Week One ended this morning with a leaving service in the Abbey Church at 8:15am. Then I walked to the jetty to say good bye to all my new friends who were s
tarting their journeys home. This was a Family Holiday Week at the Abbey, so there were families there with children, from 2 years olds up to teenagers. There were also two church groups there with their priest and a groups of German Roman Catholic theology students with their teacher. I was the only Canadian and there was one American. My roommate was a young (25 year old) Scottish lad, the son of a Church of Scotland minister. It was good to become friends with Johnathan. The week was very relaxed, building community as we worshipped, ate and did chores together. I stayed in the restored Abbey which consists of the church, the refrectory where we ate and a cloister, the square walk about that was enclosed by all the buildings. It was good to chat and make friends and to share stories and life. For the closing Eucharist last night, they even recruited me into the choir, singing parts no less. The music is certainly one of the highlights of Iona plus their emphasis on peace and justice. I have only now discovered this Internet connection, so will try to add to the blog every day or two from now til I leave next Friday. Tonight I stay at a B&B and tomorrow go to the MacLeod Centre, the other building connecting with the Iona Community, for a week focused on Sexuality and Spirituality in the Twenty First Century.
tarting their journeys home. This was a Family Holiday Week at the Abbey, so there were families there with children, from 2 years olds up to teenagers. There were also two church groups there with their priest and a groups of German Roman Catholic theology students with their teacher. I was the only Canadian and there was one American. My roommate was a young (25 year old) Scottish lad, the son of a Church of Scotland minister. It was good to become friends with Johnathan. The week was very relaxed, building community as we worshipped, ate and did chores together. I stayed in the restored Abbey which consists of the church, the refrectory where we ate and a cloister, the square walk about that was enclosed by all the buildings. It was good to chat and make friends and to share stories and life. For the closing Eucharist last night, they even recruited me into the choir, singing parts no less. The music is certainly one of the highlights of Iona plus their emphasis on peace and justice. I have only now discovered this Internet connection, so will try to add to the blog every day or two from now til I leave next Friday. Tonight I stay at a B&B and tomorrow go to the MacLeod Centre, the other building connecting with the Iona Community, for a week focused on Sexuality and Spirituality in the Twenty First Century.
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