Comments on: Sunday Afternoon – and relax http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/ The Blog of the Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Irene http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/#comment-6459 Irene Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:09:34 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=5510#comment-6459 Thank you for a truly wonderful service, very moving and the most beautiful music. Oh so difficult to contain my tears. Thank you for a truly wonderful service, very moving and the most beautiful music. Oh so difficult to contain my tears.

]]> By: Robin http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/#comment-6434 Robin Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:56:10 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=5510#comment-6434 I wouldn't worry unduly, Fr Kenny. The Anglican Communion has been "on the verge of a split" for at least three decades, first over women and now over gays, and it still hasn't happened. "Anglican Communion will probably stagger on much as before for the foreseeable future" would have been a fairer commentary, but it doesn't sell newspapers! I wouldn’t worry unduly, Fr Kenny. The Anglican Communion has been “on the verge of a split” for at least three decades, first over women and now over gays, and it still hasn’t happened.

“Anglican Communion will probably stagger on much as before for the foreseeable future” would have been a fairer commentary, but it doesn’t sell newspapers!

]]> By: Kenny http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/#comment-6428 Kenny Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:21:11 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=5510#comment-6428 +Gene preaching and celebrating, and a same-sex blessing all on the weekend that Lambeth wraps up. Pushing the boat out a bit? However, thankfully, + Gene is right, and a totally inclusive church will one day arrive. Just a question of when. The Cathedral may well be leading the way, but the Diocese and the Province has to come with you all. Just a thought as I read in my Herald today that "The Anglican Communion now stands on the verge of a split. On one side are the liberal congregations of America and, judging by yesterday, Scotland." This was indeed news to me! +Gene preaching and celebrating, and a same-sex blessing all on the weekend that Lambeth wraps up. Pushing the boat out a bit? However, thankfully, + Gene is right, and a totally inclusive church will one day arrive. Just a question of when. The Cathedral may well be leading the way, but the Diocese and the Province has to come with you all. Just a thought as I read in my Herald today that “The Anglican Communion now stands on the verge of a split. On one side are the liberal congregations of America and, judging by yesterday, Scotland.” This was indeed news to me!

]]> By: chris http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/#comment-6421 chris Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:22:19 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=5510#comment-6421 Thanks, Kelvin, for making a great thing happen. It felt like the real Christian community in action. Thanks, Kelvin, for making a great thing happen. It felt like the real Christian community in action.

]]> By: Caron http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/#comment-6416 Caron Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:59:21 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=5510#comment-6416 I was there in spirit if not in body this morning - family issues took priority. I wish I had been with you and it sounds like you had the most uplifting time. C I was there in spirit if not in body this morning – family issues took priority.

I wish I had been with you and it sounds like you had the most uplifting time.

C

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/#comment-6415 Jimmy Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:55:12 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=5510#comment-6415 I was handed a tract going into the church by a what must have been a protester, there was a cloud burst at the time so I wasn't hanging about to find out. Finding when I got home that the title of the tract seemed somehow incomplete I added three words, it now reads - "The Gay who found the way to St Mary's." I was handed a tract going into the church by a what must have been a protester, there was a cloud burst at the time so I wasn’t hanging about to find out.
Finding when I got home that the title of the tract seemed somehow incomplete I added three words, it now reads -
“The Gay who found the way to St Mary’s.”

]]> By: Beth http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/#comment-6412 Beth Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:29:51 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=5510#comment-6412 This morning's service was glorious and was made more so by the fact that it didn't set out to be a 'special service', just the same kind of grace and joy that happens in St Mary's every Sunday. I was glad to experience it today and to hear +Gene's wonderful sermon. This morning’s service was glorious and was made more so by the fact that it didn’t set out to be a ‘special service’, just the same kind of grace and joy that happens in St Mary’s every Sunday. I was glad to experience it today and to hear +Gene’s wonderful sermon.

]]> By: Alison Clark http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/#comment-6411 Alison Clark Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:27:01 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=5510#comment-6411 Thank you Kelvin and everyone at St M's. I was proud to be back as one of the 'family'. Thank you Kelvin and everyone at St M’s. I was proud to be back as one of the ‘family’.

]]> By: Di http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/#comment-6409 Di Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:54:04 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=5510#comment-6409 Kelvin - thank you for making this all happen. It was an inspiring and very moving service and one in which I hope we showed +Gene that we are indeed all God's people. Kelvin – thank you for making this all happen. It was an inspiring and very moving service and one in which I hope we showed +Gene that we are indeed all God’s people.

]]> By: Rosemary http://www.thurible.net/20080803/sunday-afternoon-and-relax/#comment-6403 Rosemary Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:07:37 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/?p=5510#comment-6403 It was a very beautiful service, with an excellent atmosphere. +Gene's sincerity simply shone through and the sermon was excellent, touching and an example of how to turn personal experience into universal experience. I think everybody must have been touched at how he put his hurts at our service, for our healing, and at how the worship team at the cathedral put their skills at his service in a simple and gracious, and self forgetful way. It was an example of Christian living from beginning to end. It was a very beautiful service, with an excellent atmosphere. +Gene’s sincerity simply shone through and the sermon was excellent, touching and an example of how to turn personal experience into universal experience.

I think everybody must have been touched at how he put his hurts at our service, for our healing, and at how the worship team at the cathedral put their skills at his service in a simple and gracious, and self forgetful way. It was an example of Christian living from beginning to end.

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