A Community of Faiths: A Tradition of Service Author: Vail Religious Foundation When Vail was in its infancy, religious services were held in a variety of unlikely locations – lodges, bars and restaurants, to name a few. As the services became more requested, it was more and more difficult for
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Ashes to Go: Local Episcopal priest takes his Ash Wednesday show on the road VAIL — When God told us to “go forth,” he might have meant something similar to Ashes to Go. Rev. Brooks Keith took his Ash Wednesday show on the road, and blessed hundreds of people in
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The Lenten Season begins this week with the celebration on “Fat” or Shrove Tuesday – join our youth Tuesday night, February 28 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. for a delicious pancake supper (donations encouraged). Ash Wednesday kicks off Lent, the church season during which we follow the footsteps of Jesus, foregoing
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What is the love meant by the Latin word “caritas”? Similar to the Greek word “agape”, in the Dictionary of Spiritual Terms, it means “selfless love” or human compassion for one’s neighbor. How do we give to others? What if we took the focus off ourselves and onto serving others? Father Brooks
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This month on “Living the Resort Life” on KZYR, 97.7 True Local Radio: What is life really like here in the “Happy Valley” we call home? This week Father Brooks Keith brings in Vail Valley Medical Center Chaplain Denise Delaney to discuss the abnormalities of having a “regular” life –
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February is the month of love, and Father Brooks is exploring the various meanings of love from the Greeks – these include eros, phileo, agape, and storge. This week he focuses on Phileo, or Philadelphia – brotherly love. How can we love our neighbors as ourselves, and what can we
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As we enter the month of February, Father Brooks explains the four different types of love as defined by words in Greek. This weeek, he talks about Eros, the heart pounding romantic love that can lead to marriage. Father Brooks talks to people of all ages about marriage – thos thinking about marriage,
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This week Father Brooks talks about how winter is a feeling inside of us, not just a season of the year. Sometimes that feeling brings joy and happiness to those who love to ski, snowshoe, be cozy by a fire. For others, it’s a feeling of frustration, coldness of heart,
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Sanctuaries have traditionally been a place of respite – a place of refuge, of sacred ground, where no violence could happen. As we embark on the inauguration of a new president, we remember this – our nation has not declared war only elected a president. Transfiguration will remain a place
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Dear Parish Family and Friends, Well, we all prayed for snow back in late November….. Old Man Winter may be a’visiting our valley to cover us with his white blanket, but how much more does our Heavenly Father wish to wrap our lives with a blazing love to warm the
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