Author Archives: megganmanlove

Installation at Redeemer/Grace

Posted on September 4, 2023 by megganmanlove

The people of the Northwest Intermountain Synod celebrate with the congregations of Redeemer Lutheran, Boise and Grace Lutheran, Horseshoe Bend on the occasion of the installation of Rev. Mariah Mills as their new pastor. Mills is a graduate of Trinity … Continue reading →

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Sept. 3, 2022

Posted on September 4, 2023 by megganmanlove

Sermon preached at Redeemer Lutheran, Boise for the Installation of Rev. Mariah Mills, called to serve as pastor of Redeemer and Grace Lutheran, Horseshoe Bend. Exodus 3:1-13 3Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; … Continue reading →

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More Connections

Posted on September 2, 2023 by megganmanlove

One of the best parts of this new call is meeting so many people in our synod, across the ELCA Lutheran network, and in our various communities doing faithful work. This week I or the synod staff and I connected … Continue reading →

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Sunday at Shepherd of the Valley

Posted on August 27, 2023 by megganmanlove

I had not made concrete plans for this morning because I was to preside at an installation in the afternoon. That installation was postponed until Labor Day Weekend due to COVID. So I emailed Pastor Dave Deckerd at Shepherd of … Continue reading →

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So Many Partners

Posted on August 26, 2023 by megganmanlove

If I needed reminders that this work does not need to be done in a silo, this week gave me an abundance of them. The week started, after my drive home Monday, with a vaccination appointment at Saltzer Health, in … Continue reading →

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Palouse and Spokane Connections

Posted on August 21, 2023 by megganmanlove

Last Wednesday I drove up Idaho along highway 95 and then 195, stopping to stretch my legs in a baked Riggins (in the canyon). I had a great conversation with campus minister Deacon Karla Neumann Smiley and her colleague George, … Continue reading →

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Aug. 20, 2023

Posted on August 20, 2023 by megganmanlove

Preached at Salem Lutheran for a tri-parish worship service shared by Salem Lutheran, All Saints Lutheran, and Central Lutheran of Spokane, WA. Matthew15:21-28 21Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon.22Just then a Canaanite … Continue reading →

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Aug. 6, 2023

Posted on August 8, 2023 by megganmanlove

Sermon preached at Good Shepherd, Pocatello and Emanuel, Blackfoot. Matthew 14:13-21 13Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot … Continue reading →

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Full Weekend in Southeast Idaho

Posted on August 7, 2023 by megganmanlove

It was a joy to be with the people of the Upper Snake River Cluster at their annual summer picnic in Firth, Idaho Saturday, but that really made up only one sliver of a great weekend of relationship building and … Continue reading →

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King of Glory, Boise, ID

Posted on July 30, 2023 by megganmanlove

Joy and lots of memories welled up in me today as I joined King of Glory (KoG), Boise for worship and fellowship time. Pastor Connie Winter-Eulberg decided to preach once a month this summer on hard texts from scripture and … Continue reading →

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