Ephraim Moravian Church

God is good! First a little background. Every time I go through Ephraim, I’ve always wondered what the Moravian Church service would be like. I had no idea who the Moravians were, and never bothered to search the internet to find out. Then the other day while we were in Ephraim for a fish boil, in speaking with the gal at the information center, I learned that the Moravian Church is the oldest Protestant denomination. Its service is very similar to the Lutherans. Just so happened that today was their minister’s retirement. There would be special music and a party afterwards. Since Rosanne and I have thought about attending the Moravian Church sometime, I figured this would be a great time to check it out. So, I was excited to get to the Fish Creek Town Dock when the office opened this morning at 9am, and found plenty of room on the reservable wall. So I wouldn’t have to mess around with the courtesy end of the dock first and then worry about moving after two hours to our reserved spot. I was thinking church service was at 10:30am, but then learned this morning as we were eating breakfast, that there would be special music at 9:45a. We got C-Traveler tied up at the dock, and drove over to Ephraim in time for the special music. The music was beautiful, and the service meaningful. The church was packed full with folks standing. It was very apparent that their retiring minister was loved and the church praised God. The minister delivered a good sermon on the Ebenezer Stone, or the stone of help. Many times she used the phrase, “thus far God has helped”, and gave many examples of this throughout her career here, and at her previous charge. Ending with, thus far God has helped, so wouldn’t he continue to help in the future. Following the church service, was a delicious meal/gathering on the grass outside the church. Along with more enjoyable music. There was a brass band from Milwaukee that played both in church during the service, and outside during the party. The service can be seen on their youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BilOSafpn9c
After leaving church, we drove north to shop some at Seaquist Orchards, only to find it was closed on Sundays… So we returned back to Fish Creek, parked the truck near the Town Dock, walked around town a bit, and then went back to C-Traveler. Rosanne spent time reading and resting, while I kayaked almost 2 miles around the harbor. This evening I deflated the kayaks, and loaded them back in the truck. Tomorrow we’ll load the boat back on the trailer and head over to Peninsula State Park.Baca lagi