October 27: Sonoma Field Trip

Last Saturday several of our church members and friends took a field trip to Sonoma Valley, home to many of the finest wine vineyards of Northern California. The 21 of us who were able to attend had an unforgetable time visiting the Cornerstone Gardens; the Viansa Vineyard; and a local fruit market.

I am a novice making video clips. In fact, this is my very first one. Here is a clip of the movie produced.

Each one of us had a great time of fellowship, fun and food, to which we thank our loving Creator for.

We would like to thank Cornerstone Gardens and the Viansa Vineyard for being the perfect hosts and providing the perfect tours. We highly recommend anyone to stop by Cornerstone Gardens and Viansa Vineyard for their next Sonoma trip. We want to thank Dawn Smith of Cornerstone Gardens and John Bryan of Viansa Vineyard for permission to publish this blog.

We also thank Sis. Grace for her hard work in spearheading this happy church event.

October 7: Worship Service

Ruth Rosen, daughter of Moishe Rosen, founder of Jews for Jesus, and author Ceil Rosen, presents an enactment of the seder, the Jewish Passover meal. Although there were so many new lessons to learn, what stood out to me personally was how 3 matzas were kept inside a cloth, but only the 2nd one (the middle one), was the one that was broken .... which to me meant how the 2nd Person of the holy Trinity was broken for our sins.

And then too how the children would open the front door and look out to see if the prophet Elijah was approaching to proclaim the coming of the Messiah. Of course, the Messiah had already come 2,000 years ago.

And then too there was a resemblance of our Easter egg hunting. A matzo was hidden inside the house, and the child who would find it would receive a reward. We are to seek diligently for Christ, the Manna from heaven, and he who finds Him receives an eternal reward of life without end.

On the table was also a roasted lamb shankbone. This clearly represented our Savior, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Yes, the study of Jewish tradition has value to the contemporary Christian faith.