The gift of role models …

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This Saturday our parish has its Annual Fall Fair – a festive gathering with vendors, food, children’s activities, raffles, and other fall merriment. We are blessed with an 11-acre property, so the event is a wonderful way for us to welcome people to our grounds and remind the...

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Tags: anxiety, gifts, glorify, non-anxious, role model, stress, tension

Redefining home …

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This past Sunday we rededicated our Undercroft. The Undercroft has been under construction since November 2013, and includes two Sunday School rooms, our Parish Hall, two bathrooms, and the kitchen. All rooms were completely renovated with the exception of the kitchen, which only received new...

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Tags: church, comfort, undercroft, community, home, renovation, world, ministry

Male and female, God created them …

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I have been thinking a lot these last couple of weeks about violence against women. As college students have been moving onto campuses across the country, stories have been emerging about how campuses are handling sexual assault prevention. One story has been catching attention about a woman...

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Tags: image, creation, domestic, violence, female, god, male, sexual, assault, victim, steward, women

The Vulnerable Village ...

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Today is the big day. Our older child’s first day of kindergarten. As background, we are used to our child being in the care of others. Since she was 18 months, she has been doing four days a week of full-day care. Though that was hard at first, we quickly saw how she thrives on the...

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Tags: children, community, god, kindergarten, prayer, scary, trust, village, vulnerable