Thank you for this delightful treat, it took me back to the Sunday afternoons in Cleveland, Oh in 1960.
After Jim and I had spent our mornings at our congregation of St Philip the Evangelist Church ( where Jim was the Pastor); in
our small store front Church on Homan ( I think the name of the street), we would sometimes attend one of the Pentecostal Black
Churches around the neighbourhood. This is where I first heard this song, which has had so much meaning for me, over the
years since. We would take our baby Rebecca, born in December 1960, and raised for her first year of life in the ghetto.
The congregation all wore white, the women dressed in white satin dresses, the men from memory, all dressed in white cotton
suits.
Rich days of learning for Jim and me, especially. This was the year that I was awakened to our own First Nations people and
their own story. Thank you.
Thank you for all your words of condolence; I am so grateful, though I am sad without Jim, I will walk my own lonesome valley,
and yet, I will meet friends along the pathway, Marilyn, Rhonda, Nancy, David, Jeanette, Linda and Jan and so very many
others. We will hug each other and sing our songs of joy and pain and hope.
Grace is yours and peace is yours.
Isobel xoxo
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Jim Wiegel
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unknown is what is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody
scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all
that. Unknown is what is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain
sailing. John Lennon
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From Isobel Bishop:
I would be grateful if this is posted widely.
I am doing quite well, and will journey on as a solitary.
I remember so well- ‘Jesus walked this lonesome valley,
He had to walk it by Himself
Ain’t nobody could walk it for Him,
He had to walk it by Himself’.
My thanks and loving greetings from Australia.
Isobel
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Subject: Pastoral Notice
Date: 15 February 2024 at 9:29:13 am AEDT
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 | Isobel, Rebecca, Peter, Cathy, Paul, Michelle, Jon, Sam, Rori, Sarah, Louisa and Thomas thank you for your kind wishes to us following Jim’s death.
Jim touched our lives and we are grateful for your support and love at this time.
If you would like to view the video of the funeral, here is the link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xTyjNtOgdwDuZcNGk5Ei7t0YQVEUPfSU/view?usp=share_link
Here are:
* the Order of Service
* Information on a project you may like to support, in memory of Jim.
Over the coming days, you may like to listen to some Welsh folk music, and enjoy the music in the funeral. We feel it shows where some of Jim’s special traits come from: determination, playful humour, love of music, love of family and community.
In the service, there was a time of reflection with The Ash Grove, a Welsh song that is aching, hopeful and loving. Jim’s sister Sheila Walkerden says: “Our Mum knew this song, and sang it to us, everyone knew it in those old days”. |
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