BUSY WEEKEND

A busy weekend around our church. Volunteers have been busy for two weeks getting ready for tonight's annual Harvest Supper. The menu includes roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, escalloped oysters, squash, coleslaw, rolls, cranberry relish, apple or pumpkin pie, and beverage. Family-style servings are planned at 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30pm......Tomorrow is Crop Walk Sunday. Walkers will gather at Watkins Glen's Clute Park at 2pm for a 6-mile walk to raise funds for Church World Services, Schuyler Outreach Food Pantry and the Chaplaincy program at Schuyler Hospital. Over the years, the annual Schuyler County Crop Walk has raised more than $85,000 to battle hunger at home and around the world.

Welcome home

Marty and I, along with son Jonathan and son-in-law Rob, were on hand last week when our youngest daughter, Kayla, returned home after a year-long deployment in Iraq. Words can not describe the waves of emotion as our eyes spotted the plane descending towards us---just as the sun was rising above the horizon. Hundreds people, family and friends of the returning troops had gathered to say Welcome Home! There were hugs, kisses, smiles, laughter and tears. Kayla and Rob have returned to San Antonio amid plans to begin preparing for their move to Colorado early next year. We ask for your continued prayers for our men and women in uniform and for their families and friends. We also ask for prayers for those seeking peaceful resolutions to ongoing violence around the world. We pray too for those who commit violence, hoping they come to know a loving, compassionate and inclusive Creator.