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Master Mariners Benevolent Association
2007 Wooden Boat Show
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Corinthian Yacht Club
43 Main Street, Tiburon, CA
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Master Mariners Benevolent Association invites you to get a close look at some great classic boats and learn a bit of nautical history at their annual wooden boat show at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon, CA. There are generally 60 vessels on display in the show. This year several boats from the local chapter of the Traditional Small Craft Association will also be on display -- skiffs, dories, whitehalls -- as well as some classic wood work boats. A lively jazz band will be playing and there will be activities for children on the deck, making it a great outing for the entire family. Refreshments and a BBQ will be available. Boat show proceeds go towards the Master Mariners Benevolent Fund which provides funding for sail training scholarships and skills associated with restoring traditional sailing craft. A number of awards for boats will be given including the Stone Cup, Corinthian Cup, and Peoples' Choice. Admission is $10 for adults, free for children under 12 accompanied by an adult.
For more information:
Master Mariners Benevolent Association of San Francisco Bay
www.mastermariners.org
(415) 364-1656
About the Master Mariners Benevolent Association (MMBA):
The MMBA dates back to 1867 when it gained recognition after staging a successful boat race at the San Francisco Fourth of July Celebration. This became a popular Fourth of July tradition, as the never disappointing San Francisco winds promised an exciting race, and rowdy participants battled with fists and sails for the prize banner that read "Champion." The MMBA still holds an annual regatta on Memorial Weekend and crowns a champion at the awards party, in addition to a variety of other nautical-themed events.
Photos from past shows: http://www.mastermariners.org/boatshow.html
Please contact us for additional information for a story prior to the show, and/or photos to run with this notice.
Thank you -- we hope you can attend this great event.
Since the 1950s, the swelling tide of liberalism has caused many churches of Christ to lose the ability to distinguish between individual and church benevolence. Today, many can be heard saying, “The church can do anything that the individual can do.” There are those who have embraced institutionalism, the sponsoring church concept, and other unscriptural methods of benevolence. What does the word of God teach concerning individual and church benevolence?
Benevolence is nothing more than giving of one's means to benefit another. Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive,” (Acts 20:35).
There are numerous examples in the Bible that show how the Lord's people gave, whether it was done individually or by the church. These include Aquila and Priscilla, Dorcas, the church at Galatia, and Christ himself.
The scriptures also teach that we are to give with a cheerful heart (2 Corinthians 9:7) and as God has prospered us (1 Corinthians 16:2). While He was at the Temple, Jesus taught His disciples the principles of giving. In Mark 12:41-44, we read, “And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.”
When we do not have the right attitude toward giving, it will not be pleasing in the sight of God. Furthermore, we are no longer required to give one-tenth as was done under the Old Law. If one desires to bestow such an amount, so let him give.
Although there are a number of things which both the individual and the church can do in regards to giving such as providing financial support to preachers of the gospel in various places, the benevolence of the church is limited. In contrast, the individual has far more freedom to support organizations such as public and private schools, colleges, religious magazines(i.e. Guardian of Truth, Focus Magazine, The Preceptor, Truth Magazine, etc.), hospitals, and orphanages, whereas the church of Christ cannot.
Some have taken Galatians 6:10 and James 1:27 to mean that the church is obligated to provide benevolence to widows and orphans. Let us examine these passages to see what they really teach. In both of these passages the individual is discussed. We find that, in Galatians 6:10, the words “such an one”, “man”, and “him” indicate individual, rather than church, action. When James is speaking of “orphans” in James 1:27, he is referring to children whose christian parents have passed from this life. If the church is obligated to take care of widows and orphans, then Paul is a liar when he says, “If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed,” (1 Timothy 5:16).
The only time the church can help is when the ability of a Christian to provide for his family has become burdensome or if there is a widow who has no family members that are Christians who can provide for her need.
Church benevolence is not only limited to needy saints, but also the work that the Lord has assigned it to do. The only authorized method for the church to raise the necessary funds is by giving on the first day of the week (1 Corinthians 16:1-3). It is not to be done through garage and bake sales, campaigns, love offerings, tithings, pledges, etc. Giving on any other day than Sunday is unauthorized. Moreover, Paul exhorted the Corinthian church to give of their means as he had commanded other churches.
In the New Testament, we do not read of any local church acting as a sponsoring church. The only scriptural method of distributing relief to the needy saints is through direct support. In other words, each church sends directly to those in need rather than to whom the payment is due. As in the case of the needy saints at Jerusalem, each local church set aside a part of its collection to send by Paul when he came (1 Corinthians 16:2). After arriving at Jerusalem, Paul would give the relief to the church and it would be distributed among those who were in need. Paul, in Romans 15:25-26, said, “But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.”
Does the congregation where you attend obey God's teaching of church benevolence? If not, then we encourage you to find a church of Christ in your area who follows this doctrine.
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