This organising caper is hard work. Just when you think you can relax, your work is done, something else needs your attention. My body thought I was done, and was ready to stay in bed and relax this morning. Oh, it was hard to coax it back to standing, moving, thinking ... !
Others had less trouble, and were up early for a walk before breakfast.
But we were all a little late to the first session.
Julia led us in a worship service of healing, with an ancient ritual of anointing with oil as a sign of the healing we find for our whole lives in God who is Love. It was very moving, and I was beginning to find it difficult to continue playing my clarinet when the ritual drew to a close. We were joined this morning by Ian on guitar, which was lovely, and assisted by Deb on the piano. Deb also amazed me by graciously taking the passage for the day and learning it to tell. She did it marvellously.
Featured storytellers this morning were Ian and Annette. Ian told us his story of God's promise to Noah and the whole of creation, beginning with the story of creation, and finishing with the story of Jesus. We were involved with cues to affirm that 'this was bad' or 'this was good' - though at times, our storyteller contradicted us because it wasn't really good that all creatures were kept, when this might have been an opportunity to be rid of those pesky flies ... ! Ian then told us stories from Christmas, first a song of the wise men and then a rap of the shepherds, involving listeners each time. We are delighted to experience the depth and the breadth of approaches to telling the biblical stories.
Annette continued to tell us the story of Queen Esther, bringing to life the pompous Haman with great skill!
Then it was keynote two.
Steve framed this session with a retelling of the story of a man who found treasure. The treasure of story. I was in and out of this session with some administrative tasks so I'm going to ask someone else to reflect on that session. stay tuned!
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