Dear Friends,

This is a busy month. There will be lots of celebrations, and many of them you will not want to miss. Mother’s Day is this Sunday and we still need hosts for coffee hour. So, if you are so inclined please call the office and sign up. We passed the sign-up at coffee hour last week and to my dismay there were not many sign-ups. We have some through the first part of the spring and summer and little beyond that. This is something anyone of us can do even if you have never done it before. It just takes making coffee (we can show you how) and bringing in a treat. Look at your schedules and come back next week with some dates in mind and sign-up.

On the 17th we are having a surprise birthday party for Marie Bustin during coffee hour. (She doesn’t get the Weekly Reminders-so I am not worried about posting this). Her daughter, Martha, will be hosting this event for her and we will be having brunch. If you want to bring her a card, we will have a card box to collect them for her. Marie has been and continues to be such a vibrant and active member of this church. Let’s honor her in good style.

Then on the 24th we will have a baptism. Our newest members are Emily and Vicki and they have four children. Their youngest, Toni, has not been baptized so we will do this on Pentecost Sunday. It will be a joyous celebration welcoming a new member to the Christian faith. With this joy there will be a reception for her during coffee hour.

Since it is Pentecost I am encouraging you all (like I do every year) to wear red! Don’t forget. And, of course on the 31st during the worship service we will have someone from the Diocesan Staff here for a special sending me off ceremony. I am humbled by their desire to do this. We are a community and the community shows up for celebrations such as these, so I hope and pray to see you all.

May is going to be an exciting time for us all.  Don’t forget that there will be other exciting events taking place during the rest of this month. Game Night on Friday the 22nd and Karaoke Koffee House on the 29th. I will be attending because this will be my last hurrah with all of you. I am going to pack in what I can because I am going to miss you all, dearly. I hope to see many of you there!

Warmly and with many blessings,

Mother Lily