{"id":6378,"date":"2021-07-07T07:04:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/?p=6378"},"modified":"2021-07-07T07:04:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T12:04:44","slug":"rolling-ridge-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/2021\/07\/rolling-ridge-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Ridge events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Last month, Rolling Ridge launched\u00a0Divine Friendships<\/a>,\u00a0a new monthly series<\/strong>\u00a0exploring Christian contemplative and devotional classics. This series title draws its inspiration from a quote by the great 16th century Spanish mystic, Teresa of Avila, who described\u00a0contemplative prayer as<\/strong>\u00a0\u201ca close sharing between friends\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From the Christian perspective,\u00a0divine friendships<\/a>\u00a0manifest themselves in at least three ways<\/strong>. The first is\u00a0friendship within God<\/strong>\u00a0expressed in the Holy Trinity. This is the original divine friendship out of which all the others flow. The second is\u00a0friendship between God and the individual human person<\/strong>. The third is\u00a0friendship between and among human persons united to each other\u00a0<\/strong>through the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

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On\u00a0Monday evening, July 12th, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm<\/strong>, we will be exploring\u00a0The Imitation of Christ,<\/a>\u00a0perhaps\u00a0the most widely read Christian devotional book after the Bible<\/strong>, written by Thomas \u00e0 Kempis. \u00a0A German priest who spent most of his long life in a Dutch monastery copying bibles, Thomas wrote the Imitation anonymously in the early part of the fifteenth century. The first two books counsel\u00a0humility, self-denial and patient endurance<\/strong>\u00a0as crucial to the spiritual life. The last two books take the form of an\u00a0imagined conversation between Christ and the disciple<\/strong>\u00a0focused on the contrast between the love of Jesus and the love of one\u2019s self.<\/p>\n

Never heard of Thomas \u00e0 Kempis and the Imitation of Christ? \u00a0<\/strong>We invite you to join us for an insightful look as to how this Christian contemplative classic can deepen our divine friendships today.<\/p>\n

If Thomas is not “your cup of tea”, we invite you to\u00a0check out some of the other upcoming offerings\u00a0<\/a>at the Ridge, which include a look at the musical\u00a0Hamilton<\/a>, a\u00a0Pray and Paddle retreat<\/a>\u00a0on Lake Cochichewick, and an evening featuring\u00a0Sister Joan Chittister<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0our first in-person onsite hybrid event<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Whether through a\u00a0Christian classic<\/strong>, a\u00a0contemporary musical,<\/strong>\u00a0an\u00a0outdoor adventure<\/strong>, or an\u00a0inspiring talk,\u00a0<\/strong>Rolling Ridge seeks to nurture your spiritual life as you awaken to the divine friendships in you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Last month, Rolling Ridge launched\u00a0Divine Friendships,\u00a0a new monthly series\u00a0exploring Christian contemplative and devotional classics. This series title draws its inspiration from a quote by the great 16th century Spanish mystic, Teresa of Avila, who described\u00a0contemplative prayer as\u00a0\u201ca close sharing between friends\u201d.\u00a0 From the Christian perspective,\u00a0divine friendships\u00a0manifest themselves in at least three ways. The first is\u00a0friendship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6379,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6378\/revisions\/6379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}