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BEING HERE, TOGETHER: Join the conversation

3/30/2022

31 Comments

 
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We invite you in this moment to chat with other online worshippers by entering your own sharing in the comments section of this blog. The prompt is simple – just share one joy or one sorrow or other difficult emotion that you brought with you to this hour of worship or one you have experienced this morning. It can be as simple as naming the beauty you’ve found in the Sanctuary or the music heard today, or as deep as sharing a personal grief that weighs on your heart today. Choose something that can be entered briefly in the comments. Then read the comments shared by others, and consider replying with words of gratitude or encouragement.
 
Treat this as the holy exchange that it can be: your offering to the others being equally held in your comments and your reading of others’ comments. No need to fix anything, to agree on anything, to decide anything. Just be present to one another.
 
In five minutes, or when you hear the piano begin to play if you have your sound on for the service, please bring your attention back to the livestreaming service on YouTube.

31 Comments
Sarah Armstrong
4/3/2022 09:57:56 am

I'm feeling so grateful for our community, and for the beautiful music, which lifts me each week!

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Nathan W Schultz
4/3/2022 10:00:22 am

Thank you for sharing.

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Therissa
4/3/2022 10:02:14 am

As am I!

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Don Brunnquell
4/3/2022 09:58:00 am

Sharing my concern for members of my family

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Therissa
4/3/2022 10:02:36 am

Blessings to them and to you.

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Mary Roiger
4/3/2022 09:58:04 am

I am feeling sorrow as I said goodbye to my cat Melba Feb. 1

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Therissa
4/3/2022 10:01:21 am

Blessings, Mary. We lost our dog that week. {{hugs}}

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roxanne kibben
4/3/2022 09:58:33 am

Present to sorrow of my cousin's passing and my son's pain and anger. The joys I have shared this week with friends with whom I have know for decades, spending precious time together, has been such a treasured joy.

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Therissa
4/3/2022 10:03:30 am

💖💖

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Jamie M
4/3/2022 09:58:40 am

my heart is here with you in St. Paul today, I’m hearing the hub-bub of all your conversations and it makes me smile. I can feel like I’m there with you, even though I live in Chicago now. I feel that turning towards spring, community and hope. <#

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Therissa
4/3/2022 10:03:57 am

Glad you can join us!

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Nathan W Schultz
4/3/2022 09:59:25 am

Yes, I have been carrying with me a question of how and when I may need to change the professional work that I do. Sometimes, of late, I have felt somewhat trapped by my work in the world. However, I want to be responsible with caring for those who I work with and responsible with how I support my family. At the moment, I am thinking that I will continue with my current work and profession, but I continue to carry doubts.

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Therissa
4/3/2022 10:04:31 am

May you continue to discern what calls you.

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Anthony W
4/3/2022 09:59:31 am

I am releasing my fears and anxiety around finances.

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Therissa
4/3/2022 10:05:02 am

Blessings for all your needs being met.

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Therissa
4/3/2022 09:59:37 am

I look forward to returning to in-person worship later this month. I am grateful I am able to do, aware that not everyone is. There have been many causes of grief in our lives recently. My heart and mind and spirit are in need of in-person community. Blessings and thank you.

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Andrea Bond link
4/3/2022 09:59:44 am

I am exeriencing the joy of a new granddaughter.

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Therissa
4/3/2022 10:05:40 am

Wonderful, congratulations to all! 🎈

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Marjorie
4/3/2022 09:59:49 am

I am noticing some uncertainty and anxiousness about how to participate online and if I am doing it correctly. That is my experience now.

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Therissa
4/3/2022 10:06:03 am

I am glad you’re here!

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John Wilson
4/3/2022 09:59:58 am

Today is Navaratri, the goddess within us. She is dancing with the joy of all life. She reaches into all, shares all.

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Therissa
4/3/2022 10:06:45 am

Thank you for that beautiful image!

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JohnG Sherman
4/3/2022 10:00:29 am

Ahmed us back! On sunny April day Ahmed is a blessing and grace.

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Dutton Foster
4/3/2022 10:00:33 am

...joy for the sunshine this morning, doomed to end soon.

...sorrow for the ordeals of Rob and Janne.

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Tom Duke
4/3/2022 10:00:46 am

Sadness over the war in Ukraine.

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Anna newton
4/3/2022 10:01:03 am

I give thanks for the natural world which sustains me.
I long to be with my daughter her husband, who are raising their new baby , now 4 months old, in China. While we are connected virtually, there is no substitute for actually being able to hold them...

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nancy
4/3/2022 10:02:30 am

I am noticing the sun streaming in through the Church windows, so lovely to see.

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Marjorie
4/3/2022 10:09:59 am

Thank you for sharing everyone. I am in st. Paul holding space and holding hope.

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Karen Buggs
4/3/2022 10:17:24 am

Thanks to Karen Hering for bring joy, touch, wisdom , laughter and liveliness to our Sunday Springly service !

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Ellen
4/4/2022 10:40:14 am

Sorry to have missed this lovely service in person.

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Jill van Koolwijk
4/8/2022 05:27:39 pm

Thank you for giving me the joy of being with my daughter who needs so much attention, support and love right now. I am here to help, to notice, to listen, to hold.

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