I will combine two services in this post because I didn't take many notes from the first one, but I didn't want a two line post, so here you go.
The first one is from July 28, 2013. It was called Loss and Grief.
We sang the following SLT hymns: #101 Abide With Me, #1002 Comfort Me, and #1015 I Know I Can.
We read from the Christian scripture, Colossians 3:12-15
The sermon was basically about the degrees of grief and how to make it through each one.
The second one is from September 29, 2013. It was called Resilience and the title of the sermon was A Reed in the Wind. This was an amazing worship service. Everything spoke to me so deeply! The opening quote on our order of service was from Winnie the Pooh. It read: "Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - Christopher Robin to Pooh.
Our Reverend was presented with a new stole, to mark her new contract as a full-time minister with our church. It was a beautiful stole, hand-embroidered by a member of the congregation with many religious symbols on each side.
Early in the service, we have what's called a Time for All Ages, where the children and young at heart will gather in front of the church and there will be a reading, a story or a fable, or some other activity. On this day, the Director of Religious Education (DRE) Kate Prisby read a story about a donkey in a well. The donkey fell in the well and the farmer couldn't get him out but he decided that it was time to fill it in to prevent future falls. So the farmer called a group of people together and they started to fill in the well with dirt. In the beginning, the donkey struggled and panicked. But after a while, he settled down and realized that he could just take one step up. The farmers continued to throw dirt down the hole, but after a few inches, the donkey would take another step and eventually, the hole was filled and the donkey was out. The moral of the story is simple enough, shake it off and step up. After the Time for All Ages, our congregation sings Go Now In Peace, which is a hymn that offers peace to the children as they head off to their Sunday School classes.
The service was filled with inspirational quotes on resilience.
"One who never makes mistakes, never makes anything." - Theodore Roosevelt
"If you are going through hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill
"I haven't found a way that works, I've found ten thousand ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison
And several from Maya Anjelou
Our hymns were from SLT, #347, Gather the Spirit and #322 Thanks Be For These
The first one is from July 28, 2013. It was called Loss and Grief.
We sang the following SLT hymns: #101 Abide With Me, #1002 Comfort Me, and #1015 I Know I Can.
We read from the Christian scripture, Colossians 3:12-15
The sermon was basically about the degrees of grief and how to make it through each one.
The second one is from September 29, 2013. It was called Resilience and the title of the sermon was A Reed in the Wind. This was an amazing worship service. Everything spoke to me so deeply! The opening quote on our order of service was from Winnie the Pooh. It read: "Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - Christopher Robin to Pooh.
Our Reverend was presented with a new stole, to mark her new contract as a full-time minister with our church. It was a beautiful stole, hand-embroidered by a member of the congregation with many religious symbols on each side.
Early in the service, we have what's called a Time for All Ages, where the children and young at heart will gather in front of the church and there will be a reading, a story or a fable, or some other activity. On this day, the Director of Religious Education (DRE) Kate Prisby read a story about a donkey in a well. The donkey fell in the well and the farmer couldn't get him out but he decided that it was time to fill it in to prevent future falls. So the farmer called a group of people together and they started to fill in the well with dirt. In the beginning, the donkey struggled and panicked. But after a while, he settled down and realized that he could just take one step up. The farmers continued to throw dirt down the hole, but after a few inches, the donkey would take another step and eventually, the hole was filled and the donkey was out. The moral of the story is simple enough, shake it off and step up. After the Time for All Ages, our congregation sings Go Now In Peace, which is a hymn that offers peace to the children as they head off to their Sunday School classes.
The service was filled with inspirational quotes on resilience.
"One who never makes mistakes, never makes anything." - Theodore Roosevelt
"If you are going through hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill
"I haven't found a way that works, I've found ten thousand ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison
And several from Maya Anjelou
Our hymns were from SLT, #347, Gather the Spirit and #322 Thanks Be For These
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