Jo Anne Taylor
From the Pastor's Desk 6/3/2022
This is it, my final message to you as your pastor. So much has happened in the past two years, it's hard to remember how things were in...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- May 26
- 2 min
From the Pastor's Desk 5.26.2022
The Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church convened in St. Cloud this week, for the first time in person since 2019....
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Jo Anne Taylor
- May 20
- 1 min
From the Pastor's Desk 5.20.2022
We rejoice with the Confirmation Class of 2022 this Sunday: Matthew Friesen, Hazelee Hettver, Bryce Morton, and Travis Venenga. This...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- May 13
- 1 min
From the Pastor's Desk 5.13.2022
My sister's birthday is on the 13th of the month, so whenever her birthday falls on a Friday, we give her a hard time about being...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- May 6
- 1 min
From the Pastor's Desk 5.6.2022
This Sunday continues the Easter theme of hope in resurrection - how are you doing on your "21 Days of Hope"? I see some of you...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 22
- 1 min
From the Pastor's Desk 4/22/2022
It's still Easter! These fifty days let us grow deeper in faith and go further in mission. There is still time to sign up for the "21...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 16
- 2 min
Holy Saturday - the Scent of Myrrh
One afternoon during Holy Week, I sat with a woman who had decided it was time to die. She told me stories of her childhood, of her...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 15
- 1 min
Good Friday
Dark. Not dusk, no moon or stars, as on a clear night; No. This dark was thick, oppressively thick; All the goodness that ever existed...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 15
- 1 min
From the Pastor's Desk 4/15/2022
It's the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. There is snow on the ground, and the weather forecast for Easter Sunday looks more...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 14
- 2 min
He Knew - Maundy Thursday
Read Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19; John 13:1-17. 31b-35 We may think of the Last Supper the way Leonardo da Vinci portrays it in his famous...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 13
- 2 min
Rocky Road - Wednesday of Holy Week
Read Psalm 70 and John 13:21-32 The farmer from North Dakota shook his head as he looked out the bus window. “I don’t think I’ve ever...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 12
- 2 min
We Would See Jesus
Read Psalm 71:1-14 and John 12:20-33 During the middle of the 20th century in America, churches across America posted John 12:20 in the...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 11
- 3 min
A Pound of Nard
Read John 12:1-11 This was NOT a funeral dinner. It was supposed to be a funeral dinner. Martha had been working on it for days – but...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 10
- 1 min
Welcome to Holy Week - Palm Sunday
Read Luke 19:29-44. Luke's gospel doesn't include waving palms or shouts of "Hosanna!" in the story of Christ's entry into Jerusalem. I...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 9
- 1 min
From the Pastor's Desk 4/9/2022
We are diving into Holy Week with a Palm Sunday Potluck celebration this week. I've heard lots of excitement around this event, and I...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Apr 1
- 1 min
From the Pastor's Desk 4/1/2022
The robins have returned, Confirmation students are planning an Easter Egg hunt for the younger children, and our Unbinding conversations...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Mar 11
- 1 min
From the Pastor's Desk 3.11.2022
From the Pastor's Desk ... If you are wondering what the United Methodist Church is doing to support Ukraine right now, Discipleship...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Mar 4
- 2 min
From the Pastor's Desk 3.3.22
What a blessing it was to worship together for Ash Wednesday, led by the Confirmation Class of 2022! If you missed the service, you can...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Feb 25
- 1 min
From the Pastor's Desk 2/25/2022
This Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday, when a handful of disciples see Jesus changed into glory. They don't know what to do with this...
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Jo Anne Taylor
- Feb 18
- 1 min
From the Pastor's Desk 2/18/2022
We are still in the sixth chapter of Luke, as Jesus continues to teach "from a level plain." This week, Jesus moves from describing the...
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