This
afternoon Steve put on a DVD about an Amish community in Pennsylvania where two
families decided to leave the church: a very moving insight into Amish life and
how this decision affected their families.
Tonight
Dianne and I went to a Shabat meal at the Return Ministries centre, about 25
minutes away. It was fairly clear when we left; no snow had fallen during the
afternoon. We were greeted with “Shabat shalom”, as I was introduced to
everyone. There were probably 30 people in total. Natalie, whom I’d met on
Thursday evening at the theatre was one of the two on kitchen duty and she
joined our table for the meal.
After the
introductory words, Dean, the leader of the group welcomed me and asked Dianne
and me to light the candles: this is a great honour at a Shabat.
Return Ministries is a
community with a great vision to see Jews introduced to Jesus and freed from
exile so they are actively helping Jews return to their homeland. They are in the
process of setting up a ministry base in Jerusalem. It was a beautiful night,
honouring Jesus; the ceremony of blessing and breaking bread and blessing the
wine was explained as it was enacted, followed by the meal, which was very
good. The evening finished with Dean praying Proverbs 31 as a blessing over his
wife, with others invited to give thanks and to bless those who are significant
in their journey, including wives and mothers.
On the way
home, the snow was starting to fall again, already carpeting the roads and giving
us a delightful show as it was illuminated in the headlights. There's just no way to describe this with words! This is a moving picture because of night exposure:
Again a late
night and off to bed because there’s more action planned for tomorrow! We're expecting a big dump in the afternoon too.
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