There are lots of venues who have begun introducing live music and there is a lot of young talent which is emerging. She plans for a long career in the industry. I completely believe in that quote and I try to live my life by it. I want to write songs, collaborate, sing my heart out and perform. Anyone of 18 or over is welcome to come along. Everyone is encouraged to join in and sing, but if this worries you, you can just enjoy listening to begin with.
You don't need any experience or talent, everyone can join in, whatever their voice is like. We do not have written music, everything is learned by listening and repeating. My routine for the first few days was simply sleeping, eating and praying. After about the fourth day I added walking and reading into my regimen. I found the morning sunrise an excellent time for morning prayer and to simply be still before God. Slowly but surely, I began to regain myself.
Those first few days of my renewal leave were a healing balm. The next goal of my renewal leave was to make a pilgrimage to Rome and Florence, Italy, with one of my dearest friends and longtime prayer partners. The usual demands commonly found at work of rushing from one meeting, task or service to the next, and responding to emails and to text messages, were gone.
The impact was inspiring, educational and entertaining. At the time I was working on the application, my son, Samuel, watched as I worked all day and then came home and continued to work for several more hours on the renewal application. He commented several times about watching me work so hard and how determined I was to complete the process. When we were notified that Trinity had received a renewal grant, he was elated! Although Samuel had studied the Civil Rights movement in school, and heard stories of first hand experiences from family members and friends of acts of discrimination and racism, to tour the different galleries and watch the videos and see the pictures up close was a powerful and dramatic learning experience for him.
By all means, the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs are a tremendous gift to clergy and churches. Advice I would offer other clergy considering making an application are:.
This story is part of a blog series that features guest posts from pastors who have participated in Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal grants. Then in Dublin he will enroll in a renewal in ministry program at All Hallows College. While Perry, the first African American priest at St.
Joe and invite them to begin forming a master plan. The Rev. Rebecca L. They will rent a small apartment in Florence, Italy. Todd is a scholar of religious art, and it has been a lifelong dream for both of them to drink in the sights, sounds, arts, and landscapes of Italy.
After they return, Littlejohn will pack up her art supplies, her Bible, her journal and laptop computer, and head for three weeks at the Blessed Trinity Shrine Retreat near Fort Mitchell, Ala.
In the five-plus years she has been at this church, the congregation has reached a new point in their life together. Littlejohn sees the break as a chance most of all to rest. For the Rev. Alec C. Park at the Vernon N.
Park came to this country with his Korean family when he was 8 years old, the youngest of four children. His father was a year-old Methodist minister.
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