Forrest Cate's Story

As a junior high member of Pittman Park MYF, I was very active in the church. With no doubt some degree of pride, I was representative to Administrative Council and was often asked to speak at youth events and functions. I was pretty much in with the cool crowd.

Our neighbors down the street, who decidedly weren't in the cool crowd, often rode with us to church on Wednesdays and Sundays and to youth events. I remember one particular incident when I was adamant with my mother that I didn't want to have to car pool with them because of the potential damage to my image they might cause. "Don't give me all this Christianity stuff, if you can't give your neighbors a ride to church," my mother rebuked me in no uncertain terms. It remains a seminal reminder for me of the covenant of Church Membership.