Today we travelled to Santiago and spent the rest of the day with Onè Respé. The two highlights were having lunch with Catuxo and Natacha who founded OR and the evening worship. Catuxo told us the history of how OR came about and it was very inspiring. We also enjoyed delicious local food. At the end of our visit we presented a CF candle – there was a slight irony in this as one of the activities of OR is a workshop which makes candles.
We visited two community schools (see picture) during the day and in the evening we returned to one of these for an act of worship. This was notable for its lively and participatory worship which was led by several women. During the service many of the congregation commented on the reading from Luke’s gospel – the story of Zachaeus – and shared blessings they had received during the week. A man leaning in through the window shared his blessing with the congregation. We joined in the Lord’s Prayer and the Prayer of St Francis. We brought greetings from the Congregational Churches in the UK.
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