A Psalm of ascent to retirement for Yvette Milosevic

A Psalm of ascent to retirement for Yvette Milosevic
Introducing this at her retirement party Theodore Gill described it as "a cry, a sigh and a doxology". The Ecumenical Centre worship committee will miss Yvette enormously, writing this and saying it together helped us begin our leave taking with laughter as well as tears.

I lift up my eyes to the hills
from whence comes Yvette
My help comes from the Lord,
who sent us Yvette who puts flowers in the chapel.
The Lord will not let your foot be moved;
And will make sure Yvette neither sleeps nor slumbers.
The One who keeps the Ecumenical chapel
will send Yvette to provide oil and ash on Ash Wednesday.
The Lord is your keeper;
Providing photocopies at your right hand and hymnbooks at your left.
The sun shall not rise in time for morning prayer,
nor shall the heating or ventilation ever be switched on.
For the microphones may only work occasionally
And the candles tend to drip wax mightily

Yvette we pray that the Lord will keep you from all evil;
For we know you are good
That he will keep your life.
Yvette may the Lord keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and for evermore.