Day 1 at Christ Church Falkirk
What huge joy last night was. A church packed to the rafters with friends past, present and future. A Bishop, a Dean-about-to-be-a-Bishop, a Weegie Provost who preached, three adorable servers, a gaggle of local and distant clergy (of all denominations), another Provost with a chain round his neck and a big car, and a host of angels. The music was great and nearly took the roof off, although Son #1 says he really couldn’t get the hang of Veni creator Spiritus.
And the sermon… what can I say? Of course a certain Dean was rather miffed – and has let it be known to all and sundry for months now – that he hadn’t been asked. Never mind that he has preached at just about every other big occasion in my life and I thought he might be glad of a break! However, Fr Kelvin did a wonderful job and you can read it here.
And now it all begins in earnest. I’ve found the light switches in church. An angel is setting up the altar as we speak. My alb is clean. The sermon is about to be written. So it is all systems go.
So exciting!
Posted on October 9, 2010, in Church and tagged Christ Church, Institution. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
I must look again at the servers! I can’t say “adorable” is the word I would generally use to describe them!
Thoughts and prayers with you tomorrow, Ruth.
Thank you, Primus. I’m looking forward to it.
May God be with you indeed as you celebrate the Eucharist with your new community this morning.
Thank you Fr Paul. Indeed I think S/He was! All went well except for the mike incident. More of that later…
Would this do?
And blessings on your organist. She was such a trooper the other night, playing on and on and on when none of us quite knew how to leave.
She was, wasn’t she? This all bodes well.
M, it doesn’t look like the one I’m used to. Will investigate further.
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