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A Generous Life
in Pastor's Weekly Message

A Generous Life

Do you remember the stories in Scripture about people wandering or praying or waiting for 40 or more years or days before coming through to a new place? After the Hebrew people are delivered by...

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May 08, 2020
Updates and a Prayer
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Updates and a Prayer

In each Friday’s weekly email I will give you a brief update about COVID-19 and our church. Here is today’s update: As he did the week before, our Desert Southwest Conference Bishop, Bob Hoshibata, on...

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May 01, 2020
Rocket Fuel
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Rocket Fuel

In my Wednesday, April 22, devotion I read “Giving thanks to God for sustaining us is like adding rocket fuel to our spiritual journey.” I started thinking about the power in rocket fuel, propelling people...

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April 24, 2020
Walk
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Walk

When we hit the “pause” button on most things at St. Mark’s back in mid-March, we didn’t know how long it would be before we hit the “play” button again.  Well, most things are still...

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April 17, 2020
Darkenss
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Darkenss

Darkness Morning has not yet arrived, so it is dark. I remember that today is Good Friday, the day we call “good” because Jesus offered himself so our burdens could be lifted and we could...

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April 10, 2020
Palms
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Palms

Palms Can you think of one word to describe our current times? Perhaps frightening or angering or lonely or opportunity or creativity? Our pastors and staff are mustering all their creativity to stay connected to...

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April 03, 2020
Small Joys
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Small Joys

Daily life certainly has changed recently, hasn’t it? This Sunday, March 29, is the fifth Sunday of Lent. It’s also a “Fifth Sunday” which usually means that there’s no Sunday School and all worship together...

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March 27, 2020
Strange Time
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Strange Time

It’s a strange time, isn’t it? I’ve been trying to think if there have been other times like this during my lifetime and can’t really think of anything quite like these times of staying away...

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March 20, 2020
In a Time of Crisis
in Pastor's Weekly Message

In a Time of Crisis

A long time ago, I took a class called Ministry in a Time of Crisis. Many concepts from that class stuck with me. In the last few days, two characteristics and two helpful responses to...

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March 13, 2020
A Prayer for Health
in Pastor's Weekly Message

A Prayer for Health

Colds…flu….sinus infections….headaches….more colds…this winter has been a challenging one for some in our family and in our church family. Just when it seemed like we were well, someone got a runny nose, sore throat and...

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March 06, 2020