CANCELLED

Dear Friends in Christ -

The Drew and Jack Show scheduled for tomorrow night (WED) has been cancelled. Due to lack of interest.? Certainly, only 5 families signed up on the sign-up sheet. Checking around yesterday, we found 4-5 more families that intended to come but didn't sign up. At Vestry last night, a couple of more people indictated they hadn't signed up, because they didn't intend to come for the dinner, but that they were planning to come. In the end, still only 20 people. Not enough to get Drew and Jack all the way here from Hartford on a cold fall night.

I'm sad that we couldn't pull this off. I really wanted to hear them myself. In fact, in cancelling with them yesterday, Jack said they would still come before the end of January if we want to have them.

RSVPing is a lost art in our culture, but one of several practices that we need to be faithful to in our parish life together. I have to confess, I didn't even sign up on the list, though I bought all the stuff to make a huge cassoulet. Sigh.

This is turning point time in our life together as a parish. Three years in to my relationship with all of you, we've done some great things together - and are ready to receive even more of what God has in store for us. Some of the "old guard" families have moved; some people have passed away. Many, many new families have joined us. In order to move ahead TOGETHER (Jesus has a "no one left behind" policy), we have to pull together and COMMUNICATE with each other.

Thank you to those who did RSVP! For those who didn't and would really like to hear Drew and Jack, let me or Steve Johnson know. Perhaps we will reschedule . . . but only if you really want to. This sort of offering is NOT compulsory. It's simply an offering to help you and to inspire you in the things God is calling you - and me - and all of us - to do.

Whether events like this are CANCELLED or ON, what I most want for each and every one of us is to get closer - to each other and to God. In grace, we can manage to use even a cancellation for that purpose.

Faithfully,
Janet+

PS - I'm hosting the "Unplug the Christmas Machine" discussion at my house on Friday night at 7:00. If you plan to be there, please RSVP by Thursday (tomorrow) at 3:00 p.m. We need at least 10 people to have a dynamic, productive session. Thank you!!!