We will be featuring congregations and emerging congregations periodically to share the good news!

This week we are featuring the Tecate Congregation!

Michele Mc Grath and I made the journey back and forth on Sunday to Tecate.  Lessons learned from past trips is to leave the car on the USA side and walk across the border, then get picked up and returned to the border by Nacho....”easy peasey.”  Georgina’s family met us with tender hospitality and had done all the preparations for the worship service and a delicious carne asada luncheon with large tortillas that melted in our mouths.  Michele delivered a heartfelt scripture-based homily with contemporary stories, we served the congregation of approximately 30 the sacrament of Communion, and I offered a pastoral prayer for the congregation.  We were standing and clapping for the songs of praise, experienced emotional gratitude for being gifted with communion as an international community, and checked in on the family and congregation.  

Georgina’s family is honoring her with a commitment to the spiritual well-being of the congregation and beginning professional grief support to live with her memories guiding their lives through love and deep faith in all the next steps.  They want to stay engaged in the scholarship program, go deeper in their studies of scriptures and our Enduring Principles, and NEED a speaker for their speaking microphone while another speaker is needed for  providing their music. If you have one to share, or choose to offer generosity for the need, contact GinaNorton52@yahoo.com.  

It was a wonderful, yet wet, day of hope that was blessed with each other.

Denise