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  • Ask the Pastor – Anonymous Feedback

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    We need feedback. As we grow as a congregation together, we need to hear from our members, from our friends, and from our community how things are going. As we try new things, we need to learn what works and what doesn’t. […]

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  • Ordination-versary!

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    As I write this, I’m getting ready for my vacation at the end of August. So I’m trying my best to get everything done that I can, which includes scheduling social media posts. I didn’t realize quite how emotional I’d be as […]

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  • Ask the Pastor – Worship Stuff Part 5 – Communion

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    Have you ever wondered why we do what we do during worship? What’s up with the passing the peace? Why do we have a community confession? What exactly are we saying when we profess the creed? Maybe you’ve wondered if there’s more to […]

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  • Ask the Pastor – Worship Stuff Part 4 – Offering

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    Have you ever wondered why we do what we do during worship? What’s up with the passing the peace? Why do we have a community confession? What exactly are we saying when we profess the creed? Maybe you’ve wondered if there’s more to […]

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  • Fear of Missing Out & Ministry

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    So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. ~Isaiah 41:10 I remember the first time I […]

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  • Faith, Fellowship, Family

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    They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ~Acts 2:42 For the last few Sundays we have been going through our newest member class in our adult education. These classes […]

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  • Reform and Reforming

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    “Source of all life, we confess that we have  not allowed your grace to set us free. We fear that we are not good enough. We hear  your word of love freely given to us, yet we expect others to earn it. […]

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  • Hopes & Dreams Part 6 – A People for the World

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    As part of my process to become an ordained minister in the ELCA, in 2016 I was required to write an essay focusing on my hopes and dreams for the church, where I see God at work in the world, and what […]

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  • Not My First Mother’s Day

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    The Lord dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as he had promised. Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him. Genesis 21:1-2 […]

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  • Memories of Palm Sunday

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    As we get closer to Easter, I always get so excited for Palm Sunday. One it’s a Sunday where my hair changes again (Palm Sunday I go pink for the remainder of Holy Week and Easter!), but it’s also a Sunday that […]

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