Hidden Talents

 The link for this week's live-streamed service is here.

I was asked the other day, if our church had a craft group. The answer is no, but the question made me think of all the artistic/crafty people in the congregation. 

We have many knitters and quilters in the congregation including Diane and Vivien and your webmistress.

 Our Ann N wrote a delightful story for her grandchildren. "The Two Naughty Squirrels" tells the story of Sam and Sidney along with various other visitors to Ann's backyard. While the story makes a bedtime read for grandchildren, the photographs will delight anyone lucky enough to snag a copy. 

Ann has generously donated a box of "The Two Naughty Squirrels," to SPPC. They are in the narthex and free for the taking.

Thank you, Ann, for sharing your talent with our congregation.

Speaking of photography, we have another hidden resource at SPPC. Meta A takes beautiful photographs and uses them to create greeting cards. Whenever I receive one of her cards I feel as though I've been given two gifts -- a pretty card and the personal care and attention of Meta, who created it.

Meta's husband, Brian qualifies under the "artist" column as well,
turning out beautiful wooden bowls on his lathe. Some of his creations are made from trees that have fallen on the SPPC property. 

We have a painter in our midst. Ruth S's watercolours are a treat for the eyes. You can view them on her own website, Wildwood Watercolours.

And here is another example of card-making from my own keepsake box. Peter C made this several years ago. 

He has since moved into making jewellery out of exotic woods. You can see photos of his work here.

So, while I told my friend, we do not have a crafters group at SPPC, we are not short of crafty talent!

A few weeks ago, the congregation made a list of assets, while we enjoyed lunch together. You can read a copy of it here. It is quite an exhaustive list, but, as these few examples illustrate, it is incomplete. The talents, enthusiasms and creativity of individual congregants should be included in our list of "assets."