Since my last post there has not been much new to report. We had a praise service at the church, Christianity Explored course started, and just been keeping busy as usual getting ready to go on retreat.
Since I have been here there have been two praise services at Regent Street. This just means it is primarily music and readings. I have been lucky enough to sing in both of these services as part of the praise group. This service was centred around journeys and taking risks. These are both things that are part of the YAV experience. The reason the service was about this was the music director Karen is leaving for a four month journey to Australia on a placement. She has been doing another degree which now will send her there for the next four months. She talked about how this was a big journey and how she will have to take many risks. During this service every was excited to hear a six year old girl sing a solo. She was absolutely amazing and had the voice of an angel. To my surprise she was not even scared at all. I still get scared singing in-front of people. This was the highlight of the service and is still what people are talking about.
So the last post was talking about Christianity Explored course that was starting. Well last Sunday was the first session. I was at a table with all older adults who had many questions but very interesting ones. Most of the questions had to do with Heaven, pain and suffering, and many more that were not answerable. This was the hardest part as a facilitator, having to tell people that you don't have all the answers and they most likely will not get answers to the questions they are asking. After they watched the video segment, most people went even deeper into questioning. The first day is the hardest for this course due to the fact they have not read any of Mark and it is not as structured. So hopefully tomorrow and the following sessions will be better and some of the questions can be answered.
On Monday we leave for our retreat to Donegal and Derry. This is a time for spiritual healing and to get some time away to spend with our fellow yavs. We all look forward to this and I have baked heart shaped cookies for valentines day for everyone! So Happy Valentines Day to you all! Miss and love you! Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers!
<3 Liz
