01-02-2010, 11:00 PM
When my family and I switched our allegiance over to the CC, we also felt a bit isolated, but then I got involved in the lector ministry and volunteered to be the 7th-grade religious education teacher. Things got better after that. I realized that I am a member of the community and cannot just sit there and wait for things to happen. I had to be proactive in my involvement, and that has made all the difference. Now everyone knows my name--and it's a big parish, right in the middle of Tokyo--and things are great!