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PATH OF FAITH
Your Local Guide to Places of Worship
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2018-2019 Faith Directory
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 Included in this guide are places of worship with welcoming arms. Explore your faith and find comfort by visiting any of the churches listed throughout this guide.
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church Sunday Worship • 9 am Live Streaming on Facebook every Sunday at 9:00am @beautifulsavioraustin Bible Class and Sunday School 10:15 AM (September through May)
Pastor Paul Welke 2103 8th St SW Austin, MN 507-437-6461 www.beautifulsavioraustin.org
First United Methodist Church welcomes you with Open Hearts! Open Minds! Open Doors!
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1111 9th St, NE, Austin • 433-5844 www.cranechapel.org Pastor Dale Christiansen
W• Austin, MN • 433-5000 ORLEIN.COM
204 1st Ave NW, Austin • 507-433-8839 austinfirstumc@gmail.com • www.austinfumc.org Sunday Fellowship Time 9:00 & 10:30 am Worship 9:30 am • Sunday School Hour 9:45-10:45 am Wednesday Midweek Gathering: 5:00-5:45 pm Supper • 6-7:00 pm Youth & Children Activities
Sunday worship 10:00 am nursery provided Superkidz & Youth Programs, Wednesday 6:00 pm
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International Word Fellowship
Austin Congregational UCC
Jehovah's Witnesses
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
Keys to Life Apostolic Church
Upcoming Events: November 21st FUMC will host a Community Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service at 6:30pm with Austin Congregational UCC, Grace Lutheran, Westminster Presbyterian and Christ Episcopal Church’s. In conjunction with Christmas in the City, from noon to 12:30pm we will have local organist’s play 4 Wednesday’s- 11/28, 12/5-12 & 19. Bring your sack lunch and enjoy a short concert.
“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise — in God I trust and am not afraid, " Psalm 56:3-4 (NIV)
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Living Bible Church-Austin
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2103 8th St SW, Austin, MN
New Beginnings in Christ Church
507-433-3705
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Cedar River Church of Christ
Queen of Angles Catholic Church
Christ Episcopal Church
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(The Cedars)
• Worship 6:00-6:30 pm • Confirmation Class 6:30-7:15pm • Chancel Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm
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Crane Community Chapel
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Church of JC Latter Day Saints-Austin
Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Cornerstone Assembly of God
Salvation Army
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St. Augustine & St. Eds Catholic Church
St. John's Lutheran Church 1200 13th Avenue NW, Austin 507-433-2642 St. Olaf Lutheran Church
1111 9th St NE, Austin, MN 507-433-5844
First Congregational Church, UUC
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United Pentecostal Church-Austin
507-433-8839
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Grace Baptist Church Grace Lutheran Church Holy Cross Lutheran Church
802 4th St SW, Austin, MN
507-437-4594
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The Connection Between Purpose and Prayer By Rick Warren
‘I know what I am planning for you,’ says the LORD. ‘I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you. I will give you a hope and a good future. Then you will call my name. You will come to me and pray to me, and I will listen to you' (Jeremiah 29:11-12 NCV)
so he put a lot of thought into Your parents may not have to hurt you. I will give you a Is there anything God can’t creating you. hope and a good future. Then planned you, but God did, and do? There are a lot of things And now you may ask, “Well, he wanted you alive. you will call my name. You will God can’t do. He can’t deny how do I know God’s plan?” Now, God didn’t have to come to me and pray to me, himself. He can’t be evil. God God’s plans for your life are create a plan for your life. and I will listen to you’” (NCV). is good, so by nature, he He could have just let you be revealed and realized through Do you see the connection cannot do bad things. born and then wander around prayer. The more you pray, the between prayer and God’s Everything God does is good. more you’re going to aimlessly. plans for your life? And so, because God is good, understand God’s plan for God’s plans for your life will your life. When you pray to But God has never made I’ve said this many times, always be good. him, he listens, and he but I’ll say it again: You are not anything without a purpose. answers and reveals more Everything has a purpose and an accident. There is a purJeremiah 29:11-12 says, “‘I of himself to you. a plan. God gave you a plan pose for your life. There are know what I am planning for accidental parents, but there for your life. Why? Because he you,’ says the Lord. ‘I have loves you. He is a good God, are no accidental children. good plans for you, not plans
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St John’s Lutheran Church
Bethlehem Church
1200 13th Avenue NW, Austin • 507-433-2642 stjohns@stjohnsaustinlcms.org www.stjohnsaustinlcms.org Pastor James Groleau
1500 4th Ave SE, Austin 507-433-3705 Office hours: 9:00 am-1:00 pm Monday-Friday Email: office@bethlehemfree.org
A Christian community that glorifies God
Saturday Worship 6:00 pm Sunday Worship: 9:00 am Education for All Ages: 10:15 am KAUS Radio 1480 - Live Sunday worship Live streaming on the St John’s Lutheran Church website
Iglesia Emmanuel
ADAMS Church Sacred Heart Catholic Church Saint John's Lutheran
Marian Hall Kitchen & Parish New Life Christian Our Father's House Our Savior's Lutheran Salvation Army Salvation Army Church
Abundant Life United
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Albert Lea Vineyard
Sojourners Church
Ascension Lutheran Church
St John's Lutheran Community
Assemblies of God
St. Theodore Catholic
Bridge Community Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Bridge Community Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Casa De Oracion Para Las Naciones
United Methodist Church
Christ Episcopal
United Pastoral Church
Crossroads Church
Zion Lutheran
First Lutheran Church First Presbyterian Grace Christian Grace Lutheran Grace Lutheran Church Hope Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Salem Lutheran
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Faith Baptist
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Little Cedar/Marshall Lutheran
Services: Sunday School 9:00 am Worship 10:30 am (Nursery available for infants and toddlers) Burmese Language Church 12:30 pm on Sunday Oromo (Ethiopian) Church 3:00 pm on Sunday Wednesday Mid-Week 6:00 pm
802 4th St SW, Austin 507-433-3258 www.westminsteraustin.com Senior Pastor: Rev. Mike Olmsted Associate Pastor: Rev. Brittany MacMillan
Sunday Worship: 9:30 am Sunday School & Adult Education: 11:00 am Wednesday Night Ministries for all ages begins at 5:30 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church 104 1st St SE, Hayfield 507-477-2248 www.trinityhayfield.com
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Prairie Mennonite Church Saint Columbanus Church Trinity Lutheran Church
You’re welcome to join us - all are invited to ou r family congregation!
Rev. Paul Hauschild Adam Anderson, Director of Christian Education
First Baptist First Lutheran Church
“All are invited to share in the ministries here at Westminster as we seek to grow in faith and reach out in love.”
Worship Service: 8 am & 10:30 am Sunday School: 9:15 am-10:15 am Adult Forum: 9:15 am-10:15 am Wednesday 3rd through 6th grade Ministry 3 pm-5 pm Confirmation and Youth Group from 6:30 pm -8 pm
Mayer Funeral Home - Serving All Faiths in the Austin Area
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Mayer Funeral Home Established 1915 ~ “Over 100 Years of Service”
433-1817 600 2nd St NW, Austin www.mayerfh.com
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God Forgives You, Now Forgive Yourself By Rick Warren
He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve. . . . He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:10, 12 NLT)
west. There is a north pole, But David knew that God is a God always gives us what we and there is a south pole. But good God, and so he asked for need, not what we deserve. there is no end from east to mercy. He prayed: Psalm 103:10, 12 says, “He west. God has simply taken does not punish us for all our our sin and wiped it out! “Have mercy on me, O God, sins; he does not deal harshly And if God has forgiven you, because of your unfailing love. with us, as we Because of your great deserve. . . . He has then you need to forgive yourself. compassion, blot out the removed our sins as far from stain of my sins. Wash me us as the east is from the There’s this guy in the Bible, clean from my guilt. west” (NLT). King David, who committed Purify me from my sin” Instead of giving us the adultery and then, to cover it (Psalm 51:1-2 NLT). punishment we deserve, Jesus up, had the woman’s Christ paid for all our sins and husband murdered. Those If you are struggling with a all our wrongs. I like that the are pretty big sins—murder big sin right now, you need Bible says, “as far as the east and adultery. Did David is from the west,” because deserve to be forgiven? No. to go read all of Psalm 51.The there’s no end to east and Did David deserve mercy? No. entire psalm is based on who
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God is, not who you are. Let me make this really clear: God forgives you not because you’re good but because he is good. He is a good God, and he has a good plan for you—even when you blow it big-time. Nothing can separate you from his love!
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Brownsdale United Methodist
Cedar Creek Church First Presbyterian Church Sacred Heart Catholic Church Trinity Lutheran Church 104 1st St SE, Hayfield 507-477-2248
Our Saviors Lutheran
Moscow Lutheran
Queen of Peace Catholic Church
Oakland Baptist
Six Mile Grove Lutheran Church
Oakland Lutheran ELCA
Church First Baptist Brownsdale Our Savior's Lutheran Church
St. John's Lutheran-Elkton St. Michaels Lutheran - Waltham Trinity Waltham
GRAND MEADOW
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Bear Creek Lutheran
Bethany Bible Church
Grand Meadow Lutheran
First Presbyterian Church
Hoflanda Church Saint Peter's Catholic-Rose Creek
St Finbarr's Catholic Church
Grace Christian Church
Zion United Methodist Church - Sargeant
United Church of Grand Meadow
Le Roy Lutheran Church
United Methodist Church-Lansing
St Patrick's Church
St Paul's Lutheran Hollandale United Methodist Church Dexter Zion Lutheran AFLC - Dexter
Borrowed Faith By Jessica Broberg
Hebrews 11 is one of my favorite passages in the Bible. By faith, it says. By faith, Abraham offered, Jacob blessed, & Moses was hidden. By faith, or through faith, because of faith.... But today the word BY also made me think of how sometimes just being NEAR faith can strengthen us & shape us. Sometimes our faith is a little wobbly and we need someone to lean on for a bit until we feel the
strength return to our legs. I’ve experienced this in my own life. Days when I feel just about out of faith and I turn to my people and there they are, telling me that I can share theirs for a bit. Flanking my faith on every side, inviting me to sit for a while, supporting me until I feel strong enough to stand again. Having faith FOR me. My faith is strengthened just by being NEAR THEIR FAITH. A couple weeks ago I was able to believe & have faith for my friend
in an area. She was too close to it, living it out daily and her faith was waning a bit. But I came alongside and declared I had faith for her that day. And several days later I needed her to do the same for me. By faith, we choose to live our lives in community with others. Believing that there will be times when we can allow others to lean on our faith but also that we will have the opportunity to allow others to lean on ours.
"I am the LORD your GOD who takes hold of your right hand & says to you, 'Do not fear; I will help you.'" Isaiah 41:13