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Ben Carlson first came to Camp Shalom as a middle-schooler. He’s been back every year – in one way or another – ever since. He had his fair share of mischief and camper capers. Then he became an assistant counselor. He moved up to counselor. Then he…
Silentor Esthil was a very sick little boy. A years-long infection in his leg would not heal. His mother went to great lengths to find someone who would help her 9-year-old son, and she was giving up hope. Her final attempt to save his life was to ta…
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His family bought the wooden loom for his grandfather when Jim Case was 5 or 6 years old. His grandpa had emphysema. Back then, one of the treatments for the disease was to periodically place people in isolation. Since the Case family couldn’t go to…
Near Fourth and Iowa streets in Davenport, at the lunch hour on Wednesday, 50 people stood bundled up in the chill of the January sun and prayed. Many of them Catholic sisters from area orders, they gathered at the site of one of two dozen billboards…
The St. Paul Mental Health Awareness Team will host a mental health movie night on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 7 p.m., in the Chapel. That’s Just Crazy Talk, written and performed by Victoria Maxwell, looks at both the light and dark side of living with bipola…
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The kitchen is warm on a chilly winter morning. A pasta dish is coming out of the oven, pots and pans are clanking, and there’s a lot of chopping going on. Each person has an assinged job to do – setting the tables with napkins and silverware, washin…
Tannishia Garcia stood in the living room of her new home, six days before Christmas, and gave thanks. The race to complete her home before the end of the year was complete, thanks to her hard work and the support of countless people. She and her fam…
An intergenerational effort will help ensure that students at J.B. Young K-8 School have socks to keep feet warm and food to keep bellies fed over the Christmas break. Socks and Supper will partner Sunday school kids, the Neighborhood Schools Partner…
The energy is contagious. Hundreds of Quad City teenagers rally each fall to collect as many green beans, corn, flour, macaroni & cheese, and countless other nonperishable food items. It’s called the Student Hunger Drive, and it helps stock the s…
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What are the 40 positive assets in a young person’s life that can help them thrive? How can knowing and understanding these assets shape efforts to reach out to others, no matter their gender, age, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, or ability? R…
Editor’s note: Meridyth Bates is spending a year in Madagascar as part of the Young Adults in Global Mission initiative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Q: Tell us a little bit about your path to serve – what choices did you make, how d…
One small way that St. Paul offerings support refugees – people stripped of everything they know – is through two organizations that directly and indirectly assist refugees. This year, the congregation’s mission board voted to increase its giving to…