DHOW disaster anniversary, 30th March
On Sunday 30th March there will be a special service in St.
Christopher's Cathedral at 4.00 p.m. to mark the 2nd anniversary
of the Dhow disaster here in Bahrain when 58 people tragically
lost their lives. For many in Bahrain that date has
receded into the past but for others it is still very much
uppermost in their minds. Life was changed. Hopes
and dreams smashed in a few agonizing moments as the dhow went
down and lives were lost. The survivors will always have
that moment and its dreadful aftermath indelibly etched upon
their memory. The least we can do is remember with them
and stand alongside them. And so we shall.
The service 30th March will include a time of remembrance and
the reading of the names and the dedication of a plaque in the
cathedral to their memory.
The service is open to anyone who wishes to attend and
contributions towards the content of the service would be very
welcome by the dean in the days prior to the 30th so that they
can be incorporated into the service.
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Saar service
The service we held at St. Christopher's School on
Saturday 1st March was rather a disappointment, or at least the
numbers attending were disappointing. The Infant School
Hall is ideal and the service format was well received.
The Saturday morning Awali congregation gave up their worship
slot to support it along with members of the cathedral council
and one or two others. But the influx of new people did
not happen. Maybe 4.00 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon is the
wrong time. We shall be repeating the experiment again in
a month or two at 10.00 a.m. on a Saturday in the hope that this
might prove more attractive.
The idea is to respond to those who say they want to come to
church but the cathedral is too far away from Saar and Budaiya
and anyway, people avoid driving into Manama at the best of
times!
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Not so mad after all!
"Make a Difference" was our harvest theme in October 2007.
Nothing much came of our efforts to provide biodegradable
re-usable shopping bags to replace plastic carrier bags so
widely used in our supermarkets.
In the 6 months that has elapsed some of our major supermarkets
have given notice that within the next couple of months they
will be charging for plastic carrier bags and jute shopping bags
are now widely available at low prices to replace them. So
it seems God was at work all the time, and I like to think it
was our prayerful concern that helped to bring about this
revolution. Now we move on. There is much to be done
as we take seriously our stewardship of creation.
