Lena Withrow

Beloved Community,

Finishing with a Flourish

June 5th, 2025

Dear Beloved Community, I hope you’ve had a chance to read the email reminder about Sunday’s Called Church Conference. In it, you read of the motions to be ...

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Beloved Community,

Summer Reading List 2025

May 29th, 2025

Dear Beloved Community, It’s been a beginning-of-the-summer tradition of mine to use this space in the newsletter to share some books I’ve read and loved re...

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Beloved Community,

Dining Table Connections

May 22nd, 2025

I’ve been thinking a lot about dining tables recently. I have part of my great grandmother’s dining room set including the table and while there is so much ...

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Beloved Community,

Sacramental Thresholds

May 15th, 2025

Do you remember your graduations? Your threshold moments? Your times of transition? Closing one chapter and beginning a new one? That weird liminal space in bet...

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Beloved Community,

For Mothers Day

May 8th, 2025

In my recent sermon on April 27, I shared my personal journey of infertility.  I fully believe there is great freedom in sharing our life experiences with ...

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News,

Jesus Still Shows Up

May 1st, 2025

On the weekend after Easter many of us gathered at Morrow Mountain State Park for our first church camping weekend. This event was sponsored by the Adult Minist...

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