Wednesday/Thursday
Sorry I missed a day, been busy around here...
Wednesday was "Faith in Action Day". I went with four participants to the Tillsonburg Community Centre where we joined a group of people who were launching the P.I.E.R. Program for youth to help them with illicit drug use. P.I.E.R. stands for Peer Information Education and Resources Program. It is peer led and run using the various social resources that are present in the community. It looks like a good program though I felt the launch was a bit political in nature with too much time for politicians to get the photo op and not enough time for the people running the program to tell us all about it.
They fed us lunch which was delightful and then we went back to London for a tour of the Addiction Services program. We arrived a bit early so we took the opportunity to visit the local Cathedral. We spent 30 minutes exploring the space and taking copious pictures. We then went to our appointment at Addiction Services and Pam took us around to see the place and she spent a great deal of time telling us what it is that she does and how she does her best to place her faith values in what she does.
After supper we took the time to show the whole group what each smaller group got up to in fun ways. Evening worship was powerful and reflective using a U2 (City of Blinding Lights) song as the focus for our response to scripture - very moving for me.
On to Thursday then.
We were back to the classroom this morning with Fr. Bill. We discussed how the Canon of Scripture came to be and Bill opened the discussion up to what ever the participants wanted and they decided to apply the Three Rules to 1 Corinthians 12-13 - look it up. It was marvelous to watch the minds of each participant open up to the great possiblities of what reading Scripture in this way can present.
This afternoon we had a visit from J.W. Windlands who brought with him some of the symbols of 5 of the major world religions. We explored a small number of them for Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam and Sikhism. It was very interesting to see where the world religions intersect and where they differ through their symbols.
We ended the presentation with a huge drum circle filled with some of the instruments that J.W. brought with him all the while a huge thunder storm raged around us... it was amazing!
This evening my small group lead worship and we began, once again with a glorious drum circle used to call us to worship. Out of that we read the call of Samuel and responded with a prayer sharing time where people lit a candle and offered a prayer that was important to them - it was intense and moving. We concluded with a great song "Here I am Lord". I am proud of the team for their leadership and their ideas and thier spirits.
It's been a busy two days and there is so much more ahead of us... so much to look forward to.
Until then...
Elliott+
Wednesday was "Faith in Action Day". I went with four participants to the Tillsonburg Community Centre where we joined a group of people who were launching the P.I.E.R. Program for youth to help them with illicit drug use. P.I.E.R. stands for Peer Information Education and Resources Program. It is peer led and run using the various social resources that are present in the community. It looks like a good program though I felt the launch was a bit political in nature with too much time for politicians to get the photo op and not enough time for the people running the program to tell us all about it.
They fed us lunch which was delightful and then we went back to London for a tour of the Addiction Services program. We arrived a bit early so we took the opportunity to visit the local Cathedral. We spent 30 minutes exploring the space and taking copious pictures. We then went to our appointment at Addiction Services and Pam took us around to see the place and she spent a great deal of time telling us what it is that she does and how she does her best to place her faith values in what she does.
After supper we took the time to show the whole group what each smaller group got up to in fun ways. Evening worship was powerful and reflective using a U2 (City of Blinding Lights) song as the focus for our response to scripture - very moving for me.
On to Thursday then.
We were back to the classroom this morning with Fr. Bill. We discussed how the Canon of Scripture came to be and Bill opened the discussion up to what ever the participants wanted and they decided to apply the Three Rules to 1 Corinthians 12-13 - look it up. It was marvelous to watch the minds of each participant open up to the great possiblities of what reading Scripture in this way can present.
This afternoon we had a visit from J.W. Windlands who brought with him some of the symbols of 5 of the major world religions. We explored a small number of them for Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam and Sikhism. It was very interesting to see where the world religions intersect and where they differ through their symbols.
We ended the presentation with a huge drum circle filled with some of the instruments that J.W. brought with him all the while a huge thunder storm raged around us... it was amazing!
This evening my small group lead worship and we began, once again with a glorious drum circle used to call us to worship. Out of that we read the call of Samuel and responded with a prayer sharing time where people lit a candle and offered a prayer that was important to them - it was intense and moving. We concluded with a great song "Here I am Lord". I am proud of the team for their leadership and their ideas and thier spirits.
It's been a busy two days and there is so much more ahead of us... so much to look forward to.
Until then...
Elliott+
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