EPISODE · Jun 24, 2017 · 2H 1M
A Total Eclipse, Jesus' Birthday & A Scientific Symposium to Enjoy & Celebrate!
from The Cosmic Citizen · host Paula Thompson
What does a total eclipse and Jesus' birthday have in common? Well, this year they are happening on the same day and we can celebrate both events together! We'll be meeting with Tom Allen, a devoted Urantian from Oklahoma City, to discuss how at the 4th Scientific Symposium. From Tom: It is with a great and joyful anticipation that the fourth Scientific Symposium (SSIV) will be held August 18-21 near Kansas City. We await the first solar eclipse to come across North America in several decades. This amazing eclipse will stretch all the way across the United States of America from Oregon to South Carolina. The wonderful thing for Urantia Book believers, is that this eclipse will occur on Jesus’ 2023rd birthday! What a great event to honor our Sovereign and friend, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus shared our fascination with the heavens: “He rejoiced to contemplate the Father through the inspiring spectacle of the starry realms of the Creator Sons.” (167:6.5) And as a child “He evinced a troublesome penchant for lying on his back and gazing wonderingly up into the starry heavens long after his usual bedtime in this well-ordered Nazareth household.” (123:3.10) We too will share this joy and inspiration. Science presentations, astronomy and wonderful musical arts will culminate in a banquet on Sunday night with a joyous remembrance of Jesus on the eve of his birthday. The full eclipse of the sun on Monday afternoon is sure to inspire. To register for the conference and for more information: http://tsquest.org/event/scientific-symposium-iv-science-and-spirituality/ We invite you to call and join us as we talk about SSIV, and the science, religion and philosophy of The Urantia Book. It will surely make for entertaining discussions.
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What does a total eclipse and Jesus' birthday have in common? Well, this year they are happening on the same day and we can celebrate both events together! We'll be meeting with Tom Allen, a devoted Urantian from Oklahoma City, to discuss how at the 4th Scientific Symposium. From Tom: It is with a great and joyful anticipation that the fourth Scientific Symposium (SSIV) will be held August 18-21 near Kansas City. We await the first solar eclipse to come across North America in several decades. This amazing eclipse will stretch all the way across the United States of America from Oregon to South Carolina. The wonderful thing for Urantia Book believers, is that this eclipse will occur on Jesus’ 2023rd birthday! What a great event to honor our Sovereign and friend, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus shared our fascination with the heavens: “He rejoiced to contemplate the Father through the inspiring spectacle of the starry realms of the Creator Sons.” (167:6.5) And as a child “He evinced a troublesome penchant for lying on his back and gazing wonderingly up into the starry heavens long after his usual bedtime in this well-ordered Nazareth household.” (123:3.10) We too will share this joy and inspiration. Science presentations, astronomy and wonderful musical arts will culminate in a banquet on Sunday night with a joyous remembrance of Jesus on the eve of his birthday. The full eclipse of the sun on Monday afternoon is sure to inspire. To register for the conference and for more information: http://tsquest.org/event/scientific-symposium-iv-science-and-spirituality/ We invite you to call and join us as we talk about SSIV, and the science, religion and philosophy of The Urantia Book. It will surely make for entertaining discussions.
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