A busy day at St. Peters after a windy Saturday and unseasonable temperatures.
9Am Acolyte training for 7 with St. Peter’s new acolyte manual. This was a full hour to introduce new people to the guild and to keep everyone on the same page.
10AM Isaiah chapters 9, 11. We talked about Isaiah’s ideal ruler and how Jesus puts these into action. This is the real joy of Isaiah with the lines Handel used for the Messiah – "For us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government will be on his shoulders, and he will be called Wonderful Counselor…"
11am – Cathy Dante, the Director of Adult Faith Formation at St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Arlington, Va. was our guest preacher. Cathy earned her MDIV from Washington Theological Union in 2009. Both Cathy and Catherine are currently working on their Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction Studies.
Cathy was candid and practical in her approach to the scriptures. She spoke about the middle way from Matthew 5:38-48. She brought up situations where neither agressiveness nor passivity work which affirms a third way, the teachings of Jesus- "lov(ing) your enemies and pray(ing) for those who persecute you."
Saturday Feb 26th, another busy day — the Vestry retreat!