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Pastor Jess Scholten

May 7, 2021
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Pastor's Ponderings - May 7, 2021

Dear friends – It’s ok not to be ok. That’s the motto Jonny Boucher, founder of Sip of Hope, a coffee roaster in Chicago that promotes...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Apr 22, 2021
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Pastor's Pondering - April 23, 2021

“What Can I Say” by Mary Oliver, in honor of Earth Day on 4/22: What can I say that I have not said before? So I’ll say it again. The...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Apr 15, 2021
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Pastor's Pondering - April 16, 2021

Dear friends – The most beautiful thing happened on Sunday – in the middle of the Pastor Barbara’s sermon, those of us gathered in the...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Apr 9, 2021
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Pastor's Pondering- April 9, 2021

Dear friends – Parallel to Earth Day celebrations on April 22, we are having Earth Stewardship Sunday on April 25. River Glen has earth...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Mar 19, 2021
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Pastor's Pondering - March 19, 2021

Dear friends – What a weird year. Around this time last year, we had hoped to be back in worship at Easter – like a few weeks later in...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Mar 12, 2021
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Pastor's Pondering - March 12, 2021

Dear friends – After an amazing team effort, we hope to be able to live stream worship by the end of the month. If everything continues...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Mar 4, 2021
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Pastor's Pondering - March 5, 2021

Dear friends – Today I’m giving special thanks for our parish associates at River Glen. You may not realize this but both Pastor Barbara...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Feb 25, 2021
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Pastor's Pondering - February 26, 2021

Dear friends – Several years ago, on a family trip to Alaska, we visited the Kenai Peninsula. My parents and brother had been there a...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Feb 18, 2021
1 min

Pastor's Pondering - February 19, 2021

Dear friends – Lent is typically a time where we specifically choose practices that remind us of our mortality, that narrow our usual...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Feb 11, 2021
1 min

Pastor's Pondering - February 12, 2021

Dear friends – In the next few days, those of you on our active mailing list should receive a card from River Glen. Please keep this...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Feb 4, 2021
1 min

Pastor's Pondering - February 5, 2021

Dear friends – What’s your favorite snapshot at River Glen from 2020? Is it an outdoor event? A porch drop conversation? One of my recent...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Jan 28, 2021
1 min

Pastor's Pondering - January 29, 2021

Dear friends – I’m excited about our annual meeting coming up on February 7 (more details in our e-news). While the technical reason for...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Jan 22, 2021
1 min

Pastor's Pondering - January 22, 2021

Dear friends - Like many of you, I watched the Inauguration on Wednesday (vacation time, which I was on, blissfully adds space for such...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Jan 14, 2021
2 min

Pastor's Pondering - January 15, 2021

Dear friends – We have been trying to more faithfully respond to racism and discern more fully how we can participate in dismantling a...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Jan 8, 2021
2 min

Pastor's Ponderings - January 8, 2021

Dear friends – Presbyterian pastor, the Rev. Sarah Illif McGill, who is a consultant for Children & Worship, posted recently on talking...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Dec 31, 2020
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Pastor's Pondering - January 1, 2021

Dear friends – This coming Wednesday is the official day of Epiphany (January 6), so it’s fitting that we, like the wise men, embark on a...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Dec 24, 2020
1 min

Pastor's Pondering - December 25, 2020

Merry Christmas everyone! May this first day of Christmastide be filled with the warmth and love of Jesus as we celebrate his holy birth....

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Dec 18, 2020
2 min

Pastor's Pondering, December 18, 2020

Joys and Concerns at Christmas Dear friends – I’ll confess that in July and August, I couldn’t even begin to start thinking about what it...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Dec 3, 2020
1 min

Pastor's Pondering - December 4, 2020

Dear friends – The staff spent some time reflecting on our theme for Advent – Those Who Dream. What does it mean to dream? What does it...

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Pastor Jess Scholten

Nov 26, 2020
2 min

Pastor's Pondering - November 27, 2020

Dear friends – One of the hard and beautiful things about faith is that the Spirit arrives unexpectedly. It’s beautiful when we...

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