Our Holy Catholic school says goodbye to our newest graduation class.  As I look at the names of our eighth graders who will move on to high school, I can hardly believe that so many years have already gone by! I remember seeing some of our graduates as kindergartners, the first year that I came to Holy Trinity as your pastor. They were stepping into school for the first time of their lives, bright faced, with great expectations and some anxiety: the same feelings that I experienced when I first came among you.

Over the years, these children have grown into teens, and we have loved them and did our best to care for them. During the same period of time, you accepted me with open arms, and I have experienced the same feeling of belonging as our graduates.

Dear graduates:  we all love you and will keep you in our prayers.  I have one request for you:  come and worship with us every Sunday. You are a part of our family, we have great expectations from you and look forward to your continued presence among us.