Introducing Dawn Wetzel

What a wonderful blessing we have to have added Dawn Wetzel to our church staff. My short interview truly does not do her justice. I strongly urge you to spend a few minutes dropping by the office sometime and talking one on one with her. She is a truly inquisitive soul with a great knack for getting people to open up and chat. In fact, I'm thinking about handing over my camera to Dawn for future interviews! My apologies for the mediocre sound quality. Hopefully, you can still get a quick snapshot of Dawn and what drew her to our congregation!

Abiding Love: Creating Space for Grace

Creating Space For Grace Are you ready...? Creating Space for Community I- Bible Study and Friendships “Women Alive!” began on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 with a book study guide and continues meeting weekly having already celebrated five years of fellowship and study! The Women Alive! Group meets every Tuesday morning at 7:15 — 8:30 a.m. in the Library. If you are interested in joining the next study, contact Joan Hokanson, 963-1708 or jhokanson@abidinglove.org This particular interviewee rambles a bit but hopefully his point gets across that we are a wonderful community and all of us contribute our part because of our love for Abiding Love despite any personal travails. Water to Thrive is a great example of our church's generous nature Creating Space for Generosity- Pastor Lynnae reflects on a kind and generous soul. Creating Space for New Friends. Our Sunday School is a great connection to the Children's Center Creating Space for Children. New Children's Center Director, Debbie Tonne, shares thoughts about making connections between the Children's Center and the Church and her reasons for moving from another center to take over at Abiding Love. Creating Space for Community Service. Abiding Love is full of people who volunteer in a variety of ways! Creating Space for Amazing Grace. Pastor Brad goes solo in this version,

Pastor Brad Highum!

Howdy y'all- I sat down and chatted for a few minutes with Abiding Love's new associate pastor, Brad Highum. He's a very affable man whose energy and enthusiasm really shine through, even on camera! Our new associate pastor spends a few minutes discussing Abiding Love's welcoming community, his sartorial selection as a metaphor for his personality, guitar pickin' and Don Ho's "Little Bubbles." Even in just a few minutes of conversation it becomes very apparent that Pastor Brad is a terrific addition to the Abiding Love family.

VBS 2011

Yet another successful joint venture at Abiding Love. Directed by Melissa Ortiz, featuring Bethany Sump as the Song Leader who got us going to start each day and helped bring it to a close, Tom Hokanson leading the band of merry musicians and with the dedication of a multitude of fabulous volunteers, the Abiding Love VBS experience is the best around. Enjoy the three minute video below capturing some of the highlights. Thank you Ashley D for taking the photos!

Vacation Bible School 2011 Trailer

Symbols of the Church: Prayers, Exchange of Peace and Communion

Welcome to our last installment of Symbols of our Church.
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Today's episodes are on Prayer, Exchange of Peace and Communion. Hope y'all have enjoyed these videos!

Prayer:



Exchange of Peace:



Communion:

Symbols of the Church: The Pulpit, Altar and Baptismal Font

I hope that you enjoyed our first installment. If you missed it, copy and paste this into your browser:
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Our next two segments are on the pulpit, altar and baptismal font.

Pulpit


Altar and Baptismal Font