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Upcoming Events
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Thu, August 27, 2026 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Zlata's Garden Meet & Greet
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Sun, August 30, 2026 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Tue, September 1, 2026 - 9:00am - 3:30pm
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Sun, September 6, 2026 - 12:00pm
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Fri, September 11, 2026 - 7:00pm
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Daily Thought
If He loathes evil, then why does He allow it in His world? How can He breathe life into a world while all that is good and beautiful is ravaged by that which He hates?
It must be that His hatred of evil is not like the hatred of a mortal being for those who oppose him. Nothing can oppose Him, none of His creatures can cause Him harm. To Him, darkness is light and light is darkness, the wicked and the righteous are equal in their insignificance.
He rejects evil not for any reason, but only because He has chosen to reject these things, and that very rejection is what brings evil into being.
So too, He has chosen that those who vanquish...










