Dear Friends:

Almost all of you were able to attend the first meeting of or Faith and Everyday Leadership ministry.  Gene Grogan asked the question,”Where do we go from here?”  We should remember to say the Prayer Attributed to St. Francis of Assisi daily, try to execute constantly its guidance in our family, work and community lives (as best we can), and make a substantial effort to study the resource material in our notebooks tor guidance.  Our next meeting is on November 4th.

 All of our meetings (approximately quarterly) through next spring are for lunch at 12:30 p.m. in Satterlee  Hall on the designated Sundays as set forth on page three of the notebook with exception of the January, 2008 meeting.  Please change the date of our January, 2008 meeting from the 10th (a typo error) to the 20th.  The meeting schedule for the fall of 2008 and beyond will be set later.

 For those who were unable to attend the luncheon on September 30, please let me know by e-mail, and I will mail you the curriculum/resource notebook.  It contains a wealth of information and readings empowering us to live our faith in our daily lives.

Gems from our first session:

Scott Benhase:  Learning to relate our faith to everyday life.
Wayne Floyd:  Readings to teach and guide us.
Michael Maccoby:  Faith to lead us through our darkest hours.
Liz Leland:  Living by the Baptismal Covenant.
Bob McLean:  The ministries of everyday life, including Parris Island.
Bob: Cassidy: Family as the first and most important application for our faith,
Yours truly:  To be a follower of our Lord is to be a leader.  It’s inescapable

Thank you for your participation.  Next session we will split into small groups and begin to tell our personal narratives of faith in everyday life.

Let me know of any questions or thoughts you may have to help guide us going forward.

With best regards.

Tim