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Family Promise
I thought you’d like to see my report to the council at their March meeting. Family Promise director, the Rev. Karen Newsome, presented a temple talk during worship on Sunday, March 4, and our Ebenezer team offered an...
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God’s Valentine to Us
As I write this, I have a cross of ashes on my forehead from our 7:45 AM Ash Wednesday service. On my way to my computer my wife wished me a “Happy Valentine’s Day.” A...
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Stones – Lent, Holy Week & Easter Worship Guide
DOWNLOAD WORSHIP GUIDE Ash Wednesday Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion February 14, 2018 Services of Worship at 7:45am, 12:10pm, & 7:00pm, Church “…you are dust and to dust you shall return” Wednesdays in Lent DAYTIME Mid-Week...
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The Panoramic Journey
Among the important items I brought with me to Ebenezer in September, 2016, was this important resource, Temporary Shepherds: A Congregational Handbook for Interim Ministry. The author retells the experience on a 30-mile hike in the Green Mountains of Vermont. “We...
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Advent Season Schedule
O, come let us adore Him! You are invited to join us as we celebrate the Advent season. Sunday, December 3 Advent I Worship 10:30 a.m., Church Sunday, December 3 Advent Fellowship 4:00 p.m., Parish Life...
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Christmas is a-comin’!
In the Dreier household we have a collection of Christmas music we begin listening to right after Thanksgiving. And that quotation is from what has proven to be one of our favorite songs. Come around early November...
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God is Great, God is Good
Once upon a time a man grew very sad. Because of the hardships in his life, he was losing faith in himself, in other people, and even faith in God. One rainy morning he ventured to a small neighborhood restaurant for breakfast. Other people...
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The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
We are just weeks away from the 500th anniversary of the Reformation! That is, it was what happened on October 31, 1517 in Wittenberg, Germany that is considered the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. On that day a not–very–wellknown monk and theology professor named Martin Luther...
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Green Season
In the church season we’re in now, “Time after Pentecost,” the paraments on the altar, pulpit and lectern are green, a symbol of growth. The Gospel lessons tell us of the teachings and miracles of Jesus, that we may grow...
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The “Old Church” and Cupola Restoration Project
Early Days of Ebenezer Ebenezer Lutheran Church, the first Lutheran congregation in Columbia, was founded in 1830 by fourteen members. Their first structure was destroyed by fire during the Civil War. However, a group of...