Dear Saints,
I am incredibly excited to welcome you to a new program year!
Last year our Children and Youth Task Force began a process of listening for our parish's deepest hopes and dreams of how we might grow in our engagement with young people on our block and across the city. Again and again we heard a call to "be the village" —
that is, to strengthen our capacity to build vital community together across the generations.
Please mark your calendars for August 25 when I will join members of the task force to share about this good work in an
All Parish Forum: A Vision for Children and Youth
(details below).
In the meantime, please remember that no one can be the village alone! All Saints' is truly blessed to be brimming with young people who extend to us the great privilege and responsibility of forming the next generation in a different story than the ones the world tells. Indeed, we have the opportunity each time we gather to play our part in forming the hopeful future that God intends. What could be more important?
As you plan your calendars for the year ahead, I hope that amidst the many demands and opportunities vying for your attention that you will make a bold commitment to show up for one another in this place. Whether your family has been a part of this block for one week or one century, your presence here matters.
Remember, it takes a village! Welcome back.
