Rector’s Blog

The first Dousman Kids Fest is just over a week away! St. Mary’s, Job’s Daughters, Three Pillars and Lake country Kids are putting up booths and hosting games on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 from 10 AM to 2 PM. We need your help! We are looking to borrow: A Bean Bag Toss Game Bean Bags […]

A great big welcome to Canon Scott this Sunday! It’s always such a joy to worship with Canon Scott and I am excited to hear a sermon that I didn’t write. I hope you’ll stay for coffee hour and say hello! Thank you to everyone who pitched in to help with Derby Days! A special

We have a new postulant at St. Mary’s! Jordan Robinson Delaney has discerned a call to the diaconate, and St. Mary’s is her lucky sponsoring congregation. Starting this week, we will pray for Jordan each week, and we will see her around more often as she continues her process. It’s the 71st Annual Dousman Derby

I am so excited to see you all this Sunday! It’s been a wonderful two weeks away, and I am ready to jump back in with both feet! Speaking of, the Annual Meeting is just around the corner. If you are a ministry head, please start writing your report for the Annual Meeting. This year’s

Assuming everything goes well, we will be pouring our Columbarium foundation and extra sidewalk before this Sunday. Thank you to Father Ryan and Bremen for taking such good care of us! Please sign up for a columbarium space, burial space, or brick! Thank you to our Columbarium Team: Shawn, Craig, Mary and Kim. Thank you

I repeatedly think that I know how awesome St. Mary’s is, and then you all raise the bar! Thank you to everyone who worked at Strawberry Fest! You baked, set up, sold, served, parked, ran and otherwise put together an amazing event. We ordered more strawberries this year, and still ran out. We are still

This Sunday is our 39th Strawberry Fest at St. Mary’s! Please join us Saturday (June 27) to help set up tents, tables, chairs and put signs up everywhere! Saturday afternoon is the ideal time to drop off your bake sale donations. Please have them individually packaged and labeled (as a favorite dessert, or with common

Happy Father’s Day! Wishing you a wonderful celebration with those who have fathered you and those whom you have fathered. I am sorry to miss you all today, but hope that you enjoy the fudge to thank you for your care, compassion and ministry. Sunday is your last chance to sign up as a sponsor

It’s the first Sunday of the month which means that we will have healing prayer following both services as well as our monthly Potluck Coffee Hour. Thank you to everyone who brought a dish to share and to the Vestry for doing set-up and clean up. If you are a reader, greeter, acolyte, altar guild,

It’s Trinity Sunday and we have some fun changes to our Sunday Schedule. We’ll have service at St. Mary’s at 8 a.m., followed by 9 a.m. Coffee Hour. At 9:30 a.m. we will join Emmanuel UCC for worship, followed by a church picnic at 10:30 a.m. at Emmanuel. I hope you will join us. As