tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post8073631017570200024..comments2024-01-07T09:34:44.086-05:00Comments on What Canst Thou Say?: FWCC 2010: Worship, Old Town, and an Idea for the FutureRobin M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-71752903399117231412010-03-27T23:17:52.128-04:002010-03-27T23:17:52.128-04:00Hey Micah, thanks for the reminder. It's a com...Hey Micah, thanks for the reminder. It's a complicated balance.<br /><br />Elizabeth, I probably won't know any more specifically about what happens with the Old Town Friends until it's all over. But I'm sure that your prayers would be welcome.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-21803141311462313282010-03-24T22:36:11.949-04:002010-03-24T22:36:11.949-04:00Robin,
I hope you will post more about the Baltimo...Robin,<br />I hope you will post more about the Baltimore Friends you visited. They are courageous to ask for what they believed would be agreed to. I want to follow this.Elizabeth Merticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-88224963681841635362010-03-24T11:56:31.577-04:002010-03-24T11:56:31.577-04:00Hi Robin,
Thanks for this report. I'm glad to...Hi Robin,<br /><br />Thanks for this report. I'm glad to hear that you were able to visit Old Town Friends at such a sensitive time.<br /><br />You talked in your post about how you wondered what the purpose of silence is in a programmed worship service. Having grown up in the pastoral Friends tradition, I would say that the silence serves the same function in programmed Meetings as it does in unprogrammed Meetings: It is for waiting upon the Lord and, if led, delivering a prophetic message or vocal prayer. You may be right that the person who spoke during the FWCC service was not rightly led; however, when rightly led, speaking out of the silence during a programmed service is not a <em>faux pas</em> - at least not where I am from. On the contrary, it can serve as a comfirmation of the presence of the Spirit gathering and guiding us as a Meeting.<br /><br />Blessings on you, and thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Micah Bales<br /><br /><a href="http://www.valiantforthetruth.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.valiantforthetruth.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.valiantforthetruth.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.lambswar.com</a>Micah Baleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849915973708989620noreply@blogger.com