Finishing up his duties for the day, Marc Ndabaramiye steps out from the kitchen and into the seating area of Oh So Sweet by Tiphanie in downtown Davenport. He is a dishwasher at the bakery. He sweeps, clears dishes, and unloads shipments as well. Hi…
The journey begins by fleeing their home – adults and children of all ages. They may have no time to plan and can take only what they can carry. Sometimes, it includes traveling by foot through jungles, deserts, war zones, with fear of attack from mi…
Ahlonko Kokou was a high school math and physics teacher in the country of Togo. He and his wife, Afi Amewou, dreamed of coming to the United States someday – so they started the process to come here on a Visa. In a lottery type of process, Ahlonko w…
One in five children will experience a significant emotional, behavioral, or psychological problem, statistics show. Anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, loss, and difficulties with focus and attention are among the challenges that kids can face. Mean…
Doug McDonald spent 28 years on the bench as a judge. From his first-floor courtroom at the Scott County Courthouse, he worked through a daily docket of people accused of a variety of crimes. Of 15 people in court on any given morning, five or six us…
St. Paul Lutheran Church will host Mental Health First Aid training on three Tuesdays in April – April 12, 19, and 26, from 6-9 p.m. The class is free and open to the public. Signup is required, at stpaulqc.org/signups. Mental Health First Aid is an…
As a crew of St. Paul people head to Appalachia April 2-9 to help make homes warmer, safer, and drier, dates for the fall trip have been set – October 1-8, 2016. The church’s partnership with Appalachia Service Project (ASP) translates into twice-a-y…
The beginning of spring means the beginning of planting in the St. Paul community garden. Get your hands into the earth twice over the coming weeks. Children are very welcome. Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m.-12 noon: Prepare the community garden for anot…
Father Bud Grant is a professor of theology at St. Ambrose University. He teaches environmental ethics, serves on local and state environmental committees, writes widely, and has been recognized with awards for environmental education. On Sunday, Apr…
Scrape. Suds up. Sanitize. Sort. Store away. At the Wednesday evening meals during Lent this year – as they have for the past half-dozen years or so – a growing crew of people don green aprons. For 90 minutes a week for five weeks, they are a team in…
Eunice lives in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, where she used to struggle to earn enough money to keep herself and her daughter fed. That was before Pangani Lutheran Children Center welcomed the little girl into the center’s boarding school and…
Lenten blessing bags are an annual tradition at St. Paul, where children age 3-12th grade bring items to Sunday school, then put them together in bags to be distributed to others. This year, the bags will be distributed to neighborhood families exper…