Steve has been in a conference all week at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity and has enjoyed learning a lot about how we are Christians need to engage our culture and bring the light of Christ to a dark world. It has been very practical and he is excited about bringing back new ideas and applications to FBC Siloam. He gets through at 3 pm today and since it is his birthday, we will go wherever he wants and eat a special dinner. Then at 10 pm tonight we have tickets to something called the "Ceremony of the Keys" at the Tower of London. This has been going on every night for 700 years and it involves the "Beefeater" guards from the tower locking up the Crown Jewels and the Tower for the night in a special ceremony.
I think the three boys have had a great week in London together. We've done some things together and a few apart: Kensington Palace (Jeannie), the London Aquarium, Tower of London, London Movie Museum, Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, Big Ben, Westminster, Houses of Parliament, and then lots of pictures of all that and exploring bookstores and their favorite sports stores (looking for soccer "football" jerseys) and other cool London clothes.
One of the highlights of this week was the Sunday service at Hillsong London (see picture). This is a contemporary church that meets on Sundays in the Dominion Theatre (which during the rest of the week has the show "Queen"). The boys have loved Hillsong United and Hillsong music for a long time and it was great to be in this church and worship together. Matt was down front with all the kids jumping up and down. Steve and I were back a few rows with some of the older swaying, clapping, hand-raising folks. The music was awesome and the preacher was good (not as good as someone I know) and it was great to worship together. Another great experience happened on Thursday when I came out of St. Martins-in-the-Field church by Trafalgar Square. I heard Christian music and walked across the street to the square and found a group of Asian Christians singing praise songs together. What a joy to join with a group of strangers and sing "How Great is our God" in the very heart of London.
Tomorrow we head to Paris for three days and then to the Normandy area for two days in order to explore World War II sites. Then it is back to London for a couple of days and we fly home on June 22. We are having a great time but Steve and I in particular are ready to get back to the USA and specifically, back to Siloam Springs and the best church in the world!
I think the three boys have had a great week in London together. We've done some things together and a few apart: Kensington Palace (Jeannie), the London Aquarium, Tower of London, London Movie Museum, Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, Big Ben, Westminster, Houses of Parliament, and then lots of pictures of all that and exploring bookstores and their favorite sports stores (looking for soccer "football" jerseys) and other cool London clothes.
One of the highlights of this week was the Sunday service at Hillsong London (see picture). This is a contemporary church that meets on Sundays in the Dominion Theatre (which during the rest of the week has the show "Queen"). The boys have loved Hillsong United and Hillsong music for a long time and it was great to be in this church and worship together. Matt was down front with all the kids jumping up and down. Steve and I were back a few rows with some of the older swaying, clapping, hand-raising folks. The music was awesome and the preacher was good (not as good as someone I know) and it was great to worship together. Another great experience happened on Thursday when I came out of St. Martins-in-the-Field church by Trafalgar Square. I heard Christian music and walked across the street to the square and found a group of Asian Christians singing praise songs together. What a joy to join with a group of strangers and sing "How Great is our God" in the very heart of London.
Tomorrow we head to Paris for three days and then to the Normandy area for two days in order to explore World War II sites. Then it is back to London for a couple of days and we fly home on June 22. We are having a great time but Steve and I in particular are ready to get back to the USA and specifically, back to Siloam Springs and the best church in the world!
5 comments:
Happy Birthday Steve!
Paris?? Is jealousy a sin?!!
Can't wait to hear all about it!
Happy Birthday Steve!!! I am so glad you guys are having a good time together!
Wow! Wonderful scenes and sights! That is amazing!
Happy Birthday, Steve!
Fun to keep up with you guys! Much like you I am spending the summer traveling. Well, not really like you at all.. :) I am traveling Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi. You stay in in castles and I stay in Motel 6. Anyway, glad you are having fun and making great memories. Jeannie, I hope you took plenty coffee with you! :)
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