08/04/2022
Posted by Stephen Benefield . Pastor of Cahaba Heights UMC.
Backpacks. They hold everything a kid needs to get through the day, five days a week, nine months out of the year. Books. Pencils. Hand sanitizer that will get lost. Contraband candy. Of course, what they hold isn’t nearly as important as the backs they’re strapped to. It’s the kids that we speak words of blessing over. Silently sometimes, so as not to embarrass them. But, since the backpacks will go everywhere the kids go from now until May, we’ll speak words over them as well. And hope they rub off on the shoulders that carry them.
So bring your students and their backpacks to Cahaba Heights United Methodist Church this Sunday at 11am. Teachers and administrators, bring your bags as well. And we’ll send you into the new school year with our blessing. And our hopes. And our hearts.