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Welcomed by Communion

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One of the nicest coincidences of the first month here in NOLA has been that for the first several weeks of my adventure, it seemed like everywhere I went, it was communion Sunday. The day before I went to national orientation, a fellow YAV and I visited St. Charles Presbyterian Church, and we got BOTH sacraments: a baby was being baptized, and we had communion. The next Sunday, we did communion to finish out our week at Stony Point. Then, my first Sunday back I visited Jefferson Presbyterian Church with all six of us, and we were greeted with more communion! And to top it all off, my first day of work with Lakeview Presbyterian, we served communion to the homeless as part of the Program of Hope. First Presbyterian of Beacon, NY where we were commissioned! Communion can be a very spiritual practice, one that reminds us of the sacrifice Jesus made. The act of communion involves literally welcoming all to the table. The combination of spirituality and community involved in the euch
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Traveling; Beginning

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So I'm at Stony Point, New York for orientation. How did I get here? Planes, Trains, and Automobiles! First, I drove to New Orleans. I spent six hours on the road from Memphis, the vast majority of which was spent on I-55. I get a certain satisfaction from my GPS saying "now drive straight for 250 miles." I get to turn my brain off. In New Orleans, I met my five housemates, all of which are interesting and entertaining people. Two of them are named David, which with me makes three "Daves." We're looking for nicknames for each of us fervently. I played four games of "Skip Bo" and won two of them, humblebrag. (awesome cookie cake) I also went to church, and Sunday night we had home cooked jambalaya provided for us. Everyone has been very welcoming, and I can't wait to be a member of NOLA's Presbyterian community of faith. Then Monday has been a lot of travel! We woke up around 4am and ubered to the airport. We flew to New Jersey, and took a
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