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A love of film, for the generations

News | December 15, 2015

Little Jimmy Siokos walked into a movie theater with his dad when he was 5 years old. The year was 1977 and they were there to see the first Star Wars movie. Today, 38 years later, the countdown board in Mr. Siokos’ classroom at Sudlow Intermediate S…

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A giving birthday

News | December 15, 2015

Freddie Lassers was pretty excited when his parents told him he could have a friend birthday party to celebrate turning 6. “But I already have a lot of toys,” he told mom and dad, Christine and Alex. So the Lassers started brainstorming: what could F…

Blue Christmas: A service for the broken-hearted

News | December 15, 2015

St. Paul will offer its Blue Christmas worship on Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 6 p.m. This service of hope is designed for anyone in the community who may not feel like celebrating. During the holidays, grief, illness, aging, depression, loneliness, unemploy…

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Christmas chili dogs

Pastoral Messages | December 15, 2015

“Mom, can we have chili dogs?” This was the question from my then-4-year-old brother, Daniel, regarding Christmas day dinner that year. It was the usual family holiday insanity, packed with airport runs, last-minute errands, and family activities. Ex…

Advent devotion: Tradition and change

News | December 15, 2015

During this Advent season, traditions become a part of many of our days. There are as many traditions as there are families. Many of us try to honor and keep those family rituals as time passes and as we enter into different phases of our lives. At t…

Advent devotion: My son’s lead

News | December 14, 2015

“You’re sort of a know-it-all,” my wife says lovingly after I tell her the theme for this year’s Advent blog. At first glance, the theme to Treasure and Ponder only got me pondering what to say. In my day-to-day life, in fact, I consider myself sure-…

Advent devotion: God’s yes

News | December 13, 2015

On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving at the Madison Marketplace food pantry, there was quite a crowd. Among the group were Madison families, an “oh-so-sweet” 12-day-old baby boy, a cadre of St. Paul volunteers and Madison staff, a small group of helpfu…

Advent devotion: Bread and salt

News | December 12, 2015

There is a Slavic tradition of welcoming those arriving to one’s village by presenting them with bread and salt – in those ancient times, offering up salt was like handing over gold. This tradition of hospitality is not unique to Slavic cultures, of…

Advent devotion: I wonder as I wander

News | December 11, 2015

Out under the sky, it was this past February: Rocking gently from the waves below, Starring into a vast, star-lit sky above, Feeling entirely alone in the middle of the Indian Ocean. My husband and I began to ponder our future once more – faced with…

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A place called home: A grandfather’s art

News | December 10, 2015

Heidi Watkins attended a concert with her mom, Patty (Lundahl) Watkins, about 15 years ago at First Lutheran Church in Moline. As she sat in the pews, she noticed the incredible mural behind the altar, and half-moon-shaped pieces depicting the life o…

Advent devotion: Moments of stillness

News | December 10, 2015

After this year’s first snowfall, my neighbor pushed his snow blower down the sidewalk around our entire block in an early-morning act of service to the neighborhood. Last week at the airport baggage carousel, I observed a woman introduce herself to…

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Rehearsing

Pastoral Messages | December 9, 2015

Today is my parents’ 49th wedding anniversary. On December 10, 1966, they were married in the small, stark sanctuary of the Baptist church where our family worshiped for decades after that.  It was an old-fashioned wedding in most senses. There was n…

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Worship Aug 30 & 31

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 8:00 am Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 9:00 am Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 11:15 am Maddy Tyler preaching

Worship Sep 6 & 7

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 8:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 9:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 11:15 am Mark Niethammer preaching

Worship Sep 13 & 14

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Sara Olson-Smith preaching
sun 8:00 am Sara Olson-Smith preaching
sun 9:00 am Sara Olson-Smith preaching
sun 11:15 am Sara Olson-Smith preaching

Worship Sep 20 & 21

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Katy Warren preaching
sun 8:00 am Katy Warren preaching
sun 9:00 am Katy Warren preaching
sun 11:15 am Katy Warren preaching

Worship Sep 27 & 28

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 8:00 am Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 9:00 am Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 11:15 am Maddy Tyler preaching

Worship Oct 4 & 5

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Sara Olson-Smith preaching
sun 8:00 am Sara Olson-Smith preaching
sun 9:00 am Sara Olson-Smith preaching
sun 11:15 am Sara Olson-Smith preaching

Worship Oct 8

Golden Agers

wed 10:30 am Peter Pettit preaching
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