Twelve disciples followed the teacher

Around Galilee

Listening intently together

And to each other

Waiting for instruction

But all they heard was one story after another

Told by their Lord

And that awakened them to action.

 

Twelve tens all gathered together

In an upper room

Listening intently together

And to each other

Waiting for instruction

But all they heard was the howl of the wind.

They were overawed

And that awakened them to action.

 

Twelve decades of worship celebrated

On Wellington Road

Listening intently together

And to each other

Waiting for instruction

But all they heard was a teenage whisper:

I’m bored

And that awakened them to action.

 

October 2009

 

The Salvation Army, St Mary Cray celebrates its 120^th Anniversary