About 10 years ago Meghan Foster Froehlich was our rector during a transition period. I remember Meghan carrying a baby around the nave after she baptized the child and singing “Jesus Loves Me” as she showed the baby off to the congregation. It touched my heart.
That was also my first year of participation in the stripping of the altar on Maundy Thursday. What a powerful experience, silently and solemnly working along side all the women of our guild while Meghan washed the altar! As we removed the kneelers, removed the banners, emptied the aumbry, and put black shrouds over the crosses, I felt a deep connection to the women who tended the tomb of Jesus.
Meghan always included a prayer that I try to keep in my heart: “Life is short and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us so be swift to love, make haste to be kind, and go in peace to love and serve the Lord.”
Submitted by Eva Sullivan