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Tomorrow is Ascension Day. After Jesus is carried up into heaven, the disciples return to Jerusalem with great joy. Not relief or with answers. Not certainty about what comes next. They have just watched their teacher disappear into the sky with no road map for what follows, and yet Luke tells us they were filled with great joy and were continually in the temple blessing God. I find that almost scandalous. And I find it exactly what we need to hear right now.
I want to name something honestly because you deserve transparency from your rector. We are seeing fewer people on Sunday mornings, and that affects our life together in real ways, from the energy in the room to the resources that fund our ministry. It is part of why I wrote the longer letter last week. I am not sounding an alarm. However, I am asking us, together, to pay attention and to dig deep, trusting that the One who sent us has not abandoned what he started here at Old Donation.
If you are looking for a place to begin, join us tomorrow at our Ascension Day service, Thursday 14 May 7:00pm. It is an intimate, often overlooked feast, and a beautiful place to show up for one another. Come as you are, and bring someone with you tomorrow and hopefully on Sunday too. The disciples returned with great joy not because everything was figured out, but because they learned they did not have to figure it out alone. Neither do we.
Nelson+
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