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“For though my faith is not yours and your faith is not mine, if we are free to light our own flame, together we can banish some of the darkness of the world.” – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks I stumbled upon this quote recently. It seemed quite timely an…
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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 walls are bright, the rooms are spacious. The food at the Madison Market is always delicious – fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs and milk, meat and bread, along with canned goods and yummy treats, too. This summer, the market, which serves the fa…
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Meredith Bruster may not know exactly what she’ll be packing in her suitcase next month, when she leaves for a year away with the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission. It’s likely she will be living in southern Africa, where she will of course need…
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On the first Wednesday evenings of the month, a crew of people with money in their hands and kindness in their hearts visit two laundromats in the Quad Cities. One is in Rock Island, one is in Davenport. They set the washers washing and the dryers dr…
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For four weeks beginning Wednesday, July 5, St. Paul Lutheran Church’s Mental Health Awareness Team will host a midsummer mental health movie series. Come and watch a movie and join in discussion afterwards. Movies begin at 6:30 p.m., popcorn include…
Editor’s note: Leslie Klipsch of Empower Tanzania and Ann McGlynn of St. Paul will lead a journey to Tanzania, Empowering Women: An immersion trip to Africa, from approximately April 29-May 10, 2018. The itinerary will include visits to a water proje…
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It’s pretty quiet at the Treat House on this Friday afternoon. It’s about 2:20 p.m., and Ann Schwickerath is sitting in the living room chatting with visitors. There’s a knock on the door – the sign that the quiet is about to come to an energetic end…
Saturday mornings are when new beginnings happen. That is when groundbreakings take place, and dedications, too, for Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities. It’s also when volunteers and partner families come together to build the homes where those new beg…
A new drop-in group for people whose loved ones are impacted by mental illness is meeting at St. Paul on the fourth Monday of every month, 6-7 p.m. Friends and Families is for anyone looking for mutual support by sharing with and listening to others….
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Laundry day is always on Thursday. Student council members at Madison Elementary School gather up the baskets from classrooms and bring them to the basement for a rotating team of three St. Paul people to wash and dry. The laundry service is for anyo…
People who have lost a loved one or friend by suicide have two opportunities at St. Paul to connect with others who have experienced the same. Suicide postvention presentation The word postvention is a term used to talk about the alleviation of the e…