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WLSU: Growing Up
posted on Nov 17, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast There's a lot not to like about growing up. I get tired more easily, and I have indigestion a lot . I snore now. I pay bills and have responsibility. I feel responsib le for others ...
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WLSU: Trust Women
posted on Oct 27, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
W e were still living in Virginia when my wife Krista got pregnant with our first child. I was just finishing up seminary and we were getting ready to move back to California, but we still ha...
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CoR Youth (Grades 7-12) / Family Ministry
Confirmation
posted on Oct 26, 2023 Confirmation is an option for any student beginning in 7th grade and can be committed to at any point once that grade is reached. Our confirmation process for students operates on a fulfillment-based model. Here are some FAQs to help students dis...
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Family Ministry / posts
Communion 101
posted on Oct 25, 2023 Communion 101 is an interactive event about the sacrament of the Eucharist for 2nd through 12th graders. Our goal is to generate understanding about why we do what we do around the altar when we worship as Episcopalians. We'll travel around the c...
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WLSU - The Silence
posted on Oct 20, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
I remember the first time I took communion in the Holy Land. There is a moment in the Eucharistic Prayer where the priest holds up the blessed bread that has become the Body of Christ and breaks it ...
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Rector's Blog: Good Grief
posted on Oct 13, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
Earlier this week I was driving on I-95 from Boston to New Hampshire , where I used to live. I was struck by something - more a feeling than a thought. And as the rental car moved f orward, I ...
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Mission / Madisonville Education and Assistance Center / Notices
Mini Meac Donation Closet
posted on Oct 10, 2023 Donate to our Monthly Drive for essential needs at Madisonville Education & Assistance Center. Each month we will focus on one or two items from their wish list. The items by month will be as follows: January - Toothbrushes & Toothpaste Febr...
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Rector's Blog: Got To Get You Into My Life
posted on Oct 6, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
When I was 14 years old I fell in love with The Beatles. I was in a booth at Islands Restaurant on Tustin Avenue in Orange, California eating cheese fries with my mom when this song came on that I'd...
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Rector's Blog: Becoming a Runner
posted on Sep 29, 2023 This blog is also available as a podcast
I was a runner once about 12 years ago. I don't just mean that I ran once. I mean I became a runner. I had jogged now and again growing up, but was never a runner. Then one day I thought to myself, ...
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