• Mass on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 10 A.M.–social time with 1st Congo after services.
• CANCELING MARDI GRAS SERVICE AND POTLUCK–Pastor Danielle decided to cancel this event because there doesn’t seem to be the interest.
• Please never hesitate to call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com if I can help you in any way.

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Dear Friends,

We are being called this week to not just “talk,” but “walk” the words of our brother Jesus.

Come; ponder and pray with with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Sirach 27: 4-7
• 1 Corinthians 15: 54-58
• Luke 6: 39-45

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• Mass on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 10 A.M. —social time to follow with our sister-parish, First Congregational.
• PLEASE LET ME KNOW SOON! –if you can join us for our joint Mardi Gras prayer service and pot-luck on March 4th, again with our 1st Congo friends.
• Please never hesitate to call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com if I can help in any way.

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Dear Friends,

Today, as we ponder the Scriptures for Sunday, looking for a balance in doing for others, while not forgetting ourselves in the equation, let us keep our eyes on our brother Jesus.

Come; be with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• 1 Samuel 26: 2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23
• 1 Corinthians 15: 45-49
• Luke 6: 27-38

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• Mass on Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 10 A.M. –social time afterward –AAO is doing refreshments this week.
• REMEMBER to let me know if you can join us on March 4, 2025 at 4:30 P.M. for our Mardi Gras celebration with our First Congregational family. We will begin with a short prayer service at 4:30 P.M. followed by a pot-luck supper. Let me know if you are thinking that this may be too early to begin being that it is a Tuesday.
• Please don’t hesitate to call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaotcc2008@gmail.com if I can help you in any way.

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Dear Friends,

This week we are called to think about hope and trust in a God who has loved us from the get-go. Within the context of Valentines’ Day this week, it is good to contemplate “love” as the reason for our hope and trust.

Come; think on this with us this Sunday!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Jeremiah 17: 5-8
• 1 Corinthians 15: 12, 16-20
• Luke 6: 17, 20-26

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• Mass on Sunday, February 9, 2025, at 10 A.M. Social Time to follow with our 1st Congo friends.
• SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 4:30 P. M. Joint Prayer Service, again with our 1st Congo friends, followed by a pot-luck supper celebrating Mardi Gras, before the beginning of the holy season of Lent.
• Please never hesitate to call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com if I can help you in any way, or even if you would just like to chat. (:

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Dear Friends,

Our prophets this week; Isaiah, Paul and Jesus are basically saying that we each have a responsibility toward each other to bring “everyone home.”

Come; pray with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Isaiah 6: 1-8
• 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11
• Luke 5: 1-11

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• Mass at 10 A.M. on Sunday, February 2, 2025 — social time after Mass with our sister community. There will be a joint blessing of throats during our Sunday’s liturgy as the feast of St. Blaise, the patron of these illnesses falls on February 3rd.
• March 4, 2025 Tuesday evening –Mardi Gras celebration pot-luck with First Congo after a short prayer service. Watch for a sign-up sheet soon!
• Please never hesitate to call, 507-429-3616, or email, aaorcc2008@gmail.com if I can help you in any way.

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Dear Friends,

The liturgical calendar is celebrating the Presentation this Sunday as the feast day falls on a Sunday this year and thus supersedes the regular Sunday. Being that we have remembered this feast through its gospel twice already in a couple of months, we will use the readings from the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time and tie them a bit to the Presentation.

Come; pray with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Jeremiah 1: 4-5, 17-19
• 1 Corinthians 12: 31–13: 13
• Luke 4: 21-30

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