A Year in Review
Just a year ago this week I came to Appleton for the first time to interview for the position of Interim Senior Pastor. I interviewed...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 24
- 2 min
The Life of a Gift
When you give a gift, you don’t always know what will happen to it. You give it away and suddenly it takes on a life of its own. How that...
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Nick Hatch
- May 18
- 3 min
A Journey of Belief
Over the past nine months, twenty confirmands and mentors have gathered multiple times each month to have conversation and dialogues...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 11
- 2 min
Churches Challenged during the Pandemic
Last year Peggy and I interviewed fifty pastors about how the pandemic challenged them and changed their churches. Some of the...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 3
- 2 min
Introducing Derek Elkins
We are so pleased to have Derek as a Ministry intern this summer. He is currently serving as the Protestant Chaplain at St. Norbert...
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Nick Hatch
- May 3
- 2 min
A Season for Renewal and Discernment: Pastor Nick's Sabbatical
Pastor Nick is taking a sabbatical? It’s true and hard to believe but I am now in my twelfth year of full-time ministry here at FCUCC!...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 3
- 2 min
What Really Happened?
What Really Happened? One Theory – based on my understanding of the culled wisdom of John Dominic Crossen, New Testament Scholar. When...
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Mary Jo Laabs
- May 3
- 2 min
Holy Week is Coming: April 2-11, 2023
Dear friends, “Have you not known? Have you not heard?” I am echoing the words of the prophet, Isaiah 40 with these words and am...
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Susan Cartmell
- May 3
- 1 min
"Listening Sessions: What did we learn?
I would like to thank everyone who participated in the Listening Sessions. We heard from over 300 of you, in person, on zoom, through...
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Susan Cartmell
- Mar 15
- 2 min
What is that Bird Doing on a Stick
Maybe when you were singing the first hymn you noticed something over your head sailing through the air. Maybe you have seen Cameron...
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Mary Jo Laabs
- Mar 7
- 3 min
Realm Really Can Be Fun, I promise!
Dear Friends, I am still enjoying meeting you and learning your names! Some Sunday morning, I’d like to say, “Will Karen please stand...
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Susan Cartmell
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Do You Believe in Miracles?
In Boston there is a convent near our house where people take a vow of poverty. They rely on different churches to supply them with...
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Nick Hatch
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Looking Back Upon God's Hand
This past weekend thirty of us went on the High School Winter Retreat (formerly just for Confirmands). We visited a Hindu temple, enjoyed...
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Susan Cartmell
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Churches are Changing but Spiritual Hunger isn't Going Away
The elephant in the room in churches these days is the PANDEMIC. This one experience changed American churches more profoundly in our...
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