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Pastor's Blog: May 2016
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Sunday, May 15, 2016. Another article from the Millennial Pastor. 12 REASONS WHY IT IS GOOD TO BE A CHURCH BULLY. JANUARY 23, 2014. Image Source – http:/ thebravediscussion.com. Church bullies have a special advantage, though. Most church people have been taught to be nice and kind, to refrain from stirring the pot or rocking the boat. Church bullies know that often people will not stand up to them, and that they can get away with just about anything. Warning, this video contains offensive language).
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Welcome to St. Michael Parish: About Us
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Welcome to St. Michael Parish. 612 North Walnut, Plymouth, IN 46563 Tel: (574) 936-4935 Saturday Vigil Masses: 5:00 pm(Eng); 7:00 pm(Span) Sunday 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm (Span). St Michael Catholic Church had a modest, humble beginning, just five years prior to the start of the Civil War. The congregation dates back to 1856 when Plymouth area Catholics purchased lots on the east side of Center Street between Madison and Monroe streets for a mere $500. In 1999, under Rev. Anthony Gillespie...
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Welcome to St. Michael Parish: RCIA
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Welcome to St. Michael Parish. 612 North Walnut, Plymouth, IN 46563 Tel: (574) 936-4935 Saturday Vigil Masses: 5:00 pm(Eng); 7:00 pm(Span) Sunday 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm (Span). Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the process for unbaptized or baptized Christian adults who are interested in becoming Catholic, learning more about the faith, or becoming in full communion with the Catholic Church. What are the steps? During this Rite, the inquirer stands amidst the parish community ...
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Pastor's Blog: November 2015
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Sunday, November 29, 2015. This is an interesting read. His theory is:. 1 This is a new social-economic class. They live precarious lives because their situations are so uncertain. They are unemployed and underemployed. They are often temporarily employed and earning low wages. It's not only that they earn little money, but they also find little meaning in what they do. The work pays low and is personally unfulfilling. Saint Michael Catholic Church. Sunday, November 8, 2015. He writes about how churches ...
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Pastor's Blog: April 2016
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Friday, April 29, 2016. The Diocesan Schools Office suggested Principals and pastors attend his lecture at Notre Dame. It was excellent. I am familiar with mych of his work. Here are some of his books. Robert Putnam. He has several books. They are all good. Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis. His latest book. It is a good description of his own. Home town and how it has changed. He compares it to many other towns. His thesis is that the. Is also a section on ͞The Rise of the Nones.͟. Are much stronge...
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Pastor's Blog: Thank You for Being Late
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Monday, December 12, 2016. Thank You for Being Late. Thank You for Being Late. VProduct DetailsI highly recommend this book, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas Friedman. All these changes will mean many more changes are in store for us. Some of those will be highly beneficial; others are not so good. But they are affecting our politics (One candidate for president was basically able to bypass the media and communicate with millions by w...There...
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Pastor's Blog: The Vanishing Neighbor
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Thursday, May 5, 2016. Marc Dunkelman. The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community. He starts by talking about how neighbors don’t know one another any more. He then goes on with a number of changes in society. His basic thesis is that there are three levels of “friendship acquantaince.”. 1 Intimate, family, close friends. 2 “Middle rings” that form neighbors, fellow church members, co-workers from different areas of work. Posted using BlogPress from my iPad. View my complete profile.
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Pastor's Blog: Church Bullies
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Sunday, May 15, 2016. Another article from the Millennial Pastor. 12 REASONS WHY IT IS GOOD TO BE A CHURCH BULLY. JANUARY 23, 2014. Image Source – http:/ thebravediscussion.com. Church bullies have a special advantage, though. Most church people have been taught to be nice and kind, to refrain from stirring the pot or rocking the boat. Church bullies know that often people will not stand up to them, and that they can get away with just about anything. Warning, this video contains offensive language).
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Pastor's Blog
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Thursday, May 12, 2016. This is from another pastor, who blogs as the Millennial Pastor. He says he is an iPhone pastor in a typewriter church. He is interesting, and his thoughts are worth thinking about. 5 Truths we don’t want to admit about church decline. March 15, 2015. Last Sunday in my sermon. And yet, with all the focus on our decline as Christians in the West, particularly, mainline Christians, important truths are rarely spoken about. 2 Many of our sacred cows are causing our decline. (ie&#...
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Pastor's Blog: Tent of the Presence
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Sunday, September 11, 2016. Tent of the Presence. Numbers 11:1-17New International Version (NIV). Fire From the LORD. Quail From the LORD. 4 The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! 5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. 6 But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna! 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth?