At the conclusion of the Saturday evening CCF Bible Study, one of the ladies received the text that the Coptic Pope Shenouda III had passed away. Many of the CCF family are Coptic Christians, a few who have had personal interaction and history with the leader of the Orthodox Christians in Egypt, and so his loss was taken with great grief and mourning.
That sadness was multiplied when former pastor of the CCF, Franco Santonocito passed away early yesterday morning, the very morning of Pope Shenouda's funeral.
If you missed any of the news stories regarding the funeral service, here's a brief video commentary from CNN.com
One interesting point of this video is that once the candidates are narrowed to three, a blindfolded child will make the selection. I find this to be a beautiful merger of casting lots and the faith/innocence of a child leading. What do you think?
That sadness was multiplied when former pastor of the CCF, Franco Santonocito passed away early yesterday morning, the very morning of Pope Shenouda's funeral.
If you missed any of the news stories regarding the funeral service, here's a brief video commentary from CNN.com
One interesting point of this video is that once the candidates are narrowed to three, a blindfolded child will make the selection. I find this to be a beautiful merger of casting lots and the faith/innocence of a child leading. What do you think?
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