Pentecost 2012!

May 2012 Newsletter

 

“Be ready at any moment to give up what you are
for what you might become.”

                                                              - W.E.B. Du Bois                                                                   

Dear Saint Anne’s families,

Last week I arrived late to Aidan’s baseball game because I had been at Nolan’s earlier game at a different location.  As I arrived at Aidan’s game, I scanned the fields within the park to find his team.  At the field closest to the parking lot, I evaluated the size of the kids on the field.  I watched the pitcher throw a hard, fast pitch straight down the middle.  This clearly wasn’t Aidan’s team:  the kids were too big, too focused, too good.  Except…it was Aidan’s team.  And that pitcher?  The tall, strong, grown-up kid pitching fast balls? 
It was my son.  I had not recognized him.

For a parent, some of the days may be long but the years are short.  We watch our babies become toddlers before our eyes as they take their first wobbly steps, our preschoolers grow overnight into big-school kids, and we don’t recognize our one-time t-ball players up on the big league pitcher’s mound, confident and capable.  It goes too fast, we always say to each other.  Yet our children can’t seem to grow up fast enough.  They throw themselves into the future with joyful anticipation.  Whatever tomorrow brings, they just can’t wait.    

The Sunday Club theme for May is Growth.   After an Easter celebration of new birth and new life, we look to what is next.  What comes after those first green shoots push out of the ground?  How can we know we are on the right path?  Where can we look for guidance? We can never know what lies ahead.  But our children know what we too often forget:  wherever we are going, God is already there. 

And it’s going to be even better than we can imagine. 

Happy May, St. Anne’s families! 

p e a c e,

Jennifer

Sunday Club Dates to Remember in May

May 20:  Last day of Sunday Club classes
May 27:  Pentecost Party!  Outdoor games, crafts, snacks and fun!

Love and Justice, Hunger Games Style

We've been bouncing around the idea of a tween/teen Hunger Games discussion group, and guess what - we need bounce no longer!  St. Matthew's Episcopal Church is hosting a Hunger Games discussion, led by Sharon Tan, Associated Professor at United Theological Seminary:

Justice, Love & Courage in The Hunger Games

A discussion for adults and young people who have read the book or watched the movie...... with Sharon Tan, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at United Seminary

Thursday, April 26, 7:00 PM

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
2136 Carter Ave at Chelmsford, 

St. Paul, MN

We will discuss questions like:

• Were the Hunger Games fair for the people of Panem? If not, what was unjust about it?
• Is it OK to kill other people in order to survive?
• Is it OK to lie or pretend in order to win?
• What do you admire-- or not-- about Katniss and the other characters?

Happy Easter!

Palm Sunday

What a fun, full day in Sunday Club! 

First it was Holy Week Bingo:

And then the liturgy of the Palms.

Our Hope Chests filled with coins to celebrate and share the gift of water were blessed during our service:

And then....a wonderful Easter Hat Parade visit with the residents of Southview Acres.  Thank you to Carolyn, our fearless leader!