August 2015 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home

Posted by on Aug 14, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on August 2015 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home To the membership of Circle of Faith Parish: Greetings to you all from Evanston, IL! By the time you read this, we’ll be well into the weeks when the lectionary treats us to a bunch of long discourses from John’s Gospel. For basically the next month, we’ll hear Jesus talking about bread week after week. During that time, Circle of Faith will also be celebrating Holy Communion every Sunday. I am...
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August 2015 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Aug 14, 2015 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on August 2015 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. A couple months ago, I asked the Parish Council to think back to their earliest memory of Holy Communion. What is your earliest memory of Holy Communion? Mine is going early to church with my dad to watch him fill the communion cups with a little squirt bottle. I did not receive Holy Communion until my confirmation day. And I...
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August 2015 Ripples of Faith

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July 2015 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home

Posted by on Jun 30, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on July 2015 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home To the membership of Circle of Faith Parish: Greetings to you all from Evanston, IL! First of all, thanks to everyone who came and participated in launching the Mission on the Prairie series! To get 54 people, from churches all over the area, to come for Holden Evening Prayer and a meal on a summer weeknight is no small task. Thanks to everybody who worked to get us off to such a great start!...
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July 2015 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Jun 30, 2015 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on July 2015 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. With the typical decline in worship attendance during the summer months, I thought it might be helpful to share with you why going to church every week is important to me (and not just because it is my job). I grew up going to church every week without really knowing why we went. It was just what we did. Now today, many young...
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