What a great September we have been having. Our Children’s Ministry has started and we had over 60 children involved in our first weekend of programs. Our Kids Klub recently launched and we had over 90 kids show up, some almost an hour early, to be a part of our opening activities. Our High Schoolers came out full of energy as over 20 showed up for our Fall start up. It has been great to see such activity among our children, youth and teens.
But that is not all, our Wize Guys had a great start with an opening bar b q which attracted 18 men from the parish. The ladies were not to be out done though; the Corn Roast, which opened their year, had a great turnout too. It has also been rewarding to see our Celebrating the Word Small Groups start up…four groups are active with a total of almost 40 parishioners involved. This coming week our young adults will begin their Catholic Café and our Mother’s Morning Out will commence.
With the goal of being connected this Fall, it has been great to see so many people in our parish doing just that…getting involved and connected. So why do it – be connected that is – well that was the focus of the final reflection of our three weekend homilies. Week one we looked at What we are connected and decided that it was seeing the face of God. Then week two we asked Who are we connected to and discerned that was it Christ thru and with one another. Today we inquired Why be connected, and determined that it helps us in the midst of the storms of life to not become mesmerized by the whirl winds which come our way, but rather to be focused on the fact that we are loved, called to love, and connected to love. The love of Christ, which leads us toward the face of God, is what gets us thru life toward the place where God wishes us to be, and toward becoming who He calls us to be.
It has been a great start to the Fall….can’t wait for all that God has planned for us as we continue to be connected to His love.