With Gratitude: The Bishop's Farewell to Natalia

Today, our congregation shared a bittersweet celebration as we demythologized Mary Magdalene, bid farewell to our Student & Pastoral Intern, Natalia (ELCA), welcomed new members, celebrated birthdays and the upcoming summer break with a delicious spread. It was, of course, a day full of mixed emotions. But "there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, (...), a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, (...), a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, (...)."

/Ecclesiastes 3:1-8./

Photos: Milena, Giovanni, bp Paulina