Good-bye, Nathan

The First UMC staff gathered yesterday to say good-bye to Nathan, our summer intern from Duke Divinity School. We laughed, cried and ate ice cream as we remembered his few short weeks with us. As usual, Terry Sanders was able to tell the story of Nathan in her own special way. With her permission I share the following:

To Nathan...

You’re just a darling to us, although you have no hair
And that you’re leaving us so soon is more than we can bear.
We’ve loved the time you’ve shared with us in worship and in song
But to only share you for 10 weeks, tell Duke, we think it’s wrong!
We’ve more to do in First Church land and you could help us greatly
You could wear your new white alb and preach like you’ve done lately
Or you could don your fluffly wings and resurrect old “Mo”
A worship “skeeter” is just the thing to set our Sunday flow.
Your youth, warmth and charming wit have endeared you it is true
Next week will just not be the same when “Mo done and flew”
Take good care of all your gifts and use them to God’s glory
And remember that the “Nathan Summer” will be part of our story.

Godspeed, Nathan. Come back soon!