September 6, 2024
Dear church,
This week we are celebrating a new beginning for our kids, students, teachers, and other school staff! We invite everyone to bring their backpacks or briefcases to worship this Sunday so that we can bless them at the start of a new school year.
One of my favorite collection of blessings is written by Pastor Meta Harrick Carlson (Ordinary Blessings for Parents: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Family Life) and I wanted to share with y’all today the blessing she’s written for the first day of school:
There is a letting go, entrusting
your child to the unfamiliar:
faces, routines, and locations
that will become uniquely theirs.
Connection is folded up today,
like a quiet blessing
tucked inside a pocket,
where it can help them remember
your love covers all the space
between what they have known
and what is now theirs
to discover for themselves.
May we trust God in all the letting go that life brings,
Pastor Sarah
Every Friday, we send an email to the congregation and any others who would like to learn more about the Grace community. The last four Friday emails are posted below.