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CAPA Corner: Words of Encouragement from the Central Area Pastor’s Association

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    All Valentines! One more week before the day to celebrate with your special valentine!
    Back in the day Valentine’s Day was celebrated at my school with the exchanging of small cards with all one’s classmates. It was seen as a rather harmless activity in the community in which I was raised. And for an art project everyone made their own “mailbox” from an old shoebox covered in construction paper and decorated with your own drawings or pasted cut-out pictures.
    It was impressed upon us as school children to be sure to remember all of one’s classmates. It was important that no one feel slighted or forgotten. As far as I know, no one was forgotten and everyone felt included in the activity.
    Could that be done across Central today (or actually next week)? I’m not asking if everyone can make “mailboxes” and print our names on small cards to be given away. Rather, can we be aware of anyone that would be blessed by feeling included?
    I hope that you will celebrate true, faithful love with someone next week. But remember that in our community there are people who have lost spouses, are separated from loved ones by many miles, or their circumstances have closed in around them and they simply do not get out much anymore.
    Think of them next week and send them a note, give them a call, or maybe drop by with a single stem flower to simply let them know that someone thought of them.
    “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Cor. 13:13 NIV)
Jeff Stanfill, Covenant Community Church
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