Overture: More Love (my composition based on the chords of the hymn by Jude del Heirro)

Welcome to Between The Stools service for Sunday 24th October 2021

The title is a quote from Elayne Kalila Doughty of Priestess Presence

There is no sermon today, thus no written text: it’s about music and being

Meditation and Community Chat

Music – improvised guitar and piano (NB the former gives me pain to play)

Closing prayer and remarks

https://elspethr.wordpress.com/2021/10/24/vibrating-at-the-speed-of-love/

Outro: Love Divine instrumental (tune: Blaenwern by William Penfro Rowlands b1860)

played and arranged by me

and my own composition: Perfect Love (from 1 John 4:18)

Please do make yourselves known – email me (Elspeth) on [email protected]

As an experiment, comments are allowed (but will be moderated first)

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A service about lions for the powerful 8.8 portal today

Text at https://elspethr.wordpress.com/2021/08/07/l-lion-a-bts-service-for-the-8-8-gate/

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This year's Magdalene Sunday is celebrated via a sermon for what would have been my Mum's 70th, using John 3:16 as her text. It goes somewhere surprising

The composer I mentioned is Charles Gounod

Text at https://elspethr.wordpress.com/2021/07/24/whosoever-or-mama-wants-in/

Picture is Mum and I in Bristol's New Room (oldest Methodist chapel).

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How do we call to account the very worst being done in the world in a way that befits the new era of light and love?

Text at https://elspethr.wordpress.com/2021/06/13/its-judgement-day-yea-in-a-good-way/

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To celebrate the 592nd anniversary of the freeing of Orleans, here is an improvised service with a JAW prayer and some music at the end

For a transcript of my pledge and said prayer and other comments, please go to https://elspethr.wordpress.com/2021/05/08/victorious-virgin-a-service-on-joan-of-arc/

If you're listening, please introduce yourself on [email protected]. I'd love to meet you

Rain noises on music are deliberate

"I am not afraid. I was born for this" Jehanne, la Pucelle d'Orleans

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Our first birthday service, with a sermon, community chat, readings, prayer and original music

Order of service on blog and sermon text on https://elspethr.wordpress.com/2021/04/04/easter-2021/

Please introduce yourself on [email protected]

Next planned service is on May 9th - Joan of Arc (8pm, British time)

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Original music for Jesus's words on the cross

Imagine a hilltop... or better yet, be on one yourself. Let the sounds tumble down the hill.... from electronic to blues, orchestral to other wordly

Each piece is created around the phrases in it with a brief verbal explanation inbetween

This year, I took out the readings and introduction and let the pieces speak on their own

I do feel that Good Friday can be an awkward, heavy day, focussing on horror, guilt, and sorrow... and I didn't want that

Back on Sunday at 8pm GMT for a service (note we changed our clocks forward 1 hr last weekend)

Pray with me at dawn (whenever that is for you)... outdoors if you can. (No service online, let's just join in spirit)

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In Holy Week by tradition, this is the day that Judas agreed to betray Jesus. This is a radical, positive view of Judas and those who can seem our greatest challenges are our greatest catalysts, and can also be our greatest source of love

More at sundown Friday (7.12pm GMT) and Sunday at 8pm

It's the BTS community's first birthday!

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