December 03, 2010, People of St. Paul's (42), Church (77), Guest Blog Posts (9)
Guest post by Anne Snyder, a St. Paul's parishioner
A poem, inspired by watching the Rev. Kate Jenkins ever so gently place the "body of Christ" in the hands of a living blonde angel during communion.
On a Sunday Morning
Illuminated by a shaft of light
Untroubled faith capped with Tiffany gold and
Tested faith like the winter willow
Made to bend but never break
Small hands upturned receiving the gift
Of faith enduring through light and darkness
Older slim hands sharing the gift
Of love enduring
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August 30, 2010, People of St. Paul's (42)
Posted by Kimberly Allen
Let the good news roll. Parishioner Anne Snyder also took a moment to fill out our Good News form online.
She shared this update and prayer from her recent travels to France:
My two weeks in [Normandy] France were extraordinary. All my friends came from various areas to spend time together. I experienced a very great honor. While at the cemetery, the cemetery staff realized I was the daughter of one of "their soldiers" and asked if I wanted to help retire the flag for the evening. You bet I did and so a staff member and I brought down that precious symbol, folded it, and I was asked to present it to the cemetery manager. I can't really describe what an emotional experience that was and, on a humorous note, how I was happy to find out I had not lost my flag folding expertise. In participating, I was really representing over 193,000 "war orphans" of the men who died during the invasion.
As I helped lower the flag, I said a prayer that such ceremonies in that type of location will become a thing of the past.
Anne
Photo from Anne Snyder's D-Day Album on Facebook.
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