SLMF

St. Louis Mennonite Fellowship has a lot of perks. One of its big ones: variety. Variety of people , ages, ideas, perspectives and styles. On Sunday we had the pleasure of basking in the glow of our church family all day.

After church, Plowsharing (St. Louis' version of 10,000 Villages) opened exclusively to SLMFers. A portion of all sales that day would go to St. Louis Mennonite Peace Center (where Heather works). The store was full and we all enjoyed shopping for something of long-lasting value.

Us three VSers then, were invited to Dave and Pat Naffzigers home for an amazing pot roast meal. After some fabulous chocolate cheesecake and watching the last few minutes of the football game, we hurried home to get a quick nap before our next gathering.

Pastor Sam and Rachel were hosting a young adult Christmas party. The best and brightest of our church's self-defining young adults were present and the evening was packed with good food, trivial pursuit and some decidedly un-pacifistic rounds of mafia. As we drove home (around 11:30 PM), the three of us discussed the impressiveness of SLMF's young adult group. We're an admittedly small congregation but we do in fact boast a strong group of energetic, fun and (let's just come right out and say it) darn good lookin' young adults.

Even though being involved in a tight-knit church family isn't always flowers and candy, it's good to know you will never be far from wonderful friends, supportive arms and delicious pot roast.