I celebrated my 28th birthday yesterday in Dublin. We awoke and went to Insomnia (coffee chain equivalent to Starbucks) for a chai tea and chocolate muffin. Then we went to church at Grosvenors Road. We met more people this week and I was invited to a women's Bible study at the church by a lady from none other than Minnesota! Her and her husband are missionaries and have been in Ireland for 23 years. After the service the church had a potluck which we stuck around for and met our first friends our age. One was a girl from North Carolina and the other was a girl from Australia. Both were very nice and it was good to make friends! There was an man from Iran who spoke during the potluck about what is going on with the Christians in Iran. It was so encouraging. God is doing tremendous work there. This man is working on a team that is translating the Bible into Farsee. He showed a video of Iranians receiving the Bible in their language. They were so excited and so grateful- some were crying. It was amazing to see these people so hungry for God's word when people in the US can have as many Bibles as they want and could care less about them. After lunch we headed back into the city center to attend the Evensong service at Christ Church Cathedral. This cathedral is soooo beautiful and huge and I have been wanting to see the inside and hear the organ and choir. The inside did not disappoint and the singing was like the singing of angels in heaven. The organ was very cool but my favorite was to hear the choir sing with no music. They sang hymns, psalms, portions of Scripture, and prayers. They also recited the Apostles Creed, had two readings from Scripture, a prayer, and an offering. The evensong service is a meant for reflection and has a very serious mood. It lasted about an hour and a half and happens twice a week. I think all the large cathedrals in Europe have evensong services and I can't to see more. After the service we went out for Mexican food. We ordered chips and salsa and chimichangas and though it looked like Mexican food it did not taste like what we're used to in Tucson. I'm not sure if it was more representative of food you would find in the south of Mexico or if the Irish just make their own kind of Mexican food. Anyway, it was pretty good but no Macayos!
4 comments:
Sounds like you had a good birthday! I have never heard of an evensong service, does it come from a specific denomination or is it nondenominational?
Happy birthday again. Pete says my birthday is everyday so yours can be too! Sounds like God is really getting you settled over there and things are moving right along!
Rolled my SUV, Need some x-per-T's or maybe some little investigation from ya, Got rear ended with a hit and run... Send some church music with hymns if you can!!!
The chimichanga was mexican looking, but the corn was weird! I am glad it was good though! I wonder what the taste was like.. spcicy? blend?
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