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 Scott Tavake of Anaheim practices coaxing sound out of his sea shell Sunday morning at the second annual Blessing of the Waves, in Huntington Beach. MICHAEL GOULDING, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
People of many faiths gathered today for the second annual Blessing of the Waves, including a hang-ten reverend, a body-surfing friar and a boogie-boarding Mormon. Their altar was the Surf City sand; their vestments this Sunday were board shorts and wetsuits.
A Tongan choir opened the ceremony with a foghorn blast from a conch shell and a hymn, "Kehe Keu Ofi Pe," or "Nearer My God to Thee." Many of the singers had lost loved ones to a tsunami that scoured the coast of the island nation last week.
The Blessing of the Waves event was in part a thanksgiving for the water that curled and foamed behind the speakers and in part a call for environmental responsibility. Donald Garrick, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, talked about the peace he finds on a boogie board and asked the audience to treat the ocean as a gift from God. Read the full story. [MCS]
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