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Pentecost Poetry
1. "Celestial fire" Eleazar Ben Kaller
From Poetry for the Spirit, Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty Edited by Alan Jacobs Translated by T. Carmi
Now an angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in a blazing fire -
a fire that devours fire;
a fire that burns in things dry and moist;
a fire that glows amid snow and ice;
a fire that is like a crouching lion;
a fire that reveals itself in many forms;
a fire that is, and never expires;
a fire that shines and roars; a fire that blazes and sparkles;
a fire that flies in a storm wind;
a fire that burns without wood;
a fire that renews itself every day;
a fire that is not fanned by fire;
a fire that billows like palm branches;
a fire whose sparks are flashes of lightning;
a fire black as a raven;
a fire, curled, like the colours of the rainbows!
2. David Adams "Celtic Poem"
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit
Fill us, Holy Spirit
When the doors are closed and we are afraid to move,
Fill us, Holy Spirit.
When we are weak and unable to act,
Fill us, Holy Spirit.
When we are hesitant and unable to speak,
Fill us, Holy Spirit.
When we lack energy and are unable to cope,
Fill us, Holy Spirit.
That we may go out in your power,
Fill us, Holy Spirit.
That we may live and work for you,
Fill us, Holy Spirit.
That we may be part of your mission,
Fill us, Holy Spirit.
The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace In believing,
That you may abound in hope through the power Of the Holy Spirit.
Amen
Block Print by Mike Newman
Continuing Projects
1. ECW Spring Meeting, May 23, 2013
Full information is here. This year's meeting is at St. Mary's White Chapel, Lancaster
2. Writing to Alex Long in Afghanistan
Alex Long would appreciate mail from you. You can write Alex a letter at this address:
Sgt Long, Alexander
1st MSOB A CO
UNIT 42550
FPO AP 96427-2550
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Easter 7 , May 12, 2013 (full size gallery)
"The fifty-day season of Easter invites us to begin again, always. This season of the church year calendar challenges us to believe again or maybe for the first time that the God who mysteriously created us [through humans] has the capacity to make things new. It dares us to have faith that the God who mysteriously raised Jesus Christ from the dead is a God of miracles, big and small; that our waking up each day in and of itself is a miracle. " - The Reverend Ollie V. Rencher.
Christ centered, Biblically based, spirit filled and a place of simple hospitality, we have shared our communal life with our church,our community, and those in need. Your presence enriches us.
May 19- 11:00am- Holy Eucharist, Rite II - Pentecost!
Pentecost, May 19, 2013 
Pentecost was the second of the three great annual festivals of Israel, the others being Passover and the feast of Tabernacles. The festival was often called the feast of Weeks because it took place seven complete weeks, or 50 days, after the Passover. Jews from all over the world came to Jerusalem for this festival, more than for any other. The day was one of solemn convocation when no work was to be done. The people offered the first loaves of fine flour made from the just harvested late grain crops. Other sacrifices were offered in the temple and a meal was prepared with freewill offerings from the people. To this meal the widows, orphans, the poor and the stranger were invited.
By the early New Testament period, it had gradually lost its association with agriculture and became associated with the celebration of God’s creation of His people and their religious history. By the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, the festival focused exclusively on God’s gracious gift of Torah (the "Law") on Mount Sinai. It continues to be celebrated in this manner in modern Judaism.
On this festive day, in the year of Jesus’ death and resurrection, the Holy Spirit was bestowed upon the apostles. In Acts, Luke describes the sound of a mighty rushing wind and the sight of tongues of flame resting on the head of each apostle. What a transformation took place in these men and women! They were truly “clothed with power from on high” (Luke 24:29). Out into the crowd they went, boldly proclaiming the “mighty works of God” (Acts 2:11). One of the gifts of the Spirit— the gift of tongues—enabled the polyglot crowd to hear the apostles speaking, each in his or her own language.
Pentecost - a look back to 2012
Pentecost was May 27 last year on Memorial Day weekend. Check it out in words and pictures..
A Pentecost cake!
What is the symbolism ?
The Languages of Pentecost
From Acts we read on Pentecost.
"And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs-- in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power."
Here is the Lord's Prayer as translated in many languages in celebration of Pentecost
Visualizing the Pentecost
Here is a slideshow of artists who have depicted the Pentecost from the 13th Century until our own time.
Houses and Locations associated with Rev. Ware's 1893 Diary
Editor's note - The idea of covering locations associated with Rev Ware, plus most of the pictures and the diary extracts are from Judy Ware who is the genealogist of the Ware family. One only has to look on her web site (http://www.waregenealogy.com/ to see the extensive work over many years she has done. Every family should have someone like her!
The 1893 diary of Rev. Sigismund S. Ware contains a number of place names regularly a part of his normal life. His universe was generally 20 miles north (Corbin) and 5-20 miles south to take in Camden and Vauters. 20 miles by horse and buggy took 2 1/2 hours as he mentioned in one entry in his diary.
Walking was his primary mode throughout the Port Royal area, up to Catlett Hill and Gay Mont, visiting parishioners and friends. He mentioned almost daily that he took his "usual walk" though never describes where he walked. For distances outside of Port Royal he used his "horse and buggy" as he called it.
He did take several trips in that year outside his normal stomping grounds - Berryville and Winchester for Annual Council, Lancaster Courthouse for convocation (which appears to be similar to a regional church meeting) and the big trip to Chicago for the World's Fair.
Here are the most prominent homes mentioned:
1. Santee.
The trip to Corbin every two weeks to preach at Grace led him to leave the day before about 2pm and stay many times at Santee in Caroline County:
Santee, associated with the prominent Fitzhugh and Gordon families for over 250 years. It passed to daughter, Sarah, who married Henry Fitzhugh. Their son John Battaile Fitzhugh owned the property until his own death in 1803, when it passed to his brother, who created the present Santee plantation. In 1817, he added 166 acres to his holding, followed by another 300 acres the next year. Upon Fitzhugh's death, the property passed to his wife Elizabeth Taliaferro. In 1838, an increase in valuation occurred with the addition of two brick buildings, probably the kitchen and the stable, to the estate Patsy Fitzhugh and her husband Samuel Cordon of Kenmore, in Fredericksburg, inherited Santee from her mother. Descendants of the Fitzhugh and Gordon families owned Santee until well into the twentieth century. It was vacant from 1931 until 1943, at which time it was sold out of the family.
Oct. 21, 1893 “Threatening all but I concluded to take the trip to Grace Church, went to Santee where I spent a pleasant evening & night with Mr. Gordon & Mr. “B” Dickinson”
Dec. 9, 1893 “Did not wait for the mail but started off to Grace church, it was very threatening & the road awful, but I reached Grace & Santee in time for tea & spent the night with Mrs. & Mr. Dickinson.” Sat. Dec. 9, 1893
Dec. 10, 1893 - “I had service this beautiful day, but had only a moderate congregation. Dined Santee, Mr. Garnett joined us, I returned home to tea. My subject was the collect for the Sun.