A Post of Variousness
Apr. 19th, 2020 11:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitI.e. Three things make a post!
Firstly, a couple of pictures from last week's full moon:
Secondly, I admit to finding all the emails, and encouragement to watch various things online, from the church rather much. I know a number of people like the livestreams of church services, and especially for Catholics the mass, and find it very helpful. However, it's not for me. Our vicar has taken to sending out the complete order of service every week and I can see that some will like it, but I tolerate the liturgy at the best of times, and this certainly isn't that.
At the same time, I feel there is a need for us to maintain contact with those who would usually come to our monthly Family Praise, and who don't go to any other service. We produced a short Mothering Sunday service for the first Sunday of the lockdown, which we had to do quickly. For Palm Sunday we hold a version of Holy Week where we join in various activities and this year the vicar asked if we could adapt it for the whole church. I suggested we make use of the current situation and tell the sections in a reported fashion, so a letter home, a meeting in a tavern, etc, which seemed to work well, with different members of our 'Team' (we've never had a Team before, but the four of us who are involved in the service worked together) each writing a separate event, so bringing in different voices.
Easter Sunday the Reader and I were back to doing our own thing, so we sent out a two page word doc, which included pictures of flowers to illustrate the prayers, and had a couple of lovely comments back, including one thanking us for the uplifting service. Which proved we don't always need to provide something which has all the bells and whistles.
Thirdly, here are the rainbows my three-year-old granddaughter painted for us and which are now on display in our windows:
Firstly, a couple of pictures from last week's full moon:
Secondly, I admit to finding all the emails, and encouragement to watch various things online, from the church rather much. I know a number of people like the livestreams of church services, and especially for Catholics the mass, and find it very helpful. However, it's not for me. Our vicar has taken to sending out the complete order of service every week and I can see that some will like it, but I tolerate the liturgy at the best of times, and this certainly isn't that.
At the same time, I feel there is a need for us to maintain contact with those who would usually come to our monthly Family Praise, and who don't go to any other service. We produced a short Mothering Sunday service for the first Sunday of the lockdown, which we had to do quickly. For Palm Sunday we hold a version of Holy Week where we join in various activities and this year the vicar asked if we could adapt it for the whole church. I suggested we make use of the current situation and tell the sections in a reported fashion, so a letter home, a meeting in a tavern, etc, which seemed to work well, with different members of our 'Team' (we've never had a Team before, but the four of us who are involved in the service worked together) each writing a separate event, so bringing in different voices.
Easter Sunday the Reader and I were back to doing our own thing, so we sent out a two page word doc, which included pictures of flowers to illustrate the prayers, and had a couple of lovely comments back, including one thanking us for the uplifting service. Which proved we don't always need to provide something which has all the bells and whistles.
Thirdly, here are the rainbows my three-year-old granddaughter painted for us and which are now on display in our windows:
