Family Worship Together

There are so many different things right now.

More than we can count in our new normal -

 not so normal days.

That became weeks.

 And it is certainly feeling like-

 into months.

 One of the things that we have been 

enjoying is our 

Family Worship Time together.

There are 8 littles- 

6 and under-

 and most on the lower end of that spectrum.

They don't last long on a normal 

Facbook or Zoom worship experience.

So at the very beginning of all

 of this we started writing our own

 family worship service
and gather on ZOOM.

We start by making the sign of the cross, 

and we light a candle.

We follow the Lectionary reading for the Gospel.

Papa rewrites the reading for different "parts"

 for Pappa and Gigi to read.

 We began with sock puppets-

but quickly moved to pictures on paint sticks.

Papa plays songs on guitar that are easy

 for our young crowd to learn.

There is often a question 

for the older guys in the troop. 

The BIG GUYS help to lead with the Lord's Prayer.

We started to do the family blessing the way

 we saw families do in a 

Messianic Jewish Worship service in Israel. 

The dad (we do both parents) 

stretches out a prayer shawl

(or blanket) to extend the blessing over his family.

The service is short and to the point.

Each week begins with a short review

 of what we learned last week.

Some things have been very good

 in this COVID19 season.

This is one of them.