“Let’s Go Around Again!”

     One of my family’s favorite Dr. Seuss books is Go, Dog, Go!  I remember the fun my wife and I had reading it to our children as they were learning how to read.  The joy of interacting with children while reading books can hardly be beat.  I remember especially the section of the book where the dogs are riding the Ferris wheel at the fair.  The dogs went around and around on the Ferris wheel, and we would have such fun saying together with the dog, “Go around again!”

    Many things in life are like that Ferris wheel—they go around and around—and so it is with the church and school years.  With the month of August, we begin to go around again!  Huntington county schools have their first day for students on Thursday, August 12^th, and we begin our new Sunday School year at St. Peter’s with Rally Day on Sunday, August 15^th.  This is a special day for the children and youth of our congregation, as some of the children will be promoted to a new class.  All our children are sure to enjoy Rally Day as Shay Miller, our DCE Intern, has many fun activities planned!

    August also means the end of our Spring-Summer Adult Confirmation Class as well as the beginning of our Summer-Fall Class.  On Sunday, August 22^nd, we will be receiving three adults as communicant members of our congregation: one by adult baptism, one by confirmation, and one by profession of faith.  That makes six new adult members of St. Peter’s so far this year, and we already have two adults waiting for our Summer-Fall Adult Confirmation Class to begin on August 31^st.  If you know of anyone who might be interested in becoming a communicant member of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and of our congregation, please encourage them to speak with me.

    As your summer vacation comes to a close and the fall schedule begins anew, I pray that God will richly bless you with all grace and strength for the coming year.