Greetings St. Paul, I am writing to you as I finish my third month as president of the Congregational Council. What an exciting and humbling opportunity to serve St. Paul after all of my years as a member at this exceptional place. I have lived in Io…
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The idea of making plans has been on my mind lately as I continue to ponder my summer plans. In May, the Tyler family begins to decide which destinations to travel to, which typically includes stops to play music with friends. In the old-time music w…
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I remember exactly where I was the day Jorge Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis. I was a sophomore in college and was finishing up lunch with my friends when the entire student union started to buzz. We faithful students and religion majors all cramm…
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St. Paul members Ryan Carney and Amanda Moeller-Carney turn their grief into action, hosting local blood drives and other events in honor of their daughter, Zoey. Zoey Carney’s smile was infectious. According to those who knew her best, she was a bea…
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The exact overlap of Passover and Holy Week that we are experiencing this year is not a frequent occurrence. Because of decisions made 1,700 years ago this year, the date of Easter always falls on a Sunday, while Passover can begin on any day of the…
by St. Paul member Becky Wiese 2025 marks the 55th anniversary of the celebration of Earth Day. The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, and was designed as a national “teach-in,” scheduled to allow the greatest student participation between f…
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I have a friend who has a habit that I’ve never been able to understand. She’s a voracious reader of mysteries, and whenever she gets a new book, she flips to the last few pages and reads them first. This baffles me. It seems to me that knowing how a…
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The sacrament of Holy Communion Each year, nine- and ten-year-olds come together to learn and grow in their faith through the fourth-grade communion milestone. During the five-week session, children and their parents learn together about the sacramen…
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A place for you. This has been the theme, the “red thread,” talked about as St. Paul fourth graders have worked on their Communion Milestone. The point is pretty simple. At God’s table (or in God’s church or in God’s heart) there is a place for you…
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When my boy scout troop went on camping trips, the top priority for us middle and high school boys was to find the nearest field. A wide-open field, preferably with tufts of tall grass to hide in, was the essential element to our favorite night-time…
In late January, St. Paul saw the replacement of the 30-year-old A/C chiller unit that cools most of the building except for the sanctuary and newer offices. It took years of preparation, discussion, and planning, and the project is now nearing compl…
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Daylight Saving Time has taken many forms and has been an on-again, off-again thing in countries around the world. Currently, about one-third of all countries have some form of it. What doesn’t vary across all those stories is the disagreement that i…