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Rev. Ruth Preston
Schilk began full-time ministry at Lethbridge
Mennonite Church in October, 1998 after graduating that year
from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana.
She was ordained at Lethbridge
Mennonite Church on October 22, 2000.
Ruth has a love for the church--the body of
Christ here on earth--and is grateful to God to be ministering
in and with the Lethbridge Mennonite Church congregation.
Ruth is married to Harold, and they have
two school-aged children. Her other interests include gardening
and playing piano.
Angelo Roncalli
was an Italian peasant who rose to become Pope John XXIII, one
of the most beloved figures in Christian history. During his
service as pope, the Roman Catholic Church underwent the major
upheaval known as Vatican II, a tumultuous and controversial
time of reform and change. It is said that in the midst of this
volatile time, Pope John would read his bedtime devotions, say
his private prayers, and then, before turning out the light,
would say to himself, “But who governs the church? You or the
Holy Spirit? Very well, then. Go to sleep Angelo, go to
sleep.”
[Thomas G. Long,
“Testimony: Talking Ourselves into Being Christian,” (San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004), p. 156]
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