The Youth Group chose Gospel passages and rewrote them in emojis. Yesterday, we shared the stories with you — and today, here are the answers!
At a gathering of the Youth Group a few months ago, the youth chose Gospel passages and rewrote them in emojis. Can you identify the stories that are being told?
Ken first came to St John’s because of our historic Skinner organ. “I was drawn to the Episcopal Church largely because of the legacy of the Anglican choral music.”
Rejoice, Mother Church: and come together all of you that love her: sing with joy, you that have been in sorrow: that you may exult, and be filled from the breasts of God’s consolation. Amen.
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“Jesus’ love, supernaturally dispersed to and from each person in my life, is what carried me through. That kind of love is what can carry us through any ‘how” we are facing today.”
“Caleb says, ‘I’d gladly yap away about anything to do with volleyball, early Christianity, Appalachia, or education policy—a real nerd here.'”
“Saint Katharine is considered blessed because she chose to look beyond what was, to bang the drum for parity and equality, to continually walk toward the need and to act on her belief that God values and loves everyone without ceasing.”
“Sarah is passionate about racial justice, working with social justice organizations as a grant writer. Alex once designed and drove a solar electric car across the continent of Australia.”
“Lent is a time of fasting and stripping away so that we can attend to the essence of who God is calling us to be and what God is calling us to do.”
“The image of Ieshia Evans captured the imagination of so many, because of the way it juxtaposed a courageous vulnerability with a world bound in systems of death and destruction. Evans’s galvanizing witness in that moment showed us a more human way to be in the face of great suffering and evil. “
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