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# Grace enough for the long summer
- URL: https://whitehallcommunitychurch.org/news/grace-enough-for-the-long-summer/
- Published: 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Description: A word this week about patience — the ordinary, unglamorous kind that keeps a congregation together through August.
- Author: Stegenga Digital
- Tags: Pastor's Letter, #Import 2026-09-11 14:21

The tomatoes behind the parsonage have gone leggy and the heat has taken the starch out of all of us.

A word this week about patience — the ordinary, unglamorous kind that keeps a congregation together through August, when the sanctuary is warm and attendance thins and nobody feels much like singing the second verse.

Grace and peace,  
**Rev. \[Name\]**