With Her Needle, Her Thread

with her needle, her thread
making tunics, other clothes
for the widows, the poor
serving, using her gifts
her ordinary gifts
revealing Christ, through her actions
being Christ in her ministry
clothes for the needy

September 28, 2008
Matthew 25:31-40
Acts 9:36-43 and sermon,
“The Story of the First Christian”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
and told by Elaine Halvorson,
as Dorcas, in her own words,
Suncook United Methodist Church