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Race, poverty, and reformation

Pastoral Messages | October 29, 2015

“Everything changes when the people you love are at risk.” I recently attended a conference for pastors and other professional church leaders where issues of race and justice were part of the discussion. Too often conversations like this remain abstr…

Events to consider well-being, depression

Mission | October 28, 2015

  St. Paul’s Mental Health Awareness Team will host two upcoming events – one a panel discussion on mental wellness, and the second a presentation on depression. Both are free and open to the public. The first, onThursday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m., will…

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A ukulele utopia

News | October 22, 2015

At 3:45 p.m. on Thursday afternoons, Dan Pepper’s classroom fills with the music of middle school students. Three dozen or so kids pluck away at ukuleles, more or less in unison, learning an instrument that has joy embedded in its strings. Dan, who t…

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Sparkly boots

Pastoral Messages | October 21, 2015

It’s that time of year again. The days when haunted houses and apple orchards are filled with visitors. The time when you can eat candy corn by the fistful and walk down grocery store aisles filled top to bottom with assorted bite-sized candy. And th…

Kites, free and tethered

Pastoral Messages | October 15, 2015

Earlier this week, the Quad Cities experienced what Winnie the Pooh would surely have called a blustery day.  It was windy. The kind of wind that kindled fires in fields of dry crops. The kind of wind that would knock someone right off their bike. As…

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A book and a haircut

Mission | October 14, 2015

Kathie Heaps first saw the story on Facebook, of a barber in Dubuque that gives free haircuts to kids as long as they read a book to him. Immediately, she knew: “I can do that!” Kathie, a hair stylist for more than three dozen years, has tutored stud…

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Unlimited fear

Pastoral Messages | October 8, 2015

There is a fear epidemic in America. We are a people full of fear. Swapping stories of fright has become our national pastime. If you want to kill anything in politics these days, just get people good and scared about what some action or legislation…

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Farewell, father

News | October 8, 2015

My father, “the Good Reverend” as I called him, lived 84 magnificent, fulfilling years. This weekend we will have the opportunity to honor and celebrate a life very well lived. While it is normal to be sad on these occasions, I take tremendous comfor…

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Bowling with Carma

News | October 8, 2015

An 11-pound bowling ball with purple and blue swirls rolled down the alley and toppled every single pin in its path. Carma Schwarz stepped away from her throw and says with a smile: “They just felt sorry for me and fell.” Carma is 89 1/2 years old. S…

Time capsule — Mark your calendars for April 24, 2094

News | October 5, 2015

A gray steel box in the St. Paul archives, locked and taped, has an envelope that says it is a time capsule, sealed in April 1994, and to be opened 100 years later. While there is no indication of what is in the box, the year leading up to that day w…

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A church in the countryside

News | October 5, 2015

The bell tower of Augustana Lutheran Church in Andover, Illinois, rises from the green fields and roadways of western Illinois. Inside is the 2,471-pound metal bell, shipped by railway from Ohio and installed in 1881. Don Norberg, church custodian, r…

The psychology of happiness

News | October 5, 2015

On the first day of class, Jessica Schultz asks her students to write down their future goals. “To be happy” almost always is at the top of the list of responses, she said. “Happiness is built into the framework of our country,” said Jessica, an assi…

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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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