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St. Paul’s spirit of teaching and learning carries through to two internship programs for college students – one in communications and one in youth ministries. Meet the 2018-2019 interns. Destiny Ellingsworth, communication intern Destiny is a junior…
The anticipation of a new school year is in the air: school supplies, back packs, and the eagerness of learning new things. On Sunday, Aug. 19, St. Paul will hold its annual back-to-school blessing at 9 and 11:15 a.m. Students can bring bags up to th…
One St. Paul member built his own airplane from scratch. Another built a career from the seat of Navy P2Vs. Both share a love of the air. Richard Fidlar, retired Navy captain As a student at Davenport High School, some of Richard Fidlar’s budd…
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How can we make the Bible fun, and get its impact to stick? These are the two questions Pastor Kendra Thompson asks herself when planning programming for children and families. She will begin at St. Paul in mid-August as the pastor of children and fa…
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On one recent Monday morning, it was really quite quiet outside the two-story brick building on the corner of 15th and Ripley streets in Davenport. The sun shone down. The birds chirped. The hostas and milkweed planted outside rustled in the breeze….
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As a mother of two young children, wife of the life of the party, choir director of 4- and 5-year olds, and preschool music teacher, I have a high tolerance for noise. There’s a lot of noise in our lives. Much of our daily noise is joyful and peppere…
As superintendents and golf pros, these St. Paul people choose golf as a profession. Every single one of them experienced golf as a child. No matter the exact age or circumstance, Eric Drane, Ike Hurning, Alex Stuedemann, and Erin Wikoff all encounte…
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Another beautiful and sacred journey I have enjoyed will soon end. After working 13 years as the administrator of the St. Paul pastoral residency program, I plan to step away from my staff position to join my husband in retirement and to pursue some…
St. Paul Lutheran Church and Family Resources will host a session for area clergy on how to best respond when someone discloses sexual, physical, or emotional abuse. Clergy Roundtable: Start by Believing will be held on Thursday, Aug. 16, 10 a.m.-12…
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The beginning of Tammy Hermanson’s time on staff at St. Paul started with the dream of a pastoral residency program. St. Paul was invited to apply for a grant from the Lilly Endowment to begin an initiative to provide two years of residency to newly…
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The 38 acres of land and 20-acre pond, tucked away along Highway 5 in East Moline, needed a new owner. A wetland, the family who owned it knew they could no longer take care of it. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wanted to find an organization that…
FOR FOUR WEEKS beginning Wednesday, July 11, St. Paul Lutheran Church’s Mental Health Awareness Team will host a midsummer mental health movie series. Come and watch a movie and join in discussion afterwards. Movies begin at 6:30 p.m., popcorn includ…