Today, I had the privilege of being asked by our Reverend minister to pray at our morning combined service. I was one of two invited to pray from our Prayer Breakfast group that meets every Monday morning at 6am at the church hall.
It's been years since I've prayed at the morning service, as there are so many in our church, and many take turns supporting our two ministers.
Our first service is a combined English-speaking service at 10am, which anyone can attend. The four hymns sung are in English, Niue, Cook Islands, and Samoan.
Following the English service is the Niue service at 12 noon. Followed by the Samoa service at 2pm and then the Cook Islands service at 4pm.
The picture is of the paraphernalia that I usually take to each service, i.e. a bible, my purse with my offering, and, interesting enough, a hat. What I did forget to take with me, however, was a fan, as it can sometimes get pretty hot up on the stage.
Many women in our church no longer use hats, especially in my generation, but for me, it's in keeping with the protocol that was expected of women wearing hats. Some think it old fashioned but I actually enjoy wearing hats and I have a whole ensemble of them in different shapes and colours.
I have even included cowboy styled hats as well as ribbons and flowers in hats and I'm really looking forward to making my own as in learning to weave a hat as in my church only the Cook Island women and the Niue women wear woven hats as we Samoans have lost the art of weaving and none wear woven hats unless it's been gifted to them by others. But that's another blog away...
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