Hard to believe it is August. Hard to believe we are narrowing in to the end of summer. Hard to believe the start of our program year is almost here. We officially begin everything again on Sunday, September 11! We have a bit of a change in our Family and Children Christian Education Ministry. Rachel Huffman is now our Youth Director! She will lead our youth on Sundays and in special events. Aubrey Barnett is now our Family and Children’s Coordinator.
Aubrey was on staff a few years ago and we are so happy to welcome her back into the fold! Rachel and Aubrey will be working together to spruce up the third floor, making it an exciting and comfortable space for our kids. Stay tuned for further information in regards to upcoming events.
We will be continuing Pulpit Talks into the fall. So if you have a story to tell, please give me a call.
As the end of summer comes, let us step back and enjoy what’s left of the summer. Please enjoy this poem by Siegfried Sassoon.
Idyll
In the grey summer garden I shall find you
With day-break and the morning hills behind you.
There will be rain-wet roses; stir of wings;
And down the wood a thrush that wakes and sings.
Not from the past you’ll come, but from that deep
Where beauty murmurs to the soul asleep:
And I shall know the sense of life re-born
From dreams into the mystery of morn
Where gloom and brightness meet. And standing there
Till that calm song is done, at last we’ll share
The league-spread, quiring symphonies that are
Joy in the world, and peace, and dawn’s one star.