Chris went to St. Michael's today for their 8 am service. There were only about 10-15 people there. It was so High church that he though it might be a Catholic church, so he asked the lady in front of him before he wen't for communion. (In fact, I read their literature later, and the priest is basically saying that they teach the Catholic faith). They said the Hail Mary full of Grace thing that he had never heard back home. The priest Fr. Paul Gibbons, was from the Ukrane (or at least vacations there) and was apparently heading back there this week for a vacation. So there won't be an 8:00 am service for the next two weeks. The church is part of the Forward in Faith movement that is traditional orthodox. He was very dissappointed with the way the Church of England was heading and is upset that they have to spend time away from the things that are really important. There were some nice people there that offered to meet with us during the week. I probably won't do anything there as we are hopefully moving up to Gillingham next weekend.
His church was very beatiful with amazing stained glass and painted murals. (I wish I had brought my camera.) The stained glass along one side was the old testament saints and the new testament saints were along the right hand side.
After that we went to Teri's church in the area. There are nice people there and all very young with young children. Their service is very different, basically, three people chosen weekly give talks on various topics, with hymns in between and somewhere through there you have sacrament. (It is more like a meeting than a the worship service that I am used to). Then there is an hour of sunday school and then an hour specifically for men and women split.
We were out by 1:00 or so and it was a beautiful day, but Chris was still tired from the day before so we went back home and rested for much of the day.
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