This is Susan Phillips preparing for the opening worship in the morning. One of the vendors who had liturgical art available for sale lent the Festival various pieces from her collection that were handmade. The Communion Table and Pulpit here are covered in hand colored silks. They were beautiful and it was nice having the banners and art change each day and sometimes for each worship gathering.
Opening worship on Thursday morning was to be led by John Bell from Scotland (he's a member of Iona and priest in the Church of Scotland... more on John Bell in later posts). But since the ash over Great Britain kept him from arriving before the Festival began, Susan was asked to step in and lead worship on very short notice. She involved friends in planning our worship for the morning, and it went very well! Nice job, Susan! (Note: I love the stole she is wearing and the fact she's wearing it with street clothes instead of over a robe--very cool indeed!)
Another image from worship... Susan was helping teach us a new song here. I really enjoyed the opportunity to learn lots of new, wonderful songs throughout the week from all the different worship leaders!
This is an image from the second worship of the morning. Claudio Carvalhaes was our worship leader and Lillian Daniels is sitting in the choir area since she was preaching for this worship.
This is Ashley Cleveland, a musician from Nashville who was with us for worship and concerts during the week. Her pink guitar made me smile.
(It reminded me of Abby's guitar at RMC from a few weeks ago---way to play guitar in worship, Abby! I was really proud of you and your willingness to share your gifts of music on Moravian Music Sunday. I took this photo to show you another lady with a pink guitar playing music for God's glory. Maybe she'll be a role model for you one day!)
This is a photo from the balcony into the lower section of the sanctuary during worship. I thought it might help give a perspective on the large number of people in attendance during the Festival!
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