Flaming Spirit

We had a minor surprise at church on Pentecost Sunday.

We had already learned that the Anglican Church is pretty laid back about alcohol -- on several occasions our after-church coffee fellowship had included sherry. But we were in for a new wrinkle on Pentecost.

You all remember the scriptural account of how the apostles had tongues of flame appear over their heads as they were visited and enlightened by the Holy Spirit on that occasion. Well, in order to symbolically portray the event, we had flaming Drambuie at the after-church visit. Yep -- Drambuie, the liqueur. As each person took a glass, the church warden, Maxine Wiltshire, ignited it -- so each glass had a tongue of flame above it. (Of course, those who were partaking had to blow out the flame and let the glass cool a bit before drinking.)

A bit of a surprising (for us) church event -- drinking flaming spirits right there in the nave. See what you could be missing!