Ah -- Freshman move-in day at the College! What excitement! What stress! It was fun to visit with the Lutheran Student Association members who are helping families move their son or daughters' possessions into their dorm rooms. It was fun (from my vantage point of "been there, done that" long ago!) to watch the effects of the excitement and stress on the new students and their parents. Some were bubbly and joyous. Others were snippy and grim-faced. Those in the College administration who plan this day and the campus police officers do a fabulous job of creating order and smoothness out of what could be extreme chaos!

This Sunday is one of my favorite of the whole year -- when we welcome new students and returning students to worship! The College students bring such energy to our congregation! Patty and I will have the LSA officers over to our house Sunday evening for a cook out, and the first planning meeting of the year.