We had a fine time on Sunday night, with the Archdeacon and the trustees of the Cloudsley trust visiting, loads of people and Sam going all Justin on us (I wanna try somethin’ right now. See they don’t do this anymore…).
Love this picture. The waving thing was intended as a homage to the classic COTC picture, but it came out the best by far. I particularly like Sarah Perrin’s messianic pose at the centre of the picture. Actually she does look a bit like Jesus…
Anyway - some of the bits from the service below:
Lyles Sermon is on the resources page, and you can also download worship from the evening.
‘O the deep deep love of Jesus’
The video “Until the Spirit is poured out…”
And that prayer.
Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
with the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.
- would be great to be able to share a bit of it with those who weren’t there (and to remind myself of those nuggets that my little head struggles to recall).
