Archive for April 2021
Shop with a Mission: Celebrate Earth Day with These Items that Care for God’s Creation
By Susan Shinn Turner When you shop at Seasons Gifts, you shop with a mission. “Our goal is to offer unique gifts that bring joy and beauty to our lives, and the lives of others, by partnering with companies that promote fair trade, social responsibility and justice,” says Sherry Mason Brown, one of the buyers…
Read MoreA campaign for ‘the heart of campus’: ‘The Final Stretch’ seeks to raise $750,000, wrapping up G2G Phase 2
By Susan Shinn Turner Phase 2 of G2G is now underway. A campaign to wrap up this part of the fundraising, “The Final Stretch,” will run through April 11. Phase 2 of Generation to Generation will replace the core infrastructure in the sanctuary building and bring needed updates to the Child Development Center. A total…
Read MoreThe Ninth Inning
Dear friends, Thirteen months ago, I was sitting in the stands at a spring training baseball game in Florida, oblivious of what was about to happen. From baseball to being in church, things slowed way down. Likewise, during the first months of 2020, we were just beginning our G2G phase 2 Campaign to renovate our…
Read MoreThine is the Glory: ELW 376 A Hymn of Easter Triumph!
By Rob Durocher Minister of Worship and the Arts, Deacon There are some hymns that just make our worship experience on Easter Sunday complete. Among these are the hymns Jesus Christ Is Risen Today, and Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds, but one of the most triumphant hymns of Easter was gifted to us…
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