Not So Silent Night

On Sunday evening our youth worker Laura and pastoral care worker Beth were a dynamic duo, taking a gang of fourteen tweens and teens to Wilmot Creek, the seniors' community, to sing carols. Beth contacts some of our members who live there and then the Carol Squad zips around to serenade them with songs of the season. Laura's dad, Bill, lives there and hosts the kids for food, glorious food. Parents are great at providing transportation.

The residents love the caroling and are very welcoming. Well, they did end up at one wrong address and watched as the concerned resident stood inside pressing her key fob to lock her car!

The young people love it as well, and see it as a gift to their elders. One of the teens attends St. Paul's but lives out of the community. Her wonderfully committed grandparents drove her home afterward and she commented that her church friends are her best friends and that they are more like family. The grandmother commented to me that it makes the chauffeuring worthwhile to hear her enthusiasm about her faith family.

Any thoughts about this event from participants? Are you glad this is happening out of St. Paul's? What a question!

Many thanks to Laura and Beth for making this happen.