Our Pastor
 Kathy King
(507) 382-2483

“I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Psalm 16: 8 NKJV

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It seems unbelievable that we are beginning September, yet the sunflowers, dahlias, and mums remind me that our season of warmth here in Minnesota is nearing an end. As I worked to prepare for our Confirmation 24/25 Kick-Off meeting, it became clear that our fall season moves us back into a time that I always heard was busier. As I age, I ponder more and more that the days are so filled with activities and places to be! I don’t know how our families with little children and teenagers manage!  Summer seems to have lost its “lazy, hazy, crazy days.”  Into all of our busyness, where do we fit time to include our Triune God?   Sunday’s are no longer for church and family.  Our world sees it just as another day to crowd even more activities. Those of us who remember slower Sunday days where we had time to be in the quiet; days that began with

our communities of worship and moved into family dinners, often miss those days. It was a way of living that our children and grandchildren will never again experience. So how do we make time for God?  We are called in Psalm 16: 8 to set the Lord always before us—make the Lord first. Maybe it’s simply beginning the day with the acknowledgment that it is a day the Lord made just for me. A new opportunity to say, “thank you, God!” When we make the time and begin the day with gratitude to God, the day begins by putting God first—"setting the Lord before me!” and we are reminded that our God is right there at our right hand, beside us; a constant presence so that whatever the day may bring, we can’t be moved to sin. I like that thought. I hope you do too!

 

We have a group of five young people in our parish Confirmation program this year: 3 from Janesville, 1 from Waterville, and 1 from Blooming Grove. It will be another good year. Our parish mentors walk beside our youth to help me and to be that example of our church families that encourage and support our youth. Please help us by keeping our Confirmation youth and program in your prayers.

 

Blooming Grove will be the place to be on September 7th! The annual Run for the Loaves, the Bar-be-que Cook Off, and this year’s Tractor Pull will provide fun for everyone. I hope you consider attending to walk, run, cook, and cheer on the tractors—all to support our local food shelves and our Blooming Grove church.

 

As we move into September, may God’s presence and blessings be yours dear ones. I am blessed to be your pastor!

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