THANK YOU

 

Thank you for the morning

For the new day dawning

Thank you for the dawn chorus

Refreshing and delighting us

Thank you Lord for another day

And for tomorrow if I may

OUT OF THE MOUTH’S OF BABES – THE CHRISTENING

After the christening of his baby brother in church,        

All the way home Jamie sat in the car and cries

His father asked him over and over what the matter was

And then still sobbing the boy finally replies

"The Vicar said he wanted us to be brought up

In a Christian home, and I want to stay with you guys."

ONE OF THE TWELVE - BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE

 

One of the twelve

Bartholomew the Apostle

From the village of Cana

On the Sea of Galilee

Witness of the ascension

Who spread the Gospels

Far and wide

After converting Polymius

The King of Armenia

He was put to death

By the Kings brother

Martyred on the cross

In Albanopolis in Armenia

 

Feast Day August 24^th

WE STILL BELIEVE IN YOU

 

Master of the universe

Great architect of nature

Builder of the galaxies

Every facet and feature

Don’t listen to our silence

Most benevolent creator

And think us unworthy

Don’t condemn us like a traitor

We are misguided only

That is just our nature

We will turn to you again

For man is a fickle creature

AN UNDERSTANDING GOD

 

God didn’t say

You must circumcise your children

 God didn’t say

You can have ten wives

 God didn’t say

You mustn’t use a condom

 God didn’t say

You must pray five times a day

 God didn’t say

My priests cant marry

 God didn’t say

Woman must be covered at all times

 God didn’t say

You cannot divorce

 God didn’t say

Divorcees cannot remarry in church

 God didn’t say

You must remove your shoes in my house

 God didn’t say

You must kill the infidel

 God didn’t say

There is only one church

 God didn’t say

You must ritually wash your feet

 Man said these things

These rules were made by men

A GOOD CHRISTIAN

 

Dorothy spinster of this parish

With her sister, taught Sunday school

For over fifty years

Both good Methodists and good Christians

Their lives dedicated to the church

To ensure the future of their church

Dorothy left a large bequest to the church

The church sought to honor a good woman

And dedicated in her name

A room within the church

For ever to be named after her

COULD JESUS HAVE BEEN ITALIAN?

 

Could Jesus have been Italian?

Maybe, as he reputedly used olive oil

He did have wine with all His meals

And he did talk with His hands after all