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It’s the end of summer. For many of us, it’s come too soon. Labor Day is next week, and then it all begins—schools, church programs, football, traffic, busyness. While we still have it, let’s take time to celebrate summer. Today in our series of messages following the lectionary we move to the 13th chapter of Hebrews. It’s a change of pace and topic from the twelve chapters that precede it. Tom Long calls it “the announcements.” But if it is the announcements, the preacher (the author of the New Testament book of Hebrews) doesn’t just say the announcements; he preaches them. Call it “Last Minute Instructions” or “End of Summer Reminders.” Whatever you call them, we need to hear them, especially when the journey gets long, and we begin to lose our way.