The children of First Presbyterian Church in Buchanan have been making butterflies this summer. (The picture of Isaac and Gabe shows some of the butterflies the children made.)
Why? To honor the 1,500,000 innocent children murdered in the holocaust while living in ghettos and concentration camps. Pastor Patricia Ramsden explained to the younger children that they are making butterflies to remember children who were killed because they were different. She said that butterflies remind us that even when we die we are with God. “We also teach them that even children who are different than us are children of God and are to be loved and cherished. It is important to remember not only the children of the past who were killed for their differences but to be certain we do not continue to kill innocents in today’s world.”
The butterfly project began as an effort of the Holocaust Museum in Houston Texas, which is collecting 1.5 million butterflies for an exhibit in the spring of 2013. The inspiration for the exhibit came from a poem written by a child who later died at Auschwitz. The child wrote a poem, “I Never Saw Another Butterfly.” A portion of the poem goes like this:
For seven weeks I've lived in here,
Penned up inside this ghetto.
But I have found what I love here.
The dandelions call to me
And the white chestnut branches in the court.
Only I never saw another butterfly.
That butterfly was the last one.
Butterflies don't live in here,
in the ghetto.
Or you may contact Pastor Ramsden at firstpreschurch@qtm.net or call at 269-695-6151.
May the love of God be with you.
Pastor Pat 
