GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH - NORWALK, CT.
The doors are closed. The congregation dispersed. Grace Church is dissolved. No more. I left behind those doors the hurts and heartbreak and frustrations of the closing; the strife; the nasty. No more. Gone. Left behind.
I brought with me all the love in the world. I brought with me years of sharing stories. I brought with me a sense of what community can be. I brought with me the knowledge that wherever I go I have gifts to offer a new community. I know how to share my story; I know how to listen with an open heart and without judgement; I have learned that scripture is to be savored and enjoyed and that it can be interpreted differently with each encounter; I am beginning to learn how to turn the negative into the positive. This last from our Lent Workshop. We could have used more time to continue. It was not to be.
A lot of things were not to be. That's okay. We can each take them away with us and continue in our new church homes. There are more opportunities. We have earned hope.
