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Treasure Valley ELCA Cluster News
TV Cluster Connections – November 2023
Treasure Valley Cluster Connections is a quarterly newsletter for the ELCA churches in the Treasure Valley of Idaho/Oregon – Faith, Grace-Horseshoe Bend, Grace-Mountain Home, Hope, Immanuel, King of Glory, Redeemer, Saint Paul, Shepherd of the Valley, and Trinity.
TV Cluster Connections – August 2023
Welcome to the Treasure Valley ELCA Cluster newsletter. We have many events and opportunities to share this quarter.
Devotions

Luther Heights Offers Year-round Options
As we round out the summer, we are beginning to think towards year-round engagement with Casey Cross starting as our Associate Director.
Click the buttons and you will find some information for both congregational engagement and individual families. Feel free to share with your congregations!
There are some informational Zoom sessions coming up in August and Casey, or I am happy to answer questions ahead of them too.
Casey – associate@lutherheights.org
Kelly – director@lutherheights.org

Are You There, God?
Recently, I watched the movie, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.” The movie is based on Judy Blume’s book of the same title. Since I’ve never read the book, I’d like to be clear that I’m writing about the movie. I don’t know how closely it follows the book. The movie opens in 1970.

Everyone’s Inner Conversation
When you say “Hello” to someone, you are breaking in to a conversation they are always having with themselves. John Quinn These words are from Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World, by John O’Donohue in conversation with John Quinn on Irish radio (p. 158). They stopped me in my reading tracks. I

Change and Transition
Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9 NRSV) This past year has been a year of immense transition for me, personally as well as professionally. It has been hard, to say the least. While I am aware that life