Road Trip
Saturday our Covenant Group all piled into a van and we took a road trip to St. Paul. Seven of us in one van, did we have a great time! It was a great day for a trip, it was bright and sunny, with fall crispness in the air.
We visited Rev. Hargrave, who was our former pastor at Hope and was also part of our covenant group. She had an appointment change in July and moved from Hope to Farimount UMC in St. Paul. We have all missed her terribly and she invited us to come for a visit, so we had planned this for about 2 months.
She saw us pull up and came out to greet us. We sent her hellos from all those who told us to be sure to greet her. She hugged each one of us before be were barely a foot away from the van! We had coffee and rolls with her at her parsonage, only a hop, step and jump away from her church. Their home is very nice, in an older, very quaint St. Paul neighborhood. Her home had mementos of Duluth, a Duluth painting, rocks from the lakeshore, and a model Duluth lift bridge, built by and given to Theo by one of our Hope members. She commented that Duluth and the North Shore will always be in their hearts. She asked if the “lake was still there” and we all laughed! We visited with her boys and husband and noted that they are all very happy. The neighborhood is full of young families with lots of children for their boys to play with; the boys are in good schools and are having fun.
She took us to the church next door. It’s a beautiful old church, well kept, with beautiful stained glass windows and “theater in the round” sanctuary, a great balcony, where all the teens sit. They have a great fellowship hall, and two kitchens! They have an elevator, so she didn’t have to get an “elevator in, as she had to do at Hope”. The church is full of young people, kids, middle aged and older parishioners, a good mix and it is full every Sunday.
We had lunch together at “W. A. Frost and Company” a restaurant in the historic Cathedral Hill neighborhood. It was a wonderful menu, in a great old building of arched windows, fanciful brickwork, fireplaces, oriental rugs and original oil paintings. After a great meal, and fellowship, we walked down the street to the bookstore that is owned by Garrison Kelloir. We all came away with books. I bought one titled “Things to Do When you Turn 60”. I haven’t had a chance to read any of it yet, but it looked interesting.
We hit the road to return home about 3 pm and arrived back home in time for our driver to make it to the Duluth Symphony. The ride was fun. There is just something about a car full of women, talking, laughing and singing, that can’t be beat!
What a great day it was. So good to see too, that though we miss her so much, we know that our friend Michelle and her family are in a good place. She will always be close to our hearts, the visit helped us by seeing that Michelle is happy, but also that her husband and family are happy, seeing exactly where they are, it all makes us feel much better about her absence from Duluth.
Thank you for the visit, Michelle. We love you!
We visited Rev. Hargrave, who was our former pastor at Hope and was also part of our covenant group. She had an appointment change in July and moved from Hope to Farimount UMC in St. Paul. We have all missed her terribly and she invited us to come for a visit, so we had planned this for about 2 months.
She saw us pull up and came out to greet us. We sent her hellos from all those who told us to be sure to greet her. She hugged each one of us before be were barely a foot away from the van! We had coffee and rolls with her at her parsonage, only a hop, step and jump away from her church. Their home is very nice, in an older, very quaint St. Paul neighborhood. Her home had mementos of Duluth, a Duluth painting, rocks from the lakeshore, and a model Duluth lift bridge, built by and given to Theo by one of our Hope members. She commented that Duluth and the North Shore will always be in their hearts. She asked if the “lake was still there” and we all laughed! We visited with her boys and husband and noted that they are all very happy. The neighborhood is full of young families with lots of children for their boys to play with; the boys are in good schools and are having fun.
She took us to the church next door. It’s a beautiful old church, well kept, with beautiful stained glass windows and “theater in the round” sanctuary, a great balcony, where all the teens sit. They have a great fellowship hall, and two kitchens! They have an elevator, so she didn’t have to get an “elevator in, as she had to do at Hope”. The church is full of young people, kids, middle aged and older parishioners, a good mix and it is full every Sunday.
We had lunch together at “W. A. Frost and Company” a restaurant in the historic Cathedral Hill neighborhood. It was a wonderful menu, in a great old building of arched windows, fanciful brickwork, fireplaces, oriental rugs and original oil paintings. After a great meal, and fellowship, we walked down the street to the bookstore that is owned by Garrison Kelloir. We all came away with books. I bought one titled “Things to Do When you Turn 60”. I haven’t had a chance to read any of it yet, but it looked interesting.
We hit the road to return home about 3 pm and arrived back home in time for our driver to make it to the Duluth Symphony. The ride was fun. There is just something about a car full of women, talking, laughing and singing, that can’t be beat!
What a great day it was. So good to see too, that though we miss her so much, we know that our friend Michelle and her family are in a good place. She will always be close to our hearts, the visit helped us by seeing that Michelle is happy, but also that her husband and family are happy, seeing exactly where they are, it all makes us feel much better about her absence from Duluth.
Thank you for the visit, Michelle. We love you!
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