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Photos from Pastor Fue's visit

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Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
June 25, 2025
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Exchanging gifts with Kirangare Parish

Pastor Simon Fue of Kirangare Lutheran Parish preached at Zion on Sunday, June 22. While the audio of his sermon...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
June 22, 2025
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how the companionship began

leadership and power from the Holy Spirit
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
June 19, 2025
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Dear Graduates,

Graduating is an achievement worth celebrating. Whether it’s high school, college, junior high, vocational...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
June 5, 2025
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The war has ended. Go in peace.

When I was a kid, my sister and I were responsible for raising and lowering the U. S. flag every day. My dad had...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
May 19, 2025
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human flourishing or God's will?

What ought we seek above all, human flourishing or God's will? During last Sunday's sermon, we considered this...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
May 5, 2025
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celebrate always

May is a month of cake in the Olson-Smith house. All four of us--Susannah, Sara, me, and Amos--have birthdays, and...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
April 16, 2025
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Sabbath and Paradise

and other things we push into a future that never comes
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
April 8, 2025
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Greetings from Kirangare

The above photo is the parish council of Kirangare Lutheran Parish in Tanzania, after its meeting in Idaru last...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
April 7, 2025
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Dogwood blossoms

The trees budded and blossomed this week. On Wednesday, after the rain, I saw white, pink-purple, and green...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
April 2, 2025

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