With 58 children and youth participating in this year’s Christmas Pageant, Transfiguration celebrated the birth of Christ with an amazing display of talent. Many thanks to Colin Meiring and Melinda Carlson of Vail Performing Arts Academy for their amazing vision for this performance, and bringing it to life! Thanks also
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And what a wonderful night it was! With nearly 100 people of all ages, the Advent Celebration for 2017 was a great success! A lovely ham dinner with home-made side dishes, salad, and home made desserts made for a lovely start. Following dinner was a magnificent presentation by St. Nick (Fr.
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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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This week Father Brooks talks about how we look for a bright star in the sky, and perhaps that star is a bright light in your life, to guide your daily life. As we celebrate the 12th Night of Christmas, and the Feast of the Epiphany to close out the
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Listen to Father Brooks this week on KZYR, True Local Radio, 97.7 FM. What is the gift you can give this holiday season? Perhaps you are the gift that someone desperately needs to receive – your time, your presence, your thoughtfulness, your peace, your smile. Join us through the 12
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Dear ECOT Parish Family and Friends, I loved the recent Christmas card I received which proclaimed on the cover, “The time which makes all other time possible!!” For Christians this literally is the God’s honest truth! The birth of the Savior of the world re-aligns both time and space,
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Father Brooks’ special message on KZYR, True Local Radio 97.7 FM, this week asks us whether our Christmas season will be filled with “bedlam” or “Bethlehem”. The origin of the meaning of the word “bedlam” originates from an asylum in London, founded in 1247 as the Priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem.
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I cannot believe that we are lighting the 4th and final candle on the Advent Wreath! Christmas is almost upon us! I very much appreciate Pastors Carl Walker and Mark Huggenvik taking worship for us this past Sunday, as I exercised the “Saint Olaf audible!” Thank you Carl and Mark!
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Father Brooks’ radio snippet on KZYR this week asks us who we want to be: Grinch vs. St. Nick? He encourages us to reach out to others, to give gifts, and lift up others. Listen to our new radio show, “Living the Resort Life,” on KZYR every second Wednesday of the month,
Continue readingAdvent is a season of preparation before Christmas. The word Advent means “coming” and refers to the coming of Jesus. The season emphasizes a three-fold coming: His coming in the flesh at Bethlehem, in grace through word and sacrament, and in glory at the Day of Judgment. Many people
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