Th Rev. Diana Wilcox with Minneapolis clergy

From Newark to Minneapolis: Answering the call of conscience

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The Sunday of Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, a call went out from clergy in Minneapolis to clergy across the nation. Echoing King’s call to Selma, they asked us to come to Minneapolis to stand, march, and pray with them on January 23rd, and I knew I had to answer that call.

Messiah, Chester & St. Mary's, Sparta joint social event

Parish collaboration: Thankful for our shared journey

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When St. Mary's, Sparta and Messiah, Chester began sharing clergy, they also raised up lay pastoral leaders to help support their congregations. One lay pastoral leader shares her journey of saying “yes” to God’s call – and discovering what this new form of collaboration looks like in action.

Parish Collaboration Lay Pastoral Leader

Parish collaboration: A lay pastoral leader’s experience

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When St. Mary's, Sparta and Messiah, Chester began sharing clergy, they also raised up lay pastoral leaders to help support their congregations. One lay pastoral leader shares her journey of saying “yes” to God’s call – and discovering what this new form of collaboration looks like in action.