We had a grand morning today at MMOC. Truly we did.
Our Men’s Club, though it has been 6 years, were a right full crew back in stride with flipping pancakes and sausages, and attending to everything in the wonderful kitchen we now have. And they looked very keen in the new aprons. The most serious glitch I heard this morning was about coffee thermoses. Yeah, we’re gonna work this out, as a family.
In two waves after Masses, there was so much happiness to have this space in which to just enjoy catching up with each other.
And it was a true joy to sit down and talk with people I otherwise just see in passing. Jennifer and Lance Miller with their toddlers. Cindy Klar managing her circle of grandchildren while Bob was in the kitchen. Don Stoeckly and Amanda Manock and their grand/sons. With so many friends, it was an opportunity to just sit and chat and catch up.
As the years go by, I feel the passage of time most keenly in the lives of my friends’ children. Soon that will be in the lives of my friends’ grandchildren.
The best part is that we have this chance to update. To connect. Members of the Men’s Club should sit one out, once in a while, of the kitchen duties, so they can enjoy the dining room. Andy Foley sat down and had great fun telling about his children.
This morning was a moment in time and space to reconnect with the brothers and sisters who are our parish family. Our Christian instinct it to pull together and serve each other. Let us find ways to extend this experience wider, to reach out, to include, to draw more people in. Sr. Kathy introduced me to a new one of her Franciscan sisters. Let’s draw people in.
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