We went to the 12 o’clock service at the church. A visiting minister from Derry (he called it Londonderry) was officiating, and again they had the electronic music to enhance the singing of the small congregation. The first reading was from the Book of Amos. God tells Amos that he will be like a plumbline to the people of Israel. There was something about “the dressers of sycamores” which I didn’t understand. Later, Robin told me that sycamores meant figs but then why didn’t it just say “dresser of figs”. And what does “dresser” mean? At the end of the story God tells Amos that he will put the wife of the King into prostitution, and make his children fall by the sword and scatter the people of Israel. I’m still not sure how that all came about.
The second reading was from the Gospel of Saint Luke, the story of the Good Samaritan. The reverend used this story as the basis for his sermon. He spoke about Darfur and how “religious people” have forgotten their responsibility – like the priest and the Levite in the story of the Good Samaritan.
After the service I asked the woman who open the church and gets it ready for the service if the sacred music recital would take place again this year. She told me that the church organist has cancer so many similar things have been cancelled out of respect for her. I think this explains the boombox hymn accompaniments.
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