Budget Hearing
Just got out of the meeting
Items on our calendar
Worship Tomorrow
Memorial for Jack Graham, Sunday, May 10 1pm
Structured like a regular Memorial Service
I will officiate
Sharing
Music
Will be recorded.
Congregational Meeting on May 31.
Happy Trails to Reverend Rick! June 21,
Please send a photo to Laura Scully at lbscully1@gmail.com.
and a 1-2 sentence reflection or quote that captures your feelings about the last couple years.
Deadline is May 31st for your submission
Giving to the church
Re-start the paused Stewardship Campaign
Look for an excellent email from Stewardship in your Inbox
And if you haven’t tried text-to-give yet – give it a try
Info is on the front page of the church website.
Saying Goodbye
Thinking about Jack’s Memorial Service
A lot of folks say,
I don’t want a service
I don’t want a fuss made over me
I’m a little like that
But a memorial is not for the person who died
A memorial is an acknowledgment of how our lives are interconnected
The parting of one person, causes ripples throughout the community
And the community needs to re-order itself around the absence
So when the Board started talking about having a farewell for me
My first reaction was, “I don’t want a fuss”
But I realized quickly that the congregation needs to make a fuss
Because we need to experience a good ending
And, that the memorial wasn’t about me
But about how the community is interconnected
And you all need to re-order yourself around the absence
My absence
So I asked the organizers to create a farewell
That was a celebration of the interim ministry
Honoring my part in what we did together
But also acknowledging what we all did together
Saying goodbye to the Interim minister
But also saying goodbye to the Interim ministry
So you can start the Settled Ministry
Properly
2) Message
Thinking about the Budget Hearing
Acknowledging how strong we are
How prepared our church is
For a time like this
Similarly, I’m feeling
How prepared we are personally for this Pandemic
Not nationally
That’s really been a horrowshow of unpreparedness
And denial
But personally how prepared we are
We have done our spiritual work
We are strong
We are courageous
We are resilient
We are patient
We are kind
We are compassionate
We know how to do community
Just like our church budget
We prepared for a rainy day
And now that the rainy day is here
We have built up skills that we can draw on.
I’ll see you tomorrow 1pm