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It's the season of Advent.  The season of waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting for that blessed Christmas morning.  Advent means our sanctuary is filled with blue [blue is the color of Advent] and many of us may use an Advent calendar to wait ... and wait ... and wait until Christmas. At Red [...]

For the last month, we've been collecting shoeboxes and all sort of things to stuff in the shoeboxes at Red Oak Grove.  Pencils and markers and stuffed animals and toothbrushes and all sorts of stuff filled our collection baskets and this past Sunday, we completed the service project for Operation Christmas Child. Together we packed [...]

The corn in the field behind the church has been harvested and the leaves outside the church doors are turning all sort of colors.  Autumn has arrived. With the season of autumn comes a new year at the church.  We've kicked off the Sunday School year and confirmation is in full swing.  [Have a youth [...]

This past Sunday was Cowboy Sunday at Red Oak Grove.  Horses and cowboys and cowgirls alike were welcomed to this outdoor worship service under the trees.  The weather held out and we had a beautiful morning of worship with a meal following. What made this a Cowboy Sunday worship service?  We invited musicians to lead [...]

Yesterday was an exciting day at Red Oak Grove - it was day camp time! Seventeen children and youth came to church with bagged lunches and loads of energy to run off.  We played games, ran water relay races, tie-dyed, ate fun snacks, and dipped our feet in paint to create a banner for our [...]

After a morning of Sunday worship and a long bus ride home, we've made it home.  We were sleepy, a little crabby, and oh so happy to set foot on Minnesota soil.  But, boy, were we grateful for this wonderful experience. Below is a link to a speaker we heard on our first night at [...]

Today was a super fun day in this pastor's opinion. It was our practice peacemaking day which means we started the day in the convention center. We joined in worship and then had time in the exhibition halls. It was crazy how much they put in one building! There were zip lines and basketball games. [...]

Today's theme was discipleship. We practiced discipleship this morning by joining with all of our South Eastern MN Synod friends for worship. We gathered in a hotel ball room, sang, heard messages from Bishop Usgaard, and shared in Holy Communion together. Following worship, we gathered into small groups with new friends and talked about the [...]

Thursday was our Practice Justice day at the gathering. What does this mean? It meant that after breakfast at the hotel, we walked to the superdome to gather with 10,000 people, all wearing the same orange tshirt as we. We sat in assigned places, participated in a service of worship, and learned that injustice is [...]

It was a full and fun day in New Orleans for this ROG crew. It was a hot day and one of new experiences and new food. Here is a bit about our day ... We started with breakfast in the French Quarter at the ever popular Cafe du Monde for beignets. French doughnuts with [...]