We enjoyed worshiping with the Salisbury Methodist Church this morning and appreciated the rest this afternoon. We truly experienced the body of Christ while praising God here in Salisbury knowing people in our home areas would be praising God later the same day. The message proclaimed by a lay preacher encouraged everyone to love one another with humility and not to be so focused on ourselves. The heritage of John and Charles Wesley lives on in the singing of hymns. We sang Charles's hymns with the intentionality and gusto John instructed in the front of our hymnals. We received wonderful hospitality from the congregation and enjoyed our conversation with a retired pastor's wife.
This church has a great admiration for Francis Asbury who served as the Superintendent of the Salisbury circuit. Asbury left Salisbury when he was called to mission in America at the age of 23 and never returned to England. He is considered the father of American Methodism. Our connections are strong.
Today, we finally experienced the traditional food of England, fish, chips, and peas. It was lovely. We also now truly understand why the English drink so much hot tea, it is quite cool when it rains. Amazingly, this is the first day of typical English weather during our trip. This made it a perfect day to snooze and read as rain fell outside. We learned the importance of standing back from the curb when raining after a car splashed water in our faces.
Going to dry off now, Cheerio!!!
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