CAMMIE BELLA This has been quite a challenging year, hasnât it? Weâve experienced losses on several levels. One is the loss of gathering here in person as a family, as friends, as a community. Iâve been asking folks what it is that theyâve missed most during this pandemic. Everyone Iâve asked answers first, âBeing with other people.â Relationship. Itâs one of our basic human needs. Participating in a âBeloved Community,â Godâs dream that we all get along... We havenât accomplished it yet, have we? Remember Mister Rogersâ show, in which he asks every day, âWonât You Be My Neighbor?â Are we practicing this? Wouldnât our world be transformed if we all did? We might start by asking, âWill You Be My Friend?â Iâm not talking about our particular friends â those we spend time with because we think alike, have the same politics, the same religion, the same interests, the same way in which we frame the world.