Wow.  Just wow.  Today was Youth Sunday at Pilgrimage.  They did great!  It was a little hard for me to choose a seat in the congregation  (How do congregants do that EVERY week?  Man.  That’s hard work!) and to keep quiet during worship (it’s just unnatural for me, okay?)….but what a beautiful thing to be led in worship by a group of teenagers who are thoughtful, passionate, and kind!  I am deeply grateful for all each one of them brings to Pilgrimage.  I’m grateful for their parents.  And I’m really grateful for Wayne Scott, our Youth Director, and Janet Derby, Mid-High Youth Sunday School teacher, who guide these amazing young people.  I’m also grateful for a congregation of people who genuinely love the teenagers in their midst.  How blessed I am!  How blessed we all are!