Farewell Louisa

 Sherwood UC had the privelege of hosting a memorial service for Louisa Mavor.  Louisa died of cancer on the 20 January this year in the UK.  This service was an opportunity to reflect on her life, to mourn her passing and give thanks for the influence she had on the people she met.

Louisa had requested that her memorial service in Australia be at Sherwood as that had been a significant time in her life for her.  She spent several years worshipping here while her husband at the time, Ben Webb, was our youth worker.  Many of us reminisced that there were quite a number of young families still at Sherwood because of her friendly and encouraging invitations years ago to come check out Sherwood!  Apparently the Sunday School has tutored 27 children of the then young adults who were invited to Sherwood by Louie!

In this view you can see my tripod down the back.  I had a video camera with a long cable that fed vision to a projector set up in the fellowship room.  You can also see the group of people who crammed into the standing area down the back.

There were actually a few people (including parents with aforementioned young children and the afternoon tea preparation team) who watched the service in the fellowship room.  Sound was facilitated by putting the fold back speakers in the fellowship room and courtyard and throwing the speaker leads out the window.

The view from the back. The men in red shirts on the dais are "The Blenders".  An a capella choir from the Gold Coast who delivered a magnificent rendition of "It Is Well With My Soul".  Ian Mavor (Louie's dad) sings with them each Monday night.

And the standers.

I caught up briefly with various people who I had not seen for ages including Ben Webb and Ken Mavor.