The fall weather has the amazing trees on our church grounds in their full glory. They are totally different than they were just a few days ago. God is doing a new thing.
It reminds me of a great question that the preacher Barbara Lundbladt asks.
“What if we could lose our memory long enough
for God to do a new thing with us?”
We have begun partnering with the Mindfulness and Positivity Project. Begun here a few years ago at Cheyenne Mountain High School, Meg Frederick and the other leaders of this work have created a local workshop that helps participants increase their overall sense of well-being by quieting the mind, overcoming challenges and increasing positivity in daily life.
Recently, 60 folks who work in school district 2 gathered in our parish house for a retreat day led by the Mindfulness and Positivity project. The participants all work in supporting roles in the public school as teacher’s aides, janitorial staff and kitchen workers.
During the lunch break, everyone spilled out of the parish house and onto our wonderful grounds. One of the participants, knowing that I am the pastor here, came to me and said, “Pastor, please pray for the kids in our school. They are really struggling now.”
So, there you have it. A word from the Lord. I invite you to pray with me for the students and teachers and support staff in our local public schools. Let’s pray for them as they recover from so much lost time together over these past couple of years. Let’s also pray that God might help us lose our memory of who we think we ought to be so that God might do a new thing with us, as we seek to forge new relationships of support for those in our community who educate our children.
“Pastor, please pray for our kids. They are really struggling now.”
Let’s be that people of prayer for our community. Let’s pray for our kids.
See you Sunday!
David
