Just a note to myself: the sermon at Holy Moly yesterday was on the parable of the mustard seed. I was reminded that my mom has an old silver necklace with a mustard seed in it… it looks a lot like this one. Hers is nicer and probably authentically Victorian, though. I’ll be working on a blog post for Holy Moly on this theme and wanted to grab the image.

I’m gathering links volunteer situations for people from Holy Moly to consider working with. We’re going to be coming up with some kind of master plan and I’m supposed to email everyone concerned, too. So one of the things I have to do is set up a couple of mailing lists. Then, we have to figure out some kind of “mission” that we can all get behind – both local and global.

There’s a website called Volunteer Match that works like a searchable database for volunteer opportunities… weirdly, it’s supported by the William Randolph Hearst foundation, but what the hey. I found some interesting opportunities right here in the area… cuddling cats and socializing feral kittens, in fact. I could be so all over that.

Another local volunteer umbrella group is the Volunteer Center of Northwest Chicago/RSVP. They have a couple of good programs to join into.

The point I’ll be trying to make in my church blog post will be along the lines of “we’re tiny, but something great can still grow from a small start.” Or something like that. Also, we have to grow spiritually by helping others, or else Sundays are all about the show and nothing to do with grow.