This morning I was in Dunfermline leading worship on Epiphany Sunday, the day when we think about the wise men who journeyed to meet the Christ child. It was communion and I used a mixture of bits and pieces nicked from all kinds of places but it felt like a really coherent service. It even had a U2 related sermon which is always fun, well for me anyway. I still haven’t found what I’m looking for was today’s song. It seemed to me to fit well with those ‘wise’ men who went looking for the king in a palace in Jerusalem and found him in a house in Bethlehem instead.
Tonight was our latest http://togethermct.ning.com. We walked with the mise men, following the star to Bethlehem. We put together a labyrinth, complete with MP3 meditations and a star which moved across the sky (look closely at the left hand curtain)! I think we are starting to see a little group of regulars and I’m very hopeful for the future of our worship experiment.
Friday saw a journey of a different kind. We live across the road from the church where Phil O’Donnell’s funeral mass was held so i spent most of Friday morning standing at our front window watching footballers going into church and listening to the service relayed outside on speakers. It was a beautiful service and Phil’s team mate Chris McCart gave a moving tribute to ‘Uncle’ Phil.