The Art of Being

The outdoor chapel was beautiful this morning for worship. Our Vacation Bible School children sang songs they learned this past week in VBS and we had a report on our annual conference at Lakeside. God was in our worship. The following is a reading from Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Saratoga, California and something worth repeating:

Be understanding of your enemies.
Be loyal to your friends.
Be striong enough to face the world each day.
Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone.
Be generous to those who need your help.
Be frugal with what you need for yourself.
Be open enough to believe in miracles.
Be willing to share your joys.
Be eager to share the sorrows of others.
Be a leader when you see a path others have missed.
Be a follower when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty.
Be the first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds.
Be the last to criticize a colleague who fails.
Be sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not stumble.
Be sure of your final destination, in case you are going the wrong way.
Be loving to those who love you.
Be loving to those who do not love you, and they may change.
But above all, be yourself. Have a blessed week. Diana

Happy Father's Day

Hello to everyone, and especially to all the fathers on this Father's Day.What blessings our families have given to us! What a blessing our church family is to us! After all, we are all God's children and he is our Father.
Have a good week, Diana

Hello Friends

After a 2 week absence from this site, I am back. My computer has had a virus and my son has nursed it back to health. My visitation ministry has been continuing. A lot of Random Acts of Kindness by congregation members, in the form of meals for those home from the hospital, have brought joy to the givers and the receivers. This week the minister and most of the staff are at Lakeside for the Annual Conference. I will be calling on those members in the hospital or in need and referring any needs I can't meet to the pastor for his return next week. At church yesterday a member and certified lay speaker gave the sermon. The title of the sermon was "Forgiveness Through Faith". It was a beautiful sharing which included the song "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". I thought I would share the words with you in my blog as they touch my heart.

What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer.

What a thought to carry with us through life. God's Blessings, Diana