Lena Withrow

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Summer Reading List

June 1st, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, Every so often, I use this space in the newsletter to share with you some recent, non-churchy books I’ve read and loved, or podcasts ...

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So Much Good Happening Here!

May 23rd, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, If you have felt like this month has been full to the brim with wonderful staff news, I have even more wonderful staff news to share –...

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Beloved Community,

Reborn Again

May 16th, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, Each year that I have had the honor to serve as your pastor, we have experienced full and mighty Pentecost weekends. I recounted that i...

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Beloved Community,

The Gifts of a Teaching and Learning Church

May 9th, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, One August Sunday some three years ago, I met a winsome pair of brand-new students on the precipice of beginning a three-year journey t...

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Beloved Community,

Embracing the Gift of Rest

May 2nd, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, Facebook told me yesterday that it was nine years ago that Amy McClure and I had become (Facebook) friends. I remember the in-person ve...

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Beloved Community,

The Telling

April 25th, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, I had the good fortune to attend my first Passover Seder meal this week, at Temple Emanuel as a welcomed guest of our friends, Seth Mos...

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