This morning we awoke to a beautiful snow lightly drifting through the trees and around our grounds. The snow changed from constant tiny flakes to large snow clusters and back to tiny flakes. Off and on through the morning we would glance out to check on its progress. This snow was not enough to change the levels of snow on the grounds, just enough to clean the air and to delight our senses!
Morning breakfast is such a time of renewal for us each new day here as we meet in a lazy, quiet dining room with eggs, porridge, ham, sausage, cheese, bread and butter and a sweet dish of some kind...crepes or pancakes filled with cream cheese.
After breakfast this morning, we gathered in one of our small group rooms to worship. Each team member takes part in the celebration of Christ. The songs, verses, passages, innerspections and sharing all draw us together and lift our souls to heaven. The morning flies by as we worship with heart and soul. The songs are a mixture of those from our youth as well as some written especially for this experience. The experience is like none other as we become the unit of servants that God has planned for us to be this week. I cannot think of a more meaningful or personal experience in worship. We all would love to share this experience with each of you, our dearest friends and family in Christ!
The afternoon was a sabbath rest for us...walking and exploring in the snow...reading and relaxing in the rooms...talking and visiting with our team.
Then the evening became a bustle of activity! Each one with an assignment and a purpose of preparation for our guests and fellow ministers who will arrive tomorrow! The big rooms and the smaller meeting rooms all hummed with happy voices and the movement of furniture. Papers, computers, and the shuffle of feet added to the music of preparations.
Dinner interrupted us and brought us to a time of relaxation before a final preparatory team meeting and rehearsals for choral readers, singers, etc.
The night brought sweet rest and renewal for each one!
Morning breakfast is such a time of renewal for us each new day here as we meet in a lazy, quiet dining room with eggs, porridge, ham, sausage, cheese, bread and butter and a sweet dish of some kind...crepes or pancakes filled with cream cheese.
After breakfast this morning, we gathered in one of our small group rooms to worship. Each team member takes part in the celebration of Christ. The songs, verses, passages, innerspections and sharing all draw us together and lift our souls to heaven. The morning flies by as we worship with heart and soul. The songs are a mixture of those from our youth as well as some written especially for this experience. The experience is like none other as we become the unit of servants that God has planned for us to be this week. I cannot think of a more meaningful or personal experience in worship. We all would love to share this experience with each of you, our dearest friends and family in Christ!
The afternoon was a sabbath rest for us...walking and exploring in the snow...reading and relaxing in the rooms...talking and visiting with our team.
Then the evening became a bustle of activity! Each one with an assignment and a purpose of preparation for our guests and fellow ministers who will arrive tomorrow! The big rooms and the smaller meeting rooms all hummed with happy voices and the movement of furniture. Papers, computers, and the shuffle of feet added to the music of preparations.
Dinner interrupted us and brought us to a time of relaxation before a final preparatory team meeting and rehearsals for choral readers, singers, etc.
The night brought sweet rest and renewal for each one!
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