Posts from May 2021

Posts from May 2021

Love Never Ends

Just a week ago, Gov. Walz announced that “July 1 or sooner” was the deadline for the end of Minnesota’s mask mandate.  Well…it certainly was “sooner.”  While some health precautions are still recommended, I am looking forward to being able to see you face-to-face.   Civil mandates expire – sometimes quite suddenly.  God’s love never ends.  In the midst of rapid transition, Sunday’s reading from 1 John 4:7 provides timely pastoral guidance for us: “Beloved, let us love one another, for love…

Letter From Bishop Stewart – May 4, 2021

Dear Upper Midwest Family, I’m sending you an important letter regarding a very serious and heartbreaking situation involving a member from a diocesan church. Please read the letter on our website. We take this matter with the utmost seriousness and appreciate your prayers. —Bishop Stewart Ruch III Click here to read Bishop Stewart’s letter