December 2014 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Nov 30, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on December 2014 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter   Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Back in September, I went to LutherCrest Bible Camp (near Alexandria) for our synod’s annual Fall               Theological Conference for Pastors. The conference began at 9:00 am on a Monday and I could have drove     up Sunday       afternoon, but in order to spend more time with my family, I chose to make the 3½ hour...
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November 2014 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Oct 30, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on November 2014 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. In last month’s article, I talked about how generous the early Christians were with what God had blessed them with.  Their generosity was not done out of obligation, but rather out of joy.  God has given us property and resources not only for our own use but also for our neighbor’s benefit.  With glad and generous hearts, we...
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October 2014 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Sep 29, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on October 2014 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. For the next 8 months we will be exploring the question, “What are we doing?” As children of God, claimed through the waters of baptism, God calls us to do things for him and his kingdom. From Acts 2, we will learn that we are to SHARE with others, REJOICE in the Lord, FELLOWSHIP together, PRAY to God, and WORSHIP the Lord....
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September 2014 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Sep 10, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on September 2014 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. With September quickly approaching on the calendar, it is that time of year again where we begin a new program year. Last year, in our infancy as a parish, we worked on answering the question, “Who are we?” We did this by working through 1 Peter 2:9. “…you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,...
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August 2014 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Aug 18, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on August 2014 – Pastor Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The summer is in full swing, which means that your pastors are already looking and thinking about this coming fall.  Soon Sunday School and Confirmation will be back in session.  We have various Bible Study groups continuing to meet.  Plus we will be adding a new women’s bible study group this fall, as well as studying another...
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July 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s

Posted by on Jul 10, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on July 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. As I write this month’s article, our family is just days away from growing.  It is a time that produces excitement, anxiety, joy, nervousness, and happiness.  We are looking forward to our new addition, but we aren’t sure quite yet how the soon to be big brother will take the news.  We will know soon enough though. I would...
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June 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Jun 18, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on June 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We have come to the end of our first full programmatic year as Circle of Faith Parish.  The year began with  many cottage meetings happening throughout the parish.  At each one of those meetings we began by reading from the letter of 1 Peter 2:2-10, which included our theme verse throughout this year: “…you are a chosen race,...
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May 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on May 9, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on May 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! The long awaited celebration of Easter has finally arrived. We have made it through the season of Lent and the 40 days of focusing on repenting of our sins. The season of Lent ends on Maundy Thursday as we move into the most holy time of the year. Now our celebration of...
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April 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Apr 2, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on April 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  I think that we have finally turned the corner on winter. According to the calendar, spring is here! As spring comes, we see the promise of renewal come to life. The black dead or dormant is replaced with green and new life. Soon the tulips that we planted at the parsonage will begin peeking through the soil. Especially after...
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March 2014 – Pr. Anthony Christoffels’ Letter

Posted by on Feb 27, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on March 2014 – Pr. Anthony Christoffels’ Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I would like to say thank you to all of you who helped make the last weekend of February happen! The filming was suc-cessful all because of those who helped welcome the ELCA film crew, who coordinated their visit, who hosted, who cooked meals, who made desserts, who were willing to be on camera, and who simply showed up for...
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February 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Feb 4, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on February 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We have made it past the one year milestone! Praise the Lord! But just because we made it to that milestone, doesn’t mean that our work is done. We will always have work to do and working through our theme verse (1 Peter 2:9) in-forms us of that work. Over the last four months, Pastor Eric and I have been focusing our...
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January 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Letter

Posted by on Feb 4, 2014 in Pastor Anthony Christoffels' Monthly Letters | Comments Off on January 2014 – Pr. Anthony’s Letter Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Wow, 2014 is knocking on our door and what a year 2013 has been. For most of us, 2013 has been a year of changes. Some changes may have not been so nice, but many of those changes have been for good. For myself it has been graduating from seminary, being ordained, moving to Trimont, and beginning my new call with Circle of...
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