A special Easter

"Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless."-- Charles M. Crowe

"Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness."-- Floyd W. Tomkins

It's a special Easter this year.

We volunteered to be mentors for a 8th grader, Caleb, at church during his confirmation process. The class is designed around workbooks called Making Disciples. There were about 10-12 work sessions where we discussed everything from Jesus to God to church membership. I met with Caleb after school one day each week. Connie was involved with after school programs - so she mostly went to church with us. The hardest part of the program was meeting with all the Elders of Session. The kids were VERY quiet - hard to do for 7th graders.


Caleb is a great kid. He had great questions - and we worked well through the lessons. Our scripture readings included all of the book of Luke. I am grateful for the experience. I was able to see faith through new eyes, and hopefully showed Caleb that we all have a faith journey that is filled with surprises, but must start somewhere. I got along well with Caleb because we share a joy of the outdoors. It will be a joy to see Caleb's activities over the next 4 years.

The culmination of the confirmation process was Caleb joining the church on Easter morning along with 2 other great kids; Morgan and Jake. What a great Easter!!!!

"He is risen; he is not here."-- Mark 16:6

"He takes men out of time and makes them feel eternity."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson