Winter has come overnight!

Women of the Bible No. 4 - Rebekah

"And Rebekah was very fair to look upon, a virgin... and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher. And the servant of Abraham ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water from thy pitcher... And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking."

Genesis XXIV vv. 16-19

Women of the Bible No. 3 - Lot's Wife

"And it came to pass that the Lord said, Escape for thy life; Look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed... Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire out of heaven. But Lot's wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."

Genesis XIX vv. 17, 24 and 26

Women of the Bible No. 2 Sarah

Here is another contribution from our church flower festival "Women from the Bible." Credit must go to our sacristan who masterminded the festival, chose the biblical texts and had more than a small hand in putting together many of the arrangements. Note the metal stars and the fine sand - the latter borrowed no doubt from the drip tray below our votive candles!

"Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age." Genesis XVIII v. 11

"That in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore." Genesis XXII v. 17