I want to tell you about something that has me really excited.

No, it’s not the thought of the Yankees and their 200 million dollar payroll missing the playoffs (though, that has me excited too).

It’s our new Sunday Schedule, especially relating to Sunday School.

Beginning on September 18, our Sunday School schedule will look a little different.  Instead of classes beginning at 9.30, they will begin at 9.15.  This is a move toward our tradition of starting classes at

9.15 as we used to do as recently as two years ago.  Classes will start at 9.15, with a Preschool class and an Elementary class downstairs.  There is also nursery available for folks who aren’t quite ready for Preschool.  There will be a combined Jr. and Sr. High class, and the adult class offerings which include Kerygma and Adult Logos.  Classes will continue until around 10.00 a.m., and then we will adjourn our classes and enjoy some fellowship time, which I am calling “Second Cup” (not sure if it will catch on or not, just trying it out right now) with coffee and treats until our celebration of worship begins.

Let me tell you why this excites me.  Our choir members have been saying that they can’t come to Sunday School.  They would get to class around 9.35, and have to leave at 10.00 to go to choir.  Less than half an hour of Sunday School is hardly worth it, they would report.  Now, they can come to class, get the whole class, and still make it to choir rehearsal by 10.00.  Also, we have many folks who don’t go to Sunday School and sit out in the Narthex for a much needed time of fellowship.  Perhaps they will feel inclined to now join a class, and know that they will still get plenty of fellowship time during “Second Cup.”  And lastly, and this may excite me most, having a time of fellowship into which people can join is a great thing.  We will grow as a tight-knit community.  It also sends a message to any incoming visitor.  When folks walk in at 10.15 or 10.20, and see us enjoying coffee and fellowship, when they are greeted and welcomed, offered a muffin and a hot cup of coffee, when they are welcomed into a conversation, they will feel extremely welcomed, more comfortable, and will get a real sense of who we are.  This will provide something that may have been missing.  When folks have come in at 10.15 or 10.20 and found many of us in Sunday School rooms, and coffee in the kitchen only, it may have felt somewhat disconcerting.  Now, they will come in and see people, instead of just walls and bulletin boards.

So, plan on coming to Sunday School.  There will be more about “Rally Day” later in the Newsletter.  But come on the 18^th and find a great class, and then stay for a “Second Cup.”  Coffee always excites me.  That is why I drink it.  So come and join in.            

As I am always,

 

             Yours in Christ,

 

 

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