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The Castaways Thank You!
The five VBS days of "Shipwrecked" are now over. Everyone has been rescued and returned home! Vacation Bible School was a wonderful week for both children and adults, and we will all carry great memories from this time together. Each day began with singing, skits, and a new Bible Point...
Gloria Dei Welcomes Dorcas and Her Family on Sunday, July 15
Saint Paul Reformation has provided sanctuary to Dorcas and her three children, Daniel (11), Elizabeth (8) and Deborah (6) since September, 2017. They came from the Southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan, Oyo State, where Dorcas served as a teacher in a Christian school. They arrived in Houston, Texas, in March...
Gloria Dei Extends Its Commitment to Accompany Migrant Minors
At its June 19 meeting, the Congregation Council furthers its sanctuary support commitment made by the congregation in March, 2017.
We are Shipwrecked!
With an amazing crew of over 100 kids, helpers, and adults, Gloria Dei’s Summer Vacation Bible School is underway. We are playing, singing, creating, imagining, and learning in creative, happy ways. Our week focuses on the key message that when we’re in trouble, Jesus Rescues and frees us to a...
It’s Been a Crazy Year! -or- How Are We Doing Financially?
This has been an odd year. Because of tax law changes, more people prepaid their pledges than in any recent year. At the end of 2017, we had received $51,336 in prepaid pledges. In past years, that number has varied from $8,000 to 12,000. What a difference! That makes predicting...
From the Midst of the Assembly, We Offer Our Prayers
The Prayers of Intercession are the time in the Sunday service when we lift up our real struggles, our genuine hopes, and our concrete dreams to God, who promises always to hear us.
Join our Friday Morning Book Group!
Soul Food will begin this fall, and we'll have an even better discussion if you are with us! Soul Food meets at Gloria Dei most Friday mornings of the school year to share faith, get to know others, and discuss a book from a Christian perspective. We're starting to choose...
Gloria Dei’s Garden Gives Back to Community
We now enter our fifth year of volunteers gardening for support of Francis Basket, the Highland neighborhood food shelf.
Synod Assembly: Reflections on Restless and Resolute
This year's Saint Paul Synod Assembly presented fresh new voices in the church.