Back to school!
Next Monday, Aug. 18, school starts in Indian River County. Our teachers are already back in the classrooms this week. In order to send our kids and teachers off into the new year on the right foot, this coming weekend will be our "Blessing of the Backpacks" weekend at the end of worship. All of our children, teachers, and anyone who works in the school system, will be invited to come forward with backpacks, lesson plans, etc. for a special blessing as this new school year begins.
And speaking of school, Vicar Bonnie Lanyi, who was our preacher this past weekend (click to listen!), is now in the last months of her seminary education! That whole process began here at Our Savior when Bonnie was our parish nurse. During that time she felt the call to be a pastor, and began in a "distance learning" program through Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. As a part of that program, she is now a Vicar or "Student Pastor", at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Sebastian. By Spring next year, she will be ready for ordination! This past weekend we were grateful and pleased to have her back at Our Savior (since Pastor Shelly is on vacation and I had to be at a meeting at Lutherock.) What a joy and pleasure it is to see a wonderful future pastor of the church growing into that position, and for us to be a part of that.
Look forward to seeing you in church this coming weekend as we will hear how God's house is meant to be a house of prayer for all people, exemplified by an outsider's unflinching faith in what Jesus can do, and as we then, also with unflinching faith, send our children off with a blessing into the new school year.
See you in church! Pastor Jack Diehl +
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