| They called
their event “Neighbor to Neighbor.” Over 200 people came to
celebrate. They gathered for a picnic beneath a cloud-patched sky on a Sunday
afternoon at Baronridg Park, adjacent to Pasadena (Mud) Lake. There were
grandparents and young couples with toddlers. Children were flying a kite.
Teens windsurfed and kayaked. All listened to the musicians playing jazz.
It was a fun event.
It all began when six couples in the Clear Lake
Forest subdivision, who attended Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, decided they
wanted to get to know their neighbors better. They also wanted to give
something to their community: the opportunity for the neighbors to get
to know better their neighbors, some who possibly even lived on their
street.
The small committee then contacted the members
of Gloria Dei who lived in the subdivision and asked them to invite their
friends and neighbors in the subdivision to the picnic, asking each to
bring a side dish. The Holy Smokers furnished the barbeque.
The
people came. They visited. They laughed and listened to each others stories.
When the Sunday afternoon crowd left for home, they had made new friends.
Others they had learned to know better. It was a neighbor to neighbor
bonding together event.
|
