The End

And so it ends. Another "gang" of graduates let loose on the world. All with different gifts, different joys, different hopes, different storms to face, different choices to make, one Lord to glorify--to make visible to the world. Whatever He calls them to will be a sacred calling--an opportunity to make Him known. In every calling His presence is so desperately needed. And we need to remember that just because they have "left us" physically that does not mean that they should be removed from our hearts and from our prayers. The community has not lost any members; we have just spread out a little bit into the rest of the world. They were infused with head knowledge that the Lord can now transform into "real knowledge" through the challenges of the experiences He has planned for them. Growth has not stopped--or even been put on hold--it has been "fertilized" that growth might continue until their journey is complete. Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our--your--Lord Jesus Christ. Graduates: continue on the journey to "Well done, good and faithful servant."