Editor’s Note: When I approached Sharon Watts about this feature, I didn’t know she was a Sunday School teacher for decades and this is her final year. Sharon, thank you for sharing your story and for your unwavering commitment to our community.

Each year in our Religious Education classes, we talk about something very simple, yet very powerful: the ripple effect. I ask the children to imagine dropping a small rock into calm water. At first, it seems insignificant—but then they watch as the ripples spread outward, touching far more than the point where the rock first landed.