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Welcome to Gloria Dei’s Weekly Enews

Mission: “Called and Sent to Share Christ’s Love”

The Enews will be sent out every Thursday. If there is something you are looking for but don’t see, please contact us.

This Week’s Message…

Embracing the New

Are the disciples ready? Are you ready? The gospel this week focuses on Jesus’ proposal to to a new thing. He introduces a new way of seeing God and being God’s followers. At the center of this new way is love. Are we ready to embrace a new way? Come explore this question and more this Sunday.

Join us this Sunday at 10am in person or online.

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Download this week’s bulletin here.

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A Prayer for New Beginnings…

Help us leave behind the bitterness and pain of former things. Replace the old and broken ways of our hearts and restore us with your grace and strength. Fill us with new blessings, joy and peace. Help renew our hearts so that we can be ready for a new beginning.

Vocation…You and Gloria Dei

What is your vocation? What is Gloria Dei’s vocation?

““Vocation” is distorted by two disastrous misunderstandings: a secularized idea of “career” and a monastic concept of the religious life. Both are less than the biblical idea of vocation, of which Jesus’ raising Lazarus is a rich image. Vocation is about being raised from the dead, made alive to the reality that we do not merely exist, but are “called forth” to a divine purpose.” ~ A. J. Conyers

Gloria Dei has been selected to go on an adventure this year called “The Nourishing Vocation Project.” St. Olaf College has received a Lilly Grant for a cohort of churches to live through a process of discovering its unique calling (vocation) that God has gifted to us.

More info will be coming soon about this exciting project.

Wednesday Night Bible Study News

We will be postponing Wed. Bible Study until the fall. Pastor Tom is exploring other options for the months to come. If you are interested in participating in a summer Bible Study or book study, let him know.

Join the Journey!

**Prayers will now be included in the weekly Enews on Thursdays rather than being sent out in a separate email.**

Need Prayer?

We want to support you in prayer. We have folks ready and willing to lift up your concerns to God in prayer. Follow the link to our confidential prayer form and leave your prayer. You have the option to leave a prayer for the pastor only or for a prayer to lift up to the community.

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This Week’s Prayers…

· We pray for Julian Gonzalez who continues treatment for health issues

· We pray for Linda Johnson’s mom and dad who both have serious health issues

· We pray for Stacy’s friend’s mother Debbie who has a brain tumor

· We pray for peace in the Ukraine

· We pray for those experiencing loss, mental health issues, and ongoing health issues

· We pray for all who are suffering the impact of COVID-19