This Pray4Mets post asks you to share your best ideas for developing Mets fans in your own family and community.

Jewish texts include the obligations of a father toward his son, including teaching the boy to swim. Christian ‘formation,’ that is, the development of the new Christian, speaks to training in thoughts and deeds.

How does one translate, as September brings the new education year in the United States, age-old responsibilities from various faith and cultural traditions to training a next generation of Mets fans who are literate, competent, and passionate in the art, science and sport of orange-and-blue baseball?

As a Mets fan, share with our Pray4Mets audience the influences that brought you to your passion for this team. Send your perspectives to Pray4Mets@gmail.com by Tuesday, September 3.

In the meantime, let’s keep our hands together and fingers crossed for more joys than sorrows, and humble learning from any failures, in this week of Pete Alonso’s record-breaking performance. Let’s Go Mets!

Maureen Edelson, Creator, Pray4Mets

Montclair, New Jersey USA