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Seeing Easter with Immigrant Eyes

Seeing Easter with Immigrant Eyes. Prepared for PICO Clergy The Rev. Russell L. Meyer Florida Council of Churches . Words Matter. Use Words That Win But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ( 1 Corinthians 15:57 ) Words generate images

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Seeing Easter with Immigrant Eyes

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  1. Seeing Easter with Immigrant Eyes Prepared for PICO Clergy The Rev. Russell L. Meyer Florida Council of Churches

  2. Words Matter • Use Words That Win • But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:57) • Words generate images • Victory - Nike

  3. Words Matter • Images lay on top of one another in the mind • Words say one thing, • But can feel another way. • Examples?

  4. New Wineskins Replace These ... With These ... Aspiring Citizens New Americans New American Immigrants Create an Immigration Process Roadmap to Citizenship Commitment to Country Contribute to our Culture All People have Rights People Move Freedom • Undocumented Workers • Illegal Aliens • Illegal immigrants • Reform Immigration System • Pathway to Citizenship • Paying Taxes • Do Jobs No One wants • No Human is Illegal • Secure the Borders • Rule of law

  5. Public Values from Faith Beliefs • Beliefs by definition do not have to be shared. • Values are widely shared across many belief structures. • Show your audience how your beliefs lead to specific values. • Equip value-speakers with words & images.

  6. Values Polling Results • Promote national security – 84% • Keep families together – 84% • Protect dignity of every person – 82% • Fairness to taxpayers – 77% • Enforce rule of law – 77% • Golden Rule “provide opportunity I would want” – 69% • Less support: heritage as immigrant nation – 52% • & welcoming the stranger – 52%

  7. Values To Highlight • Responsibility • Care for families, pay taxes, pay fines, learn English • Fairness • We all move about, all should be free to move – that’s fair. • Justice • Equal before the law. Current policies show preference. Backlog for family visas is wrong. The line is stopped. • Equality • All children of God. We honor all who contribute & commit to American ideals.

  8. Method • Find your core message– one sentence • Frame it in the Gospel • Identify your supports • Value statements • Problems requiring attention: Personal story! • Good news solutions

  9. Good Friday Example • Immigrants built this country, and immigrants will help build this country’s future.Again he asked them, "Whom are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go." This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken, "I did not lose a single one of those whom you gave me." (John 18:7-9)

  10. Easter Example I • We need to be smart and fair about the 11 million New American Immigrants living here; it’s impossible to take them all away. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him." (John 20:13)

  11. Easter Example II • It’s a new day: the time has come for creating a roadmap for Aspiring Americans to become citizens of the United States. The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again." Then they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. (Luke 24:5-9)

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