tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post5659947925815552806..comments2024-03-17T09:17:01.454+00:00Comments on Vic the Vicar!: Pink Candle?Vic Van Den Berghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-52730895794402038902016-12-12T07:29:11.738+00:002016-12-12T07:29:11.738+00:00We celebrated with a Pink Candle, but mostly did J...We celebrated with a Pink Candle, but mostly did John the Baptist. <br /><br />We celebrated with a BCP at 0800 hrs, a Family Parade Service at 10 am with a scratch Nativity theme of Angels - with even the Vicar and Curate sporting Angel wings (Gold for the Vicar and Silver for the Apprentice) and it was great fun, with an underlying serious message.<br /><br />In the evening, a quiet, gentle CW Holy Communion with a lovely sermon from Jane our Vicar, which topped off the day.<br /><br />In between that, a chance meeting with J a fairly sporadic church member. A professional solicitor, who has fallen on hard times, since the death of his mother, who he doted on. He railed against the Church, saying that nobody liked or welcomed him (when he needed it) when in fact his reception on first coming to us was a great welcome and he had proven to be an interesting, communicative individual who'd contributed while with us.<br /><br />Somehow, he'd fallen off the wagon - and when I encountered him, he was the worse for drink, unshaven, scruffy and not turned out as he normally is. I attempted to give some pastoral care, but his mood was sour and un-receptive. I invited him to come home with me, but he declined.<br /><br />I'm not sure whether the business of sorting out his mothers home nearby and settling her affairs isn't affecting him - but it's such a shame that he feels that somehow the Church is to blame for his ills?<br /><br />We prayed for him yesterday evening - Lord Have Mercy.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com