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Brittany ran away from her mom’s house, got into trouble. Sara was raised in a loving home, surrounded by friends and family. Christi was involved in church, a good student, and had a lot of friends. Today, they are all survivors of human trafficking…
Eunice lives in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, where she used to struggle to earn enough money to keep herself and her daughter fed. That was before Pangani Lutheran Children Center welcomed the little girl into the center’s boarding school and…
The Augustana College choir will return from a California tour to perform a home concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 11, at St. Paul. Admission is free; a freewill offering will be accepted. Forty-eight students will perform choral works ranging from…
Lisa Powell first became interested in studying the perspective of non-dominant groups in theology when she was in her final year of study for her master’s of divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary. She took two class that changed her. One was ca…
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St. Paul high school students share their faith stories during Sunday Night Live. Marah Tews is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School. Freshman and sophomore year, I came to youth group a total of three times. I’d like to say it was because I had v…
PALM / PASSION SUNDAY March 19 | Saturday worship at 5:30 p.m. March 20 | Worship at 8, 9:20, & 11:45 a.m. With festive palm branches waving, the mood turns somber as we realize that Jesus goes on to die. Pastor Katy Warren preaches at 5:30/8:00,…
Lenten blessing bags are an annual tradition at St. Paul, where children age 3-12th grade bring items to Sunday school, then put them together in bags to be distributed to others. This year, the bags will be distributed to neighborhood families exper…
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It was a pretty quiet morning at the gym today. As I laced up my tennis shoes, I found myself looking around wondering where all the people went. It seems just a month or so ago, I was scouring the room to find an open treadmill and waiting my turn t…
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Ben Carlson first came to Camp Shalom as a middle-schooler. He’s been back every year – in one way or another – ever since. He had his fair share of mischief and camper capers. Then he became an assistant counselor. He moved up to counselor. Then he…
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My high school did not offer a class in cosmology. It’s a good thing it didn’t. I wouldn’t have survived. I barely passed math, struggled in physics, and to this day do not understand what a mole in chemistry is. The only mole I know is the one that…
Silentor Esthil was a very sick little boy. A years-long infection in his leg would not heal. His mother went to great lengths to find someone who would help her 9-year-old son, and she was giving up hope. Her final attempt to save his life was to ta…
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KJ Rebarcak spent much of her life struggling. A very smart young woman (KJ was valedictorian of her high school class), she was fired from her first two jobs – one at a deli and one at a shoestore. More difficult times followed. She describes her li…