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Our Mission:
Our mission is to provide the communications, knowledge, and information technology systems that empower the Church to maximum
faithfulness and effectiveness in Her ministry and witness.
Our Vision:
Our vision is a healthy, effective, and well-connected Church body. Her body members (including the Patriarch, priests, bishops, and
laity) have the information, technology, and communications systems they need to faithfully and effectively accomplish their mission.
The Church communicates well with all parts of Her body and all audiences that She is in contact with.
Our mission is to provide the communications, knowledge, and information technology systems that empower the Church to maximum
faithfulness and effectiveness in Her ministry and witness.
Our Vision:
Our vision is a healthy, effective, and well-connected Church body. Her body members (including the Patriarch, priests, bishops, and
laity) have the information, technology, and communications systems they need to faithfully and effectively accomplish their mission.
The Church communicates well with all parts of Her body and all audiences that She is in contact with.
| Communication Ministry |
| Webmaster: Mrs. Christine Samir Sweiss |
Verse of the Day...
| Advisors Samir and Christine Sweiss |
This week's promise: God will help you understand his Word
What guides your life?
Oh, how I love your law! I think about it all day long. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
foot your commands are my constant guide. Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always
thinking of your decrees. I am even wiser than my elders, for I have kept your commandments. I have
refused to walk on any path of evil, that I may remain obedient to your word. I haven't turned away
from your laws, for you have taught me well. How sweet are your words to my taste; they are sweeter
than honey. Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life. Your
word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.
Psalm 119:97-105 NLT
No Other Book
I have guided my life by the Bible for more than forty years, and I tell you there is no book like it. It is a
miracle of literature, a perennial spring of wisdom, a wonder of surprises, a revelation of mystery, an
infallible guide of conduct, and an unspeakable source of comfort...
Pay no attention to people who discredit it, for I tell you that they speak without knowledge. It is the
Word of God itself.
Study it according to its own direction. Live by its principles. Believe its message. Follow its precepts.
No man is uneducated who knows the Bible, and none is wise who is ignorant of its teachings.
Samir S. Sweiss
A Bible which is falling apart usually belongs to someone who is not.
God did not give us the Scriptures to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives.
What guides your life?
Oh, how I love your law! I think about it all day long. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
foot your commands are my constant guide. Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always
thinking of your decrees. I am even wiser than my elders, for I have kept your commandments. I have
refused to walk on any path of evil, that I may remain obedient to your word. I haven't turned away
from your laws, for you have taught me well. How sweet are your words to my taste; they are sweeter
than honey. Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life. Your
word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.
Psalm 119:97-105 NLT
No Other Book
I have guided my life by the Bible for more than forty years, and I tell you there is no book like it. It is a
miracle of literature, a perennial spring of wisdom, a wonder of surprises, a revelation of mystery, an
infallible guide of conduct, and an unspeakable source of comfort...
Pay no attention to people who discredit it, for I tell you that they speak without knowledge. It is the
Word of God itself.
Study it according to its own direction. Live by its principles. Believe its message. Follow its precepts.
No man is uneducated who knows the Bible, and none is wise who is ignorant of its teachings.
Samir S. Sweiss
A Bible which is falling apart usually belongs to someone who is not.
God did not give us the Scriptures to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives.
God will help you understand his Word
The living Word
Jesus knew that everything was now finished, and to fulfill the Scriptures he said, "I am thirsty."
John 19:28 NLT
Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.
Then he gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread
and fish.
Mark 6:41-43 NLT
Bread of Life
One of the women who lingered at the foot of the cross had once known thirst that ordinary water
couldn't quench. She had been an outcast among her peers.…She had a great need, and nothing could fill
the emptiness, the void within her. Then came the day when she met Jesus. Although her accusers had
already given up on her and would readily have stoned her, Jesus saw her need, and rather than give up
on her, he faced her accusers and saved not only her life but her soul as well. From that moment
forward, Mary Magdalene was a devoted disciple of Christ, following him even to the foot of a brutal
cross. When Jesus cried out in thirst, the soldiers mistook it for weakness of the flesh and thrust sour
wine to his lips. What they didn't comprehend is that Jesus' words were a declaration of his completion
of his Father's work. He was thirsty because he was being poured out as an offering, not only for the
grateful woman who knelt at this feet but also for generations of people to come.
"JESUS, you poured out your life like an offering and gave me living water that saved and restores my
soul. Help me to take that same living water and extend it to those around me who are thirsty. Please use
me to reach out to the abandoned, the scorned, the unlovable, with your sacrificial love."
