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Its fall officially. The temptation to turn the furnace on in the vicarage is at
the tip of my slightly frozen finger tips. Soon leaves will be turning, apple pie
will be on the mind, and cup of cider at the local AGWSR football sounds like
a great idea. Welcome to fall! It is also the time of the year in which I pull out
my favorite poem penned by Robert Frost:











For some of you this poem may not yield the same vision of rustling leaves in
the fall, the breathe of cool air whistling past your ears, or even the sounds of
rain off in the distance (or would it be snow!). Yet I believe for many in our
organization this is a season of decisions, a time of transition, or maybe a time
in which another path is chosen.
The paths we choose to walk matter. Everyday we make decisions whether
subconsciously or actively that yield life changing results for ourselves or oth-
ers. I am glad for the journeys we have shared together here at MMSC. Today
we say goodbye for now to our director of volunteer services. I give thanks to
God for the privilege of working with Darci Steckelberg. We have been so
blessed to have her here in this place. May God continue to bless her journey!
For this day and the journeys we have yet to endure here God be with us now
and always! Chaplain Kris Snyder
Friday, 12 September 2014

O God, early in the morn-
ing I cry to you. Help me
to pray and to concentrate
my thoughts on you: I
cannot do this alone. In
me there is darkness, But
with you there is light; I
am lonely, but you do not
leave me; I am feeble in
heart, but with you there is
help; I am restless, but
with you there is peace. In
me there is bitterness, but
with you there is patience;
I do not understand your
ways, But you know the
way for meRestore me
to liberty, And enable me
to live now that I may an-
swer before you and before
me. Lord, whatever this
day may bring, Your
name be praised.
Reverend Dietrich Bonhoeffer
MORNING PRAYER
ON CALL CHAPLAIN
Chaplain Snyder will be on
call through Monday, Sep-
tember 15, 2014 at 4 PM

The path chosen matters
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference.