July 2015 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Jun 30, 2015 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on July 2015 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. With the typical decline in worship attendance during the summer months, I thought it might be helpful to share with you why going to church every week is important to me (and not just because it is my job). I grew up going to church every week without really knowing why we went. It was just what we did. Now today, many young...
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July 2015 Ripples of Faith

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February 2015 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home –

Posted by on Jan 30, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on February 2015 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home – To the membership of Circle of Faith Parish: Greetings to you all from Evanston, IL! Seems like we’re back in familiar territory, doesn’t it? On February 18, we come back to the place from which we try to flee, and to which we always must return – Ash Wednesday, the forty days we call Lent. Try though we may to escape this journey into the wilderness with Christ, we can’t get away from it. And...
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February 2015 – Pastor Eric’s Letter

Posted by on Jan 30, 2015 in Pastor Eric Midthun's Monthly Letters | Comments Off on February 2015 – Pastor Eric’s Letter The early followers of Jesus spent much time in the temple…praising God. (Acts 2:46-47) This means that one of the things they were doing was praying. We have talked about sharing, rejoicing and fellowshipping, now we want to look at prayer. God really wants us to pray. It is how we maintain a close relationship with God. And so a lot of our worship is prayer. And so we pray around our...
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February 2015 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Jan 30, 2015 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on February 2015 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. A couple years ago when our older son was about 6 months old, Stephanie and I began saying the Lord’s Prayer as part of his night time ritual. We began doing this because anytime is a good time to pray the Lord’s Prayer, and we also did this in order to begin teaching him how to pray our Lord’s Prayer. Our son is now 2 ½ years...
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