This afternoon I'm back at the Crematorium taking a service for another resident of Rayner's Care Home, a lovely lady who has died of natural causes. She used to sit in the circle with two very good friends, we thought of them as a 'trio', and one by one they have all passed away. She could not see but usually sang every hymn without needing to look at the words. The family will gather today with just five members present. They hope to have a memorial service for their beloved mother later in the year.
Thank you for your continued messages of support for the audio-service. The Good Friday one is currently being recorded. If you are able to record a reading or a prayer that we would send you on your computer and could send it in, usually via an mp3 file, do let us know because we could use a variety of voices, as many people have told me they really appreciate this - so, don't be shy in offering your services!!
On Easter Day I hope to publish something I'm calling 'Passing the Peace at Easter'. It will just be an on-line communication with 'greetings' you might like to give to the church community. We won't have seen each other for four weeks by then and perhaps you'd like just to share a greeting in about three lines to the cingregation for Easter. Please send me your message in a Word document, I'll format it with all the others, along with a photo perhaps (you could even do a hand wave!). I think the compilation, to be published on Easter Sunday morning will be like a wonderful virtual 'handshake' among us!
May you, today, know the presence and blessing of God in all you do.
Ian
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