The Spirit of Recovery
It has been sad to see the Church closed as I walk my dog every morning. I so enjoyed doing the flowers at sunrise on Easter morning with Kim and Adrian from Hampstead Players ( we met in the Tesco queue ) -So Pentecost was another opportunity to decorate the outside of the church and show that although the doors were locked the people were still there.
Jayne Gill and I, aided by Sheena, gathered flowers and grasses from the graveyard and wove red ribbon around the railings. We thought grasses were good for wind. Sheena did the Holy Spirit bouquet at the top of gate!
We had lots of fabulous conversations while doing it . Somebody asked if it was for a wedding , Jayne asked “why were they planning one? “Girl ( I now know to be Hannah ) said “he hasn’t asked me yet”. They then sat for 3 hours by the vestry steps. Then Mohammed (the chap) asked her and she said ” yes!” He took great joy in telling us … So maybe we will decorate the railings for their wedding too!
Then a young family came by and asked what we were doing I explained Pentecost as best I could and mentioned speaking in tongues-I asked if they spoke any other language – they were Iranian.- so I asked whether they would write a poem in Farsi and tie it to railing. The children said they would love too.
Then a Jewish family chatted about Shavuot and a festival of flowers. So all in all we were well nourished in the human spirit.
Aided by Sheena’s wine and Erika and a Maurits delicious chocolate ginger biscuits we were having lots of fun until way after dark.