Messenger The June 2014

Vacation Bible School June 23 - 27

Summer Music Camp July 7 - 11

ECMS Summer Sessions June 2 - 6 & July 21 - 25

Food for Thought By Senior Pastor Bill Jones

The second Sunday in June this year is the church’s annual celebration of Pentecost. The Book of Acts tells us that on the day of Pentecost, the apostles of Jesus “were all together in one place” (Acts 2:1). They were all together, gathered in community. They were not in differ-ent places, but were in the same spot, on the same page, reading from the same sheet of mu-sic. Community is critically important, because when the Holy Spirit came with a sound “like the rush of a violent wind” (verse 2), it came to one group in one house. “Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them” (verse 3). If Peter had been in Capernaum, John in Nazareth, James on the Sea of Galilee, Andrew in Cana and the other eight scattered across the country, I doubt there would have been a catching of the Holy Spirit wind. Pentecost was a communal experience, and it was only because they were together that “all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability” (verse 4). Gathering together is a challenge for us today because we have become so individualistic in our practice of the faith. It used to be that people would routinely take their spiritual search to church, and look to their fellow worshipers, to their pastors, to their religious traditions and to their sacred Scriptures for guidance. Unfortunately, more and more people today are taking their quest directly to the Internet, surfing for religious insights and ac-cepting Internet information as the gospel truth. Christianity is becoming more like Wikipedia and less like Encyclopedia Britannica, with people relying more on online opinions than on time-tested religious insights. This is not to say that those who post their insights online are not enti-tled to share their opinions – after all, we live in a nation based on freedom of speech and free-dom of religion. But religious communities have a long history of drawing people together, and something precious is lost when people choose to practice their faith in isolation. It is only when we are “all together in one place” that we can catch the wind of the Holy Spirit, and begin to be the gathered community of Christ using our gifts in service to his Holy Name.

Jim Cymbala is the founding pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle Church. Several years ago he wrote a book titled, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People. In 1971 he and his wife started the church with four people. Today the church has over 16,000 members. The center of their church is prayer. He started out with a Tuesday night prayer meeting. When the people are upstairs in worship, people are in the base-ment praying for the success of worship. In the book he states, “A Christian church is where God’s Spirit is honored and people are listening to the Spirit.”

The church is a gathering of people to be infused with the Holy Spirit. We gather in worship and we gather in small groups. We gather in choirs and classes and work crews. We gather to eat, to pray, to play. We gather to study the Bible, to discuss ethical decisions, to explore herit-ages and doctrines of faith. We gather to plan, to be trained, to become open to new visions for the church. We gather with children, we gather with youth, we gather with senior citizens. We gather at noon, we gather in the evenings, we sometimes gather at outrageously early hours in the morning for breakfast. The beginning of the Christian Church was the gathering of the disci-ples in Jerusalem. The renewal of the church in our own day begins with our gatherings. The church is renewed when the people gather to be infused by the Holy Spirit. We can’t gather “in theory.” We have to actually gather in time and space. It is only when we devote ourselves to sharing time and space together that the church has any chance of the liveliness described in the Bible. A living, growing, spiritual, joyful church doesn’t come cheap. The price is always a commitment of the people: that they will share time and space together. That’s food for thought!

Thoughts from Kay

By Associate Pastor Kay Barré

One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which command-ment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbour as your-self.” (Matthew 22:35-29)

What does it mean to have a life centered on God? In my last three newsletter arti-cles I’ve been extoling the importance of Jesus’ greatest commandment, and exploring how they lead to a balanced life. In this most famous of sayings, we are reminded that devoting our whole selves to God is the central tenet of Christian living, and that caring for ourselves and others only flows from that devotion to Christ.

Keeping God at the center of our lives can seem a challenging task. When so many other things call for our commitment: children, family, spouse, friends, work, even church, how do we remain truly in love with God? Jesus is even clear in saying that not only our heart needs to be engaged in this love, but our soul and mind as well. Our love of God is something that takes precedence over other obligations, other commitments, other loves.

One useful way of thinking about our connection with God is to think of it like any oth-er relationship. Think about a marriage. Marriage takes commitment, dedication, and not a little work from both partners. While God certainly takes the initiative in our interactions, our response is necessary for a healthy spiritual life. Relationships that are ignored often become lackluster and superficial. We need to actively engage with our Creator to love with all our heart, soul and mind.

The most obvious way we engage with God is in prayer. Prayer is both very simple and highly complex. Simple, because all we need to do is talk to God. These prayers of the heart may pour out of us at the unlikeliest of times… when we are driving, doing chores, or trying to sleep. Simple prayers likes these are a fundamental ingredient in our relationship with God. Like small “I love you’s” and passing kisses in a marriage, these small spontaneous prayers are part of our everyday connection with God.

The complex part of prayer requires more of us. We are called to center our lives on God, and that takes time. Time for deeper prayer. For studying God’s word in scripture. For listening. Centering prayer or Christian meditation are great tools to help us silence our inner selves enough to listen and connect. As in any important relationship, listening needs to take priority over talking, and deep soulful listening is a skill that develops only with practice. I truly believe that God speaks to us directly in many ways; but it takes all our attention and intentional listening to be able to detect and respond to those words. If you want to take your spiritual life to a deeper level, this is the place to start.

As summer brings a slower pace to life and the church, I hope you will take some of those long hours to dedicate yourself to a fuller connection with God. Set aside some time every day to praise, to pray, to speak and especially to listen. When you can truly say you love God with all your heart, mind and soul, you will know a deeper peace than any other this life can offer.

Williamsburg United Methodist Women June 2014 – UMW Circle Meetings

Olive Casey Circle – Monday, June 2 at 11:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall for a salad luncheon.

Clarke/Heritage Circle – Tuesday, June 3 at 11:30 a.m. for a covered dish lunch-eon in Fellowship Hall. The circle will not meet in July and August.

Jean Craig Circle – Tuesday, June 3 at 1:30 p.m. in the Chambrel Activities Room. We will be putting Health Kits together for UMCOR.

Susanna Wesley Circle – Wednesday, June 4 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 309. The Rev. Max Blaylock from the Wesley Foundation will be the guest speaker.

Friendship Circle – Monday, June 9 at 11:30 a.m. at Joyce Hedgepeth’s home (116 Druid Dr. in Kingswood subdivision) for a covered dish luncheon.

Carol Scott Circle – Tuesday, June 10 at noon for lunch at Waypoint Restaurant.

Sisters in Faith Circle – Tuesday, June 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Food For Thought for an evening of fellowship, chatter, and an enjoyable dinner.

Williamsburg Landing Circle – Tuesday, June 17 for lunch at Longhorn Steakhouse Restaurant.

Windsor Meade Circle – No meeting planned for June. Instead members will visit residents in Assisted Living and/or Skilled Nursing.

Important Dates to Remember

UMCOR Kits Assembly Day - Saturday, June 7

UMW Day - Saturday, June 7 at Ferrum College

UMW Book Club June’s meeting of the UMW Book Club will be held at the home of Donna Potts, 129 Meredith Way, Wil-

liamsburg, on Monday, June 9 at 7:00 p.m.

We will be reading a book from the 2013 list: Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Town, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference by Warren St. John. This

book fulfills the Leadership Development category of the UMW Reading Program.

It is available in the Church Library, Wmsbg-JCC Library, or through Ama-zon.com. All are invited! For more information, contact Carol Brinkley (258-0617) or cpbrinkley@aol.com.

Make Prayer Part of Your Daily Routine*

Is prayer part of your daily routine, or is it re-served just for seasons of trial? One of the most important factors in handling difficult times is to be a person of prayer before crisis hit in your life. Peacetime praying girds our heart and mind with the spiritual truths that you will need to make it through tough times.

Peacetime praying builds spiritual momentum. It brings God’s blessing and God’s provision. A praying person lives with the kind of spiritual mo-mentum and favor that only consistent prayer can bring.

Peacetime praying brings you closer to God. Paul encouraged us to “pray without ceasing” (I Thessalonians 5:17) He knew firsthand the im-portance of storing up spiritual intimacy for difficult times of suffering.

Peacetime praying provides spiritual perspective. When things seem to be going “downhill” and you feel like God has forgotten you, consistent prayer reinforces your spiritual perspective that God is al-ways with you.

Think and pray about it!

Borrowed from “Pray Big” by Will Davis, Jr.

Last Call for UMCOR Relief Kits Last call for help restocking the UMCOR warehouse with 500 badly needed health

kits. Return items to the church by June 5. Place in marked bins in the Atrium. Assembly day is June 7, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Assembled kits will be transported to

Conference in June. You may also donate a check or cash and the committee members will shop for you. Checks should be made out to WUMC with 'UMCOR kits' in the memo. Questions? Contact Barbara Hamson (259-9782), Terri Morgan (229-2162) or Peggy Hook (234-0073).

Prayer Group Opportunities

Recently, our Virginia Conference Bishop, Young Jin Cho, declared May 25 as a “Day of Prayer.” We as supportive members of the Virginia Confer-ence, seek to embrace the words of Bishop Cho who says, “Prayer is more than asking for some fa-vors. Prayer is opening ourselves to God and listen-ing to the Lord. The Lord is waiting for us to open ourselves and follow Christ’s vision and guid-ance.” Bishop Cho is especially emphatic about praying for the renewal of our churches. As a Pray-er Covenant Congregation, we recognize our re-sponsibility to pray for our church and each oth-er. We invite you to join one or both of our two newly organized prayer groups:

Monday mornings at 7:00 a.m. in the Youth Center lead by Andy Glascott: ongoing

Thursday mid-mornings at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel lead by Cindy Banek: begins June 5

When we pray for others, we practice interces-sory prayer. “The words, ‘Pray for me,’ signal that someone is in need. And when someone is in need- because of illness, a broken relationship, loss of work, a spiritual crisis or grief, it is as if he or she is carrying a heavy bucket – a bucket filled with emo-tion, filled with grief, filled with confusion and disap-pointment. . . . An intercessor is one who comes alongside that individual with an empty buck-et.” (From “Pray for Me,” by Kenneth H. Carter, Jr.) Come and pray for others and bring your emp-ty bucket.

Youth Directors are (not) a modern invention.

I’ve searched and searched through the New Testament and whenever Paul lists roles of leaders in the early church he never mentions youth workers. Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers and others yes, but nowhere does he mention youth ministry. But then, the role of youth minister is even older than Paul, David wrote about it in Psalm 78. And the good news is we’re all youth ministers! From Psalm 78 v 4 & 5:

“we will tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,

and the wonders that he has done.

He established a decree in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel,

which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children;”

Now don’t panic; that doesn’t mean I expect each one of you to turn up in the Youth Center next Sunday. Just as within the life of a church different people take on different roles, within a youth ministry there are different roles, and as I read Psalm 78 (particularly verses 1-7) the question is not if you will take on a role but which one?

First and foremost I ask you to pray. Pray for our young people as they live in a world that bombards them with information, choices and pressures. Please pray too about how you can be involved in our youth ministry; could you make a snack supper once every couple of months for youth group? Have you got a life/faith story you could share? Would you be willing to pray specifically for 2 teenagers? Would you be willing to be part of the team that leads youth Sunday School or youth group? If the answer to any of these is “yes” or even “maybe”, please have a chat with me today or get in touch on any of the means below. Asking for more information does not commit you to saying yes.

Lastly, and unrelated to the headline, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone for the warm welcomes I have received during my first few weeks here. Your hospitality, generosity and support as I’ve made the transition has been most appreciated. Thank you.

Andy

You can get in touch with me any number of ways:

Church Office – 229-1771 ext 259 Cell – 969-3545

E-mail – aglascott@williamsburgumc.org Twitter – @AndyGlascott

Facebook – facebook.com/youthatwumc

Creator’s Kids Art Show The Creator’s Kids Art Show – Sunday, June 8 at the Crossroads Table in the Atri-

um. Come and see all the wonderful visions and interpretations The Creator’s Kids have designed in their artwork during our first, flagship year. We are all very excited to share what our individual talents have produced using a monthly theme to explore God’s amazing creation. The exhibit will be on display following the early morning service, through-out the morning, and following the 11:00 a.m. service.

Additional Church

Anniversaries in

Williamsburg Methodists are known for their warmth, caring and outreaching ecumenical spirit. Two other congrega-tions in our community have anniversaries on the horizon this year.

Williamsburg Baptist Church will have occupied their current Sanctuary on Richmond Road 80 years beginning in June 2014, and Bruton Parish Episcopal Church has begun celebrating their 300th Anniver-sary as a congregation commencing this year, hav-ing been established in 1715.

Let’s take time as Methodists to congratulate these congregations/parishioners upon their ministry and service to the community of Wil-liamsburg over the years.

Scouts Scout Troop 103 is celebrating its 90th anniver-

sary this year. The anniversary is being celebrated on Sunday, June 1 at 4:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. The meal cost is $5.00 per person. Scout alumni are invited and encouraged to attend. Contact Doug Marty, Scoutmaster for Troop 103, or Bob Spencer, Scouting Co-ordinator (741-2091). Troop 103 continues its tradition of having troop members attain the rank of Eagle Scout as two young men became Eagle Scouts so far this year.

Cub Pack 103 has had a very successful year. Twenty one Webelos Scouts “crossed the bridge” into scouting. Most of the Webelos Scouts became part of Troop 103.

Ship 103 has been growing in numbers. Activities for the late spring/summer have been planned. Young men and wom-en interested in participating in this sailing program maycontact Rick Hillyer or Bob Spencer (741-2091).

Living Into Our Faith: How Have We Touched

the Lives of Others? On Saturday, April 19, under rainy skies, Williamsburg UMC hosted its annual Easter Egg Hunt. This

event routinely attracts about 120 children and their families who enjoy the hunt and lunch totally free of charge. In the past, we have asked people to provide one dozen candy-filled plastic eggs for each child par-ticipating. But this year, we changed the procedure and the church provided all the eggs and candy. The following is a letter from an out-of-town family who attended:

It was dreary out and rainy when we passed your church and saw the sign for an Easter Egg Hunt. You welcomed all of us: five children, two parents and two grandparents. The kids enjoyed the faith-based crafts and we are grateful that what they’ve been taught has been rein-forced. The hunt itself was great fun and wonderful planning insured all children found a good number of eggs.

The “famous” hot dog lunch was totally unexpected and totally appreciated by all of us. The generosity, warmth and love of your church shone brightly for us. The children have fond memories- as do all of us. Thank you for a wonderful experience!

Do you have an article for the Newsletter?

If you would like to submit an article for publication in the Mes-

senger, the deadline for submittals is the 15th of the month. Articles submitted should be typed or neatly printed, limited to a 1/2 page in length and are sub-ject to editing for grammar, spelling and content. Please submit by e-mail to Lianne Koch at lkoch@williamsburgumc.org.

Questions? Please e-mail Lianne or call (229-1771).

“Measure by Measure,

25 Years of Musical

Treasure” a Fitting

Tribute! For a successful 25th anniversary concert, it is

with sincere gratitude that I acknowledge the Early Childhood Music School’s Board: Sue Steberl, chair, Alice Alexander, Susan Buck, Sally Burri, Donna (and Bill) Herman, Susanna Owens, Bud Rhodes, Mary Liz Sadler, Sharon Sams, Norb Smith, Glenith Whitaker and Betsy Ziskind. “Kudos” for many hours of hard work to bring it all together, including 1,000 cookies for the reception!

A huge "thank you" goes to our amazing alumni performers: Brian Buck (piano), Olivia Carpenter (dance), Kadi and Miranda Carver (vocal duet) Jacob Chew (soprano recorder), Michael Gibson (piano), Maggie Lees (voice), Andrew Shield (guitar, voice and harmonica), Clare Shriner (voice) and Astrid Stanley (harp). What a treat it was to witness their musical accomplishments since graduating from ECMS!

A highlight of the concert was Tom Marshall’s child-friendly, entertaining performances on harpsi-chord and piano, for which I am deeply grateful! Thanks, also to Reverend Kay Barré for offering the prayers.

I wish to thank all who attended the event and gave so generously to Elliot's Song for Project Out-reach. We collected $1,874.50 for the music school’s outreach to preschoolers who are financially disad-vantaged and/or developmentally delayed.

Finally, on behalf of the entire ECMS faculty, board members, parents and students, I give thanks to Williamsburg United Methodist Church for 25 wonderful years of collaboration in “welcoming our neighbors.” Here's to another 25!

Cindy Freeman

ECMS Receives

Community Grants

Williamsburg Community Foundation has awarded a grant of $1,260 to Elliot’s Song for Pro-ject Outreach. This funding will be used to purchase materials for some of the Head Start students who participate in the weekly music-and-movement clas-ses taught by ECMS’s certified instructors. For the first time, these students will have access to Mus-ikgarten’s quality home materials, enabling their par-ents to become active partners in the educational process.

Cindy Freeman (right) ac-cepted the grant, May 7 at the Foundation’s annual award luncheon held at Two River’s Country Club, Governor’s Land.

Junior Woman’s Club of Williamsburg recently present-ed to ECMS a grant of $1,400 for the school’s Jessie Elizabeth Scholarship Fund. This fund is used to enable 15 – 20 financial-ly disadvantaged students, an-nually, to attend ECMS classes on-site.

Global Outreach News In July, US-2 missionary Tara

Miller will complete her assign-ment at Mary’s Place in Seattle. For two years, WUMC Global Out-reach funds have helped to sup-port her work with homeless and formerly homeless women. A former member of WUMC and a graduate of William and Mary,

Tara says that participation in youth volunteer mis-sion work such as the Jeremiah Project helped guide her “toward being in service with people.” In her role at Mary’s Place, she has definitely been serving others as she provided assistance and hope to women in need and their children.

As Tara leaves the mission field, your Global Outreach committee considered several covenant missionaries and selected Andrew Millman, a mis-sion intern working with the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy in Russia. This ecumenical, internation-al program provides Christian ministry for expatri-ates, travelers, refugees, and others in the Moscow area. Andrew works particularly with the programs at St. Andrews Church, touching the lives of poor, displaced, and neglected persons. Andrew is from Virginia Beach, graduat-ed from Virginia Tech, and received a Master of Divinity degree in youth and young adult ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary. Email Andrew at amillman@umcmission.org

Freed-up for Mission

By now the congregation is aware of the cam-paign to reduce the debt on two of our loans. When successful, this will free up $200,000 for en-hancing our mission to make Disciples of Jesus Christ in Williamsburg and beyond by welcoming our neighbors, nurturing our faith, and transforming the world.

Through our many programs, WUMC is active in carrying out our mission. These are highlighted immediately preceding the offering each Sunday. We are doing much in mission today; yet at the same time the money we are giving to the bank each month prevents us from doing more. God continues to call us to serve Him.

We are asking for your prayers for the success of this effort to free up the funds we have been giv-ing to the bank as interest and principal payment on our loans in order that this money can go toward the primary mission of the church - to make Disci-ples of Jesus Christ.

By now you have received a letter explaining this program. In early June a second letter will be sent along with a pledge card for your use. Please join with others in making a sacrificial gift for WUMC to be A Congregation in Mission.

God Bless,

Ken Hook

Campaign Chair

hookkp@gmail.com

Come Join the Summer Choir!!! Rehearsals for Summer Choir begin June 1, right before the services – 7:45 a.m. for the

8:15 a.m. service and 10:30 a.m. for the 11:00 a.m. service. Come, enjoy easily accessible anthems and songs and learn what it’s like to sit in the choir loft each Sunday morning! You never know! You might want to stay!!! Please contact Lou-Anne Smith should you have any questions.

There will be NO Summer Choir on June 8, as the Canticles of Praise and Bells of Praise will be leading our congregation in worship for Pentecost Sunday! Beginning June 15, Summer Choir will be every Sunday morning throughout the summer.

If you ever have a moment, stop by our website to see what’s going on at our church. The address is www.williamsburgumc.org. Find out about all the ministries and other activities that you or your family may be interested in joining!! We have something for everyone!!

If you have any questions about something you see on our website, contact the church office (229-1771).

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Stephen Ministry Many people face a tough time every day of their lives. Whether they are caring for a sick family

member, going through a long period of unemployment, or ex-periencing incurable pain, they and their family members may benefit from the support and care of a Stephen Minister. Our con-gregation is committed to provid-ing care to those who need it.

Respite Volunteers Honored

Compassionate Respite Care of WUMC volun-teers, including William and Mary students, master gardeners, musicians, shoppers, daily helpers, and board members attended the annual volunteer recognition gala held at Williamsburg United Meth-odist Church. Each volunteer was presented with a gift of “thyme” planted in pots hand painted by Res-pite guests. Greenfield Senior Living donated fruit and cheese platters to the event. “Volunteers share their smiles, skills and passions with our guests each afternoon, providing encouragement and en-thusiasm, love and laughter,” shared Carolyn Yowell, Director. “Some volunteers have served since the program began in 2001!” For more infor-mation on Respite Care, call (229-1771).

Respite Receives Support from JWCW

and UMW Respite Care requested and received $480 from

the Junior Woman’s Club of Williamsburg, to be used toward music enrichment activities. Specifical-ly, this funding will be used toward visits by our board-certified music therapist, Jennifer Phillips, who has developed a wonderful relationship with our members.

UMW supported Respite on May 14 during their hands on mission day, helping us organ-ize supplies used daily during activities with our members.

These partnerships help Respite Care maintain the high caliber enrichment program we are recognized for throughout our community.

Condolences

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who have passed away during the month of May:

Jack Burkett Louis Junod Betty Swiggett

given in memory of B. Stephen Bowmer, III from

given in memory of Albert Danis Morgan from

Memorial Giving

Mr. & Mrs. Philip Magruder

Ms. Karen Lusk

Mr. Bill Alexander

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Mershon

Thank You

We would like to thank Bucktrout Funeral Home for their generous donation of 15 “Reserved” place holders.

Did You Know? You may not be aware that there is a committee here at the church that does a number of things to help

those in need. We are the CARE Committee. Some of the things we do include coordinating volunteers to pro-vide receptions following a funeral, driving members to medical appointments, providing meals for those in need, and arranging house-sitting or sitting with the sick. We would like you as a member of our committee if helping coordinate these activities would interest you. We also would love to add you to our list of volunteers who are willing to be called when we need food, drivers, sitters, or helpers with our various other service ac-tivities. Please consider this worthwhile service and contact Mary Ann Durboraw (253-9028) or Judi French (565-1138) for more information.

given in memory of Jack C. Burkett from

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Mershon

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Fenstermacher

given in memory of Edgar A. Hastings from

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Dunn

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It feels like Christmas in June with the arrival of a dozen new books in the UMW Reading Program. While this program is a study opportunity provided under the umbrella of the UMW, you do not need to be a mem-ber of the UMW to check out, enjoy and benefit from the excellent books in this program which are divided into 5 categories: Education for Mission, Leadership Development, Nurturing for Community, Social Action and Spiritual Growth. In other words, there is something for everyone, both men and women. Among the new selections you’ll find:

Lord, I Love the Church and We Need Help

Jesus — A Biography from A Believer

Growing Up Muslim

Small Things with Great Love

A Place at the Table — 40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor

Look for these and other selections on display in the library foyer.

Dads and Granddads take center stage this month in our children’s sec-tion. Greet the day with Good Morning, Sunshine. Then take a walk In the Morning Mist, discover Granddad’s Prayer for the Earth and enjoy a sing-along with My Father’s Angel’s. Or get a jump on the official start of summer with A Picnic with the Barleys.

“No man is an island; every book is a world.”

– The faded sign hanging above A.J. Fikry’s bookstore in The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

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