From the cradle to the grave

Dear Saint Andrew’s,

Vacation Bible School starts this coming Monday. Cathy Walls, our VBS Director, and many others, are hard at work making preparations for this very important summer ministry. As of today, 34 children are registered!

In anticipation of VBS, we will be blessing our new children’s processional cross at the10:30 service. This colorful wooden cross was made in Central America and is light enough for a very young crucifer to carry. Many thanks to my husband, Robbie, for assembling it into a processional cross.

One of the many wonderful things about our community is our inclusion of children in worship. We are all reminded of our identity as children of God as we join together each Sunday to continue a lifelong journey with God, a journey led by Jesus, the one whom we seek and who eagerly seeks us, even unto death.

At 1:00 this Sunday, we will be having a committal service to inter the ashes of Thomas F. Bennett, Jr. and Mary Ruth Bennett, the beloved parents of Susan Bennett and long-time parishioners of Saint Andrew’s. All are invited.

I leave you with a portion of our psalm for Sunday (139):

LORD, you have searched me out ad known me;
You know my sitting down and my rising up; you discern my thoughts from afar.

You trace my journeys and my resting places
and are acquainted with all my ways…

Where can I go then from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?

If I climb up to heaven, you are there;
If I make the grave my bed, you are there also.

Yours in Christ,
Shearon+