Under the direction of Claire Stiles, a hearty group did much to make the garage space more usuable and accessible. There are things that have been given away so that they may be of use to others.
Many thanks to Bert Lee, Bill Parsons, Kay Rencken, and Malcolm Wells, and, of course, to Claire! Your efforts are greatly appreciated by the congregation!
If you could design your own sustainable city, what would it include?
How would it be different? What would it be able to do?
You are invited
Virtual World Café* Community Conversation
Monday evening, May 24th 2021 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Host Team
Andrea Anderson, Karin Braunsberger, Jenny Fessler & Sharon Preston-Folta
EXPLORE
…the idea of sustainable cities
…what that might mean to those of us living in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Dream sustainability into reality
let’s start with sharing our ideas about what we want to see
Meet new people
while exploring ideas that could impact our community
Environmental Resilience
*World Cafes are a way to harness the power of conversations that matter,
to spark new ideas and possibilities for action.
People with diverse viewpoints are invited to share their experiences and knowledge
in a relaxed, café-style setting. (this time, virtually in Zoom breakout rooms)
We are wiser together than we are alone
This shared experience is free. SPACE IS LIMITED
To reserve your spot, please RSVP here on Eventbrite
Rev. Wells, pastor of Lakewood UCC, where I’m music director, introduced me to this grand Congregational hymn with which I was not at all familiar. Now, it’s one of my favorites: My Faith, It Is an Oaken Staff.
Check out the representative text at https://hymnary.org/text/my_faith_it_is_an_oaken_staff and the author’s full bio at https://hymnary.org/person/Lynch_TT.
The tune’s name is THE STAFF OF FAITH and its composer is anonymous. It’s been variously described as traditional Swiss melody, or an English folksong. It’s in public domain.
After seeing his picture at the above links, the following account gave me a laugh: “he was a s student at the Highbury Independent College; but withdrew, partly on account of failing health, and partly because his spirit was too free to submit to the routine of College life.” He looks as if he and I both share an equally dissolute life! Nevertheless, he wrote an amazing amount of moving texts.
The composer of this famous old hymn is P. P. Bliss. Follow this link to know more about the hymn: https://hymnary.org/text/brightly_beams_our_fathers_mercy and this link to learn about the Bliss, himself: https://hymnary.org/person/Bliss_Philip. I remember, so clearly, as a small boy hearing my mother and father playing this in our front room (my father on piano, my mother on violin) as I fell asleep on the front room couch.
Another May repeat of a favorite. The actual name of this hymn tune is New Britain and it’s originally found in the Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion assembled by William Walker in 1835.
Lakewood United Church of Christ 