n just over a month, each of our high schools will be handing our seniors a diploma and sending them out into the world. They are doing this because these students have worked hard, they’ve made it through some of the toughest times, and they have grown and been shaped into the people they are meant to be. Don’t get me wrong, they still have a lot of growing to do. I can say that because as I sit here, I remember how I felt as I prepared for my high school graduation.
I remember the last few weeks of school and all they held. I remember how excited I was to play in the senior powderpuff football game. I remember the way I crossed my fingers praying my grades were good enough to skip a few final exams. I remember standing with my best friends in line for what felt like hours in the Convocation Center for graduation practice. I also remember being so scared. I was scared of change, scared of the unknown, scared of the pain I would feel when my friends and I parted ways for different schools. I carried so much excitement and so much sadness all at once; and that’s okay.
On Sunday, May 24, at 11:00 am we will have our Graduate Recognition service. Graduates, I cannot wait to celebrate you and all you’ve done! You’ve completed something wonderful, and while we celebrate your accomplishments now, this is just the beginning for you. You’re on to something brand new, and new can be scary. But it’s also so very exciting! Whatever you are feeling, whatever emotions you may be carrying all at once, that’s okay. You do not carry them alone.
Congregation, I hope you will be present for our Graduate Recognition service. The church family who has raised, taught, nurtured, and loved these graduates. Continuing to walk alongside them and their families as they close this chapter and prepare to begin the next.
Grace and Peace,
Sarah
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