According to an article in the New York Times, scientific evidence has led people to believe that couples will eventually start to look like one another. Sounds crazy, right? Well, it might not …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft, South Troy Church
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3/8/24
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2024 is almost a month old! Did you take some time to reflect on 2023? Or did you just try to bury it and all its memories? Do you have ‘regrets’ things you wish you would have done or people you …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft, South Troy Church
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2/1/24
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The Three Wise Men, also known as the Magi or the Three Kings, were visitors who traveled to Bethlehem to pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews, Jesus Christ. The Bible does not specify the …
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By Reverend Colleen Hoeft, South Troy Wesleyan Church
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1/1/24
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Christmas, for me, is filled with great memories, great traditions, and genuine spiritual significance. But sometimes Christmas – the REAL Christmas – gets lost in everything that surrounds the …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft, South Troy Church
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11/26/23
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What are you thankful for? Family, friends, job, home, heat, gas, food, clothes, freedom, …… Being thankful is a guaranteed way to cure envy and jealousy. When we are grateful for what we have …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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11/4/23
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Do you remember the game of telephone? You get everyone in a circle and whisper a message to the first person and they whisper it to the next and then to the next… and you wait with anticipation to …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft, South Troy Church
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10/1/23
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Murder… that seems to be what good mysteries and drama are made of. Why are we so fascinated by this terrible sin of violence? I have to admit that my favorite books genre for pleasure reading are …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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9/1/23
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What breaks your heart? This is more than a bad day, or a break-up with your last date. What are those things that you are passionate about? Is it your family, your job, your hobbies, people in your …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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7/31/23
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Freedom: Miriam Webster says, “1: the quality or state of being free: such as a: the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action, b: liberation from slavery or restraint or …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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6/26/23
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, the principal leader of the Church of England, said, “The Coronation will be a service of Christian worship, deeply rooted in the wisdom we find in …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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5/26/23
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Excuses- we’ve all heard some remarkable ones over the years- especially if you are in any type of position of authority. We have excuses for being late, for losing homework, for forgetting …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft, South Troy Church
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4/29/23
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MESSIAH IN THE PASSOVER, a vivid and exciting demonstration showing how Jesus fulfilled the ancient feast of Passover, will be held on May 7 @ 10:30 am at the South Troy Church; 56817 Highway 63 …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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4/29/23
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When I was a little girl- around 5-6 years old I did something very foolish- Let me give you some background- in my young mind I had decided that we needed a new house. Not sure why- possibly I …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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4/3/23
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I don’t know about you but that seems impossible. How in the world can you love someone who doesn’t love you? How in the world can you love someone who wants to do you harm and tear you down? …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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3/5/23
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Jesus grew up just like you and me- He was fully human. He had to learn to walk and talk. He learned how to comb his hair and how to wash behind his ears. He had to learn to get along with his little …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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1/27/23
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Amidst all the craziness of the season, is peace possible? In our world where nations continue to fight against nations; is peace possible? In the culture around us that is bent on arguing and …
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By Reverend Colleen Hoeft
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12/28/22
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Advent: the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. Hope: a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. We hope and wait for a lot of things. We hope today is better …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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11/27/22
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Free or slave? When the Jewish believers heard these words, they shouted out- we have never been a slave to anyone- we are free. You and I here in the United States believe in Freedom- that all …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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10/29/22
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A Dynasty is often tied to kings and rulers- and it is also tied to powerful families. Going to the dictionary I discovered that a dynasty: “a succession of people from the same family who play …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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9/30/22
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Gary and I were on vacation the last couple of weeks. We traveled on interstate, county roads, state highways, gravel and rock roads. We understand forks in the road literally. Over the years- …
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By Pastor Colleen Hoeft
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8/29/22
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