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Social Justice & Advocacy Column May 8, 2024
posted on May 8, 2024 Practice Resurrection Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts... Practice resurrection. - Wendell Berry
Read MorePrayer for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
posted on May 3, 2024 As we celebrate this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
receive our thanksgiving,
O God, for the abundance of diverse cultures from Asia even in this land.
We pray for those who have come from various places in Asia,
...
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Weekly Rector's Note
May Celebrations
posted on May 3, 2024 Dear Saints, A lot has been happening! This week we welcomed our new Woodstock Pantry and Outreach Coordinator, Leslie Rangel. We will be doing more introductions in the coming weeks, but if you happen to be at church on Friday or Saturday, ple...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column April 30, 2024
posted on Apr 30, 2024 Never Enough The course we are on assures us of a predictable future of strained individualism, environmental destruction, severe competition as resources dwindle for a growing population, and perpetual war. Our culture ingrains in us the ...
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Weekly Rector's Note
Bring Your Tablet to Church Sunday!
posted on Apr 26, 2024 Dear Saints,
This Sunday is bring your iPad/tablet to church Sunday. Several issues beyond our control prevented us from getting a Xerox tech onsite to fix our copier before Sunday. So we are getting a chance to try out the digital bulletin fo...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column April 23, 2024
posted on Apr 23, 2024 A Declaration of Collective Atonement on the Part of Jews of Conscience Jewish tradition teaches us to love the stranger, for we were strangers once ourselves, as slaves in Egypt.... In this time of deep despair, all of...
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Weekly Rector's Note
John Muir + Earth Day
posted on Apr 19, 2024 Dear Saints, This Sunday we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday in the liturgical calendar. And since Monday is Earth Day and also the Feast Day of wilderness prophet, John Muir, we will spend time in our services reflecting on how all of these holi...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column April 16, 2024
posted on Apr 16, 2024 Dying and Resurrection Things change and grow by dying to their present state, but each time it is a risk. We always wonder, "Will it work this time?" So many academic disciplines are coming together, each in its own way, to say there's a ...
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Weekly Rector's Note
All Saints on KOIN 6!
posted on Apr 12, 2024 Dear Saints,
Happy Friday! I hope you are getting a chance to enjoy some of the beautiful spring weather we have been having.
Our "Inspiring Women" art opening last Sunday with artist Anne Shams was a blessing to be part of. If you missed i...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column April 9, 2024
posted on Apr 9, 2024 Easter People We have an invitation to go to church in a new way, by praying before the new leaves budding through dormant trees or the wobbly flowers by the side of the road pushing through the solid earth.... [Like Francis of Assisi,] w...
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