As part of the Maundy Thursday service, Father Acker washed the feet of each person who attended; fortunately, we only had nine people attending besides Father so it didn't take as long as one would think. It's always such a touching part of the service as Father washes one of our feet, then kisses it and says, "Thank you for your service to our Lord." It's so personal that I sometimes feel like saying like Peter, "No way, I'm not gonna let you wash MY feet!" But that's the whole point: to recognize how Christ abased Himself in washing the disciples' feet, showing them how they should serve others rather than argue over who was going to sit on Jesus' right and left in the Kingdom....
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I have a similar picture for yesterday too :) Our priest starts the washing, but then each person who would like to wash another's feet taps him on the shoulder, so that we experience both sides of the foot washing if we want. It also gives him a bit of a break, I think we had almost 60 people total at the service and at least 50 went forward to get their feet washed.
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