tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post8613190505715457053..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: 11th Hour Preacher Party: Widows and Daughters editionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-80697388657631252062012-11-11T13:33:09.239-05:002012-11-11T13:33:09.239-05:00Vote is done- yes to my request - with lots of tea...Vote is done- yes to my request - with lots of tears. Today was hard for many reasons- Very grateful for RevGal prayers! Now back to getting the house ready for sale... Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09451381949800111514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-41127296367382999542012-11-11T08:34:24.496-05:002012-11-11T08:34:24.496-05:00991. DONE!991. DONE!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-78453796595355832792012-11-11T08:10:46.422-05:002012-11-11T08:10:46.422-05:00I've finished up and started editing. I had a...I've finished up and started editing. I had about 200 words that I need to shave off, and I'm on a hunt for 100 more. Not bad at all. Then I need to see if I can find my baptismal liturgy already on my iPad....Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-85652701159692324072012-11-11T08:09:33.602-05:002012-11-11T08:09:33.602-05:00Welcome Joene! I hope you have bookmarked us and ...Welcome Joene! I hope you have bookmarked us and will come back again soon! This is a great community of women who support each other in all our different ministries. I am holding you in prayer, trusting that you will hear and speak the Word the Spirit will put on your heart and lips.Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-11007843033860081732012-11-11T06:11:31.774-05:002012-11-11T06:11:31.774-05:00Agreed! Singing baptism hymns today....
Agreed! Singing baptism hymns today....<br />Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-45917014676509852902012-11-11T04:09:44.550-05:002012-11-11T04:09:44.550-05:00This is what I have to offer. Remembrance Sunday i...<a href="http://somethingtostandon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/counting-cost.html" rel="nofollow">This</a> is what I have to offer. Remembrance Sunday is always difficult to balance expectations and the gospel.<br />Terri, thanks for hosting the party!liz crumlishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261486774607168533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-87110834792825331402012-11-11T02:32:29.957-05:002012-11-11T02:32:29.957-05:00Celesta, adding my prayers. I can imagine folk wan...Celesta, adding my prayers. I can imagine folk wanting to vote no just to keep you. It's a big ask but you know Gods contrariness. I hope you achieve some kind of peace tomorrow. Xliz crumlishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261486774607168533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-92049036129000740812012-11-11T02:28:13.489-05:002012-11-11T02:28:13.489-05:007:30am here and I'm trying to finish up. Sermo...7:30am here and I'm trying to finish up. Sermon seems too harsh. It's about our governments lack of commitment to peace. Need to inject some love.liz crumlishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261486774607168533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-68614596130720053332012-11-11T02:02:07.748-05:002012-11-11T02:02:07.748-05:00I've still been around, but I'm heading to...I've still been around, but I'm heading to bed now. I've got about 561 words, a little more than half of what I need, and I really need to bring it home to keep it to 1000. Keeping things very short is very hard for me, but it needs to be done for the morning worship activities. Nigh-night!Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-78695885360573803832012-11-11T01:09:19.120-05:002012-11-11T01:09:19.120-05:00Working on Ruth part 2. Trying to avoid any and al...Working on Ruth part 2. Trying to avoid any and all political talk. I live in an area with political opnions different from my own.<br />Focusing on the redemptive power in the story and the trust in the unknown. <br />Very jealous of the pretty kitty cat napping beside me.1-4 Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688216101068437927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-57249356279438004682012-11-11T00:13:40.516-05:002012-11-11T00:13:40.516-05:00I'm just getting back from a trip to the BIG C...I'm just getting back from a trip to the BIG City (not to be confused with the City 1 1/2 hours away) - 5 hours one way but Diana Butler Bass was worth it! Great conference. <br /><br />Bad planning on my part. I should have scheduled a supply preacher. I didn't. I should have got my sermon done before today. I tried -really I did - but no luck. Add a difficult drive home due to a storm that came through about 4 hours earlier than projected and I'm in a pickle. <br /><br />I did manage to get a sort of outline made. I'm going to tweak it, go to bed and get up early tomorrow to look at it again. I don't usually preach from an outline, so it's a good challenge for me. And it's Women's Thankoffering Sunday, so as long as I say some good things about the women's groups and the ministries they do, I think I can get away with it. <br /><br />Anyone else still plugging away.ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034492637745064803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-54835557432620398502012-11-10T23:36:57.207-05:002012-11-10T23:36:57.207-05:00Just showing up! We had our third and final Trans...Just showing up! We had our third and final Transformation Retreat this weekend. They've been once a month since September, and this has just been the big up front work of a longer process. They tend to wipe me out before worship the next day.<br /><br />I'm on the Narrative Lectionary so we're in Jonah. Jonah, Veterans' Day, 2 baptisms, stewardship dedication day... Lot's of stuff to put in one service. Veterans' Day doesn't get a WHOLE lot of time with me, I'll include it during the Prayers of the People, and I picked "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" as the last hymn right after that. They'll go out on a veteran-y note so hopefully the ones who think I don't do enough will at least have it as their last memory. :)<br /><br />There's a group doing a sort of dramatic reading of the Scripture, and I've called my proclamation a "Baptism Meditation" instead of a sermon. So, I'll reference the Jonah, but I'm going to pull from even more water and call stories than just that as I reflect more on baptism. The oldest of the siblings being baptized is almost 5. She was born to her 16 year old mother in my first week working here. The younger brother is about 3 months old. The mom, the kids, the grandparents, the great-grandparents, the dad - - in many different ways and experiences, they have all been through a LOT in all of this. I'm thinking about how persistent God's grace and God's presence is. Even when Jonah runs away God follows him to the depths of the ocean. No matter what difficulties this little family has faced and will definitely face in the future, God will be with them. The waters of baptism promise that. I've made my title something like "the water that never dries." Then for those who aren't being baptized - - the call at baptism never ends, God persists in calling us to minister in God's name, to speak God's word, to invite others into discipleship, that water never dries either. God persistently calls us to follow and expects us to commit to the divine cause. The waters of baptism are as much about being drenched in the grace of God as it is about being marked as Christ's servants in faithful ministry.<br /><br />That's the plan in 1000 words or less. :)<br /><br />I had the task/blessing of making two baptismal blankets for these two kids today. Usually the sewing/knitting ladies keep a little stash, but I forgot to check the stash until Thursday. That's when I discovered there weren't any in the stash. Oops. A whole lot of crochet stitches later I have two adorable blankets for two kids. And three kids of my own who are jealous. Guess I better get working on something things for them. :)Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-73535590518841263372012-11-10T23:17:02.975-05:002012-11-10T23:17:02.975-05:00Finally done. The Widow of Zarephath and Elijah b...Finally done. The Widow of Zarephath and Elijah bound together in need and hope. A long day spent not writing and then a quick finish. <a href="//revalli.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/bound-together/" rel="nofollow">Here it is.</a> Glad I'm preaching this week and not next week. This is a great text.RevAllihttp://wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-55148612002356415332012-11-10T23:13:47.069-05:002012-11-10T23:13:47.069-05:00Yay! You are done! Not being a natural rev night o...Yay! You are done! Not being a natural rev night owl my brain hurts when I see you are fighting sleep to finish. Rest well. And yes its a challenge to pastor when you know you are doneCelestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09451381949800111514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-3425433815494031292012-11-10T23:04:07.398-05:002012-11-10T23:04:07.398-05:00Celeste, my prayers are with you. It is hard to be...Celeste, my prayers are with you. It is hard to be a pastor when you are done. <br /><br />The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-31065263148386685692012-11-10T22:54:46.076-05:002012-11-10T22:54:46.076-05:00I really meant to come make comments during the da...I really meant to come make comments during the day. That just didn't happen. However, it is early for my "usual" pattern to be completely finished and I am!<br /><br />Blessings on your Sunday!The Vicar of Hogsmeadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484138554317024346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-69545520877169127902012-11-10T22:37:44.693-05:002012-11-10T22:37:44.693-05:00Well, friends. It's time for me to call it a d...Well, friends. It's time for me to call it a day. Night, all. Blessings on your day.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-11497771793484229592012-11-10T22:37:24.340-05:002012-11-10T22:37:24.340-05:00Wow, it's been quiet here today! I have been l...Wow, it's been quiet here today! I have been locked away at a youth retreat myself...it's really a sleep-over event, but I have no supply tomorrow so I am home til after church. Truth be told, I came home to sleep last night, too, since my role of "spiritual director" doesn't demand much when every one is asleep. <br /><br />So I wrote most of my sermon yesterday, thanks to inspiration from Martha. But I'm not happy with it's current state, so I need to fix it pronto and GO TO BED. <br /><br />Very grateful that I get an extra day off Monday AND a week of vacation beginning next Saturday. Going to VT to celebrate my *baby* son's 21st birthday. <br /><br />Anyone else still up?<br />Rev Dr Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686528826414330355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-5557865810202655132012-11-10T22:28:51.272-05:002012-11-10T22:28:51.272-05:00Wow, Martha, that's good news! Hope the inspec...Wow, Martha, that's good news! Hope the inspection goes well.<br />Rev Dr Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686528826414330355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-49697048833740730232012-11-10T22:04:05.005-05:002012-11-10T22:04:05.005-05:00You're welcome. No problem.You're welcome. No problem.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-69573300983927960702012-11-10T21:34:19.590-05:002012-11-10T21:34:19.590-05:00Thanks! My internet is being spotty tonight! Thanks! My internet is being spotty tonight! Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04619770797618421513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-75132360313496313292012-11-10T21:21:25.742-05:002012-11-10T21:21:25.742-05:00Here's a link to your sermon JoyHere's a link to your sermon <a href="http://reverendjoy.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Joy</a>Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-72390882985941186702012-11-10T21:20:38.541-05:002012-11-10T21:20:38.541-05:00Yup.Yup.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-37407591565231213532012-11-10T21:20:17.863-05:002012-11-10T21:20:17.863-05:00esperanza - I've done that too. always wonder ...esperanza - I've done that too. always wonder if the detour is worth it...one never knows. At least you are home safe.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-3938267622195705472012-11-10T21:16:32.702-05:002012-11-10T21:16:32.702-05:00Thanks Purple! God knows I could not be doing this...Thanks Purple! God knows I could not be doing this on my ownCelestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09451381949800111514noreply@blogger.com