June 29th Alongside Hope, the new name for PWRDF, provided Nancy Greene Gregoire with a suggested liturgy for Refugee Sunday which Guy Grolimond and Nancy adapted to our service.
A delightful young ten year old read the lesson from the pulpit and a dramatization of the Book of Ruth provided the sermon. Three people from the congregation took the parts of Ruth, the Moabite, a foreigner who in effect was a refugee, plus Naomi, her mother-in-law who was an Israeli returning to her home country, both penniless widows and a narrator telling the story.
Instead of the Creed there was an Affirmation of Faith and the Intersessions were prayers for all who have been uprooted, compelled to flee for their lives, because of war, injustice and violence
The hymns were appropriate: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken and Your Hand, O God had Guided.
Altogether it was an invigorating and stimulating service that we all enjoyed.
