St. George's chapel planning a series of Prayer services for the troops -first one was on July 17

On Saturday July 17 St. George's chapel held their first evening prayer service for the troops in Afghanistan.It was fun event as Sandra Easter the Chapel Life coordinator  make the service upbeat by interspersing prayer with  well known songs led by Ian Easter.  Members of St. Francis of Assisi chapel clergy participated in the service. My friends Cheryl and Bill Jackson from St.Luke's church in Pembroke knew all the modern songs which impressed Ian Easter.!  We sang " How Great is our God", "Holy, Holy, Holy", "It is well with my soul" "Gracious and Compassionate" , "Blessed be your name" and "Shout to the Lord", a good mixture of Ancient and Modern. Sandra Easter used prayers from the Lutheran, Catholic and Baptist traditions.She  also made sure there was a direct connection with the chaplains and soldiers in theatre as she  contacted Padre Carol Bateman who is Afghanistan and asked her to tell us who we should be praying for.  I really like the connection with Padre Bateman as she is very practical in her approach to religion and life. The most poignant part of the service bulletin was the front cover as there was a photo of "The Padre Prayer circle following a Canadian ramp ceremony at KAF" Sandra Easter had taken the time to point out the Canadian chaplains who were at the ceremony and the culture of the other UN forces in the group.
The next Task Force 1-10 prayer service will be on Thursday August 19th. It will also be a reminder of Dieppe.