Gratitude
For twenty-seven years, Afton Travis has served each of us at Faith. For twenty-seven years she has given her time, her talents, and truly, her very self to us. And we are all blessed by her presence.
By now you have no doubt read the first page, and seen that after twenty-seven years, and after a great deal of thought, many prayers, and I’m sure a fair bit of
deliberation, Afton has decided to retire. I am extremely grateful for her! She has been an incredible blessing to me, and to us all.
When I think of Afton’s twenty-seven years at Faith, I am reminded of the scene in the classic movie The Fiddler on the Roof, where the main character asks his wife if
she loves him. She responds with a list of the ways she has served him, and a list of her commitment to him over a period of twenty-five years, and asks, “If that’s
not love what is?” I love this picture, and see it displayed through Afton’s life.
For twenty-seven years she has been there to help us worship through accompanying the hymns we sing, through providing meditative and joyful music for preludes, offertories and postludes, and through setting the mood for our worship through her skill playing the organ. She has loved this church for twenty-seven years. Let us aspire to follow her example.
Homework this week: Mark January 10 on your calendar. We will be honoring Afton’s service in all three services that day. Let’s “pull out all the stops” to thank her for her service to Faith. Find a creative or tangible or lasting way to thank her. Consider how you might follow her example, and where you might serve.
By now you have no doubt read the first page, and seen that after twenty-seven years, and after a great deal of thought, many prayers, and I’m sure a fair bit of
deliberation, Afton has decided to retire. I am extremely grateful for her! She has been an incredible blessing to me, and to us all.
When I think of Afton’s twenty-seven years at Faith, I am reminded of the scene in the classic movie The Fiddler on the Roof, where the main character asks his wife if
she loves him. She responds with a list of the ways she has served him, and a list of her commitment to him over a period of twenty-five years, and asks, “If that’s
not love what is?” I love this picture, and see it displayed through Afton’s life.
For twenty-seven years she has been there to help us worship through accompanying the hymns we sing, through providing meditative and joyful music for preludes, offertories and postludes, and through setting the mood for our worship through her skill playing the organ. She has loved this church for twenty-seven years. Let us aspire to follow her example.
Homework this week: Mark January 10 on your calendar. We will be honoring Afton’s service in all three services that day. Let’s “pull out all the stops” to thank her for her service to Faith. Find a creative or tangible or lasting way to thank her. Consider how you might follow her example, and where you might serve.