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205. 1976 Snapshot of Community Life
🔊 12:45 This sharing on community life in 1976 was given at the end of a talk on “Kingdom Building” at a Notre Dame charismatic conference. After a brief history of the community, Tom Finke described the life and work of the People of Praise emphasizing especially several prophecies and their fulfillment.
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217. Social Justice and the People of Praise
📄 5 pages This paper was written sometime in 1979. It was meant as an answer to people who criticized the People of Praise for not being concerned enough with the poor and needy. The paper describes how the community’s approach to social problems was environmental (personal) rather than institutional.
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224. Resisting Temptation, The Good Samaritan and Prayer
🔊 36:54 A recording of a 1980 community celebration men’s night. Three parts of the evening were recorded: prophecies given at the men’s night; a spontaneous response to those words by Paul DeCelles exhorting the men and boys to resist carnal temptation; and a prepared teaching on love of neighbor (the Good Samaritan) and love…
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225. Roles of Men and Women Revisited
🔊 46:37 This talk given at a 1981 elders’ meeting by Kevin Ranaghan summarized the teaching of the People of Praise on the roles of men and women and contrasted these views with current worldly trends. He also described potential excesses in this area which he had seen in the wider charismatic renewal and Pentecostal…
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227. Being a Handmaid
🔊 1:13:52 This talk was given at a 1981 elders’ meeting by Julie Walters. In it, she looked at the use of the word “handmaid” in Scripture. She talked about the reason for having handmaids, the qualities of a handmaid and the pastoral role of a handmaid.
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228. Accomplishing Our Work through Divisions
🔊 39:14 In this talk given at a 1981 elders’ meeting, Paul DeCelles discussed the introduction of divisions into the structure of the community, noting how this organizational change was for the sake of apostolic activity. Paul discussed the goals and objectives of each of these new divisions and provided details about the structure and…
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229. Reasons for Starting Trinity School
🔊 27:01 In this talk given at a 1981 elders’ meeting shortly before Trinity School opened its doors for the first time, Kerry Koller explained why the community decided to start a school and how it would be different from other schools.