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Hey Salem Community-

This past weekend our middle school students participated in our annual confirmation retreat. We headed outside of the city to Tall Oaks Conference Center in DeSoto in collaboration with Holy Cross Lutheran Church. The goal for our time together was building stronger relationships with each other and God. This year, we focused on the topic of personal…

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Dear Salem family,

Advent is here! Our first Sunday in Advent was filled with the energy of visitors and two sweet babies being baptized in the late service, advent candle lightings, happy Thanksgiving hugs, and new music encouraging us to invite Jesus into our world.

I love how the music of Advent talks about what is coming: O Come O Come Emmanuel, Come Thou Long Expected Jesus,…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you all had a blessed Thanksgiving, and that it was a day that you were able to be with loved ones and a day that you were able to give thanks for the many blessings in your life.

As most of you know, I have been on vacation this week. I am on a cruise with my whole family (15 of us!). My mom, my sisters and their families, and my…

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Salem friends and family,

I was blessed to partake in packing Thanksgiving bags with some great people this past Wednesday. Kids and adults came together to pack food for those that face food insecurity. After we packed the bags, we all sat down and discussed food insecurity and what it means to pack the bags. The kids had some great responses about feeling happy that they were able…

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Hey Salem Community-

Over the past two weeks our ninth grade students have shared their statements of faith and affirmed their baptisms. I have had the privilege to work with each of these amazing young people over the past 2 years in our confirmation program. It is truly a blessing to walk with our middle schoolers as they learn, share, questions, struggle, and walk with…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

There are many people in my life who love to make homemade bread. My friend bakes with her 3 young daughters to share her excitement of creating and eating, and experimenting with ingredients. My uncle takes out his frustrations on the dough as he punches and kneads. My mom makes sweet bread coffee cake for Christmas morning. My friend who homeschooled…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a good week.

I know everyone is getting ready for Halloween, but I am looking forward to Monday, October 31, 2016, for a very different reason. Aside from Halloween, October 31st is also the day that the church celebrates the Reformation. The anniversary remembers October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five…

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Salem Family,

A quote I heard when studying St. Francis of Assisi in Italy my Junior year of college has been on my mind lately. “The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.”

I have been reflecting on what church means to me and why I come to church. I feel refreshed after Sunday morning, I feel like I’ve been challenged and I feel like I’ve been pushed…

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Hey Salem Community-

Our confirmation program began in September and there are twenty-one awesome middle school students and four incredible adult leaders participating in the program. There is great energy and excitement as well as some nervousness among the students as they get to know each other and feel connected within the group. We have established some rules and boundaries…

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Dear Salem family,

While Pastor Dave was on sabbatical last summer, the staff wrote letters that were mailed out weekly. I was honored to be a part of this ministry, and as I prepared to write this week’s letter, I stumbled on the first one I wrote in June, 2015. We happened to be focusing on the same story we read last Sunday, the parable of the mustard seed. I love how a year later,…

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