BRIARCRIER
Dec. 30, Friday Noon, The Briar's Rest. Dining Room, eating off the menu,
N. State Road, Briarcliff Manor NY Rotary Club
TODAY IN HISTORY
1851: The first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in the United States was founded in Boston.
MEETING LEADER: Sy Yuter
ATTENDANCE: 6*, with each entitled to $10 club credit from Ernie.
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT: Rev. Lee Carrozzi on Christian Religions
SUMMARY OF TALK
Rev. Lee was raised as a Roman Catholic then converted to Methodism when he married his Methodist wife. He was ordained as a minister in the Methodist Church. He explained the differences of the various Protestant religions, being generally divided into predeterminists like Calvinists and those who individually decide their own spiritual faith like Methodists. He referred to suffering for your faith, mentioning the Saints who were burned at the stake for their religion, like Jean d'Arc. Zen and Anne contributed to the discussion by questions from Zen about the differences of the various Protestant religions and by Anne as to her religious beliefs. Sy noted that all of the Christians at the time of Jesus were Jews and that Saint Paul was the first Christian, having replaced Jewish law (including kosher eating and circumcision) with belief in the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion, and that Christianity was a great civilizing force.
This Friday talk at regular meeting (at The Briar's) by Marion Anderson on Helping Needy Children
Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter
* Zen, Zen for Don, Rev. Lee, Anne, Sy and Elinor.
