This Month's Birthdays:
July 3: Connie Peterson
July 6: Rory Jeddeloh
July 10: Dick Hinkhouse
July 12: Raelynn Bowers
July 15: Michael Conner
July 19: Kainoa Senio
July 21: Allan Winder
July 23: Michaela Wolfram
July 25: Michelle Hinkhouse
July 27: Liz Drexler and
Addie Bass
July 28: Sam Torkelson and
Dax Glasson-Darling
July 31: Judy Clark
Celebrating our Milestones
Yes, this month we celebrate our country's milestone of 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But there's another milestone we may not think of often, but that would be the beginning of the Society of Friends in 1652. If you do the math, that's 374 ago! George Fox had ideas for what it meant to follow the Spirit of God within that went against the official Church of England that all were required to follow.
Today our numbers are smaller, but it is still worth celebrating this new idea and those who spread Fox's idea that sitting in silence allows that Spirit within each of us to "speak to our condition" as Fox described it.
Let's celebrate our particular faith, let's invite others to know about this unique way of practicing our faith, our beliefs. At West Branch we follow Jesus' teachings to Love God and Love our Neighbors, and we spend time in the silence following our pastor's message each week. That is worth celebrating!!
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"West Branch Friends Church" page!
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Anniversaries
July 1: Jackie and Doug Rasmussen
July 16: Tim Jackson and Deborah Suess
and Matt and Laura Scott
July 21: Eddie and Anita Starr
July 22: Don and Morgan Draiocht