We have designed a series of “thresholds” (the starting point for a new state or experience; the smallest detectable sensation; the entrance, the space through which you enter). You are invited to step across the threshold to another time, another place. Using all of your senses, you are encouraged to participate fully in each one. Each threshold of the physical vigil will be presented in a separate post on this blog. Be sure to continue to the older posts" to see all of the thresholds.
Feel free to “journal” your experience. We encourage you to share any special thoughts you may have and leave it n a comment for those who come after you to read. Throughout the day we will add notes from the physical vigil to the virtual vigil and vice versa. At the end of the day, we will have a service in the church sanctuary beginning at 7:30 p.m. At that time we will read aloud any comments that have been left.
We invite you to participate fully in the life of First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Brimfield. Please visit our web site to learn more about us.
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Thursday night at our Maundy Thursday services at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church in Longview I arrived just in time to bet there as a video presentation presented Jesus two commandments to us: First, that we love the Lord with all our hearts and all our spirits. Second, that we love our neighbors as we love the Lord. Sometimes people try to emphasize that the first command takes precedence over the first. I have never bought into that and Thursday night the Lord finally poked through my fog and made it crystal clear. If we don't love our neighbors -- ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS -- then we are failing to show our love for the Lord. We can't do the former without feeling compelled to do the latter for everybody ... the tax collectors, the thieves, the prostitutes, the people suffering from leprosy (AIDS), the poor, EVERYBODY. I've always believed that since the Holy Spirit first filled my soul, but Thursday night the Lord made it crystal clear for me.
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