Hi Friends,,
Well, summer is fully upon us… I know some of the David stories of the
past two weeks have been “heavy”– fighting the Goliaths of the world;
offering tears when loved ones die. Well, this week, same series, but with
a focus on dancing, and the sheer ecstasy of relationship with the Holy, as
we explore the notion that “the body is your soul’s address.” (a phrase from
theologian Barbara Brown Taylor)
David Sinclair will be a musical guest this Sunday… you might remember his
acoustic guitar solo during Communion in May… the Celtic “Skye Boat Song”;
he’ll be playing that again during the lighting of the Christ Candle this
Sunday. And then we’ll hear from the Vocal Ensemble before the Scripture
readings, with David again playing during the Offering … great music as
always.
GLEANINGS … not on topic; not really even seasonal… but something
beautiful from the June 30th edition of the magazine, “The Christian
Century” (used by permission):
Strewn…. by Barbara Crooker
It’s been a long winter, rags of snow hanging on; then, at the end
of April, an icy nor’easter, powerful as a hurricane. But now I’ve landed
on the coast of Maine, visiting a friend who lives two blocks from the
ocean,
and I can’t believe my luck, out this mild morning, race-walking along the
strand.
Every dog within fifty miles is off-leash, running for the sheer dopey joy
of it.
No one’s in the water, but walkers and shellers leave their tracks on the
hardpack.
The flat sand shines as if varnished in a painting. Underfoot, strewn, are
broken
bits and pieces, deep indigo mussels, whorls of whelk, chips of purple
and white wampum, hinges of quahog, fragments of flat gray sand dollars.
Nothing whole, everything broken, washed up here, stranded.
Light pours down, a rinse of lemon on a cold plate
of oysters. All of us, broken, some way or other. All of us
dazzling in the brilliant slanting light.
Please click on the link below in order to access the Announcements and the
Bulletin for this coming Sunday, July 5th.
http://www.standrewswesleychurch.bc.ca/announcements.pdf
http://www.standrewswesleychurch.bc.ca/bulletin.pdf