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On Saturday morning, four St. Paul women traveled by church van to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Their cargo was 100 school kits, bound for children worldwide. For the past three months, women of the congregation have decorated and packaged school supplies in…
The Open Spirit Ensemble, which leads contemporary worship each week at the 11:45 a.m. service, will celebrate 10 years of helping people connect with God. A concert will be held on Sunday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. The group, led by Bil…
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In preparation for this coming weekend, a member of our communication team asked me for my favorite Martin Luther quotes. We will be commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the day the Luther, a monk in Germany, nailed 95 Theses to his town’s church d…
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I didn’t sleep well last night. Monkey mind was in high gear, swinging from branch to branch, project to project, and person to person. I’m grateful we’ve evolved past most primate behaviors, though I wish monkey mind would disappear into oblivion. I…
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The pink-colored engraving sand comes from Australia. Tyler Abigt uses tons and tons of it each year. The expertise comes from spending a considerable amount of time studying and working under the man he bought his business from. Tyler Abigt and his…
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Editor’s note: Abby McLeland is one of about 50 ninth-graders who recently completed confirmation by sharing their faith story. She talked about important people in her life, including her mom, small group leaders, grandmother, and someone who taught…
Editor’s note: Katie Hanson and Dave Crowe teach at Augustana College. For the past 20 years, they have led St. Paul people through a rich variety of reading and discussion. They recently answered a few questions about the joy of leading this particu…
Commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with this multi-congregational event at St. Paul on Sunday, Oct. 29, 3 p.m. With Martin Luther’s A Mighty Fortress as a centerpiece and Psalm 46, God is our Refuge and Strength, as the anthem, this…
A new ministry is taking shape at the Anamosa State Penitentiary, a men’s state prison located in Anamosa, eastern Iowa. FreeIndeed will serve the nearly 1,000 men who live there, using a model created by Prison Congregations in America, or PCA. The…
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Like many of you, my heart is heavy. It feels like we wake up morning after morning to countless images of lives destroyed. Families are exhausted from going weeks at a time without power and basic necessities, knowing they have no physical home to r…
At Checkpoint Charlie, from West Germany into East Germany, guards with machine guns climbed onto the Wartburg Choir tour buses. The guards meticulously looked over documents and investigated the wigs that women wore (a fashion of the time). East Ger…
As with many old books, its character doesn’t come just from being old and worn but from the clues it gives about the people who first read it. According to the loopy cursive inside the front cover, a Miss Mary Nelson spent 25 cents on this tiny hand…