Rector’s Blog

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

Happy Pentecost! Pentecost is the fifth major feast of the church year, and it is acknowledged as the beginning of the church. We celebrate with one service at 9 a.m. – bringing together all the folks of St. Mary’s as we mark the beginning of the church in the world. We will read Acts 2

We are polishing the church to a high gloss! Stanley Steemer was here this weekend to clean our floors, and Sunday we are going to be make our windows sparkle! Please bring your favorite window cleaner and help us scour all our lovely windows. Weather permitting, this Sunday we will have our 10 a.m. service

Being in community with people is often a mixed bag – we are stronger together and can support each other at our best, but are able to tear one another to pieces at our worst. I was once again reminded of how very lucky I am to be at St. Mary’s – you are the

Thank you to everyone who signed up for a new ministry or two at last Sunday’s Ministry Fair! We will have the signup sheets available this Sunday as well for those who were unable to join us next week. I hope you find something that brings you joy! May is an incredibly busy month! This

While the weather continues to bounce around, signs of spring are firmly here. In fact, this Sunday is our Ministry Fair! I hope you’ll take time to browse the tables during Coffee Hour and perhaps discover a new ministry or two that interests you. Should you not find one, please let me know and we

Thank you for your generous donations to our Easter Outreach! We raised a total of nearly $5400 that will be split between Safe Families for Children, Lake Area Free Clinic and cancelling out lunch debt for Dousman students in financial need. Thank you! This Sunday we are meeting at 9 a.m. to talk about the

Happy Second Sunday of Easter! As we consider what it means to believe and have faith without visual proof, we hear the Gospel story of Thomas. This Sunday we have one combined service at 9 a.m. followed by a catered coffee hour. Bishop’s Sweets is catering our coffee hour for free after some hiccups with

Easter Sunday arrives after the swirl of rite, ritual and prayer that is Holy Week. We face humanity’s need in stark terms, attempting to comprehend the unimaginable grace offered to us on Easter Sunday. We likely will never fully understand, at least not until we are in the presence of God. But I hope you