudah lama. Tapi saya mulai bekerja sekitar tiga minggu terakhir,” Ganda yang sudah tidak asing lagi berkiprah di berbagai acara promosi Indonesia semacam Festival Indonesia dan Pako Festa, pelayanan untuk gereja memberikan kepuasan batin tersendiri. Lagipula, pemilik Nauli Dancer ini mengaku, dirinya senang mengajar tari-tarian pada kotbahnya, Pendeta Kuncoro Rusman berharap para umat dapat menyebarkan arti Natal yang sebenarnya, yaitu kelahiran Yesus Kristus yang penuh kasih dan harapan. Hal ini dijelaskan beliau sebab banyak orang, terutama yang tumbuh di lingkungan yang tidak mengenal Tuhan, menganggap Natal sebagai hari libur maupun dekorasi berupa pohon natal, lampu yang berkelap-kelip dan Santa Klaus tersebut juga dihadiri oleh Konsul Muda Protokol dan Kekonsuleran Oldrin Lawalata yang membawa pesan dari Konsul Jendral Dewi Wahab. Di kesempatan tersebut beliau mengungkapkan rasa terimakasih KJRI kepada gereja yang telah bersama-sama menyatukan dan melayani masyarakat Indonesia yang ada di Melbourne. Tentunya beliau juga tidak lupa untuk mengucapkan selamat hari Natal dan tahun baru kepada semua orang yang Kalonta selaku Ketua Majelis ICC mengapresiasi semua komunitas yang telah hadir.  Dirinya pun berharap agar keceriaan Natal dapat membawa perdamaian dan pengharapan lengkap perayaan tanpa hidangan makan malam dan santapan penutup yang lezat. Para pengunjung pun dapat saling mengucapkan selamat Natal dan berkumpul bersama dalam kegembiraan.* GALERI FOTO * gaby foto ga/rr/tjintjinÂ

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