A slight chill in the morning air recalled for me a recent cartoon. Side by side pictures show the same young woman in a park. In one, she is in a sweater and pants, with a cap on her head, bundled up and huddled on a bench, a baby stroller next to h…
Faith stories, the culmination of the confirmation experience, are a 2-3 minute presentation. During this time, teenagers will speak about how they see God at work in the world and in their individual lives. Faith stories will be shared during the Su…
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In the front room of our house there’s a large picture window that faces toward the street. Part of our early morning routine each day is to walk by that window and open the curtains to brighten up the room a bit. For a good portion of the day, sunli…
Fall Start-Up is when we return to the fullness of our worship and learning life. Worship shifts to Saturdays, 5 p.m., and Sundays 8, 9, and 11:15 a.m. A children’s message will be offered at 9 and 11:15. Learning classes begin for ages 3-adult at 10…
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Heidi wheeled me into the surgical suite just before noon yesterday. We’d never met before. But whoever goes for the heated blankets when there’s a chilly patient on a gurney is, in my estimation, the cat’s pajamas. That was Heidi. As the surgical pr…
In this four-week series of 1-hour films, meet remarkable 20th-century leaders of note from varied backgrounds. Gather on Thursday evenings, Aug. 5-26, 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel, to view and discuss each movie. Martin Doblmeier has produced some of the…
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We’re now just over a month into the year 2021. And for a lot of us, the start of the new year had us hoping things would be much different—especially after all that 2020 brought us. We were convinced that turning the page of the calendar might just…
The St. Paul annual congregational meeting, set for Feb. 7, will be hosted online this year due to COVID-19. Instead of a Zoom meeting where scores of parishioners would be unable to interact successfully, the meeting will be released by email at 10…
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Judging from the photographs taken on Inauguration Day, the Bible in Jill Biden’s hands for the swearing-in ceremony must have been at least 10 pounds. With a five-inch thick binding and metal clasps to hold the pages together, that was one big Bible…
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2-4 p.m. Come play in the snow! On Sunday, Jan. 24, a group of 678 youth will gather for outdoor fun at Snowstar in Andalusia. Families are invited to join them for an afternoon of socially-distanced camaraderie. Families should regi…
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Among the more wondrous moments of 2020 was the appearance of the “Christmas star” in the early evening southwestern sky. People from many walks of life and across the planet took note of that infrequent conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn – the solar…
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On one of the bookshelves in my office sits a small piece of driftwood. I picked it up along the shores of northern Lake Michigan while on vacation several years ago. It was a beautiful long weekend at a cabin with good friends where we enjoyed lots…