Rector’s Blog

Sunday is the start of October – I cannot believe that we are so far into the year. Sunday is also our annual Pledge Sunday, so please bring your pledge cards with you. We start our budgeting process after we receive our pledges because our pledges make up over 90% of our income for the […]

Most stewardship campaigns remind people that you are caretaker not only of your money and how you spend it, but also of how you use your time and talent. At St. Mary’s we are exceedingly blessed by the volunteers who give generously of their time and abilities to forward our mission. Whether that is by

As we contemplate our commitment to St. Mary’s through time, talent and treasure, we are using the stewardship theme of being Rooted in Abundance. This seems particularly appropriate at St. Mary’s as we are blessed with people who give freely of themselves and their resources. We have had increased costs each year due to inflation,

It is the beginning of the program year, and I would like to begin by welcoming Deacon Ryan to St. Mary’s! Deacon Ryan Delaney is a transitional deacon, meaning that he is called to the priesthood and will be ordained sometime in 2024. At that point, we will likely loose Deacon Ryan to his new

One of my favorite parts of life is the shifting of seasons. Whether that shift happens in church between Advent to Christmas to Epiphany to Lent to Easter to Ordinary time or it is the shifting of the calendar year from Winter to Spring to Summer to Fall, I love tidying up the previous season

It’s been a hot summer, but I hope you have had a chance to admire our prairie land as the native flowers take a more dominant role. Marit, JR and their team have mowed, sawed, pulled and burned in an effort to encourage the prairie lands to poke through. Thank you to everyone who has

I delivered the school supplies to Family Promise this week, thank you! My trunk was packed and we filled a hallway with all your donations. I think the folks at Family Promise were quite impressed, and I know the kids are going to be well equipped for the upcoming school year. Thank you for your

Sunday is the last day of our collection of school supplies for the children of Family Promise. Thank you so much for shopping and donating to help them start school fully supplied. Over the month of August we will collect a care basket for Matt Phillips. Please feel free to leave your cards and gifts

Our generosity is informed by the simple theological truth that God has blessed us infinitely with all of the gifts of Creation. Our lives, our labor, our love is devoted to the mission of the Church when we take stock and realize that our lives and our response to God’s generosity are Rooted in Abundance.

Sunday is the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, but it is also the Dousman Derby Days parade. As such, while 8 a.m. will be a complete service, the 10 a.m. will be abridged. We need to be at the parade starting point by 10:30 a.m., so we will have readings, prayers, and then communion from the