Comments on: Rundown 4/1 http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/04/rundown-41/ National and international news analysis, film, theater, music and more, from WBUR and PRI Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:26:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mary Scriver http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/04/rundown-41/comment-page-1/#comment-343 Mary Scriver Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:33:47 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=2904#comment-343 Loved the frog story! One spring twenty-five years ago I was serving a small congregation near Seattle. They were a lively bunch: artists, teachers, musicians, and so on. One Sunday I gave out directions for a Frog Celebration. They were to wear frog t-shirts and sweats, bring stuffed frogs, remember frog songs ("Froggie Went a Courtin'") , and one boy brought a big jar of real frogs while a second brought tadpoles. I still have a frog candle another boy molded out of warm wax. When I left (I was only an interim) they gave me a frog windsock. The whole idea was spring, metamorphosis, song, and jubilation. The order of service told when to do what -- "Trust me!" I said and they did. A little sermonette at the end pulled it all together. They still remember it. Mary Scriver (Prairie Mary) Valier,Montana (Vah-LEER) Loved the frog story! One spring twenty-five years ago I was serving a small congregation near Seattle. They were a lively bunch: artists, teachers, musicians, and so on. One Sunday I gave out directions for a Frog Celebration. They were to wear frog t-shirts and sweats, bring stuffed frogs, remember frog songs (“Froggie Went a Courtin’”) , and one boy brought a big jar of real frogs while a second brought tadpoles. I still have a frog candle another boy molded out of warm wax. When I left (I was only an interim) they gave me a frog windsock. The whole idea was spring, metamorphosis, song, and jubilation. The order of service told when to do what — “Trust me!” I said and they did. A little sermonette at the end pulled it all together.

They still remember it.

Mary Scriver
(Prairie Mary)
Valier,Montana (Vah-LEER)

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