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ndani kyema, My Story - Ray Moore 119
At the Euroa Church, our third church, there was a more mixed bunch of people, so I
had to develop an interest in building, teaching, and even selling life insurance. This
latter became a problem when I was asked to preach a sermon (I was even given the
outline) on the importance of life insurance as part of our Christian responsibility to
our families. I was also offered a commission for anyone who took out a policy as a
result of my referral. I was already having difficulty reconciling my beliefs with how I
interpreted the Bible, and with my inner instincts, and I found this suggestion one I
could not take on board. The salesman, who was a member of our church, was also
very generous with his skills. He knew all about cars so when we needed a new
engine in our car, we bought it and he put it in for us, which we appreciated very
much.
There were two delightful teachers from the local High School who attended our
church. One was a red head and the other had the surname of Hughes. We called
them Bluey and Hughey.
I became the target of their wonderful sense of humour when I had to go in to the
local hospital to have my appendix out. In those days there was no rush to send
people home, so I stayed for ten days or two weeks. Bluey and Hughey used this
opportunity to send me a daily get well card, each one professing to come from some
famous person such as the Queen, or Chairman Mao etc. We had some good
laughs with them.
I never enjoyed taking Religious Instruction in schools, and I remember here at
Euroa, that I used to take RI as we called it in the High School on a Thursday. This
meant that I started worrying about the next week’s lessons over the weekend and
this intensified on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, by which time I was a nervous
wreck! It really did not do much for my physical and psychological health!
At the Euroa Church, our third church, there was a more mixed bunch of people, so I
had to develop an interest in building, teaching, and even selling life insurance. This
latter became a problem when I was asked to preach a sermon (I was even given the
outline) on the importance of life insurance as part of our Christian responsibility to
our families. I was also offered a commission for anyone who took out a policy as a
result of my referral. I was already having difficulty reconciling my beliefs with how I
interpreted the Bible, and with my inner instincts, and I found this suggestion one I
could not take on board. The salesman, who was a member of our church, was also
very generous with his skills. He knew all about cars so when we needed a new
engine in our car, we bought it and he put it in for us, which we appreciated very
much.
There were two delightful teachers from the local High School who attended our
church. One was a red head and the other had the surname of Hughes. We called
them Bluey and Hughey.
I became the target of their wonderful sense of humour when I had to go in to the
local hospital to have my appendix out. In those days there was no rush to send
people home, so I stayed for ten days or two weeks. Bluey and Hughey used this
opportunity to send me a daily get well card, each one professing to come from some
famous person such as the Queen, or Chairman Mao etc. We had some good
laughs with them.
I never enjoyed taking Religious Instruction in schools, and I remember here at
Euroa, that I used to take RI as we called it in the High School on a Thursday. This
meant that I started worrying about the next week’s lessons over the weekend and
this intensified on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, by which time I was a nervous
wreck! It really did not do much for my physical and psychological health!
