Category: Give Back
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Bringing Out the Best
It’s been difficult for everyone over the past few days to see the images coming out of TN, NC, and FL. They are images that will never be forgotten, things we’ve never seen before in our lifetime. Something happened yesterday afternoon though. I began noticing pictures and videos being posted that showed not the devastation…
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His Message
It’s difficult to know where to begin this little blog this morning. We are all safe here, and our city, compared to others is just fine. Hurricane Helene has moved through the state of FL, making her way now through the neighboring states with a vengeance. She made landfall in the Big Bend area at…
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Chocolate Chips and Father
I have a new team member that started in the office yesterday. I’m sure you all know how it goes, you are excited to have them however you have the challenge of training them while you know your inbox is filling and the boxes on your specific to-do list remain unchecked. It is what it…
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Your Kit
We have a few special volunteers at our church. Well, all of our volunteers are special, however this group handles a ministry that has a special place in my heart. You see my husband and I participated in it for many, many years back home, and are looking to start back into it. This group…
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The Garden
The past few weeks I’ve been enjoying watching the updates from friends and family as they plant their gardens. For many, it’s actually their first time putting in a garden, and it’s been fun to watch their excitement grow as their crop grows. Many of my friends are starting gardens for the first time with…
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Humble Beginnings-Humble Givings
I attended a luncheon yesterday. One of our parishioners, a lovely woman spoke about her family business. She and her husband built this with many years of hard work and effort. Actually, she shared their story which was quite inspiring. You see both she and her husband were raised in MN. They were both very…
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Simple Support
One of the most rewarding parts of my job is talking to our parishioners. I’ve learned so much about so many wonderful people. My days are filled with people stopping in for various reasons, committee meetings, bible study, attending a service, volunteering, and planning a life event like a wedding or funeral. I have the…
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Saturday Service
Well, you all know that I tend to sleep in a bit on Saturdays. I guess I did, by an hour this morning 🙂 . We’re up early on my favorite day of the week as we’re headed to a day filled with service and some fun tossed in. As I’ve mentioned here in the…
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Little Organizations
Last night I had a meeting with a combined group of people doing some really great stuff for our community. You see each year we have a fundraiser at our church to raise funds for community outreach. We have a group who plans the fundraiser, and then there is a grant committee who researches the many local…
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The Stocking were Hung…
Just a fun little story in today’s little blog. Over the weekend I had the idea to buy stockings for everyone in our office. I wanted to hang them on each office door for a couple of reasons, yes for decoration, but also as an opportunity for people to share little things with each other.…
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