After we had torn ourselves from them we journeyed to Kos. However we could not find the church there, as there was a benefice service at Rhodes.
When we got to Rhodes, we only found the people from that city at church. All the people in Kos had just taken the opportunity to have the week off.
So we went on to Ptolemais. And found out they only had a service on the 3rd Sunday, which was "Celtic Evensong". And it was the 2nd Sunday. So we gave up and went to Jerusalem.
I said to Paul, "do you think this is a good way to organise church resources?" But Paul said, "Listen, Luke. I set up these Mission Areas. It's the most efficient way to manage the available priests. And I'm making you Mission Enabler responsible for Troas and lay workers."
Reminds me of my time in a five Church Rural benefice when only 2 churches would have a Eucharist on a Sunday. With only one Vicar and one Reader we just did not have the resources to cover everything. But one Church Warden decided that it would help if they put on just Music Service with their tame organist each month. Now, 12 years later it is still thriving and while the Church Warden has retired, the people there continue the tradition with gusto. It demonstrates to me that simple things have a place in building the Kingdom wherever someone has an ear to hear and to take it on.
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