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Dec 2002
Fr. Eirik’s prayer points have been refined since our annual meeting and are available on our Lenten Prayer Card. Click here to listen to the meeting. Dear Light of Christ Family, What a joy it was this past Sunday to give thanks with you for the blessings of 2013 and to anticipate together the call of 2014! Jeanne and I are blessed and excited about the Bishop and vestry’s call to full time work as Rector of Light of Christ. Bishop Stewart has challenged us to pray first, plan second, and eventually......
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Nov 2002
Trying to decide whether to be confirmed? This is what the Anglican Church in North America says about Confirmation. Preface Concerning the Confirmation Liturgy Draft Text Proposed by the Bishops Review Committee (Revised, 1/7/2015) Anglicanism requires a public and personal profession of the Faith from every adult believer in Jesus Christ. Confirmation by a bishop is its liturgical expression. Confirmation is evident in Scripture: the Apostles prayed for, and laid their hands on those who had already been baptized (Acts 8:14-17; 19:6). In Confirmation, God, through the bishop’s prayer for daily increase in the......
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Mar 2002
Since August this year, I have spent much time and energy on the campus of Carthage College, a small liberal arts school on the north side of Kenosha. I have prayed, fasted, walked, run, biked, played basketball, lifted weights, cheered at volleyball games, cooked hot dogs, eaten breakfast, lunch, and dinner, drank coffee, led Bible studies, spoken at large groups, taken naps at the library, and fairly often wondered what the heck I should be doing. Regardless of the worth of these activities (and others that deserve no mention), there’s always been......
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Jul 2001
To go along with our 3-part sermon series on our vision statement, we will be posting stories of love, hope and healing that feature members of our own congregation. (If you have a story to share, please contact Jeanne Olsen or Lisa Traylor.) We’ll begin with a story of LOVE, from the Kirk family. (Dan has shared this story on his family blog, as well as with an Anglican publication called The Wave, the quarterly magazine of AMIA. But it bears repeating!) When the Kirks first came to Light of Christ, they were nervous. Their son Edmund......
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