Talking With God
I had been musing over what communications method to use for the science experiment. (see below) Ran the theme past son Chris. Did not mention any of the ideas I had had and he said that he recalled making a really long string telephone that went the whole length of the car park. So that settled it. A string telephone with wow factor.
Home Sunday AM before church saw me riffling through the recycling bin. You know these bins are just a little tall to rummage comfortably. You really have to get your head in and hold your breath or breathe in and enjoy. I found two yoghurt containers, two large tuna tins and one small can. Only one small can left me with a problem. I figured I could solve it by getting a small tin of peaches from the pantry. Alas no peaches and no pears but I did spy a tin of baked beans.
Inspection of the tin showed the top and bottom bulging out. Hmm. This tin was loaded. I put it in the sink, attached the tin opener and squeezed. Hssssss as the pressure was released. Emptied the rancid contents into a plastic shopping bag. Washed the tin and washed it again. It had a certain odor to it.
Down to the church.
We started in the big church. The service seemed to have a certain focus on the Lords Prayer. Consistency is handy. I guess she reads the same book as us. Janet had us sing the Lords Prayer to the theme of Auld Lang Syne. I had this mental picture of a new years eve party and members of Sherwood UC breaking into the Lords Prayer.
Another interesting part of Janet's service was that she spoke about the "Give us today our daily bread" and talked about how it is OK for us to ask God for the things we need.
Then we were off to the hall for Flashpoint.
Sang a few songs and then the science experiment. That tin brought forward some comment from kids not too enthusiastc about putting it close to their mouths. In the end we made three string telephones. The long one used the yoghurt containers and went pretty much the length of the car park. We took the two shorter ones and tied the strings together to make a 4 way party line and it worked. just.
Megan did the talk and as usual it was very good.
For the story we had "Crusher is coming"
The jist of Megan's talk was that to get to know what someone is like, you need to communicate with them. I can tell you all about my friend but until you meet my friend you really won't know them. So to get to know God, we need to talk with him. One way to do this is through prayer.
After church we had coffee and for the first time coffee from one of the Aldi machines.
We were going to the Gramarians rowing club party. In preparation Megan decided that we should take some strawberries and cream. Someone has to lick the bowl. A little brown sugar helped to .....
Lectionary 28-July-2013:
Hosea 1:2-10Psalm 85
Genesis 18:20-32 and
Psalm 138
Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19)
Luke 11:1-13 - Lords prayer.
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
And our theme will be...Talking With God
Brain storm Ideas to do with communication.....
walkie-talkie
a couple of big dishes
tin can and string
old dial phones
Smoke signals
flags semaphore
Consider the "Lords Prayer"
Acknowledge God is God , Holy,
Request God to provide
Request God to forgive and ack that we should forgive others who do wrong to us.
Ask for help re temptation.
Songs
A1. God Loves You (God Gives Book 1:13 )
B4. Jesus is the Rock (God Gives Book 2:24)
B5. King of Kings (God Gives Book 2:22)
D6. Rejoice in the Lord (Praise & Worship Vol D:854)
C2. The Blind Man (All Together 23)
C3. Creator (The Lads – photocopy)
Random Thoughts
Two Way Radio
You know with those cheap walki talkies if you shout the message gets distorted. maybe if one shouts at God the message could get distorted.
If you are in a noisy environment it is hard to get you rmessage across and also it is very hard to hear the reply.
Random Thoughts
Two Way Radio
You know with those cheap walki talkies if you shout the message gets distorted. maybe if one shouts at God the message could get distorted.
If you are in a noisy environment it is hard to get you rmessage across and also it is very hard to hear the reply.
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