On July 22, 2012,  Stephen Ministers presented a special Stephen Ministry Candle to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Detroit Lakes in memory of Walter Tollefson, a Total Ministry priest who died in September 2010. In addition to being an ordained Total Ministry priest, Walter was also a Stephen Minister, a program locally administered through the United Methodist Church in Detroit Lakes.  Steven Ministry is a one-to-one Christian caring in which its ministers walk with someone who is…

Prior to his death in 2011, Bishop Robert M. Anderson, seventh Bishop of Minnesota, bequeathed to the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour two sets of his vestments; the oft-photographed red set and a tan set with a “healing hands motif.  Tom Amble of the Minnesota History Center, has been hired to make display cases for those vestments to hang in the Cathedral’s Cloister as a memorial to Bishop Anderson.  The cost is $1,000…

AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS, THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, WINDOM, HELD VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. WE HAD 25 CHILDREN WITH THE THEME, HEROES OF FAITH. THANKS FOR THE HELP OF TERA, JEN, KYM, JANE, CAROL, MELISSA, ABBIE, DUANE AND JOANNE. ADULTS HAD AS MUCH FUN AS THE KIDS. GOD BLESS OUR CHILDREN.

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Dear Friends,

This year was my third year participating in the annual middle school mission trip; Summer in the City. Before I can say anything else, I have to tell you that it was amazing. It can be hard to imagine someone helping people without feeling joyful. At least, that’s what it felt like for me. Meeting new people with completely different lives than mine was really enlightening. Sometimes I feel unlucky for the things that I have. I feel envious for those who…

The Episcopal Faith Community of St. Mary's in Ely

(from Tower to Ely in several, sometimes painful, steps)…