Confirmation Excursion

This past weekend found myself and another congregation member with 14 of our Confirmands in St. Louis. We first went to Shaare Emeth Synagogue for worship. A beautiful synagogue in West County that received us with such grace and very patiently explained their traditions and faith perspectives. We closed the night at the City Museum, (you gotta go sometime!) Lights out by 1:00 a.m. and wake up at 6:00 a.m.! We attended Mass at the Cathedral Basilica at 8:30 and a tour of a Greek Orthodox church at 10:00. Lunch and worship with Bishop Schnase and on the way home by 3:30!
God's presence for me was when we walked into the Cathedral Basilica and these 12 and 13 year olds were speechless. It is difficult to impress this demographic and for them to be speechless in a place of worship did my heart good. Each of our hosts did a great job in talking about their unique beliefs and practices and I think our Confirmands had a great experience in learning about the roots of our faith. Please keep them in your prayers as we have about 6 weeks left to this part of the journey.

So two weekends in a row I have been on the road hosting large groups from one place to the other, and I'm tired and in need of a break. Looking forward to family time and not working on Sunday! I will return to planning the summer and turning from "Spiritual Formation" to "Christian Education" as a focus!
Peace Out!