Peace be with you!

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Welcome to Advent!  I am Pastor Elaine and I have been serving here since December 2017.  I have described my path to ordained ministry as a long and winding road.  I felt called to this work from a very early age.  However, I fought the call for many many years.  I had things I wanted to do.  So I got my B.A, my M.A & a Phd!  But one day when I was working on my thesis I realized I could not fight this any longer. God has a way of bringing you around!  I completed my PhD and headed to Divinity school.  I was a candidate for ordination in the Anglican Church.  Along the way I had 2 daughters and became a full time mom.  I also realized that I was much more at home in the Lutheran Church. 

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It took me quite awhile to realize that I would not lose myself in responding to God’s call (my big fear).  I discovered that in saying YES to God I am fully myself.  I find great joy in the work that I do.  

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I pray that you will find what you are seeking.  I pray that you will say YES to God. There is tremendous freedom in saying Yes. We are all called to very different things and paths.  But maybe you will find a place here that feels comfortable and fits.  

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