Another Farewell!

It isn’t every congregation of the Lord’s Body that can boast of its own merry-go-round. Is a merry-go-round even remotely scriptural? It is if we are speaking metaphorically, and that we are. The single negative aspect to this congregation is the constant loss of military members as they move to new commands.
It has been suggested that where the mainland congregations fire their ministers every three years the church of Christ at Pearl Harbor fires the congregation. Or, so it seems. With painful regularity we conduct farewell fellowships - many of those at the beach.

May 27th was the date of our most recent goodbye gathering. Our awesome cooks provided an abundance of fine fodder. Laughter and tears were common. So was the occasional, if unintentional, “baptism.” Six families are preparing to leave. Each takes a hunk of our hearts and our gratitude.

The redeeming quality of merry-go-rounds is that they bring you back to the starting point. And while we bid farewell to some, at least five families have or are returning to us. God’s mercies never cease!