This Sunday (May 22nd) is a very special one! We are making an effort to reconnect with all those wonderful kids, now grown up, who have come through NSUC's R.E. program over the years. We know some are near and yet not here! So we've reached out with an invitation and, to add some steak to our sizzle, we've hired a food truck to provide meals after the Spirit Zone.

Mr. Bannock will be here to provide us with Indigenous-inspired deliciousness! The meal will be free for all. But donations are warmly welcome. It is our intention that no guest, returning or otherwise, pay at all.

What can you do to help welcome folks home? Well, first of all, show up. Be your beautiful, welcoming, curious, participatory, Bannock-loving self! Another task might be to reach out to any not-near-retirement age folks you know and invite them. People feel welcome and are more likely to connect when they see people that look and feel like themselves. So this is an opportunity to take advantage of that.

If this is successful, it might prove a model to reach out to other specific demographics. But in the short term, it's just a good time to have some fun, celebrate our gifts, express our gratitude, and take pleasure in what our congregation brings to the world while we welcome home those who we helped bring up.

See you Sunday!