tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627633525626776972024-03-13T11:57:45.070-07:00Whitehorse United Church BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-32052851207582346412018-11-06T18:24:00.000-08:002018-11-06T18:24:21.861-08:00Ruth Poetry<br />
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this ro<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>d would<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">g</span>o.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No one<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>id <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t
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</span>N<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>om<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;">’</span>s b<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ea</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">s</span>. Ev<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n
if<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
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the love<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>of s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n sons (<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span>nd<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">I</span>’m
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it<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">l</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">z</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nd silen<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ce</span>s me.<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">F</span>or<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;">r</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>H<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">A</span>NDM<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">A</span>ID'S<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;">T</span>ALE<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>(<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">R</span>UTH)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; letter-spacing: -.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">T</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>r
a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">f</span>fere<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">n</span>t
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">k</span>ind <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">v</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>. <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">S</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ted with<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">
</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ea</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span>r<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">o</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">z <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>sle<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>de<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">p</span>ly
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">g</span>ra<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>t
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">y</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>fl<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">do</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>sn<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">’</span>t <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">crea</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">k</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">W<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">B</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>z<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">k</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s,<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>is<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ye</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">g</span>le<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>u<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ea</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">s</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>is <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">g</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ng</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">b</span>e
f<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>ty;
h<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">f</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ac</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>is
l<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ne</span>d<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">W<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span>re
<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>?<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">k</span>s<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>I <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ea</span>r
an <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ec</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ho</span>ing <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">qu</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>ion:
who<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>is i<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>?<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t is<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>i<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">t</span>?<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">wh</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">p</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ea</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">k</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">s</span>? <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">Sp</span>re<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ou</span>r
w<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ov</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>I
rep<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>y <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s
cl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>k<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">b</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">l</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">w</span>s
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>igh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 99%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now he<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> c</span>las<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">p</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">m</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">f</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>rei<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>d
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>k<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">s</span>ses t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>tips <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>f
my<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>fi<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">g</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>rs <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">no</span>w<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>skin<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">g</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">id</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s agai<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">k</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>n<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>se<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>sal<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">va</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">io</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">g</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>ws
<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">m</span>e t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">t</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">id</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">r</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">b</span>idden<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">we <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ov</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ro</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">c</span>k<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ln</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">es</span>s we<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>sw<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>ten
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ou</span>r <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>wn
s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span>s my<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>belly<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">e</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>s I<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">p</span>ray<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">To the Saints at Whitehorse United Church - greetings to you, and peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">That's how Paul would have said it. "To the saints in the church at ____" and by that he meant the people of that church. To be saint is to be a follower of Jesus, and a part of the family of faith. That's you! As we come to this time of year....All Hallow's Eve, and then All Saints and All Souls Day, it's important to remember that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">So - greetings to you, and peace, all you saints!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I'm home again after being away for the bulk of two weeks. I'm trying my best to get reconnected, but my goodness there's a lot of stuff happening! I can't remember if I told you, so I'll tell you (perhaps again) that I have been at two courses:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The first was in Burlington Ontario, and it was a course on "Biblical Storytelling". I attended this course last year as well. In essence, it advocates and explores the benefits of TELLING scripture rather than reading it. As a follow up to that, I'm inviting you to come to two sessions Nov 10 and 17, from 10-noon. We'll work on memorizing the Christmas story according to Luke. If you want to get a head start on that, we'll work on Luke 2: 1-7, and then if we have that down, we'll continue to verses 8-20 as well. My preference is </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">that you use the New Revised Standard Version.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The second was in </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Orillia Ontario, where I attended the annual training session of the Canadian Police Chaplains' Association.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">And now I'm back, raring to go, as they say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here's a poem I found (author unknown to me) about saints - real life, all-too-human ones. I needed this poem this week, and perhaps you will like it too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i>Here among us<br />are the saints-in-making<br />the challenging one, close by or far away<br />the incredibly rude one<br />the smoker all too near<br />the creepy one with too smooth tongue<br />the tedious religious one<br />the facebook friend you wished you never hatched<br />the annoying one with certain aim<br />the one who pushes all your buttons.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i>Yes. Him. Her. Them. Those. The Others.<br />All souls they are.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i><br />Oh November 1, what a day you are<br />you demand us notice<br />not just the lovely ones,<br />not just the saintly-defined-by-us ones,<br />but all the souls-in-making<br />even unbearable saints.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i>We can do other but stand firmly in the day<br />and wonder (really) how the Light is being shaped<br />deep within their heart<br />while being kind in ours.</i></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-50977834887890920942016-06-25T15:17:00.000-07:002016-06-25T15:20:31.824-07:00Whitehorse Pride Parade 2016Whitehorse United Church was well represented in this year's Pride Parade,<br />
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A nice summer day for the Parade and an exciting high-energy event. Great to participate.<br />
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As Ellen Degeneres says, One day we may get to a place where people say, what does it matter whether you're gay or straight - why can't we just judge people by the car they drive.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Posted by Hank</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-27216438878578345012015-12-24T13:02:00.000-08:002015-12-30T13:04:01.975-08:00Christmas Eve PageantHere's a photo taken at the end of this year's Christmas Eve Pageant.
During the whole pageant this little guy in the aisle seemed to be
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mind as he watches. Whatever it is, it's got to be good. And, of
course, this is a big part of what Christmas is all about - the wonder
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For more Pageant photos, go to the Church website <a href="http://whitehorseunited.org/photogallery.htm" target="_blank">photo gallery</a> page, or <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/px1TH76g713WY9sf8" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br />
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For more Pageant photos, click here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-61496283664703380722015-06-14T12:30:00.000-07:002015-06-15T09:37:41.405-07:00Outdoor ServiceToday's outdoor service, led by Jennifer Moorlag, highlighted Whitehorse United Church's support of Braeburn Camp. A beautiful sunny day, too.<br />
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There were balloons, fruit drinks, muffins and rice crispy hearts by Joy Wickett.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Posted by Hank</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-69501030582955367792015-05-18T10:24:00.002-07:002015-06-11T10:21:17.982-07:00Today's LessonA drunk walks into a church ....<br />
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I know, it sounds like the start of a bad joke.<br />
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But yesterday at our worship service, just before the choir was to sing the anthem, a very inebriated man walked in and sat at the back of the sanctuary.<br />
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During the singing of a very powerful anthem, those of us in the choir could see the man was moved by the singing when he threw a triumphant fist high into the air, as if to say "Yes!!".<br />
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The sermon that followed was on the theme of inclusiveness, focusing on the words within the United Church of Canada crest, "<i>Ut omnes unum sint</i>", "That all may be one". The challenge of living this call of inclusiveness was brought into stark reality when the inebriated man mumbled incoherently at periodic intervals during the sermon. Toward the end of the sermon, the man abruptly stood up and said some words that were quite disjointed and unintelligible, and then ended by shouting in a clear voice,<br />
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"I love you, and there is f***-all you can do about it!" He then left.<br />
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When the shock of the profanity settled a bit, one of our choir members leaned over and whispered,<br />
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Reverend Bev did a great job, asking us to join her in a short prayer to think about God's challenging call to be inclusive. At the end of the sermon Barry Kitchen softly played "Draw the Circle Wide" as we meditated on the sermon and what happened.<br />
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Note to Bev: New sermon title - I Love You, And There's Nothing You Can Do About It.<br />
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For those who, like me, were distracted from hearing the full message of the sermon, you can hear the audio by <a href="http://whitehorseunited.org/Assets/sound/2015-05-17%20Scripture%20and%20Sermon.mp3">clicking here</a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;">Posted by Hank </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-78350874491261165352015-04-05T17:32:00.000-07:002015-04-06T17:35:56.736-07:00Mayday Comfort Bird<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think it was early October when we had a really heavy snowfall. You know, that wet, heavy snow so common in southern Canada, but quite rare in the Yukon. Anyway, we had such an overnight snow on the trees before the leaves had dropped off. The effect it had was to weigh down the branches to the breaking point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In front of our church we have a beautiful mayday tree (Asian bird cherry – <i>Prunus padus</i> var. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>commutata</i>). When it's in bloom, it is a truly awesome sight. Sadly, one of the large limbs of the tree </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">was so heavily weighed down by the snow that it broke off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Harris Cox, Fred Smith and Hank Moorlag cut the broken limb off and pulled another couple of limbs together with ratchet straps because they had split as well. They hauled away the branches from the broken limb and then salvaged the larger pieces. Hank took them home and cut them up on the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">bandsaw into 2" X 2" blocks, about 12" long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since then, they've been drying in Hank's shed. Now they are dry enough to work with and carve </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">comfort birds. Comfort birds are small wooden birds intended to be held in the hand to bring comfort </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">to those who are ill or are going through difficult times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, here is a photo of the damaged tree with an insert of the first comfort bird Hank carved from the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">broken limb.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Perhaps an appropriate resurrection story for today - Easter Sunday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our triumphant holy day, hallelujah!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Who did once upon the cross, hallelujah!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Suffer to redeem our loss, hallelujah!</span><br />
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Words & Music: Lyra Davidica 1708Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-57737586969260917752015-04-05T11:00:00.000-07:002015-04-05T14:02:49.865-07:00Easter ServiceWe were blessed with a truly joyous Easter celebration at today's service.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-8149271236859285252015-04-05T07:00:00.000-07:002015-04-05T13:47:33.851-07:00Easter Greeting from Dr. Martin RumscheidtDr. Martin Rumscheidt was with us at Whitehorse United during Bev's sabbatical, leading worship services and engaging us in workshops. He sends this Easter greeting from his home in New England:<br />
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<i>My Dear Friends, Beloved Sisters and Brothers.</i><br />
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<i>Peace be with you from the One who raised Jesus from the dead; may the grace which is beyond what we may grasp bless you. I miss you! I miss you a lot! I miss you every day! When is Bev's next study leave?</i><br />
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<i>On this Easter Sunday my thoughts are with you especially as I join in the Hallelujahs we raise to God today. With you - in your singing and speaking, in your listening to the music Barry, Derek and the choir offer to God, in your hearing of the Scriptures and the sermon - I rejoice in the good but mysterious news of the Risen One. And I accompany you - albeit in spirit and not, however much I wished it, in body - on your walk with Jesus and with one another in the ministry to which you have been called in Whitehorse, in the beautiful valley of the Yukon River, below Grey Mountain, and among God's beloved First Nations peoples. In spirit, take me with you.</i><br />
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<i>I want to thank you once again for all the gifts you gave me, the opportunities you offered me, and for the stunning beauty of your countryside in which you wrapped it all up. I also thank you for allowing me to venture into your high schools and your college, the side trips to CBC North and the Whitehorse papers. I derived really deep satisfaction in working with you in our workshops; my old professor's heart leapt with joy over the opportunity to be engaged in those intense conversations we had together around the table and how you challenged me. It was wonderful and truly unique.</i><br />
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<i>ps: Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-89012187079962996452015-04-03T14:36:00.000-07:002015-04-05T13:04:12.027-07:00Good Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">O sacred head sore wounded, with grief and shame weighed down,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">now scornfully surrounded with thorns thine only crown;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">how art thou pale with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thy grief and bitter passion were all for sinners' gain,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">mine, mine was the transgression, but thine the cruel pain.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Lo, here I fall, my Saviour, turn not from me thy face;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">What language shall I borrow to thank thee dearest friend,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">O make me thine forever, and, should I fainting be,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Lord, let me never, never, outlive my love to thee.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Be near when I am dying, O show thy cross to me,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and for my succour flying, come, Lord, to set me free.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">These eyes, new faith receiving, from thee shall not remove,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">for all who die believing, die safely through thy love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The Reverend Beverly C.S. Brazier returned to Whitehorse today after a (too long, but well-earned) three months sabbatical.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">A welcoming committee (pretty much everyone who could come) greeted her as she stepped off the plane. There were cheers, and singing from the Hallelujah Chorus. Folks were there with hats, balloons, and a big 'Welcome Home' banner.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-81974129888984986432015-03-08T14:17:00.001-07:002015-03-08T14:19:22.066-07:00Sunday, March 8, 2015What a wonderful service this morning, led by Beth Roberts and Jennifer Moorlag. The choir's anthem was Mozart's 'Ave Verum Corpus' and Barry Kitchen's postlude was a lovely piece by Bach.<br />
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<a href="http://whitehorseunited.org/music_anthems.html">Anthem </a>by the Choir<br />
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<a href="http://whitehorseunited.org/music_anthems.html">Postlude </a>by Barry<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-27541701353262682112011-10-23T16:06:00.000-07:002011-10-24T12:10:28.168-07:00King James Bible - 400 YearsThis year is the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Holy Bible. Translation of the Bible from the Hebrew language, to Greek, and then to English has a very interesting history. For many years it was illegal to translate the Bible from the Latin, an offence punishable by death.<br /><br />Today, of course, the Bible is available to us in a variety of English versions and we forget the struggle and sacrifice it took to bring us the King James Version.<br /><br />Here's the King James Version time line:<br /><br /><strong>1380 </strong>The first hand-written English manuscript of the Bible is produced by John Wycliffe. He translated it from the Latin. There was such opposition to Wycliffe's work within the church that his remains were exhumed, burned and scattered in the river.<br /><br /><strong>1407 </strong>The English Parliament passes a law prohibiting English Bibles.<br /><br /><strong>1440 </strong>Around this date Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press and by 1500 presses were in operation throughout Western Europe.<br /><br /><strong>1525 </strong>William Tyndale, an English scholar and translator who became a leading figure in Protestant reformism completes his translation of the New Testament.<br /><br /><strong>1529 </strong>Martin Luther publishes his German translation of the New Testament.<br /><br /><strong>1535 </strong>Myles Coverdale completes Tyndale's translation and publishes the so-called Coverdale Bible, the first complete English Bible in print.<br /><br /><strong>1536 </strong>Tyndale, after a year in prison, is tried for heresy, choked and impaled on a stake. His last words were, "God, open the King of England's eyes."<br /><br /><strong>1537 </strong>King Henry VIII gives permission for English Bibles to be bought and sold in England.<br /><br /><strong>1539 </strong>Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Cantebury, and a leader in the English Reformation, produces the Great Bible, which is distributed to every church, chained to the pulpit, and readers are provided for the illiterate.<br /><br /><strong>1543 </strong>The English Parliament passes a law forbidding any English translation other than the Great Bible of Cranmer.<br /><br /><strong>1555 </strong>Cranmer is burned at the stake.<br /><br /><strong>1568 </strong>The Bishop's Bible is produced, a revision of the Great Bible, inder the order of Elizabeth I.<br /><br /><strong>1575-1576 </strong>The Geneva Bible is printed in England, the work of English refugees from 'Mary Queen of Scots' persecutions who had fled to Geneva. This is the so-called 'breeches Bible" because they said God sewed fig leaf breeches for Adam and Eve. Verses were added for the first time, and this is the first translation based solely on the original Greek and Hebrew texts.<br /><br /><strong>1603 </strong>Elizabeth I dies, James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England.<br /><br /><strong>1611 </strong>The King James Version of the Bible is printed. 54 scholars, working in teams checking each others' work, used all widely accepted English translations as well as all available original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts. They printed the Apocrypha as a separate section. The stated goal is "not to make a bad version good, but to make a good one better."<br /><br /><strong>2011 </strong>All Whitehorse United Church people read their Bibles with thanksgiving and awe.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#996633;">Posted by Bev and Hank</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-37265628180915490822011-08-15T15:30:00.000-07:002011-08-15T16:00:24.166-07:00Rendezvous 2011<span style="font-family:arial;">Rendezvous 2011 was held in Toronto from August 11 - 14th, bringing together United Church youth and young adults from across Canada for a weekend of " ... exhilerating worship, exciting opportunities for learning, growth, and service, and many examples of excellent youth and young adult ministries. You will be challenged, inspired and encouraged to 'go big' when you go home."
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-55578871449022072092011-08-14T14:25:00.000-07:002011-08-14T14:30:49.791-07:00Reflection<span style="font-family:arial;">For those who like to reflect spiritually and theologically, here's a question:</span>
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<br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">As summer comes to an end, what lessons are there for you in this season? How is summer's end reflected in your inner life? And what do you think the Spirit is saying to you in this season?</span></em>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-48549626029024015832011-02-25T08:38:00.001-08:002011-02-25T14:46:28.829-08:00The Unexpected<p>You know how when you start into a book you have this sense of anticipation.  What will I find in here that might be interesting and stimulating?</p> <p>I recently picked up Lloyd Axeworthy’s 2004 book, Navigating a New World, at Well-Read Books. It was a national bestseller with Lloyd’s  thoughts on Canada’s global future.  So, I expected some thoughtful insights and pithy arguments.</p> <p>What I didn’t expect was what I found on a bookmark the book’s previous owner had inserted between the pages.  The bookmark was obviously clipped from some publication.  Here’s what it said:</p> <p><em>Listen, Christian:</em></p> <p><em>I was hungry and you formed a humanities club to discuss my hunger. Thank you.</em></p> <p><em>I was in prison and you crept off to a chapel in your neighbourhood to pray for my release.</em></p> <p><em>I was cold and naked.  In your mind you debated with others the morality of my appearance.</em></p> <p><em>I was homeless and you preached to me about spiritual shelter, of the house of God, and the protection of his love.</em></p> <p><em>I was sick and you knelt down and thanked God for your good health.</em></p> <p><em>I was lonely and cold and you left me alone to pray for me.</em></p> <p><em>Yes, Christian, you seem so close to God; maybe you are …</em></p> <p><em>But I am still hungry.</em></p> <p><em>I am still very lonely.</em></p> <p><em>I am still very cold.</em></p> <p> </p> <p align="left"><font color="#f3a447" size="2" face="Calibri">Posted by Hank</font></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-44169071080603056982010-04-01T10:33:00.001-07:002010-04-01T10:33:04.900-07:00Joyful Banners<p>Last Sunday we were all amazed when we entered the church sanctuary to see the new banners for Palm Sunday.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S7TYvFcXVtI/AAAAAAAAAUo/HUZelUqTggw/s1600-h/hosannabanner%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="hosannabanner" border="0" alt="hosannabanner" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S7TYvu5VoUI/AAAAAAAAAUs/GlOzt1rkHeY/hosannabanner_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="170" height="260" /></a>They were designed and artfully crafted by Joy Wickett.  What a wonderful addition and a blessing to our worship service!</p> <p>Yesterday I mentioned to Joy that I would like to do a blog entry about her work with the banners, and asked her for some thoughts on this – such as why she creates them, what inspires them, and how she sees them as being part of worship.  She said, “What if I send you an email message … ?“</p> <p>So this is what I received this morning … (I added the photos)</p> <p>…………….</p> <p><em>I have been working in hand sewn felt works since the early 70's.  Up until 7 years ago, my pieces were always small ornaments, or small hangings no bigger than 12 inches by 10.  Then one day, I found a book of church banners.  One appealed to me and I made it, using felt and satin.  However, it was not until I joined Whitehorse United Church that I really began to create large pieces for the church.  </em></p> <p><em>The song "Many Gifts One Spirit" seems to embody this place.  I  kept for many many years a picture of an embroidered piece and  up until that day, I never knew why.  This piece is also felt and fabric, a hard combination at that time.  It is small compared to the banners that came after it.  Now they are rarely less than 5 feet across and 5 or 6 feet long.</em></p> <p><em>After that, ideas came at any time and place.  I would sketch them or write cryptic notes on any blank part of bulletins( yes I know I always look like I am listening to the Sunday sermon).   Bits of music, or scripture are always in my head to inspire me. That is the easy part.  It's the material that can be the problem.  An example is the parable of the lost sheep.  I knew what I wanted but spent at least two years trying to locate sheep like fabric.  Several people went Outside with tiny bits of the closest I could come to what I wanted.  Then the perfect fabric showed up in town in 2 "sheep" colours!  People tell me how much they enjoy the "90 and 9" banner, the 99 sheep, some eating, some with their backs to the viewer, most of them quite smug on their green field. </em><em>Soon the church had a respectable collection for the year.  </em></p> <p><em> Christmas and Advent still needed something and nothing was coming to me.  Last year, I had the idea of 4 panels of  4 tall candles with the words Love Joy Hope Peace.  I let it "cook" in my imagination and then in summer, I saw them as clearly as this page.  <em><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S7TYwNJgY7I/AAAAAAAAAUw/CzO7CvVbzn4/s1600-h/advent%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="advent" border="0" alt="advent" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S7TYwqA74vI/AAAAAAAAAU0/XFzMRznOdRg/advent_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="192" height="240" /></a></em>Each would have a different blue background and candle, and I would put them up one at a time.  Each would be 15 inches across and 65 inches long, so together they would fit the width of the space where they would hang.  </em></p> <p><em> One night I woke up with a start.  How great would it be to make them reversible with Christmas on the other side! This plan had several drafts; pieces of paper all over the house, as I tried to come up with the perfect combination; 4 panels 15 inches wide and 65 inches long.  The Words "O Come/Adore/Him with a glorious golden angel with stars (and silver slippers)  and the sparkly silhouette of a village at the bottom. I was inspired.  Then at the end of October, I broke my wrist.</em></p> <p><em>As if that was going to stop me. It was not my needle hand, just my fabric holding hand.  Sewing the letters was easy; so was cutting.  The first Advent panel went up before the cast came off.  Now for the hard part.  Because I  was hanging the panels as they were finished each week, I had no guiding panel to make sure all of them would be the right size.  In <em><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S7TYxGEDaFI/AAAAAAAAAU4/1R-0uaUwxDw/s1600-h/christmas%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="christmas" border="0" alt="christmas" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S7TYygKS9LI/AAAAAAAAAU8/6yHy352m9k4/christmas_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="216" height="240" /></a></em>spite of some wrong guesses (hidden by adding another layer of "village" to the bottom), when all the pieces were up, only one was out by a half inch.  All hand sewn in gold and silver metallic threads.  Nobody saw the Christmas side or knew about it until the Christmas Eve service. I cannot remember ever enjoying giving a gift so much!</em></p> <p><em></em></p> <p><em>Unless it is the latest Palm Sunday banner.  Palm Sunday was the second piece I had made for the church.  The choir liked it so much they wanted it left up through Easter.  But the background felt is stretchy and I was never happy how it hung, no matter how hard I tried to fix it.  This past January, at our annual retreat, I started having visions of happy running children.  And a donkey.  They never left me (well, the donkey bowed out pretty fast) and I realized that they were the children running to greet Jesus.</em></p> <p><em>I found some images  in a colouring book, had a friend draw them all the same size so I could blow them up for patterns.  How could I make this?  If I used green or blue background, I could not use those colours for clothing.  One morning I woke up and I knew.  These children would be free of backgrounds and panels.  </em></p> <p><em><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S7TYzaU-Q5I/AAAAAAAAAVA/UWrodG3-DAU/s1600-h/palmsunday%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="palmsunday" border="0" alt="palmsunday" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S7TYzwoAXbI/AAAAAAAAAVE/2TTlLM5puZE/palmsunday_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="240" /></a> So there they hung on Palm Sunday, suspended from the rod by fishing line, with weights in their toes to keep them flat against the wall.  They made me so happy I cried as I saw how they looked.  I remember wishing I could draw so I could make them look like children in the congregation.  I don't know why I ever worried.  People saw those children's faces in the fabric ones.  It made them smile.  It made them happy.  Another gift to give.</em></p> <p><em>Because they are all gifts.  A thank you for all the support and  kindness and compassion given by the congregation to me and to others.  I suppose these are my sermons, my prayers,  my songs. My contribution.   And there will be more.  A handful of flower patterns and my favourite line of music, "Hearts Unfold Like Flowers Before Thee".  Someday there will be a golden "Rise Shine, Give God Glory."  I have stopped worrying about colour and content.  After fretting that  February's "Love is All you Need" in pinks and reds on a dusty rose background might be all wrong for the wall, it turned out to be so calming and pleasant (to me at least) it will go back up for Mothers' Day. Unless a better idea comes along.</em></p> <p><em>……………</em></p> <p>Isn’t she wonderful?</p> <p><font color="#808000" size="2">Posted by Hank</font></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-2379423479678255062010-02-27T10:59:00.001-08:002010-02-27T12:45:36.541-08:00Keystone Kops at the ‘Sourdough Rendezvous’<p>The Sourdough Rendezvous is our winter carnival and it’s happening this weekend.  There’s lots of fun with all kinds of outdoor events, including flour packing, dog team races, chain saw throwing, etc. We also have our world famous snow carvers creating awesome sculptures.  And then there’s the crowning of our Rendezvous Queen.</p> <p>A great time to get out and take in the excitement, especially when the weather has been cooperating as it has.</p> <p>But, you have to ‘get with the program’ and wear something that proves you’re in the spirit of things.  Otherwise, you might get ‘arrested’ by the Keystone Kops.</p> <p>Guess who was their latest target?</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S4lrnhCvIHI/AAAAAAAAATk/32W6gWjiTWg/s1600-h/rendezvous1%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rendezvous1" border="0" alt="rendezvous1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S4lroWYl6-I/AAAAAAAAATo/7tAo6qR27L8/rendezvous1_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="416" height="279" /></a> </p> <p>Oh, Oh, Reverend Bev doesn’t have her Rendezvous Button.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S4lroxy2rAI/AAAAAAAAATw/emdc5bVE7PI/s1600-h/rendezvous2%5B8%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rendezvous2" border="0" alt="rendezvous2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S4lrpktCQ5I/AAAAAAAAAT4/BqSu4xMN0ww/rendezvous2_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="454" /></a> </p> <p>However, she is wearing the traditional Rendezvous garter!! Ha, Ha.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S4lrqEXWd2I/AAAAAAAAAUA/x7RsAHxjwRg/s1600-h/rendezvous3%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rendezvous3" border="0" alt="rendezvous3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S4lrq6Pd5uI/AAAAAAAAAUE/ibdeoRtxBsQ/rendezvous3_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="416" height="279" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>So, all’s well that ends well.</p> <p><font color="#808040" size="2">Posted by Hank</font></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-83257608877267145492010-02-18T08:23:00.000-08:002010-02-18T12:11:31.841-08:00Lead, Kindly LightWhile convelescing from my recent surgery, I decided to do some reading.<br /><br />A couple of weeks ago I had, therefore, stopped in at Well-Read Books to find some 'new' reading material - looking for something that might be a bit different from what I would normally read.<br /><br />One of the books I took away was <u>Lead, Kindly Light - Gandhi & the Way to Peace</u> by Vincent Sheean (Random House 1949). The book's summary on the inside of the dustcover got my attention ...<br /><br /><em>Though this book is in some sense an attempt to reveal the meaning of Mahatma Gandhi's power and life and teaching, it is, in a more important sense the author's eloquent testament of belief in Ghadhi's mission. Vincent Sheean went to India to ask Gandhi many questions. It was a quest brought on by the failure of every other human institution to supply hope for the future. What he learned there, from Gandhi and others, is of immense, immediate importance to all people everywhere and to the future of humanity.</em><br /><br />In the early part of the book, it's clear that for author Sheean a huge mind shift was necessary. Here's some information from his bio, also on the book's dustcover ...<br /><br />He was a foreign correspondent at the time of Mussolini's march on Rome, he was present in Vienna when Hitler moved into Austria and in Prague when he took Czechoslovakia. And was in Paris when France fell; in England during the Blitz; and left the central pacific Wake Island just one plane ahead of the Japanese attack. He also served in the United States Air Forces in North Africa, Sicily and Italy; in the China-Burma-India Theater, and later in Austria and Germany.<br /><br />This sets the context for the following comment by Sheean:<br /><br /><em>... the armature of a child of the century, born in a materialist society in the age of scientific supremacy, was not easily penetrated. We absorb the assumptions of the time and place, almost without knowing it, and find ourselves equipped with weapons we have never bought. It takes years to learn how to throw them all away and go, defenseless and undefending, toward whatever the truth may be.</em><br /><br />This observation was made 60 years ago. I can't help but wonder just how many years Sheean contemplated it might take for us, as a society, to learn how to take this different approach. Considering the conflict in the Middle East, in Iraq and Afghanistan, we're not there yet.<br /><br />Which makes me think the <a href="http://www.departmentofpeace.ca/" target="_blank">Canadian Department of Peace Initiative </a>is a step in the right direction.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#999900;">Posted by Hank</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-56140178659528266042010-02-14T14:15:00.001-08:002010-02-18T12:43:58.157-08:00Valentine’s Day<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S3h1-mxAOhI/AAAAAAAAASg/LwKFx_PzMHc/s1600-h/lovebanner%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 10px 0px 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" title="lovebanner" border="0" alt="lovebanner" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vO5M4UWWvVE/S3h1_F6oWdI/AAAAAAAAASk/NPNxffIJYCg/lovebanner_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="254" height="366" /></a> </p><p>The children from our Joyful Noise Sunday School led this morning’s worship service.</p><p>The service included ‘The Story Of St. Valentine’, beautifully narrated by Rebecca Pollard.</p><p>Here it is:</p><p>The story of Valentine’s Day begins in the 3rd century, with an oppressive Roman emperor and a humble Christian martyr. The Christian’s name was Valentinus.</p><p>Claudius, the emperor, had ordered all Romans to worship 12 gods, and he made it a crime to associate with Christians. Anyone caught being friends with a Christian could be put to death!</p><p>But Valentinus decided that was not fair. He was determined to follow in the way of Jesus, who taught that we should be friends with everyone. Not even the threat of death could keep him from following his faith. Because of this, he was arrested and sent to prison. He stayed there for the rest of his life. It was horrible.</p><p>During the last weeks of his life, while he was in prison, an amazing thing happened. The jailer had come to know Valentinus during the time he was in prison. He saw that Valentinus was a kind man and that he knew a great deal. He asked if he could bring his daughter Julia to Valentinus so she could learn from him.</p><p>Julia was a smart girl with a quick mind. She came to the jail, where Valentinus gave her lessons about science and math. He taught her to read, and told her about God. She learned so much from him. </p><p>The day came when Valentinus was going to killed for his faith. The evening before his death, Valentinus wrote a little note to Julia, urging her to keep learning and to stay close to God. He signed it, “from your Valentine”.</p><p>His death sentence was carried out the next day, February 14th, in the year 270, near a gate later named Porta Valentini in his memory. He was buried in Rome. </p><p>It is said that Julia herself planted a pink blossomed almond tree near his grave. Today, the almond tree remains as a symbol of abiding love and friendship. </p><p>On each February 14th, messages of love are exchanged all around the world, because of this brave man and his friend Julia.</p><p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#999900;">Posted by Hank</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-47457016308381919972010-01-26T12:03:00.000-08:002010-02-18T12:45:04.706-08:00Happy Australia Day mates!As I write this it's Australia Day, Jan 26th. From Nov 2007 to April 2008 I was in Australia doing a pulpit exchange there, and so I feel very close to that place and those people. I have to say that going to Australia was NOT a life long dream; the opportunity presented itself and I just said "why not?". I am so glad I did that. I was prepared to have a good time because I tend to have a good time wherever I go, but I was certainly not prepared for the way the people and that land got into my being. I traded churches with a woman from there; she came to New Brunswick and served my church while I went there and served hers. The Australian parish I served was made up of five little churches in the towns/villages of Ouyen, Walpeup, Underbool, Speed and Patchewollock. I LOVE THOSE PEOPLE!!! They were so kind to me,and so understanding as I somtimes struggled to understand what was being said. My first week there I had to ask for help so that I could decipher the messages on my answering machine! I'm usually good with accents but not that time.<br />The church was a cooperative parish between the Anglican church and the Uniting Church of Australia (the very same union as our United Church of Canada: the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregationalist churches. Our union happened in 1925 and theirs 50 years later it was fascinating to see a younger version of the union at work)<br />I lived in Ouyen, which is in Victoria State, 5 hours from Melbourne. It is wheat growing/sheep farming country and they were (and still are) in the midst of a debilitating drought.<br />It is an experience i will never every forget. I'll tell you more if you want to know! I can speak for a loooooong time about that.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#999900;">Posted by Bev</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-81731487513002600322010-01-25T15:48:00.000-08:002010-01-26T11:24:28.776-08:00Haitian Disaster Relief - United Church ResponseIn response to the humanitarian crisis provoked in Haiti by the serious earthquake on Tuesday, January 12th, the <a href="http://www.united-church.ca/haiti" target="_blank">United Church of Canada is appealing for donations </a>to support relief and reconstruction efforts. The Church as already committed $20,000 to relief efforts by partners in the region.<br /><br />Members of <a href="http://www.act-intl.org/" target="_blank">ACT Alliance </a>(the network of churches and Christian aid agencies that enables global responses to emergencies) are already in place, assisting those affected by the earthquake. In response to the disaster, Canada initially pledged $5 million in humanitarian aid to Haiti and deployed the military's Disaster Assistance Response Team, known as DART. The Prime Minister has more recently announced that the $5 million cap would be raised.<br /><br /><strong>How United Church People Can Help</strong><br /><br /><ul><li><strong>Pray</strong>: Thoughts and prayers from the General Council Office go out to our sisters and brothers who have been affected by the earthquake. United Church members across Canada are urged also to pray for the people who live in affected communities.</li><li><strong>Donate</strong>: You may make a donation in either of two ways:</li><li>Support the Emergency Response Fund of the United Church of Canada</li><li>Designate a gift for the "Haiti Appeal". Funds collected will be shared directly with networks in the region. </li></ul><p>Cheques and online donations should be made payable to the United Church of Canada and marked 'Haiti Appeal'. The funds will be treated as 'designated gifts'. Please note: Designated gifts cannot be counted as M&S Fund credits. However, they are eligible for tax receipts.</p><p>Congregational treasurers may receive and receipt individual cheques and then forward one congregational cheque to the United Church of Canada. Cheque donations made through our local congregation should be made payable to Whitehorse United Church, and marked 'Haiti Appeal'.</p><p>At our Annual Financial Meeting yesterday, a motion was passed to contribute the net proceeds of this year's Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper to the Haiti Appeal.</p><p><strong>A Prayer Suggestion</strong></p><p>Let us call upon our churches to pray and to respond to this devastation, to bow and unite our hearts, praying for:</p><ul><li>those who lost loved ones</li><li>those who are missing</li><li>those who lost their homes, church buildings, and businesses</li><li>first responders, rescue workers, relief agencies, church aid workers</li><li>hospitals, doctors, and nurses</li><li>all those evacuated</li></ul><p><span style="font-size:78%;">(Posted by Hank - with material from Sunday's Church bulletin and the <a href="http://www.united-church.ca/" target="_blank">UCC web site</a>)</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262763352562677697.post-72933775750160111602010-01-14T17:57:00.001-08:002010-02-18T12:45:44.578-08:00Haitian Disaster Relief Effort<p>The United Church of Canada has today issued a press release on how the Church will respond, as part of the worldwide church community, to the results of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.</p><p>The press release can be found on the UCC web site at <a href="http://www.united-church.ca/">www.united-church.ca</a>.</p><p>The United Church of Canada is also making an appeal to local church congregations to turn their minds to how we can contribute.</p><p>I’m making this blog entry for the purpose of turning our minds to this urgent need. Comments are invited.</p><p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#999900;">Posted by Hank</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0