Posted in Church, Events, tagged Shrove Tuesday on January 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
If you are looking for information on the history of Shrove Tuesday and liturgies to use, please check out:
http://buffalolore.buffalonet.org/shrove/shrove.htm#SHROVE%A0HUNTING
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Posted in Church, tagged Death. press on January 27, 2008 | No Comments »
An 81-year old man in the small Chilean village of Angol shocked his grieving relatives by waking up in his coffin at his own wake, local media reported this week.
When Feliberto Carrasco’s family members discovered his body limp and cold, they were convinced that the octogenarian’s hour had come, so they immediately called a funeral [...]
Posted in Church, Events, tagged Burns, speech, toast Lassies on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Another Burns Supper last night. This time a proper one with all the speeches and me giving the Response frae the Lassies. People are always surprised when I am nervous before public speaking. ‘But you do it all the time!’ they cry. But it is very different when you move out of your comfort zone. [...]
Posted in Church, tagged Anglican Rosary, glow in the dark Rosary, Rosary on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last night we had our second session on Aspects of Prayer looking at the Rosary. It was a bit of show and tell too cos I took along my vast collection of sparkly beads. (Noticed that the smelly rose ones from Assisi are missing - who would pinch such a treasure? They really smelled like [...]
Posted in Church, Events, tagged Burns, haggis, Kate O'Shanter, Matthew Fitt on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Last night over 50 of us gathered to celebrate the Bard with haggis, with fiddles, and with recitations. It turned out to be a great night with Arthur being the star of the show. His Tam O’Shanter was a triumph and Holy Willie’s Prayer was a hoot, complete with outfit purloined from an ex-Moderator, I [...]
Posted in Church, tagged blessing, Joke, wedding on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“At a wedding ceremony that I was performing, I raised my hand to give the final blessing. The bride misunderstood my gesture and surprised me with a high-five. Not wanting to exclude the groom, I offered him a high-five, too. I was finally able to get my blessing in, amid the laughter of the guests.”
from [...]
Posted in Church, tagged Christian Unity on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It suddenly dawned on me at the end of last week that it was the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and I had heard nothing from my fellow flocks in Portie. Emailed S at St Philip’s only to be told that the decision had been made not to bother as it was only the [...]
First Vestry meeting of the year last night and first Vestry meeting for 2 new members - welcome A & N. For the first portion of the meeting we had Andrew the organist along to talk to his paper on the future of our organ. It is needing a considerable amount of work doing (about [...]
Posted in Film, tagged Films on January 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Film night last night and we watched Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilberforce and his fight against slavery. The group enjoyed it. I wasn’t so sure. There was a distinct lack of black people in it. I think it could have had more of their stories in it. But I did like his use [...]
