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As most people in Colorado are aware, aspen trees aren't individual trees but are connected underground by a complex root system. Given how many trees can be connected, these petite, beautiful trees can join together into mighty organisms. In fact, the largest organism in the world is a single Quaking Aspen in Utah. When we're at our best, the church functions in much the same way: we are connected, and we come together to be nourished, fed, and refreshed even though we live our lives in distinct places. We recognize that our life "above the soil" is only possible when we tend to our life "below the soil," and we realize that without the trunk and branches, the roots don't really serve much of a purpose. Our life of faith is most robust when we balance both dimensions: the interconnectedness that helps nourish our roots and the expression of faith that only comes through wide-reaching branches.
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That's the kind of worship and service we nurture.
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A Word from our Pastor...
The truth is I never wanted to work in a church. I expected it would be boring. But, the Masters of Divinity program I was enrolled in required all students to complete church internships. I dutifully showed up the summer before my senior year and quickly learned that church ministry is a lot of things, but it is not boring. During those short ten weeks, the church staff held an intervention for a member whose alcohol use was getting the better of him, we visited a man who had been hit by a car, we brought meals and snuggled babies to help a family who had just brought home twins, and we offered a listening ear over countless cups of coffee. It was during those ten weeks that I realized how similar ministry is to growing up in a large extended family, as I did. To put it concisely: when something happens to someone, you show up. That is very much how I experience ministry at St. Andrew: as a large, extended family – quirky, kind, well-intended, and flawed – doing our best to show up for each other. All of this is motivated by our faith and by our desire to live out Jesus’ instruction that the most important thing in life is to love God and the second most important thing is to love our neighbor as ourselves. We invite you to join us.
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In Christ’s Peace,
Jacqueline
