This past Sunday I was struck by the depth of faith as expressed by so many of our church members. The stories that were shared about the growing partnership we have with the Presbyterian Church in Cardenas, Cuba were so moving. There was much more happening that day. Eleanor Kelley was the first member of CPC to travel to Cuba and she assisted in the liturgy so beautifully. The Youth Bell choir, so ably directed by Marje Miller, performed two pieces that brought tears to my eyes. The Choir sang a beautiful choral introit in Spanish and lead us in a new song “Lord Let my life be Good Soil” Then we enjoyed the most wonderful luncheon compliments of the Flores family and we watched the video of the Quinceanera ceremony of Annjakira. They danced for us and it was really wonderful.
It is actually more work for me to design a worship service with such participation than if I preached. I can control myself !! (sometimes!) However, when so many others are involved it is so hard to plan where or how the seeds of love and challenge might be spread. The fact is that none of us really know when or where the new seed of God’s love might be found. We only need to be good soil open to the seed of the lord to us this day.
I hope you will keep the Cuban and Cameroon churches in your prayers. They have struggles more obvious than ours. Our struggles are to keep open to a word of love that is often crowded out by weeds,
