Celebrating Summer Sundays!
August 20, 2000

Read by Roger Dick, A "Light" blessing ended the service.

An Irish Blessing

May the blessing of light be on you. Light within and light without.

May the blessed sunlight shine upon you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire and strangers may arm themselves, as well as friends.

May the light shine out of the eyes of you, Like a candle set in the window of a house, bidding the wanderer to come in out of the storm.

May the blessing of rain be on you, the soft, sweet rain. May it fall upon your spirit so that little flowers may spring up and shed their sweetness on the air.

And may the blessing of the great rains be on you, to beat upon your spirit and wash it fair and clean and leave there many a shining pool where the blue of heaven shines, and sometimes a star.

May the blessing of the earth be on you, the great round earth. May you ever have a kindly greeting for people as you are going along the roads.

And now..May the Lord bless you - and bless you kindly. AMEN


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Janice LaMere Janice La Mere is a self-professed (and sometimes publicly acknowledged) girl-geek. She does computer technical support and training, and is a writer, college student, mother of three and grandmother of two. She likes to read, learn, listen to music, walk with her dog (Lady Isabella Augusta, AKA Auggie Doggie) and watch old movies. She can be found on the Internet atwww.janissima.com, or email to lamere@janissima.com. >
Joann Potts(along with photo help from daughter, Chris Dease) is a retired music and English teacher and 30 year member of St. Joans. She enjoys working with Anna Vagle each week. She is "in charge" of doing those slides you see at church each Sunday and for preparing the music sheets for the musicians. JoAnn and her husband Jim will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in 2001 and are proud of their family of five children and eight grandchildren. Her hobbies include singing, playing her digital piano, writing her memoirs, reading, writing poetry, entertaining friends, visiting the North Shore and ballroom dancing with Jim.

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