Friends: “Anyone who thinks he (or she) is too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito.” (Gandhi) This Sunday we will celebrate Stewarding the Mysteries of God.  If you think you are too small to make a difference, you have never read the Bible! Congratulations to April and Matt [...]

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Friends: “What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?  This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless but disastrous.  We spend millions every minute on training people to [...]

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Friends: “I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me, to see the beauty of the world through my own eyes.”  (Sweet Honey in the Rock) While it has been an intense season October has also been a month of incredible blessings for us:  St. Francis Animal Blessing and Festival; the launching of another unique [...]

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Friends: “By waiting and by calm you shall be saved, in quiet and in trust your strength lies.” (Isaiah 30: 15) “I doubt I will have an experience like this again until I enter heaven.” So said Pr. Margareta after last Sunday’s Healing Prayer Service. All present experienced a profound depth, an opening of the [...]

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Friends: “I believe that grace’s empowerment is present in all true healings, in deliverances of all kinds, and in any movement toward wholeness and love and freedom, however great or small.  It is present in physical and psychological healing, in social and political reconciliation, in cultural and scientific breakthrough, in spiritual deliverance from evil, in [...]

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Pastor Steve is on Retreat this week (returning Sunday afternoon) so these few notes are from Libby… Thanks to Greg Grebe and Committee for a marvelous St. Francis Blessing of the Animals Festival last Sunday.  What joy, calm and lovely energy! Greg reports that it was a “good day with focus on the animals. All [...]

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Friends: “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” ~ Dalai Lama — and I think St. Francis would agree! It will be a wonderful Sunday with our St. Francis Animal Blessing and Festival! Be sure to invite your friends to this day (Noon – 3:00 pm) which brings such joy and healing to so [...]

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Friends: “Everywhere that I roam, everyone I see is a poem – written on the back of God’s hand.” Gil Scott Heron The initial service with our worship change of time to 9:30 seemed to work well for everyone. The quality of our hospitality time was not diminished. And 20 people participated in our Adult [...]

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Friends: “There is no way to peace; peace is the way.” (AJ Muste) A joy to share the Birthing Blessing this past Sunday with April and Matt Rasmussen.  New life always emerging wherever we are.  For all the little ones and those soon to arrive praise God! Homecoming is this Sunday and our new schedule [...]

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Friends, “You are God’s work of art!”  (Ephesians 2);  and “If we only knew what we were receiving in the Eucharist we would leave the Table dancing!”  (Marty Luther) What a splendid celebration we had with Gerry Grosz and his Jazz Kitchen.  Gerry composed 2 new pieces just for our worship.  He told me afterwards, [...]

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