Bethel Moravian Christmas #5

I'm going to have a nice program, Rick's Shrata. Ryan Leslie Monk have been breeding and running Siberian Huskies in their hometown of Burnley in Lancashire, England for seven years now. However, because of Britain's mild weather, much of that mushiness has been with a cart over bare ground. Good evening and welcome to Delta Review. I'm your host for tonight's program, Rick's Shrata. Ryan Leslie Monk have been breeding and running Siberian Huskies in their hometown of Burnley in Lancashire, England for seven years now. However, because of Britain's mild climate, much of that mushiness has been with a cart over bare ground. How's that? Okay, next one. Take two. This is going to be for after the piece. I wonder if I should change the shot.

Okay. AIDS, it's one of the most mysterious and fatal diseases known to man. Here in Alaska, state officials believe that the rural communities face the greatest threat from the disease, not because of the behavior that's usually associated with it, but because of the rate of sexual transmitted diseases in these areas. I spoke recently with Barbara Newman, I spoke recently with why can't she medical director Barbara Newman? Okay. I'm press the practicing. I spoke recently with why can't she medical director Barbara Newman, and asking some of the questions and asked her some of the questions that you might ask about the disease. Okay.

Let's give it a try. I'm at living this one, so I might take a while. AIDS. It's one of the most mysterious and deadly diseases known to man. Here in Alaska, state officials believe rural communities face the greatest threat from this disease, not from the behavioral patterns usually associated with AIDS, but from the high rate of sexually transmitted diseases that it's prevalent in rural Alaska. Tonight we're going to talk with YKHC Medical Director Barbara Newman, and ask her some of the questions you may have about AIDS, okay. One more. I'm going to do another shot, or I should chain, I'm going to do a little bit of sense. I'm going to find you something like this. That's all we have time for, I'm ready.

That's all we have time for on tonight's program. We'll have more of our interview with Dr. Newman on our next show, okay, one more time. Take two. That's all we have time for this evening. We'll have more interview with Dr. Barbara Newman on our next program. For now, from all of us here at K-Y-U-K, have a good night. We have the executive opposite, we want normally the bishop would be the pastor of the pastor, and only occasionally our bishops, also the head administrators. In this case, it was simply found that him wearing the two hats, he was the best man for both decisions. Well, we ready, should we do the first, or whatever harm you want to do, or... I noticed the glass is all frosted up there. Is it? I was just here. I looked fuzzy. Yes, it is. I wonder if it might take you a little while to it. I hope you don't vibrate around, that would be the worst thing right now.

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Hope we had the bell. I think the greatest influence reaches back to the time and the missionaries who were, of course, Kazakhs, worked together with the native people and both gained each other's trust. The first church here for the native people that effectively established a congregation. There were always Kazakh people and native people together. In the early days, the Kazakh missionaries learned the language of the native people. That, of course, produced a deeper trust.

The native people are in the English language. Now we have both languages. There is harmony by the desire of the native, by the desire of the Kazakh people. They don't want to be segregated, they want to work and serve and minister and witness together. One thing I noticed is you see a lot of people that aren't Moravians at the Christmas service. Is Christmas time kind of, does the Moravian church become the community church during Christmas? We would hope that in general the Moravian church is being looked upon as a community church. It has always served that way. There are more people that come at Christmas time who might normally not go to church. That is probably a phenomenon that is not unique to Beffal.

I think that applies to most communities. The Beffal church is probably one that is more in focus. There is not only the oldest church, but it is a large church. It is more visible. We have several other churches here, but they might not be as visible as the Moravian church. Of course, it depends on how inviting a congregation is. The building alone would not make it. But I think the people who come to our services feel that they are invited by friends and by neighbors and by others. So in that way, we are doing our community church. What about outsiders that come in? Is it kind of the Moravian Christmas something everybody should experience? The services here, they are so unusual. For me as a Moravian to assess that properly, I would almost say not possible. What about the bilingual nature?

Yes, that is what is in effect the strongest aspect. People have come here. Sometimes only for one visit and one service because they were here only a few days or weekend. And they expressed to us and said it was just something overwhelming to see people worshipping as we do very often in both languages at the same time. We have services like the Luffy's or at Christmas time. We sing in both languages at the same time. It is not a disharmony. It is something that makes people look up and what is happening. How come that people can do this without getting a sense? It is out of tune. There is a discord. No, it works very well. When you attend all of these services, what moves you the most? That is very difficult to answer. Trust in one sentence.

There are two things. One is that the spirit of Christ is alive in the people. And again, when you have different cultures, it gives me personally a deeper sense of fulfillment and love enjoyment when I know Christianity is not a segregated religion or faith. It is not something that some people own, but it is something that belongs to all people everywhere and here within the framework of a bicultural situation. And I would say we have many cultures who are presented. We don't have trust Americans, you know, gazak Americans. We have people from many parts of the world that are at the moment living here and they are joined together in one faith in this one celebration. Okay, anything I didn't ask you you wanted to mention? I really don't know what would be of interest other than to say what brought the Moravians here in the first place was to help people find that kind of inner satisfaction that comes when you know that your life has been put in order.

That whatever you felt was wrong is being done away. That wherever you felt you had burdens, they are being lifted off. And that was the reason for the mission is to come to bring them as we put it in a theological Christian term to bring them salvation. So that there would be free of fear that when death comes there is not that kind of fear what's going to happen to me. You know, can I go across that border into whatever comes in peace? And so to portray that in a bicultural situation that is and has always been the Moravian intent. And we have never gone to the many places in the world that we went as the first great missionary movement in the Protestant world. We didn't go to make people Moravians. We went to bring Christ to people so that they could enjoy being free and being Christians.

Okay, right. Okay, I'm only going to cut away. You know what I was thinking it would be a good shot is if you could get a shot of us just walking off towards the church. You want to get the cut away first? Yeah, I'm going to cut away first. Oh, could you go to the gap on it? Sure. You know, how you can stand right where you are. Stay right where you are. No, no, no, no, right where you are. What if I just set them like them? No, no, no, you need to knock them on. Because, oh, I just looked at them. Yeah. Okay. How are you for a next video? Yeah, we can. Well, how are you for a next video? I think we can.

You probably would come with an expensive salary that I can do. The technical. Okay. Well, the other thing I was just kind of curious about is, do you think that the historical aspect of this all kind of generates a lot more interest in the Moravian church during Christmas time? Yeah, I think because of the very long edition and people thinking back, you know, how did it all come about? Not only the original Christmas, but also the traditions that have developed within a church. The various churches have various editions. There are various customs. And the Moravian church has always felt to make a tradition some that is really alive. That doesn't depend on one moment in history or one particular design that became established, but something that comes out of the inner reflection of the people. And so our Moravian Christmas here in Bethel, while it is in a Moravian edition, will still be different than if it would be now in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, or in Saint Laurent, North

Carolina, or in Germany, or in England, or in Tanzania, or in Nicaragua, Honduras. Each particular culture brings with it a special reflection of how they celebrate Christmas. And that's what we like to have here too. I think I got a sense of that last night. I could really, you know, it's kind of interesting. I noticed that even though it was a primarily in English. Yeah, last night was supposed to be. It was a cantata that was presented in English. But there was a lot of mixed people in the audience. Yes, and as I said, I don't know whether we want to get that. You are taping this door. Yeah, well, we're just, we're not taping it for this time. Okay, trust for the cut back. Okay, but to share this information with you when you come on, says it on New Year's Eve. We have the two services, but there is a much stronger sense there of singing in both languages. Oh, well, we'll have to check that one out too.

Absolutely. Do you want to get a shot of us just walking? Yeah, from the back? Yeah, you could just get a phone. Okay. We could just walk into the shot. Okay, that would be good to start over there. I'm going to walk to the church. I want to walk out of the shot and walk in. Okay. Um, Okay. You move one more time here.

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