Sunday, September 6, 2009
September 7th, 2009We happily welcomed Jim Lawrence back from the summer hiatus! He spent two weeks in August teaching at the Earlham School of Religion, which is the Quaker seminary in Indiana. Jim already has a reputation for having looooong periods of silent prayer during his services, but now it’s official — we had a full three minutes of silent contemplation during the patoral prayer. I loved it, although I found myself mostly praying that the dog next door would stop barking. . . Anyway, his sermon is posted in the Sermons section.
We also welcomed three visitors — Joy’s mom Carol, visiting from Virginia; John Robert Gwynn, from the San Francisco church (thanks to the Bay Bridge closure); and Alex, a philosophy graduate student at Cal.
I enjoyed being in your service last Sunday. Dr. Lawrence’s message was a reminder of how we should be living. The silent prayer was a great time to be quiet before the Lord to thank Him for what He’s done and to reflect on areas in my own life that needed my attention.
Thank you for making me feel so welcome. Hope to see you again next time I am in El Cerrito visiting Joy, Rick and Ben.