Hi everyone - as we agreed, we will be spending this week's meeting with the homeless folks who are sheltering this week at Holy Comforter as part of the FACETS hypothermia shelter program. (Read more about it here and here.Tuesday is the feast of the "Epiphany" -- celebrating the coming of the Wise Men to see the child who is born to be King. We will talk perhaps this time, definitely next time, about how this story of the kings coming to visit the newborn Christ child is connected to prophecies in Isaiah. This week we'll look at the story if we have a chance.
But it will be, mainly, an evening to improvise and welcome new people and experiences. Here's how it will go:
We will gather for dinner at 6:30 in the main parish hall building at Holy Comforter -- i.e. NOT at our usual meeting place in Rodman House. I've signed us up to eat with the guests. There will be a service to celebrate the feast of Epiphany from 7:30-8:30 in the church, and we may want to plan on attending it with the guests. If there's time afterward, I will come prepared to lead an informal Bible study that guests can also participate in with us in case that looks like a good idea. Mostly, though, this will be a chance to offer hospitality and join in a good ministry to folks who need shelter and good company while they're going through a rough time.
Please confirm with me if you can whether you're planning to come so I can make sure I've given them about the right numbers for dinner -- come any time between 4 and 8:30 to join in our part of the "shift" if you want.
Looking forward to a special experience. Hope to see you all on Tuesday night!
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