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Pastor Nancy Switzler
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Newsletter Thoughts February 8, 2025
Dear Friends, This weekend is the 15th anniversary of my ordination. I’ve learned much in these 15 years, while also experiencing the...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Feb 42 min read
Newsletter Thoughts February 1, 2025
Dear Friends, Greetings to you all from Connecticut. I am working from here as I spend more time with my daughter and her little family....
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Jan 212 min read
Newsletter Thoughts January 18, 2025
Dear Friends, I hope and pray you all are doing ok this week. The stories and images that we see from the fires continues to be...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Jan 142 min read
Newsletter Thoughts January 11, 2025
Dear Friends, This is a hard week. A tragic week for our region. The fires that started in the midst of a violent windstorm have...

Pastor Nancy Switzler
Jan 71 min read
Newsletter Thoughts January 4, 2025
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! I hope that you are all doing well and avoiding the illnesses that are spreading everywhere. So far, my...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Dec 24, 20242 min read
Newsletter Thoughts December 21, 2024
Dear Friends, On Friday morning I went to Whole Foods to pick up some last-minute ingredients for a family and friends’ dinner that I am...


Pastor Nancy Switzler
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Newsletter Thoughts December 7, 2024
Dear Friends, I live in a historic Oxnard neighborhood which is also one of the many Christmas Tree Lanes that one can find around the...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Newsletter Thoughts November 30th 2024
Dear Friends, I hope you all had wonderful Thanksgiving dinners with family and friends. As I type this, I am also aware that the...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Nov 26, 20245 min read
Newsletter Thoughts November 23,2024
Dear Friends, Happy Thanksgiving week! Here are a few things for which I am grateful: This week with the youth group we had a...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Newsletter Thoughts November 17, 2024
How are you all doing this week? I know that for many it’s been a hard week. Are you doing anything differently? I’ve quit watching...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Nov 12, 20246 min read
November 10, 2024 Newsletter Thoughts
Dear Friends, I thought I’d share some of what I am thinking after the election. First, I recognize that we do not all have the same...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Nov 5, 20242 min read
All Saints Sunday Newsletter Thoughts 2024
Dear Friends, On Sunday, we commemorated All Saints Day. The actual day for All Saints is November 1, so in worship it is always the...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Nov 5, 20242 min read
Reformation Sunday Newsletter Thoughts 2024
Dear Friends, HAPPY REFORMATION! These words, Happy Reformation, seem a bit odd. We, as Lutherans, celebrate the Reformation as the...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Nov 5, 20242 min read
Newsletter Thoughts October 18th
Dear Friends, I want to thank everyone who came to the budget workshop a few weeks ago. It was helpful for church leadership to be able...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Oct 15, 20242 min read
Newsletter Thoughts October 12th
Hello Friends, Sunday, October 6th, I ran my 14th marathon in Minnesota. It was a beautiful course that took us from downtown...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Oct 9, 20242 min read
Newsletter Thoughts 10/5/2024
Dear Friends, I’m writing this message from Minnesota where I’ll be doing a marathon on Sunday. Earlier in the week I was at ELCA...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Newsletter Thoughts 9/28/2024
Dear Friends, Welcome October! We have a busy month ahead of us. First, there will be a budget workshop after worship on October 13. We...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Newsletter Thoughts 9/21/2024
Happy Saturday! I hope that you are able to do something enjoyable this weekend, and I hope to see you at worship tomorrow morning. I...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Sep 17, 20242 min read
Newsletter Thoughts 9/15/24
Hello Friends, In this week’s gospel Jesus invites those hearing him to, “pick up your cross and follow me…” Most of us are familiar with...
Pastor Nancy Switzler
Sep 10, 20241 min read
Newsletter Thoughts 9/8/2024
Dear Friends, I hope you are all finding ways to stay cool in the midst of this heat wave. While Oxnard is much cooler at 86°, it is very...
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