Dear Friends, As is our practice, November 1st, the traditional feast of All Saints, is the day we remember all the saints of our community, whether they are "famous" such as St. Matthias, or the saints in our own treasury of loved ones.  If you wish, please bring a photo to place on our remembering table on Sunday.  Rev. Colleen invites us all to lift our prayers of thanksgiving, remembrance, and love.  

And, because Rev. Colleen recently bought a small Pan de Muerto (the Mexican Day of the Dead bread), it reminded Cory that while her own family didn't enjoy the tradition of the bread, she does have another family memory to share.  The photo you see includes her maternal grandparents on horseback in Mexico.  And, yes, both of them are armed.  And, yes, both of them knew how to use those weapons.  Manuel was part of Pancho Villa's revolution -- family stories are incomplete and likely "embroidered;"  different versions surfaced with different narrators!

See you Sunday!

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