Once a year, all employees of the college are invited to participate in a service of prayer and communion. We come together to recognize those who have worked for the institution for certain numbers of years - five, ten, twenty. This year one of the faculty members reached forty years of service - an amazing accomplishment considering she didn't look as old as I am.
We sang hymns together, one of the music professors playing piano, one of the cultural life center directors playing guitar. We heard encouragement from our President. We partook of communion together. What an unusual activity. I have never encountered such a unique happening anywhere else. We are still a small enough organization to fit in the concert hall comfortably. And yet there are enough of us that you still have opportunity to meet someone new.
Afterwards, they served a light dinner of hors d'oevres in the atrium with carving stations set up on the upper level. The sound of the many conversing was melodious and pleasant. Everyone was smiling despite the difficult financial impact of last year. It was a great way to mark the beginning of a promising academic year. We are family.
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