Go now into the fullness of God’s glorious creation with the courage to face the future,
immersed in the confidence that you do not go alone,
trusting you are held in the intimacy of the One who gives you breath.
Go into the world striving to love as you have been loved,
embracing the other as you have been embraced.
Go with gratitude that you have the opportunity to serve the One
who has given you life and births possibilities still to be imagined.

Rev. Jeff Sockwell, pastor, Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Lewisville, NC