A Letter From Our Pastor
Honoring
God’s Gifts and Blessings to Us My Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
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t has been several years since we began our journey to become a stewardship parish — a parish that would be noticeably focused on hospitality, prayer, formation, and service. We have made amazing progress! What I have learned is that stewardship never ends. Despite any challenges we may face, we must continue and not be afraid. Yet, when fears and anxiety begin to fill our hearts, a simple solution is to focus on gratitude. When we choose to focus on all of the ways that God has
abundantly blessed us, all of the ways that He has been there to carry us through our trials, we can feel our fears and anxiety begin to diminish. Now is the time that we need Jesus more than ever, and we must rely on God’s grace, which is always sufficient. It is that grace that has allowed us to persevere through the earthquake, through worshipping in tents while we awaited the building of our beautiful new church, through the pandemic, and through the long wait
for the parish center to come to fulfillment. After much prayer and discernment, I have decided to name our new parish center the Grace Parish Center in honor of this free and undeserved gift with which God continues to bless us. I encourage you to join me in praying for its prompt completion and I look forward to celebrating with all of you at the dedication later this year. Sincerely yours in Christ,
Fr. Lio Faletoi
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