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The Shell Newsletter – September 12, 2019
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From the Rector – The Basket Raffle is Here! This Sunday we kick off our biggest FUNdraiser of the year with the 13th annual Basket Raffle and Silent Auction. Tickets will be on sale after both services and the bidding sheets will be out and ready. There are over 60 themed baskets you can…
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The Shell Newsletter – August 8, 2019
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From the Rector – Confirmation Program for Highschoolers Calling all youth and parents! We will be offering a Confirmation program for high school youth this year. Confirmation is a sacramental rite in the Episcopal Church, an opportunity for young adults to examine their faith and discern if they want to confirm the promises that…
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The Shell Newsletter – July 11, 2019
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From the Rector – The View from the Mountaintop People say that walking on water is a miracle, but to me, walking peacefully on the earth is the real miracle. ~Thich Nhat Hanh Last Sunday we had our first prayer hike at Sugarloaf Mountain. The weather held out and we enjoyed the lush forest…
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The Shell Newsletter, June 13, 2019
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Rector – Get Even More WAY OF LOVE! “The way of Jesus is the Way of Love. And the Way of Love can change the world,” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry says in his new podcast, The Way of Love: with Bishop Michael Curry. These weekly conversations, which launched last Sunday on Pentecost, explore living…
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The Shell Newsletter – May 9, 2019
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From the Rector A Mother’s Day Thanksgiving This Sunday is Mother’s Day. While there are faith-filled roots to this holiday, it is at heart a secular one. For this reason it is not included in the church calendar, and we don’t celebrate it as a feast day. We will mark it in our Prayers…
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The Shell Newsletter – April 11, 2019
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From the Rector – The Holiest of Weeks This Sunday when we wave our palm branches, we will enter again the holiest of weeks in the Christian year, telling our holiest of stories. The services of Holy Week – Palm/Passion Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, all leading to Easter Day – are…
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The Shell Newsletter – March 14, 2019
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From the Rector – A Brief Theology of St. Patrick’s Day I found this reflection on St. Patrick from The Salt Project quite lovely. As I prepare corned beef and cabbage and potatoes this weekend I’ll offer a tip of the glass to Patrick and pray the prayer at the bottom! The lives of…
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The Shell Newsletter – February 14, 2019
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Rector – Reach the Mountaintop! Summer Service Trip to Appalachia We’re returning to Barnes Mountain and St. Timothy’s Outreach Center this July – and the deadline to sign up is NOW! Join folks from St. James’ and St. Andrew’s, Glenwood for a week of community building and construction projects in Kentucky from July 21-27. …
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The Shell Newsletter – January 10, 2019
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From the Rector – February Book Group Selection & Dates The new year means it’s time for a new book for our Book Group! Eighteen folks met between the two gatherings last November to reflect on Everything Happens for a Reason (and other lies I’ve loved) by Kate Bowler. Next up we’re reading Learning…
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The Shell Newsletter – December 13, 2018
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From the Rector – The Hospitality of Christmas In Advent, as we look toward Christmas, we prepare our hearts to welcome the Christ child. At home, we often prepare our houses for holiday guests. When we prepare, we offer hospitality – that is, the disposition of receiving and treating guests and strangers in a…