Our church was saddened to learn this week of the death of one of our most valued members, Someone Else. 

Someone’s passing creates a vacancy that will be difficult to fill. 
Else has been with us for many years and for every one of those years, 
Someone did far more than a normal person’s share of the work. 
Whenever there was a job to do, a class to teach, or a meeting to attend, 
one name was on everyone’s list, 
“Let Someone Else do it.” Whenever leadership was mentioned, this wonderful person 
was looked to for inspiration as well as results; “Someone Else can work with that group.”It was common knowledge that Someone Else was among the most liberal givers in our church.   Whenever there was a financial need, everyone just assumed Someone Else would make up the difference.

Someone Else was a wonderful person; sometimes appearing superhuman. 
Were the truth known, everybody expected too much of Someone Else. 
Now Someone Else is gone! We wonder what we are going to do. 
Someone Else left a wonderful example to follow, but who is going to follow it? 
Who is going to do the things Someone Else did?

When you are asked to help this year, remember — we can’t depend on Someone Else anymore.

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