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Litchfield Area Christian Women
LITCHFIELD — The Litchfield Area Christian Women will have a “Happy New Year” coffee and rolls at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 13 at First Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Karen Anderson, of Minnetonka, will present “From Darkness to Light,” sharing her feelings of insecurity and being unloved as a result of growing up with an alcoholic father and getting into the occult and drug world. Tickets are $5. Reservations deadline is noon Jan. 9. Call Barb Werner at 320-693-2504. Walk-ins are welcome.
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"Church worship now competes with everything from professional sports to kids activities to household chores. ... we can either have a frank conversation about what church can be, or we can continue to watch the pews empty in cherished houses of worship across the country."
"I experienced two epiphanies a week apart that made me realize that far too many people see their faith lives and the rest of their week as distinctly separate," Devlyn Brooks writes.
"The Holy Spirit had briefly slipped into the room, and then just as quickly slipped back through the gauzy boundary that separates our daily lives from the holy kingdom."
Submissions to the weekly Church Calendar published Saturdays should be emailed to news@wctrib.com by noon Wednesday.
New book on the scientific study of happiness borrows from an old book ... the Bible.
"Would it be all that bad to tap the breaks a bit and let the celebration of Christ’s birth linger? I see few drawbacks to a slowed pace for a couple of weeks ..."
Churchgoers come together to celebrate Christ's birth during a Christmas Eve church service Saturday evening at Hope Presbyterian Church in Spicer.
"There is nothing as humans that we can do to better the Christmas story. Period. ... The rest is just human trappings."
Churchgoers gathered at Salem Historical Church for its annual Christmas service Saturday evening north of Paynesville.
