Grounded in Our Becoming: Do you ever feel frustrated by your all-too-human inability to see the future? Let's say you've put a lot of work into becoming who you are. You've taken the classes, learned the lessons, done the work. You've recovered from pain or trauma, you've repaired broken relationships, and you've nurtured yourself, your family, and your community. Yet even after all that work, you're still unsure of what's to come. Anything and everything could shift on a dime. You're still a human being, subject to the whims and faults of human existence.
How do we cope with our chronic uncertainty? Throughout this retreat, we will spend time dwelling in the wild and wonderful in-between place of the already and not yet, both as individuals and as a congregation. East End has faced hardships, struggle, joy and growth. As you prepare for this next season of life, ministry, and all that is to come, we will join together in giving thanks for where you've been, and how you've been shaped to meet this coming moment. We'll ground into the soil of our past while tenderly branching out into the gracious expanse of our becoming. As Mordecai proclaimed to Queen Esther, perhaps it was for just such a time as this that you have come into your position. Perhaps you are indeed ready to meet the moment.
