A new New Life member recently asked me for devotional recommendations, and I started a list. It was a fun list to make, and I'm sharing it here for anyone else who might be interested! Thanks, Claire! Devotionals I Love: Sabbath by Wayne Muller - audio and book versions I re-listen and re-read this often. A great series of reflections on making room for sabbath in modern life. https://www.amazon.com/Sabbath-Finding-Renewal-Delight-Lives/dp/0553380117/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UT

1 Samuel 3:1-20 The story of the child Samuel being called by God reminds me of the importance of how we are with children here in this faith community. Our primary task is to be the face of Christ to each other, and especially to let these children know that they are known, individually, and uniquely, by those in this faith community, and they are loved and worth knowing, and needed. That is what I want their deepest memory of church to be. We are conscious of the importance