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For job seekers: sharing from the pastor of a nearby congregation. If you have any parishioners looking for a driving job, the name and number is in the ad (from one of my parishioners): Nino's is looking for truck driver: The job does not require a CDL license just a medical card. They can make $50 to $60 K a year. Tony Amodeo 443-866-2159

On this day and all days, you are known and loved by the Good Shepherd. Happy Mother’s Day and Happy 4th Sunday of Easter to you all. The following words were written by Amy Young and modified by Heidi Carrington Heath: I want you to know I'm praying for you if you are like Tamar, struggling with infertility, or a miscarriage. I want you to know that I'm praying for you if you are like Rachel, counting the women among your family and friends who year by year and month by month get pregnant, while you wait. I want you to know I'm praying for you if you are like Naomi, and have known the bitter sting of a child's death. I want you to know I am praying for you if you are like Joseph and Benjamin, and your Mom has died. I want you to know that I am praying for you if your relationship with your Mom was marked by trauma, abuse, or abandonment, or she just couldn't parent you the way you needed. I want you to know I am praying for you if you've been like Moses' mother and put a child up for adoption, trusting another family to love your child into adulthood. I want you to know I am praying for you if you've been like Pharaoh's daughter, called to love children who are not yours by birth (and thus the mother who brought that child into your life, even if it is complicated). I want you to know I am praying for you if you, like many, are watching (or have watched) your mother age, and disappear into the long goodbye of dementia. I want you to know that I am praying for you if you, like Mary, are pregnant for the very first time and waiting breathlessly for the miracle of your first child. I want you to know that I am praying for you if your children have turned away from you, painfully closing the door on relationship, leaving you holding your broken heart in your hands. And like Hagar, now you are mothering alone. I want you to know that I am praying for you if motherhood is your greatest joy and toughest struggle all rolled into one. I want you to know that I am praying for you if you are watching your child battle substance abuse, a public legal situation, mental illness, or another situation which you can merely watch unfold. I want you to know that I am praying for you if you like so many women before you do not wish to be a mother, are not married, or in so many other ways do not fit into societal norms. I want you to know that I am praying for you if you see yourself reflected in all, or none of these stories. This mother's day, wherever and whoever you are, we walk with you. You are loved. You are seen. You are worthy. And may you know the deep love without end of our big, wild, beautiful God who is the very best example of a parent that we know. Amen.

Seen For Easter Day You had not imagined that something so empty could fill you to overflowing, and now you carry the knowledge like an awful treasure or like a child that curls itself within your heart: how the emptiness will bear forth a new world you cannot fathom but on whose edge you stand. So why do you linger? You have seen, and so you are already blessed. You have been seen, and so you are the blessing. There is no other word you need. There is simply to go and tell. There is simply to begin. —Jan Richardson

Happy 4th of July!!

At synod assembly tonight, Les Polk and Pat Crutchfield shared the generosity of New Light! We were asked to bring just some of the coins collected to pour into the bin- the check is for over $300! All coins collected in May and every penny going to feed hungry people! Be sure to comment or like this post to find out the grand total raised when our gifts get combined with the whole synod!

New Light movie theater complete with snacks and pillows & blankets - youth group rules!!

One more treat from last night’s concert- the joint choir celebrating the truth of this snowy day- “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!”

Here was a fun moment of the night with a friend from the Notables who had some good advice.

Miss the concert tonight? Here are some highlights! Sorry for the dim light but the sound works! This is Barbara with a favorite Christmas song!

Miss the concert tonight? Here are some highlights! Sorry for the dim light but the sound works! This is Kate singing about her Christmas list!

Countdown!!

Prayers of congratulations and blessings to these lovebirds who got engaged last night! Watch the video of the moment if you like- warning it includes a penguin costume. Congrats Brett & Mary!