Sunday morning we had to cancel church services for the first time since I have been here in Mount Kisco. The icy conditions reminded me of Portland, Oregon which had freezing rain more often than snow. We actually cancelled services more often there than we ever did in Pennsylvania or New York.
The big disappointment was the baptisms that were scheduled for the Ma family's two little girls. They had family from Georgia (who may never return to New York in January) and New Jersey. So Terry, a handful of PCMK members and the Ma family gathered in the evening and we held an abbreviated worship service and baptized those babies. It was a Sunday we won't soon forget.
This is also Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in America and we had planned music and prayers that lifted up his legacy. In preparation for the service I came across this prayer of Dr. King's that could not be more appropriate with what is going on in the world today. I encourage you to read it, pray it, and live it.
See you in church (hopefully next Sunday's better),
Pastor Dale
A prayer for peace by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
O God, we thank you for the fact that you have inspired men and women in all nations and in all cultures. We call you different names: some call you Allah, some call you Elohim, some call you Jehovah, some call you Brahma, some call you the Unnmoved Mover. But we know that these are all names for one and the same God. Grant that we follow you and become so committed to your way and your kingdom that we will be able to establish in our lives and in this world a brother and sisterhood, that we will be able to establish here a kingdom of understanding, where men and women will live together as brothers and sisters and respect the dignity and worth of every human being. In the name and spirit of Jesus. Amen.
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