Aha! Lo! One of the joys of the calendar this year is that we can celebrate Doris Day Day in Eastertide.
Singalong now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evqSKridlQU
Ms Day is 89 years young today and deserves our many congratulations.
8 responses to “Guides and God”
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I like the change from `country’ to `community’ most of all.
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I still remember my Brownie and Guide promises, but think that the Chorister’s prayer takes a lot of beating.
Bless O Lord us thy servants who minister in thy temple. Grant that what we sing with our lips we may believe in our hearts, and what we believe in our hearts we may show forth in our lives, through etc, etc.
Don’t know why this isn’t an essential part of the Voice for life scheme, same as the Brownie/guide equivalents are to their development process. -
The only one of the above I could take (Pam’s chorister’s apart) without serious finger-crossing is the Rainbow pledge. I MIGHT want to serve my community, but it would usually be by challenging it, and that is, based on childhood experiences and why I never got to play Mary in the nativity play (despite being in every other way well qualified) that is NOT what people want from children, generally. Or adults, by and large.
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> To be true to myself and develop my beliefs,
This is meaningless. Beliefs, in themselves, are neither good nor bad. Nor are all beliefs equally valid or moral – people can have horrible beliefs.
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Indeed Robin -and similarly, on occasion setting about me with a mace would have been being true to myself, and not a good thing to do, but THINKING about what one believes, and being kind and helpful … yes, let’s stick with the Rainbows.
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Agreed. I like the Rainbow pledge.
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Yup – promise less, deliver more. Way to go.
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Don’t forget these also go with the Brownie and Guide Laws (the Rainbows don’t have a separate law)
Brownie law
* A Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself and does a good turn every day.Guide law
A Guide is honest, reliable and can be trusted.
A Guide is helpful and uses her time and abilities wisely.
A Guide faces challenges and learns from her experiences.
A Guide is a good friend and a sister to all Guides.
A Guide is polite and considerate.
A Guide respects all living things and takes care of the world around her.What I like is the organization consulted with the Guides and even the Brownies when considering changes to the promises and not just those over 18.
Previous Posts
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Shh!
Am having an Advent Quiet Day.Shh! Don’t interrupt the praying…or thinking…or mulling over…or whatever.
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1 December 2005
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New job in York
Nice to see that Margaret Sentamu’s husband has got another job – as a drummer in a band this time. Margaret was one of the people responsible for the selection conference which recommended me for training for the ministry. Indeed, she was the secretary of the conference.
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The Burly Gas Man Cometh
Just managed to avoid cremating the 11 am congregation this morning. Arrived in church to find a bunch of people all telling one another that they could smell gas. Moved the service to the church hall and called the emergency gas helpline. Was advised to turn off the gas and fling wide the doors to…
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