On Sunday morning we celebrated Columbus Day at church by looking at our second great purpose in life. The message was entitled, "You Are Part of God's Family." I spoke about how we have been adopted into God's family and we are called to celebrate and love one another. Looking at the text in John 15, I said we are connected like the branches are to the vine. Jesus is our brother and God is our Father. The best way we can learn to love is by walking together with other imperfect people. In the church, God's family, we need to learn about grace, forgiveness, commitment and caring. You can read the whole sermon online if you go to our web site and click on the worship page. It6 should direct you to the right page.
We also paused to remember Mary DiBiagio, Adele's mom. She passed away one year ago and was a big fan of our choir and a supporter of our ministry. Her sons, John and Mario were present to mark the occasion and to be with Adele. In the congregation we also had two other special visitors. In the 1940's our two stained glass windows were installed by a Mr. William Johnson of Massachusetts. His grand daughter and great grand-daughter were with us and they brought greetings from the family. They were so pleased that our windows had held up over time.
It was a nice day and although a number of folks were away, everything came together to create a special time of worship for those who were present.
Cal
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