{"id":1922,"date":"2017-01-28T12:51:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T02:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2017-01-28T18:44:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T08:44:03","slug":"barefoot-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/?p=1922","title":{"rendered":"Barefoot Worship 11am Sunday 29th January"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"walking-on-water-panel-2-anne-cameron-cutri\"<\/a>This Sunday the whole Swan Hill Anglican Parish worships together barefoot.\u00a0 Two years ago a parish councillor suggested we have a \u2018Barefoot Worship Service\u2019 because \u2018Barefoot Bowls\u2019 is so successful.\u00a0 So finally we are giving it a go.\u00a0 This is a service were we leave our shoes at the door (optional of course) and with them some of our formality.\u00a0 Instead of a sermon we have Rev\u2019d Tawk Kap<\/a> to give \"Tawk<\/a>his witness. Our songs and hymns will follow the theme and we will enjoy a \u2018bring and share\u2019 lunch after the service.<\/p>\n

For me as a child going barefoot was a symbol of freedom.\u00a0 The only times we were allowed to go barefoot were at the beach or at my Uncle and Aunt\u2019s farm.\u00a0 But going barefoot does have a more serious side.\u00a0 God asked Moses to take of his shoes because he was on holy ground, so it is a sign of humility and acknowledgement of God\u2019s presence.\u00a0 In most of Asia it is customary to take shoes off to go into a place of worship or a home.\u00a0 Pilgrims sometimes walked barefoot as penance or to be aware of the poverty of those who cannot afford shoes.\u00a0 St Francis lived humbly in utmost simplicity and walked barefoot. And then there is the beautiful poem Footprints<\/a> by Mary Stevenson.<\/p>\n

\"Footprints\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Please come and join us in this service as we contemplate what it means to go barefoot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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