Dear Friends,
It was good to be back with you last week as we celebrated the Eucharist with bread and wine. And then we celebrated the start of the Sunday School ministry with commissioning our teachers and, after the eucharist, enjoying a giant water slide and pizza. During the service, I reminded everyone that ministry with children and youth is a high value of St. Monica’s. I told the congregation what I tell the teachers: Greet each child with love and by name, that each one is a gift to the church, teach them the biblical stories and liturgy, and the noises children make are like beautiful music.
I have some more great news to share. By late October or early November, we will have a new Director of Music Ministries! More information about him will be shared in a few weeks. His talents, experience, dedication to his call, and vision will soon be a gift to St. Monica’s. Please pray for him and his spouse during this transition and for our music ministry.
This weekend I will be away on vacation. Fr. Fred Mann will again be presiding and preaching. I am thankful for his friendship, his sharing of his time with us, and for his continued passion for loving God.
In Christ,
Fr. Jonathan Evans