With Pr Steve and Bev vacationing in Sweden, Libby was kind enough to put together our Good News for this week. Thank you Libby! Several members of the congregation enjoyed the Summer Solstice Labyrinth Walk and S’mores Tuesday night.  Thanks to Everett for bringing the outdoor fire pit!  The next summer event is a Mt. [...]

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Friends: To polish is to work the exterior until the interior luster shines.  You need not polish the whole world.  Simply polish the corner where you live until it is clear and shines! Therefore, polish your mind and understanding with Bible 365 and adult education; polish your soul with the sacraments; polish your children’s baptismal [...]

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Friends of the Rainbow Covenant: The Inspiration concludes the Good News today.  If you desire I am still willing to build an Ark for you this weekend. Confirmation will be celebrated this Sunday.  It will be a joyful and uplifting service.  Keep the families, godparents and grandparents of Ayanda, Kylie, Jordan and Mackenzie in your [...]

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Friends: Each one of you has received a special grace – so like good stewards responsible for all these varied graces of God, put yours at the service of others. -1 Peter 4: 10 A Pair of Jeans presented a marvelous concert on Sunday. Music of Meditation, Hope, Commitment and Blossoming surrounded us. A wonderful [...]

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Friends: To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it [...]

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Friends: The rulers of this world love to lord it over others, they like to make their ‘authority’ felt.  (They think they are Somebody if they step on nobodies.)  Not so with you.  If you would be great – serve others;  if you want to be first then become last.   So it is with the [...]

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Friends: “Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. In honor of Mother’s Day this Sunday we will have another favorite Small and [...]

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Friends: I beg you…..be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves….the search going on within your inmost being is worthy of your whole love….the point is to live everything you experience.  Live your questions now.  Do not seek “answers” which cannot be attained because you would [...]

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Friends: Biblical study should have one primary aim and view: confrontation of all of us by the living God….with fear and trembling, we can dare to hope that God would address us through the biblical words….no serious question is out of place. No pious phrases will take the place of honest and determined examination of [...]

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Friends: From the Belly of the Beast Seated upon the convex mound Of one vast kidney, Jonah prays And sings his canticles and hymns, Making the hollow vault resound God’s greatness and mysterious ways Till the great whale spouts music as he swims.  (Aldous Huxley) Join us for Soup and Sacrament on Wednesdays at 6:30.  [...]

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