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Podcast with Mitchell Foyle-York
Timothy Krell recently re-connected with a friend he made at the Scrutopia Summer School conference a few years ago. Mitch is a convert to Eastern Orthodoxy and invited Tim to discuss what Christian community life practically looks like: how to handle conflicts, politics, and sacrifice. “You can’t solve conflicts without the Holy Spirit.” ~ Tim…
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LMF appears on the Yours Truly Podcast
One of our deacons, Timothy Krell, recently appeared on the Yours Truly podcast hosted by Christian Baxter. Timothy give a brief introduction to our church’s genesis and talks about our approach to liturgy, faith, community, art, technology, and tradition. Some quotes from the video: “Trust comes from your commitment to each other.” “‘What do you…
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Our Easter Phoenix
There’s a great deal of Christian heritage and tradition that is simply unknown to modern Christians, as our abbot’s recent cathedral pilgrimage amply demonstrates. Once you get a proper command of Christian iconography, it’s hard not to be dismayed at how much spiritual richness the wider church is missing out on. It’s quite encouraging, then,…
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The Ring of Truth
The Ring of Truth: Wisdom of Wagner by Sir Roger Scruton takes us on a philosophical and technical journey through Wagner’s masterful tetralogy, The Ring of the Nibelung. Scruton offers us his insights and critique on what has, sadly, become an often undervalued and misjudged opera. It is a story of mythic figures and heroes,…
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Christmas Concert 2022
We had the wonderful opportunity of sharing the Christmas message at Abundant Living in Buena Vista, New Jersey. Pastor Ken and his wife, Kim, have been friends of Life Mission Fellowship for over 25 years. Each Advent Season they graciously invite us to present our Christmas program led by our music director, Jared Barton, and…
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Wagner’s Ring Cycle
Life Mission Training Center recently had the pleasure of hosting a lecture on Richard Wagner delivered by a friend of ours, the knowledgeable Dave Murphy. This was the first of four planned lectures on Wagner’s Ring Cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen); each lecture will cover one part of the four-part opera. Wagner spent an astonishing…
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Summer of 2016
We spent almost every Celebration Night by the pool this summer–swimming, grilling, and playing badminton. The weather was beautiful (only a few rainy weekends) and the mosquitoes were fairly well-behaved. Or biggest accomplishment was finessing our Marco Polo skills: an addicting game when played “silently”. Speed and stealth became a necessity!
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Minute to Win It
Recently, we had so much fun playing Minute to Win It. Some of the challenges included moving skittles and ping-pong balls with only a spoon or straw in your mouth and moving a cookie from your eye to your mouth with only your facial muscles!
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Pumpkins and Christmas Concert
Every fall we enjoy carving pumpkins and every Christmas we love making the music of the season:
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Harvest Party 2015
Every fall we celebrate the season with our “Harvest Party.” We vote on a theme such as “Western”, “Sci-Fi”, “All Things UK,” etc. This year we picked American history (just between 1900-1945) and broke up into teams to decorate our meeting hall accordingly. For a couple of weeks everyone was busy decorating, making costumes, and…