Stirred Up to Walk

loving your neighbours . . . one hallway at a time

This piece from ruth Gregory appeared in the May 21, 2021 issue of be the Light, the online news bulletin of Kingsway Baptist church, Toronto. ruth’s piece was edited for clarity.

Unsplash.com/AlexandraGorn I HAVE A PROJECT IN MIND for myself and others who might pray about it also.

I live on the sixth floor of a seniors’ residence where there are 15 apartments, some with couples, but most are singles.

I can name about half of the residents, but I have never laid eyes on the others. Some residents have not been out of their rooms since the beginning of the pandemic when we were all confined to our rooms. Our meals are served and recreation workers do one-on-one sessions for essential exercise. They also supply puzzles, word searches and more. Many residents have personal social workers morning and evening.

Most of the really elderly residents are Portuguese or Italian and some do not speak any English. A priest used to come for Communion regularly, and a Protestant minister came . . . mostly to the condominium next door to offer hymn singing and a devotional. However since COVID-19 restrictions began, there has not been anything.

There is a Mass on television every day and so I got the person in charge of recreation to make sure they knew how to get that daily worship, and of course there are all sorts of churches to tune into.

I was reading in live magazine about prayer walks and plan to just walk this hallway once a day and pray that residents will refocus on their faith, or that they will find faith in Christ.

Please pray for ruth as she does this prayer walk, and please join her in prayer for the residents. 