Hi from Minneapolis! Standing next to the Mary Tyler Moore statue. If you remember that TV show you may be too old for the youth group. Great conference & coming home with some great ideas for our wonderful congregation. Miss you all soooooo much. See you in Sept.
Next sabbatical adventure. Flying to Minneapolis.
While FROG was out stampeding this week, I have been reading the following:
This book is about how to engage people, churches, and partners to inspire hope in our communities and neighborhoods.
This week & next…online learning about rethinking Sunday morning & rethinking year round stewardship.
Happy Canada Day from Rev Rita & Frog!
This week I am reading No Home like Place. A church building is both blessing & burden & it can be an essential place where a person can find a safe & supportive place to explore their faith.
About 500 years ago Huldrych Zwingli was a Zurich pastor who broke a rule. He read the Bible in German (the common language of the time) instead of reading it in Latin. I wonder what rules Balzac needs to break to make a difference in the world?
I found this prayer at the Jesuit Church in Lucerne. It reminded me of what we are about at Balzac church.
About 500 years ago Huldrych Zwingli was a Zurich pastor who broke a rule. He read the Bible in German (the common language of the time) instead of reading it in Latin. I wonder what rules Balzac needs to break to make a difference in the world?
On a river cruise & visited the Cologne Cathedral..lit a candle & said a prayer for Balzac. Frog is in Calgary. He forgot to renew his passport.
Keeping a church going is hard work & often a big challenge. What does Balzac do together just for fun?
Rainy days & working my way through a stack of books that has been waiting to be read for a very long time.
This week I have been looking at Christian hospitality & ways to make real room for newcomers in our Church beyond a friendly Hello
Balzac church folk have always been close to my heart. This weeks big move happened & now I live closer