Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, June 21st, is the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, Fill the Food Barrel Sunday, and Father’s Day! Unfortunately, as we still won’t be worshiping in person, we can’t have the children hand out tiny wrenches to all the men in the congregation, but we will be having a Liturgy for Men of Faith during our online worship service, so be sure […]
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Pastor Tim’s Devotion for Friday, June 19, 2020: JUNETEENTH Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It recalls how the states of Louisiana and Texas heard the news that President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Slavery continued in those two states for more than two years
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Pastor Tia’s Devotion for June 17, 2017: Dear worthy siblings in Christ! I remember when first coming to the US 1,5 years ago, I wondered about these signs. Black signs with white letters saying, “Black Lives Matter”. I didn’t know anything about the history of this movement, the ignorant European I was. The black sign
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Dear Church, Oh! It was wonderful! As I didn’t ask permission to use the photo, please Imagine the other people gathered in a bunch of other boxes surrounding mine for Holy Redeemer’s first Zoom Communion service! As Aaron, one of our members called it, Zoom-union! I was so excited that I forgot and actually ate regular bread! I haven’t touched
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After a Sunday off last week while the Sierra Pacific Synod provided a worship service, we’re back! This Sunday is the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost. We’re also commemorating Juneteenth with special prayers, litany, and a pouring of libations. Please see our bulletin if you’d like to follow along and participate. Today’s worship service was recorded at different
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Hi, Everybody! It’s a long and partially sobering one, so grab a drink! This Sunday, June 14, is the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost. Don’t forget to join in our Virtual Coffee Hour on Sunday at 10 am with Marta as moderator (does virtual coffee mean decaf?). Here is the necessary Zoom info (there’s gotta be a more succinct way to
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Pastor Tim’s Devotion for June 12, 2020: The Chain Reaction of Lily, Leon and Jeremiah Lily Lily Havesh goes by “Havesh5” on YouTube. She is one of the most popular Domino Artists. She states: The best part for me is seeing something that I work so hard on, worth all the way through after, sometimes
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Pastor Tia’s Devotion for June 10, 2020: Dear faithful protesters in Christ’s name! Taking a stand by kneeling is one of the highly symbolic images we are seeing these days. Protesters kneel, sometimes together with members of the police and politicians. It’s a simple, yet strong gesture. A humble acknowledgment that there is still lots
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Pastor Barbara’s Devotion for Monday, June 8, 2020 Dear Church, [Jesus] unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight
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Devotion for June 5, 2020 from Pastor Tim: Christianity Lite? Why do you attend church? (Whether you currently attend a faith community or not, it is my hope that this devotion might prove helpful.) Do you attend for worship, fellowship, community, coffee, donuts, music, the message, Holy Communion, you were forced or to make sure
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