At the Manor
Every month the tradition has been to have a Eucharist at the River View Manor in Bristol. I have continued in that by having the service on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 2:30. Today we had nineteen at our service of Holy Communion. My dear friend Jean led the two hymns on the piano and it was a delight for all to bring back those times that were so very important, and still are today: "church."
They are a wonderful group who have come together from all denominations and enjoy each others company in the adversity of growing older and in need of assistance. Church means so very much to them and to have a service of communion means so very much more.
It was a spiritual boost today to be with them and worship and praise in a way that touched them spiritually and emotionally. Fancy theologians, such as myself, can get so easily caught up in liturgical reform that we forget the aged, and that their memories can often only remember things from quite sometime ago. To be pastorally sensitive is to be a true "minister" bringing Christ to them in a way that is familiar, in this case the real BCP service without a change. Let us pray for this community today.
They are a wonderful group who have come together from all denominations and enjoy each others company in the adversity of growing older and in need of assistance. Church means so very much to them and to have a service of communion means so very much more.
It was a spiritual boost today to be with them and worship and praise in a way that touched them spiritually and emotionally. Fancy theologians, such as myself, can get so easily caught up in liturgical reform that we forget the aged, and that their memories can often only remember things from quite sometime ago. To be pastorally sensitive is to be a true "minister" bringing Christ to them in a way that is familiar, in this case the real BCP service without a change. Let us pray for this community today.
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