We did all the right bits of the service...

...but not necessarily in the right order!

Today started with a choice of opportunities to worship alongside the “Living Stones” of this Holy Land - that is, the people who live here and profess Christ as their Lord.

While some went to Christchurch where they had opportunity to worship alongside Messianic Jews, most of the group came with me to St George’s Cathedral for the 930am Palestinian Eucharist:

But at 925am the view in front of me looked like this...so I nipped out and was met by a deacon who immediately ushered into the vestry where Rev Hosam Naoum came and met me and explained that as tomorrow is St George’s day, today was a 1030 United service,  not 930!

Rev Hosam is a lovely gracious man with a true pastors heart...when I explained we were meeting the rest of the group at a set time as the Western Wall, he immediately responded “we do short Eucharist for you now”.

So humbled and blessed to have this opportunity as we gathered as a small group around the Lord’s Table and share bread and wine together.

We were then able to join in the 1030 service for the first two prayers, hymns, and readings - we did all the right parts of the service...but not necessarily in the right order!