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Mar 2017
“When You Pray” Group Class 6–Prayer in Depth–Part 2 Fr Mike Rasicci assists the group class to explore Christian prayer in depth, aided by writing from the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Catholic, and Lutheran faiths. ...
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Mar 2017
“When You Pray” Group Class, 03/07/2017–Part 1– Fr Mike guides the group to explore Christian prayer in depth with the aid of writings from the Roman Catholic church, the Orthodox Catholic church, and early Lutheran work. ...
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05
Mar 2017
Fr Mike’s “Mercy Me” Class on 02/28/2017–Part 2–Focuses on Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son from Matthew. ...
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05
Mar 2017
Fr Mike’s “Mercy-Me” Class on 02/28/2017–Part 1 starts with a Psalm on Mercy from David’s sparing of Saul’s life. ...
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04
Mar 2017
On Friday, 3/3/2017, Jerry Needham, Owner of Batavia’s ProEnergy Consultants, did a walk-through of Calvary Episcopal Church, from Sanctuary to Under Croft and everything in between. Joel Montgomery was his host and recorded the walk-through. A video of the walk-through was made, though lighting made the video not worth showing. The audio was extracted from the video and is linked here as an audio (mp3) file. Jerry did not identify anything wrong with the air quality anywhere in the building. The humidity in the undercroft was 26% and the temperature was 54......
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Feb 2017
Fr Mike’s “Everything You Wanted to Know” Class for Monday, 02/27/2017, Fr Mike spoke about the history of the addition to the Lord’s Prayer and about Episcopal music. ...
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Feb 2017
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Feb 2017
Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Downer’s Grove is hosting at the workshop, Understanding the Refugee Experience and Process of Coming to the US St Andrews Refugee announcement The event takes place on March 11, 2017. Please see the announcement for details and an email to use to register for the workshop....
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Feb 2017
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are a variety of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. (1 Corinthians 12: 4-7) Recently, I was searching online for information related to Spiritual Gifts and found an interesting (and easy) online quiz that shows you your Spiritual Gifts (http://giftstest.com). The link takes you to the site and lists......
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Feb 2017
“When You Pray . . .” Class, Session 5, Temptations (02/07/2017). Fr Mike focused on the temptations while at prayer. Most of the handout came from the Internet–the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Simplified. The Battle of Prayer Prayer is a gift. Prayer is a battle both against ourselves and against Satan, the tempter. We pray as we live because we live as we pray. Therefore, we must habitually live by the Spirit so we can pray in the Spirit. Fr Mike walks us through multiple concepts dealing with temptations at prayer. He introduces......
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