Our youth have arrived safely in Charleston, South Carolina, for their Pilgrimage. You may follow their travels right here on the St. Luke's Youth Pilgrimage Blog. Check back regularly for updates, and pictures, of what they are experiencing. To see the latest posts, click on comments below.
Please pray with us as we set out:
ReplyDeletePilgrim God,
You are our origin and our destination.
Travel with us, we pray, in every pilgrimage of faith,
and every journey of the heart.
Give us the courage to set off,
the nourishment we need to travel well,
and the welcome we long for at our journey’s end.
So may we grow in grace and love of you
and in the service of others.
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen
John Pritchard
Bishop of Oxford
Please keep our young people and their chaperones in your prayers during their journey.
ReplyDeleteWe are here! We ate dinner overlooking the beautiful lake here at the KOA campground this evening. A chorus of frogs provided our dinner music. Our tour guide, Molly, led us in compline and everyone is safely in bed in their cabins now.
ReplyDeleteSunday service at Mother Emmanuel AME Church was a moving experience. A brand new pastor led the congregation in a joyous celebration, preaching on the 23rd psalm.
ReplyDeleteFollowing church we toured several of the old church cemeteries in downtown Charleston. Dinner was a delicious stir fry prepared by a team of students. They planned, shopped, cooked and cleaned up. Pool time rounded out the evening.
Middleton Plantation was a fabulous tour. Our tour included a talk about the skills and culture brought to this area by the slaves as well as a tour of the home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the lovely grounds of the plantation. After an early taco dinner (prepared in record time by Stone Soup Team two), we took an evening kayak paddle on the Folly River. Sighting dolphins was a highlight of the adventure!
ReplyDeleteToday we spent time at Mepkin Abbey. Our tour included time spent observing the monks at prayer and learning about what it means to enter the monastic life. We spent time in quiet meditation in the abbey gardens after lunch.
ReplyDeleteThe Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture was our first stop this morning. The impact of the slave trade and the transition from slavery to full citizenship were the main themes of our tour at this stop.
ReplyDeleteOur lunch was under an enormous live oak known as the"Angel Oak".
We enjoyed swimming in the Atlantic in the afternoon at St. Christopher's Camp and Conference Center. Our dinner at St. Christopher's was followed by Eucharist overlooking the ocean and compline with the campers.
There are an absolute ton of pictures on the picture page of this blog. Please take a look.
ReplyDeleteIf you are looking for the picture page, in the upper right of this page, click on Pictures under the Blog Archive and you will see them.
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