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Hi, Everybody:This Sunday, May 23, 2021, is Pentecost Sunday!  Celebrate by wearing red, lighting candles to represent the tongues of fire, turning on all the fans for the rush of wind, and tuning the TV to a foreign-language station for the speaking in tongues (or just put on the album by Talking Heads – but make […]

Devotion for May 20, 2021 from Pastor Tia Pelz of Christ the King: God of all people, parent of every being, breath of life!  We come with prayers before you today.  With prayers of thanksgiving and prayers of lament and prayers of hope.  God, we thank you for this beautiful world you have made and trusted

Devotion for May 18, 2021 from Tori Valcarcel, Ministry in Context Student for CTK and HTLC: God Our Mother  I consider it a privilege to share with you dear readers in these devotions the places I am learning and growing, through both seminary and life. I wanted to share a place of growth, both for

Hello and welcome! We’re glad you could attend today’s worship service for Sunday, May 16, 2021. It’s the last Sunday of the Easter season, and we are celebrating Ascension Sunday – when the disciples witnessed Jesus ascending to heaven on a cloud 40 days after Easter. Please see our bulletin if you’d like to follow along and participate in the service.

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, May 16, is the 7th Sunday of Easter and Fill the Food Barrel Sunday.  We also will be celebrating the Ascension of Our Lord (actual feast day: yesterday)  The 40-day period after Easter during which Jesus makes appearances is over, and he says goodbye riding a cloud to heaven.  Also gone is Pastor Tim, who is taking some

Devotion for May 13 from Pastor Barbara Caine of Holy Redeemer: Beloved, if God has loved us so, we must have the same love for one another. 1 John 4:11 This photo is an image of our new Bishop-Elect Megan Rohrer.  It’s a screenshot from our online Sierra Pacific Synod Assembly.  If you look in

This Sunday, May 9, is the 6th Sunday of Easter and Scrip Sunday.  Pastor Tim is helping with the Synod Convention this week, so Carmen Blair will be taking over as emcee (not the correct church term).  Of course, it’s also Mother’s Day!  Confirmation Class has ended, and there is no Sunday School this Sunday so all you kids can concentrate on

Hello and welcome! We’re glad you could attend today’s worship service for Sunday, May 9, 2021. Please see our bulletin if you’d like to follow along and participate in the service. Today, Carmen Blair will be leading the service while Pastor Tim is participating in the Synod Convention. We continue to record online worship services in lieu of in-person worship

Devotion for May 6, 2021 from Pastor Tim Huff of Holy Trinity: Never Blow on a Dandelion Many of us have memories of blowing the billowing tufts of dandelion seed heads to make wishes and clear all the wispy seeds in one strong breath. The plants make for strong childhood memories, though many grown-up gardeners find them

Devotion for May 04, 2021 from Tori Valcarcel, Ministry in Context Student for CTK and HTLC: Of Wells, Water, and Worry  Grace and Peace to you, Beloved siblings in Christ,  I have a really lovely friend, someone who I haven’t known for many years, and in fact, haven’t talked to in a long while. Nonetheless,