Rev. Zach

2 Samuel 7:1-14a      Ephesians 2:11-22      Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 You are not alone. Those are the words on the hands on the front of your bulletin. I don’t know whose hands they are, but I know who knows. Of course, God knows, but there is another. A friend and mentor of mine, Michelle Thomas Bush, is the Associate Pastor for Youth and Families at Myers Park Presbyterian in Charlotte, NC. Some time back she was the keynote presenter at a Montreal Youth Conference. Before the conference, she had gotten her youth to put together some videos. One of them featured high school students with “You Are…” on one arm and different labels that we give each other on the other arm. Some were not so bad. Others were downright mean. Finally, one student grabbed the hand of another, and on the other side of that outstretched arm it said, “not alone.” Slowly, more and more students connected until everyone shared the same message of connectedness an...