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Trinity Community Lutheran Church has several events planned for the month of August.
Friday, August 2 at 7 p.m., Trinity Church and Point Roberts Circle of Care are doing a joint fundraiser …
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Barbara Wayland |
7/26/24 12:29 AM
When I began living in Point Roberts, I soon realized that I needed something to do that would both allow me to earn a little money and become acquainted with more of the people living here. I posted …
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By Barbara Wayland |
6/28/24 12:59 AM
Preaching is many things, but the primary task of Christian preaching is to help listeners hear the good news brought by Jesus to the people of the world. That good news for us makes its first …
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By Jean Barrington |
6/6/24 01:57 PM
It was a lovely warm Saturday evening and those of us attending the reunion concert were in for an amazing treat. Six young adults, who as children had been part of Trinity Church’s Music Camps …
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By Barbara Wayland |
4/25/24 11:07 PM
Easter is now celebrated by the Church as a Christian holiday in most parts of the world, but it began as an ancient pagan holiday celebrating spring in the Northern Hemisphere, long before the …
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By Pastor Jean Barrington |
3/1/24 12:31 PM
We have a richness in this Point Roberts community far beyond the current surface that we touch. Over the last few years, we have lost and mourned dear ones who have been part of the fabric here and …
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By Bev Mar & AmandaLyn Wayland |
1/26/24 01:02 PM
The new liturgical year for Christian churches world-wide begins on Sunday, December 3, 2023. It isn’t a hallmark kind of season. There are no cards to be sent. There are advent calendars, …
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Jean Barrington |
12/1/23 12:55 PM
With the end of October, we come to the rich and marvelous times of remembering and being thankful in our cultures on Turtle Island/North America – the Day of the Dead is part of an Aztec …
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By Bev Mar |
10/27/23 01:03 PM
I know I have referenced this children’s verse before, which reminds us that:
“The church is not a building;
the church is not a steeple.
The church is not a meeting place.
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By Gina Gaudet |
9/29/23 01:57 PM
Fall is coming, Bev Mar wrote last month, and with it a new season. As the writer of Ecclesiastes said, “To everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven.”
We …
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Jean Barrington |
8/25/23 12:11 AM
August – the last full month of summer, which is often a break or rest time – is upon us. Soon it will be harvest time for later summer plants. And soon the return to schooling/learning …
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By Bev Mar |
7/27/23 11:55 PM
The approach of May always puts us in the mind of mothering. Of course, there’s Mother’s Day with its accompanying gifts, acknowledgements and honors. And since May puts us in the middle …
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By Gina Gaudet |
4/28/23 12:31 AM
The Astronomy of Easter
As this will be read before Easter, I thought it would be interesting to look at the history of the most changeable holiday of the year. Anyone who has raised children …
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by Gina Gaudet |
3/31/23 12:06 AM
Looking ahead, we church folk are entering a change of season. We are moving out of the liturgical season known as epiphany. Epiphany indicates light, revealing, wonder.
It began with the light of …
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By Gina Gaudet |
2/24/23 01:39 PM
Happy New Year to all! This is a January column but, being written before Christmas, hopefully, readers are still open to some Christmas reflections.
The Sunday sermon of December 18 looked at the …
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By Gina Gaudet |
12/23/22 12:15 PM
There are so many churches! The church/denomination of choice may be based on family history; it could be a connection to a congregation (you were invited by a friend/colleague to a special event or …
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By GIna Gaudet |
10/28/22 01:59 PM
A few weeks ago, I spoke with a friend’s granddaughter, a youth leader in her church. She was starting to process big questions about what she reads in the bible and was unsure where to turn. I …
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By Gina Gaudet |
7/29/22 12:35 AM
Not long ago I read an interesting meditation on the circulatory system – specifically, how a drop of blood journeys without end from the center of the heart to the far reaches of the body, the …
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By Gina Gaudet |
6/24/22 01:17 AM
A walk to the beach at Lily Point speaks to me of the season of Lent to Easter
A bright day: The sunlight illuminates tiny yellow flower buds which, from even a slight distance, resemble tiny …
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By Gina Gaudet |
3/25/22 12:02 PM
When my youngest brother was eight years old, he was presented with his first bible. It was an important day for our family, and as we sat in the car on the way home, he soberly contemplated his new …
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By Gina Gaudet |
2/25/22 12:15 PM
