Last Monday, Ellen was the bell ringer. The folks at the Dummerston Church have decided that the bell should be rung at the church every evening at 7 PM. It’s a thank you to people who are working on the front lines of the pandemic, and a reminder of what’s really important. Ellen was supposed to ring it a week ago Monday, but we went down to Northampton for Julie’s birthday and we forgot. So she made sure she was there last Monday at the dot of seven. Actually, we were there early and got used to the idea, and then she started ringing just as the cell phone said seven, and rang it for a minute. She said it was very satisfying to do.
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| Ringing the church bell |
The main news for me since then is that I am dealing with a bout of sciatica. It’s pretty painful in my left leg, so I am muting it with ibuprofen and trying to do stretches. It’s definitely put a crimp in my daily walks.
We participated in the River Singers zoom rehearsal Tuesday evening. Wednesday, the Chicago theological seminary had their commencement exercises which were all on zoom. They did it very nicely. They had several short speeches, some music by a grad. And then the dean read a name, president conferred the degree, and then you saw the degree recipient accept their degree.
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| Dean Crowder |
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| Pres. Ray |
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