Coming of Age

[lillibet]

I've written before about the Senior Blessing ritual that we do at First Parish as we send our high school seniors out into the world. That was last week. This week was our Coming of Age service, which is my other favorite service of the year. Our eighth graders spend their last semester of Religious Education working toward identifying what is

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[dpolicar]

This is glorious. Thank you for sharing it.

[gosling]

This is just wonderful. I was actually in tears reading some of it, especially the bit about the trans child and how safe and seen they clearly felt.

[gilana]

What an amazing thing, to have a space where kids can work through subjects like that in a safe supported space and feel so safe that they can talk about them publicly. And how amazing that you get to be a part of that.

[gmpe]

What a beautiful community and what splendid young people. It's lovely and fascinating to see how different communities (of faith) nurture and mark these transitions. Thank you for sharing.