Peach be with you... And also with you!

I have had a special request from a friend on Hospice Care.
He asked me if it was possible to have a worship service at his home since he hasn't been able to go to church in a long time. He specifically asked for a regular service with people and not just him and a preacher/chaplain. I said that I happened to know a "moveable" worship service that happens on Sunday evenings. That moveable worship service is you, Stone Soup.

So let's meet Sunday August 11 at 4 p.m. at the Saluda UMC parking lot. We'll carpool down to my friend's house.  And everyone bring a two peaches. My friend asked for peaches and I thought we could do a special Hope of Joy ritual with the peaches. (yes, we will be inventing the Hope of Joy ritual but I think it will be very cool). When we're through with the service, we can catch a bite to eat together at a restaurant on the way home.

We'll continue on our theme of Meaning, Hope and Love. This week is Hope.  We'll focus  a scripture that we've used before. Romans 5:3-5
 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

(The rock cairn above is from last Sunday on the river. The water came up and by Thursday all our work had washed away. Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun? Ecclesiastes 1 makes sense now!)