Mark your calendars now for our fall Region III Meeting. Sunday, September 24, 2:00pm, at Good Samaritan in Sauk Centre.
Saturday, Aug 12, at St. John's, St. Cloud. Open to all. This training is required by the diocese for certain ministries. Clergy are to have the full day's training; parish visitors, lay eucharistic visitors, and those working with youth or children half day. Registration begins at 9:30. Please be prompt as it is a very full day. Morning session ends at 12:30; afternoon session completed by 4:30. $5.00 donation requested for lunch. Please sign up with Peg Murphy at St. John's at 320-251-8524
Seeking spiritual growth? Wish you had friends with whom to share your journey and your growth. Try Education for Ministry (EFM) where Christians gather regularly in small groups to pray and study and reflect on God's presence in their lives. New groups begin in the fall. Contact Pat (below) or any EFM member for more information.
Good Samaritan and Our Saviour's will give thanks for the life and ministry of the Rev. Josie Martins during regular Sunday worship:
Sunday, August 6, at 11:00 am in Sauk Centre
Sunday, August 13, at 10:30 am in Little Falls.
Josie died on July 18 of complications following heart surgery. She had been the regular supply priest and a loving pastor for Spirit of the Heartland for the past eighteen months as well as a beloved supply priest throughout the diocese.
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Remember Friday the 13th last August? That's when the west wall at Good Samaritan in Sauk Centre collapsed. The parish of Good Samaritan invites everyone to celebrate their renewal (Re: New Wall ?). In thanksgiving for the generous support of their community and of other churches, there will be an Open House Celebration on Thursday, August 10, 4-7pm. Balloons, organ music, parish members in new "vestments," food, awesome stained glass, fun. Church party!
There's been a computer mix up with the church calendar and The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour is going Christmas Caroling on the 24th of August instead of December. Singers and fun-loving evangelists of all ages from other churches are welcome to join parishioners in making a joyful noise all around Little Falls. Easy evangelism -- letting people know that Jesus is born in our lives all year round and that the Episcopal Church is alive and well and celebrating. Caroling at 7:00 pm. Gather at 6:30 for warm up. Contact Pat (below) for details.
Escape to the wilderness for spiritual reflection, relaxation, and fun. Women's Retreat, Sept 19-22. Entering from Poplar Lake and setting up base camp on Gaskin Lake. An easy trip, but far enough in for solitude. Cost will vary from $65-95 per camper according to what equipment participants have. Space is limited. Contact Pat (below).
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