Mcfarland United Church Of Christ Sermons

“Holy Conversations”_                  _____              Second Sunday After Easter (May 8, 2011)Rev. Kerri Parker, McFarland UCC                                 Luke 24:13-35Back when I worked for a social services agency, we used to run into a pretty big problem on Friday afternoons.  You see, we had an immigrant assistance program, but it was only staffed four days a week.  That was all we could manage with the funding we had, to have people providing services Monday through Thursday.  If someone walked through the doors on a Friday, there was no one who could assist.  It was so disappointing to say, “I’m sorry, there’s no one here right now who can help you with that.  Can you come back on Monday?”  To make it even more challenging, the folks we worked with had very limited English language skills.    They were primarily Spanish speakers, who came to us because they wanted to learn English, to become fluent in local culture and part of the community.   Most of them approached us because they neede