Banner Image: The Ukulele Choir of Winter Park Presbyterian Church

WPPC Friends, remember this week we have:

• Tuesday Bible Study at 9:30am
• Lenten Prayer – Wednesday at 11am. (Weekly) Join the group for lunch at Katy’s after worship if you wish.

This coming Sunday our Jubilee Bell Choir will share their gifts in worship!

Coming up in March: Fellowship Bus Trip to Oak Island and Fort Caswell with lunch at Koko Cabana on Thursday, March 27th – Sign up soon with the church office!

Coming up in April: Fellowship Luncheon on Palm Sunday, April 13th after Easter

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“Be Thou My Vision” is a poetic translation of an ancient Irish monastic prayer that some claim to date as early as the 6th Century, though our hymnal is a bit more cautious and only says “the 10th Century of before.” It is set to a traditional Irish folk tune.

The hymn is a prayer that God be our vision and our wisdom, that we be ever with God and that God be our King, that we seek neither riches nor empty praise but God alone, that we ultimately reach heaven’s joys. Put a bit more simply, it is a prayer that God be with us always and that we be with God always.

Friends, I have always chosen to have this hymn be part of the worship service in “big moments” in my life: ordination, wedding, the funerals of my parents. For me it is both a comfort and a challenge. It is hope and calling. It is Good News and marching orders for each day. I pray that God be my vision, our vision, always.

God bless you, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️☘️☘️

Emile