Written upon the occasion of the end of the pastoral ministry of Robert Kaufman at Rainbow Mennonite Church
We are here today to make note of a time
to mark a passing through
a going TO and a
Coming FROM
It is a touch point of time
A point of transition
A change from
what WAS to
what WILL BE
A parting from then to then
It is a corner to turn
A bend to go round
A change
We are here today
As single travelers on our own paths
As a pastor who is turning his own corner with us
As friends each with our own corner to turn
As a community seeking to bend around
We are here today to celebrate
What has been
Who has been
Where has been and
When has been
We are here today to say a farewell
To feel the losses
To know the pain of the regrets
To affirm the successes
To take hold of the memory of it all.
We are here today
To tie fast a knot in the thread
To tie these memories into the cord
To tie them tight so they are not lost.
To put them in a safe place
A simple point of transition
A movement from now to now
A movement of here to here
A step
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