Our Vision Statement: ‘With the heart and mind of Christ, we transform the world.’ | | |
Reflection from our Pastors
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Sunday’s Gospel spoke of the Reign of God (Luke 10:9). “The reign of God preached by Jesus means a new consciousness of being in the world, a consciousness of relatedness, inclusivity, non-duality, and community. Jesus ushered in a new presence of God, a new realm of God based on the empowerment of community.” (The Emergent Christ, Ilia Delio, 2011.)
"The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me;
my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love." - Meister Eckhart
We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are.
What might the ongoing flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas tell us about God
suffering within us, that our lives have meaning beyond the now. Here is a response
from Unfolding Light:
God speaks to the brokenhearted
Beloved,
news of your sadness
will soon reach me
through the usual channels.
But I already know it.
I am the rain of your sorrow
before the clouds
even come to you.
My heart goes out to you
before I even hear your prayers.
Though you think me distant
I am right here,
in it.
I hold you and your grief
like my twin children.
In time I will bear you both
to a place of joy,
but now I am simply present,
though unseen, hidden
in your cries and questions,
in your silence.
My love, I am the emptiness
that holds you.
Steve Garnaas-Holmes. www.Unfoldinglight.net. 7.7.2025
A special ‘Thank You’ to Suzanne King for the ‘Eye of God’ artwork and quote.
Let us open to the light that we may be bright where it is dim.
Pastor Jane
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301 Faith Partners Pub Get-Together on Thursday!
Come to our monthly meetup!
We will enjoy the beautiful shade and scenery this month on Thursday, July 10, at 3:30 PM at STODGY BREWING located at 1802 Laport Ave.
See you next week!
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Tuesday Peace Prayer
Join us in a prayer for peace in the world and within ourselves. 20 minutes every Tuesday via Zoom. (Families invited!)
Tuesday Evening Peace Prayer
At 7:00 pm on this Zoom Link < New Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 881 2656 0118 Passcode: 295075
May Mary, Mother of the World, who abhors all violence, pray for us. Rev. Jane
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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The recording of readings and homily for July 6, 2025, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, has been uploaded here.
Associate Pastor Jane Reina presided at the Mass and delivered the homily.
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Social Justice Reflection
By Tom Moos
The territory of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (collectively. MHA) indigenous peoples once encompassed much of west and central North Dakota. Beginning in 1851, the US government began to delimit their territory as western expansion accelerated. Through a series of treaties, congressional acts and executive orders, their territory was steadily reduced.
In 1851, the Fort Laramie Treaty legally defined the MHA territory to include over 12 ½ million acres. In 1870, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation was established by executive order without Congressional or Tribal input and reduced the MHA territory by 60% to under 5 million acres.
Ten years later, in 1880, another executive order, again without Congressional consultation or Tribal agreement stole another 1 ½ million acres to establish a Northern Pacific Railroad right of way and left the MHA tribes only 3 ½ million acres.
In 1891, Congress ratified an 1886 land allotment act under which ¾ of the remaining reservation was “purchased” for $800,000 leaving the MHA nation with under 1 million acres. This was followed by the Homestead Act of 1910 which opened 1/3 of the land to non-tribal settlement leaving the nation with just over 645,000 acres.
In 1949, the MHA nation reluctantly was compelled to sell the most fertile 150,000 remaining acres to the US Army Corp of Engineers (inset photo) for the building of the Garrison Dam on the Missouri river, which created Lake Sakakawea, the second largest US man-made lake by area after Lake Oahe in South Dakota and the 3rd largest by volume after Lake Mead and Lake Powell. Garrison Dam impounded 75 miles of the Missouri river.
The Garrison Dam, along with other dams positioned from Montana to South Dakota, known as the Pick-Sloan Project, were designed to solve extreme flooding of the Missouri Basin, enabled irrigation, provided supplemental water and hydroelectric power, controlled sediment, and created recreational opportunities. However, the lakes formed behind the dams eliminated 90% of the timber and 75% of wildlife habitats on the Fort Berthold, Cheyenne River, Standing Rock, Crow Creek and Lower Brule Indian reservations and displaced the majority of the indigenous populations from fertile lands along the river to the much less hospitable and smaller remaining areas of the reservations.
Native American historian Vine Deloria Jr has described the Pick-Sloan Plan as “the single most destructive act ever perpetrated on any tribe by the United States”. Indigenous poverty and dependence on federal aid remain a lasting legacy of this project.
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Praying for peace, health and well-being through challenging times.
+Jeff Klein, son of Debbie Klein
+Mary Powers and Katie Richards, members healing from long COVID
+Milo Pasquale Cushman -- brother of Liz Urban, member
+Hope Kunze, granddaughter of Mother Rosean
+ Valerie Dorr, mother of Deana Andrist, TLC
+Cindy Cloyd, member
+Sandra Life, member
+Julie Lucas, daughter of Bruce and Carol Yeazell
+The Grant and Cloyd families, for healing
+Carolyn Sue Cecil and family, friends of Mary
of Magdala
+ Mary Lou and David Devlin, members
+Rachel, Ryan, & Chloe Honeybourne, family of Julia Morrow, friend of Mary of Magdala
+ Sharyl Hoepfinger, for prayers of healing
+ Jenny Witzke, for prayers of support
+Pastor Rick Reiten, Pastor at Trinity Lutheran
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A blessed and peaceful repose of souls for those who've passed and comfort for the friends and families.
+Donna Lusby, friend of Ralph, Anne, Debbie, Mark, Dori, and Tom, members
+Lois Hug, mother of MaryAnne Heyman, member
+Richard Life, member of Mary of Magdala
+Donald Sherlock, brother-in-law of Dori Healy
+Joseph Grant, nephew of David and Cindy Cloyd
+Dennis Healy, Tom Healy's brother and Dori's brother-in-law
+Barbara Lange, grandmother of Gray La Fond
+Leonard Urban, husband of member Liz Urban
+Tess Peters, friend of Mary Lou Devlin, member
+Kelly Cahill, friend of Ruth Alexander
+Pauline Devlin, David Devlin's mother
+James Lyons, brother-in-law of Mary Lyons, member
+Carole Lyons, sister-in-law of Mary Lyons, member
+Jessica Melton, family friend of Jane Reina
+Jim Carroll, husband of member Dori Carroll
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Wednesday - Weekday Mass
July 9, 11:00 am
- Weekday Mass in the Fireside room
- No Zoom available
- Mother Rosean presiding
Sunday Mass -
July 13, 12:30 pm
- In person and Zoom available
- Mother Rosean Amaral presiding
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Wednesday - Weekday Mass
July 16, 11:00 am
- Weekday Mass in the Fireside room
- No Zoom available
- Mother Rosean presiding
Sunday Mass -
July 20, 12:30 pm
- In person and Zoom available
- Mother Rosean presiding
- Join us for a salad potluck after Mass
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Did you miss an article or announcement?
Past e-bulletins are posted on our website here. Below are links to some key articles:
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ECC News from the House of Laity - May - here
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Spring News from the Office of Presiding Bishop - here.
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Read the recent ECC statement on immigration here.
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Ongoing Giving Opportunities in Fellowship hall; see list here.
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Dedicating Altar Flowers? Contact Joan Stepleton at JoanStepleton@gmail.com or 864-650-2816. A $25 dollar donation is kindly requested.
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All are invited and ALL are welcome to join our parish community. Here is the webpage with more information on membership
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Our Vision – ‘Our guiding Light’
Weaving a tapestry of love, hope and justice for the world.
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The 301 Faith Partners--Mary of Magdala, Trinity Lutheran, St Paul's Episcopal --have a Vision, Mission and Values statement that guides our relationships, interactions, and shared projects and ministries.
Read about our Mission, Core Values and Covenant here.
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The ECC Regional Website - View here.
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Newsletters of Trinity Lutheran Church and the St. Paul's Episcopal
Click here for the Trinity Lutheran Church monthly newsletter, "Tidings". And here is St Paul's weekly bulletin.
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