We believe in our almighty God, who created everything, including Heaven and Earth.

And in God’s only son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who is both divine in all aspects of light and trueness and all-encompassing, like his Father, but also human like us. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who was sent from Heaven to be born from Mary, his virgin mother, to save us. Our Lord who died for us at the hands of Pontius Pilate, was buried, and who then on the third day after his death, lived again only to ascend into Heaven to be holy and equal with his Father. Our Lord who would come again to watch out over the living and the dead so that Christianity may continue to live on and spread.

And in the Holy Spirit, given to us by God, his Father, who spoke through the prophets in one united church, we ask for the forgiveness of our offenses so that we can look forward to the free and beautiful life that we can have after Jesus has come back to us.

    There was a man who had two sons. The younger son had told his father, “Dad, I want my portion of your property.”  Thus, the father divided his wealth among both of his sons. Soon after getting his share, the younger son packs up all of his belongings to travel to Las Vegas where he wastes all of the inheritance that he gained from his father due to his gambling. After he had spent all of his money, the country went into a depression and then he became worse off because of his lack of job and making money. He soon fell into the wrong crowd and started stealing to get by. After getting arrested, he realized that, “My dad’s workers are making enough money to live while I’m stealing to make a living. I’m going to go back to work for my dad and apologize to him.” On his way back home, his father saw him from down the street and hugged him, welcoming him home. As the youngest son started apologizing to his dad, his father cut him off by telling some of the workers to get the house ready for a welcome home party and to help his son get cleaned up. As his dad said, “My son came back home to me and he is himself again!” The party then commenced. 

As the party started, the older son was coming home from working for his father. As he got closer to the house, he passed by one of the other workers wondering what was going on, who told him that his brother had returned and his father was holding a party for him. The older son was mad and stayed outside of the house away from the party when his father came to find him asking where he had been. He told his dad how he had been working for him for years and had stayed with him throughout the time his brother had been off gallivanting in Las Vegas. He was mad how he had never had a party for him and his friends. His father then went on to explain his reasoning in how the older son had always been there and that everything he had was also his son’s, but that they had to celebrate because his brother had come back to be himself again.

A prophet is someone who speaks of not only the truth about the future, but also about the present and what can be done in that time. A prophet is known as someone who “…advocates or speaks in a visionary way about a new belief, cause, or theory” and as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did, he spoke of advancing civil rights in the age of racism and segregation through his Christian beliefs. He is surely a prophet through his talk of challenging inequality and fighting against discrimination, where some did not like the messages being heard, but bringing hope and strength to those that believed in what he preached of. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prophet through his connection of talking to the masses as prophets in the early years did as well. King did not speak of what people always wanted to hear and was unpopular in doing so. But, he was a true prophet where he spoke for others and a true prophet projects what it is that needs to be heard by all people.

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

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