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Pastoral – the thesaurus says it is rustic, countrified,
rural, idyllic, green, and bucolic. And its antonym is “urban.”
So how did a savvy New Yorker end up as a pastor in a
pastoral setting, Ephraim, for instance? Well, in 2010, Dawn Volpe received a
call to pastor Ephraim’s picturesque and historic Moravian Church, and she
recalls that after living in Staten Island and pastoring one church in the
Bronx and another near Washington DC, “I was willing to leave my much-loved
pastorate of 19 years at Trinity Church in New Carrollton, Maryland, but I
never dreamed of going this far West.”
So city and country met and mixed and the entire Volpe
family, including husband Bob and their high-school-aged son Robert, answered
the call of both a congregation and a country life.
As I’ve
said in the past, I once saw love as a possession, a taking, a getting.
Love was about what made me feel good, what satisfied me. Over time,
thank God, I’ve grown to see love as a giving, a sharing, a putting of
the other first.
That is what came to mind as I read this morning of Jesus sleeping –
totally exhausted and spent -- in the boat while the storm raged all
around Him.
My point: It seems to me that Jesus did not just die for us. During
His life, he took nothing, but gave all that He had … to the point of
total exhaustion. Oh, and then He let Himself be crucified … giving us
more than His all. Thank you, Lord.
Selling bookmarks to raise money to buy soup for Feed My People.
What
do you get when you put together three young local girls with a heart for serving
others and a food pantry that needs help? You get a great idea for helping Door
County residents remember the SOUP in Super Bowl and the importance of helping
others! Grace Hubbard, Sabrina Rittle and Rooke Knapton, from Hope United
Church of Christ’s Middle Grade Sunday School class have been working hard for
a month to pull off their SOUPer Bowl of Caring Project that will culminate on
Sunday, February 26.
Christ
the King/Holy Nativity Episcopal Church has announced a community
Christmas Carol sing and Hot Apple Pie Social to be held on Wednesday,
December 14 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. The festive event will take place at
Jameson Hall at Holy Nativity Church on County V just west of downtown
Jacksonport.
A
program entitled “Life at Haiti’s Largest Orphanage” will be presented
on Saturday, October 29 from 3:30 - 4:45 pm in Jameson Hall, adjoining
Holy Nativity Church on County V in Jacksonport. The talk, which will
include a multimedia presentation, is part of the Fall Program Series
sponsored by Christ the King/Holy Nativity Episcopal Church of Sturgeon
Bay and Jacksonport.
Cynthia
A. DeSoi, MD will take you behind the scenes at Hope Village, an
amazing place where hope reigns supreme for some of Haiti’s children and
young adults. The orphanage was started with just a few street kids in
1998 by Fr. Marc Boisvert, who has directed the facility ever since.
In
1853, Andreas Iverson, a Moravian minister and evangelist from Norway,
founded Door County’s first church. Today, its white steeple is a proud
tribute to the hardy souls who survived countless challenges to
establish their church in the wilderness. Serving the community,
Ephraim Moravian Church ministries provides free meals, short-term
emergency aid, supports Feed My People, and participates in Crop Walk.
Blessing of the Animals at Christ the King Episcopal Church.
An annual
tradition in conjunction with the celebration of St. Francis Day on
October 4, the Blessing of the Animals will be offered at Christ the
King Episcopal Church in Sturgeon Bay. The event takes place from 10 am
til noon on Saturday, October 1 in front of the church at 512 Michigan
Street, just a few steps away from the Farmer's Market, also held
Saturday morning.
Fr. Hillman, Bishop Jacobus, and Deacon Kuehn preside over the dedication ceremony.
On
Saturday 13 August 2011, the people of the Episcopal Church of Christ
the King and Holy Nativity celebrated the dedication of their new parish
hall at Holy Nativity Church in Jacksonport. The church community was
founded in 1882 and the present church building witnessed its first
services celebrated in 1886. Jameson
Hall was blessed and dedicated by Bishop Russell E. Jacobus, Bishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, at the celebration of the
Eucharist on Saturday 13 August 2011 at 5:00 p.m. A festive reception
followed.
It's
easy to get to the newly-chartered Cowboy Church of Northern Door. Find
Uncle Tom's and drive north on Timberline Road to 12376 Timberline Road,
where you will see a sign welcoming all to the non-denominational, 'No
Barrier' Cowboy Church.
The
Cowboy Church of America has a rich tradition of meeting the spiritual
needs of cowboys and rodeo riders and people traveling who can't always
find their church.
Christmas Eve 2010
marked the very first use of the newly constructed
Jameson Hall at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Jacksonport, Door
County, Wisconsin. The new addition to this historic structure consists
of the new fellowship hall, a small kitchen, a sacristy, and two
restrooms. Up until this time, church-goers had only an outhouse to use,
or, in recent years, an outdoor porta-potty. Thanks be to
God!
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