I often share stories of our elders and our youngsters but I thought I should let you know about two of our young adults, amonst those away for university in their first year. College/university students are the supposedly "lost" group who tend to drift away from organized religion, sometimes forever.
Recently our Pastoral Care Committee, Rev. Cathy, and Carol in our office worked together to create and send "care packages" to a number of first year students. Some of the enclosed items were fun and others were practical. It was a way of saying "we are thinking of you" in a concrete way.
A couple of Sundays ago Cathy read a thoughtful note from the pulpit, sent by one of the young women. And yesterday after church another of the recipients, home for the holidays, handed me a card she created (above) with its own note of gratitude. She especially like the socks.
Aren't you glad we have caring folk who came up with this idea?
Socks are swell....but the sentiment that someone is (or many are) thinking of another, to me, the real treasure. Kudos to our Congregational Team, under Cathy's leadership, for remembering our young adults,and reminding us to rememeber them, during the stress of exams, when they are out of our sight.
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