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Cleaning Out the Garage

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Posted by Elbert Kim on May 31, 2012

It’s that time of year when kids are looking forward to be out of school and families are getting ready for the summer months. For some, this means putting away the clothes and supplies for school, and taking out from deep within the closets the swimwear and fun activities for the summer. ...

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Mason-Dixon Line Memorial Day Memories

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Posted by Rev. Jim Mowry on May 24, 2012

Psalm 16:6b: “The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage.” With two significant occasions this week, it is hard to make a choice as to which one to write about. I certainly understand that it would be unlikely to have had the Christian Church ...

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Tags: memorial day, decoration day, ancestors, mason-dixon line, jim mowry

God in Nature: Slowing Down, Listening, Wherever You Are

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Posted by Randal Newton on May 17, 2012

One of my fondest memories as a child was our family vacations. A few times a year our family would pack up the yellow banana van and head up to the Eastern Sierras for our camping trips.  Many of our vacations were at June Lake campground. We spent our vacations eating meals by the fire, ...

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Tags: god in nature, god's creation, listening to god, psalm 46

Amazing Grace this Mother’s Day

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Posted by Mary Allman-Boyle on May 10, 2012

As we approach Mother’s Day 2012, many things strike me this year. As in the past, I pause to reflect upon the Saturday before Mother’s Day 1993. My husband and I had been trying to have a baby for 5 years. The doctors had said that surgery was not a viable option. I was alone that ...

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Wrapped in Love and Prayer

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Posted by Greg LaDue on May 03, 2012

In the book of Acts Chapter 19, Luke narrates how God did extraordinary healing miracles through Paul: “God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured ...” This passage of ...

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Church is much more than what happens on Sunday morning, in our building. It's what we do every day as we attempt to love God and our neighbors, in the messy realities of our everyday lives and this complicated world. This blog is a space for reflection on everyday grace, struggle, healing and reconciliation. We hope you will come here to be encouraged by the lives and insights of the people of our congregation.

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