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I believe you. It’s not your fault. You are not alone.

Pastoral Messages | October 11, 2016

Last Friday more than 500 people from throughout the Quad Cities gathered in Bettendorf around tables set with delicious meals and vases of sunflowers. But it wasn’t the food or the decorations that brought us there. The elected officials and police…

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God is not a Christian

Pastoral Messages | October 6, 2016

I led a class on religious pluralism last Sunday in our congregation. In the days that followed, several people came up to ask, “What did you mean when you said, ‘God is not a Christian?’” Here is a more thoughtful reply than I may have provided thos…

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Call for Sabbath

Pastoral Messages | September 28, 2016

Sometimes on Sunday mornings I take notes on my bulletin. I try to be subtle, but inevitably it is visible. Occasionally people ask what I’m writing. The answer is always some form of to-do list; a to-do list of people to call or visit. Sometimes it…

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A ministry of all

Pastoral Messages | September 22, 2016

It’s confirmation season at St. Paul! The confirmation ministry of any church has several goals, but put most simply, we want to these kids to know that they are loved, so they can love God and love their neighbors as part of the community of faith….

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Hang in there

Pastoral Messages | September 14, 2016

Every year at Carrie Busey Elementary School, my classmates and I would take part in the Presidential Fitness Test. I don’t recall all the specifics (perhaps because I’ve tried to block it out of my memory), but here’s what I do remember. The Preside…

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Google it

Pastoral Messages | September 1, 2016

Earlier this week my sister texted me about a shark attack on kayakers in the Boston Harbor. We’re planning a trip that direction and the idea of kayaking had came up. I expressed disbelief about the attack and her immediate response was a decisive “…

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From Bikini to Burkini

Pastoral Messages | August 25, 2016

France is a complicated country. Often credited with making the bikini swimsuit a norm for the world’s beaches, France is now clamping down on Muslim women who show up on French beaches wearing burkinis, full-body swimsuits designed to accommodate Is…

Back to school

Pastoral Messages | August 17, 2016

When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait for school to start each August. One year, my twin sister and I rehearsed our morning routine for several days before our first day back. We got up early, ate breakfast, packed our lunches, and stood in our front yar…

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No one way

Pastoral Messages | August 9, 2016

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you’ve likely heard at least a bit about the Olympic Games currently taking place in Brazil. Or, like me, perhaps you’ve stayed up late each evening, fascinated by the incredible skill and ath…

Skin color

Pastoral Messages | August 8, 2016

Race is in the news, and not for the first time in human history. All of us wrestle with, or should at least contemplate, what it means to be clothed in a skin color we did not choose for ourselves. The reason to wrestle is for the sake of gaining de…

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Hope

Pastoral Messages | August 2, 2016

There’s this photograph that I can’t stop thinking about. Photographer Emad Nassar took the picture last summer in Gaza, Palestine. In it, we see Salem Saoody playing with his daughter and niece in all that remains of their war-damaged house – their…

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The great asymmetry

Pastoral Messages | July 28, 2016

Europe and America are experiencing a high level of tumult and anxiety in the last 24 months, thanks to a number of deranged people and terrorists who have a killing impulse. Amateur and professional analysts alike wonder if this ugly turn of events…

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Worship Nov 15 & 16

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Katy Warren preaching
sun 8:00 am Katy Warren preaching
sun 9:00 am Katy Warren preaching
sun 11:15 am Katy Warren preaching

Worship Nov 22 & 23

Reign of Christ

sat 5:00 pm Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 8:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 9:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 11:15 am Mark Niethammer preaching

Worship Nov 26

Thanksgiving Eve

wed 7:00 pm Maddy Tyler preaching

Worship Nov 29 & 30

First Sunday of Advent

sat 5:00 pm Sara Olson-Smith preaching
sun 8:00 am Sara Olson-Smith preaching
sun 9:00 am Sara Olson-Smith preaching
sun 11:15 am Sara Olson-Smith preaching

Worship Dec 6 & 7

Second Sunday of Advent

sat 5:00 pm Katy Warren preaching
sun 8:00 am Katy Warren preaching
sun 9:00 am Katy Warren preaching (Choral Advent)
sun 11:15 am Katy Warren preaching

Worship Dec 13 & 14

Third Sunday of Advent

sat 5:00 pm Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 8:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 9:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 11:15 am Mark Niethammer preaching

Worship Dec 20 & 21

Fourth Sunday of Advent

sat 5:00 pm Katy Warren preaching
sun 8:00 am Katy Warren preaching
sun 9:00 am Katy Warren preaching
sun 11:15 am Katy Warren preaching

Worship Dec 24

Christmas Eve

wed 12:00 pm Holy Communion & Carols: Sara Olson-Smith preaching
wed 2:00 pm Holy Communion & Carols: Sara Olson-Smith preaching
wed 4:00 pm A Children's Christmas Service
wed 6:00 pm Holy Communion with Open Spirit: Mark Niethammer preaching
wed 8:00 pm A Service of Lessons and Carols with the Chorale: Mark Niethammer preaches
wed 10:00 pm Candlelight Holy Communion: Mark Niethammer preaches

Worship Dec 27 & 28

First Sunday after Christmas

sat 5:00 pm Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 8:00 am Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 9:00 am Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 11:15 am Maddy Tyler preaching
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