Wednesday, October 17, 2007

weekly letter

October 17, 2007
 
Greetings to all!
 
With few exceptions, household "chores" are part of life for all of us.  How we perceive those daily tasks can vary widely from person to person.  In the preface to her book, Being Home, Gunilla Norris reflects on the spiritual possibilities of household routine.
 
     Prayer and housekeeping  - they go together.  They have always gone together.  We simply know that our daily round is how we live.  When we clean and order our homes, we are somehow also cleaning and ordering ourselves.  We know this by virtue of being human creatures.  How we hold the simplest of our tasks speaks loudly about how we hold life itself.
     How then do we "come home" spiritually and dwell there?  In my own life I have found no better way than to value and savor the sacredness of daily living, to rely on repetition, that humdrum of rhythm, which heals and steadies.  Increasingly it is for me a matter of being willing "to be in place," to enter into deeper communion with the objects and actions of a day and to allow them to commune with me.  It is a way to know and to be known...to surrender my isolation by participating in the experience as it happens.  And it is a struggle! So often it is said that we teach what we want to learn.  I want to learn this very much.
 
The Scripture lessons for Sunday, October 21:
     Jeremiah 31:27-34
     2 Timothy 3:14 - 4:5
     Luke 18:1-8
 
Sunday Conversations regarding the lessons for the day (see above) continue this Sunday, October 21, 10am, in Trinity Hall.
 
Labels/Box Tops For Education - Don't forget that Walnut Hill is receiving product labels/box tops for education to benefit Athens Chilesburg Elementary School.  Simply place your labels/box tops in the basket located in the Sanctuary foyer.  Check the bulletin board in the Sanctuary for a listing of participating products.  A.C.E. also welcomes your empty printer cartridges. Place them in the box in the Sanctuary foyer.
 
Men's Dinner - Arrangements for the next Men's Dinner have been set as follows:  Tuesday, November 13, 6pm, at Buddy's on High Street.  The speaker will be Dr. Rick Lowery, Dean of Students at Lexington Theological Seminary.  His topic for the evening, "Still Brewing in Kentucky, Sacrifice in the Old Testament, and Conflict Resolution."  Contact Gene Brockopp for more information.
 
In the neighborhood: The Old Richmond Road Neighborhood Association Dinner Meeting will be held on Monday, October 22, 6:30pm, at the Jean Farris Winery and Bistro.  For more information, see the flyer on the Trinity Hall bulletin board or contact Mary Diane Hanna (263-4231).
 
Thanks, news, etc....
     *Thanks to....The Hormans, the Smiths, and the Hannas for our refreshments last Sunday.
     *Congratulations to Kim and Stuart Morris on the occasion of the baptism of their son, Haywood Knox Morris, during morning worship last Sunday.  Haywood's paternal great grandparents were the late Walnut Hill members Jeanie and David Blythe.
     *The Children's Choir will not be in session this Sunday, October 21.  Look for the Children's Choir to resume on Sunday, October 28, 10am.
     *Thanks to the generosity of those present on Ecumenical Sunday, October 7, Walnut Hill Church has sent $1,836 to the Kentucky Council of Churches in support of its ecumenical work in Kentucky.  Thanks to all!
    
Peace to all.
 
MikeWard

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