Blessing of the Backpacks and Rally Sunday
September 9, during 8:30 and 10am worship
Children and adults, you're invited to bring your backpack, briefcase, carryall, diaper bag, or whatever you bring with you on a daily basis for a special blessing during Rally Sunday worship as we start a fresh fall season.
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Artwork by Jean Heidenreich
Exhibit Open Now in Carlson Hall
On
Sunday September 16
, Jean will give an informal talk about her art on display in Carlson Fellowship Hall, starting at 11:15 am.
Jean Heidenreich is a calligrapher, watercolorist, and creator of paintings using acrylic paints (opaque and transparent), liquid acrylic inks, etc. Her objective is to create a variety of interesting textures, shapes and colors and arrange them on paper in unusual ways, then assign an ambiguous name. Her work as an artist has included teaching calligraphy classes for 29 years, demonstrating lettering at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival for over 25 years, creating her own greeting card line sold locally and a card line for a national card company.
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"I've Come Up From Down"
Dignity Center
Concert Fundraiser
September 21, 7pm
Westminster Hall
Gear up for a grand musical celebration of triumph over adversity with JD Steele and Friends.
Purchase your ticket today in Carlson Hall for this Dignity Center Fundraiser. Tickets are $50 and can also be purchased online at
bit.ly/dignitycenterfundraiser.
Your ticket purchase will help the Dignity Center continue its life-changing work supporting the stability quest of hundreds of our neighbors who are experiencing poverty and homelessness.
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Progressive Christianity
September 9, 11:15am in the Harrison Room
This discussion group meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays, exploring the implications of traditional and non-traditional Christian faith.
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Pub Theology: Spirited Conversations, Spiritual Matters
September 12, 6-8pm at Sisyphus Brewing
712 Ontario Avenue W #100 Minneapolis, MN 55403
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This drop-in group of Hennepin members and friends age 21+ gathers monthly to discuss faith, life, stress, family, and so on with a tasty beverage. Invite a friend to join you, and learn more at haumc.org/pubtheology.
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Life Adventures
Rev. Frenchye: Getting to Know You
September 14, 12 Noon in the Social Hall
Life Adventures, Hennepin's fellowship ministry for seniors and their friends, invites you to come learn more about our new associate pastor as she shares her background, experiences, interests and role in our church community. Join us for a terrific lunch, and help Pastor Frenchye get to know you, too.
Make your prepaid reservation by Monday, Sept. 10. Cost is $18.
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8th and 9th Grader Confirmation Fall Retreat
September 14-16 at Koinonia Retreat Center
All 8th-9th Graders are invited to the Confirmation Fall Retreat at Koinonia! We'll try spiritual practices, play games, explore nature, and make new friendships. Scholarships available.
Register at
haumc.org/events
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Entry Point: New Members Class
September 16, 11:30am in the Church of Youth Room
If you are interested in becoming a member of HAUMC, please join us at Entry Point to meet Rev. Judy Zabel and have your questions about membership answered. Child care is available. RSVP to Larry Duncan at 612-435-1309 or larry@haumc.org.
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Conversations on a Way Forward
Starting September 24
Last fall, Bishop Ough hosted 15 different Conversations on A Way Forward across the Dakotas-Minnesota Area. They were attended by over 1,000 lay and clergy members.
Again this fall, Bishop Ough will host a series of 15 gatherings across the Area to continue the Conversations on a Way Forward as the denomination prepares for the special session of General Conference on February 23-26, 2019 in St. Louis.
In addition to information about the proposals that will be before the delegates to the 2019 General Conference, the gatherings will provide a setting in which to share resources and tools for how to facilitate dialogue and build resiliency in local churches.
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Hennepin United Methodist Women (UMW) to Host
Twin Cities District Fall Gathering
Saturday, September 29, 8:30am-1:30pm in the Art Gallery
The focus of this meeting is a UMW mission study...Our Money Matters. Sara Nelson-Pallmayer from Exodus Lending, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping Minnesotans attain financial stability, will speak on
"A Pathway to Financial Stability: How to avoid payday debt trap."
Registration forms are available on the kiosk in Carlson Hall under UMW. Cost is $12 (includes lunch). Checks written to UMW are due by Friday, Sept 21 to Laura Dirks. Contact Laura at
lauraedirks@gmail.com
or 612-378-3026.
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Retreat: To Find a Home Away from Home, Come to Koinonia
Welcome to Autumn (almost)--a perfect time to visit Koinonia! Call 888-801-7746 to book a personal, family or business retreat.
Please pray for this week's guests: Healing Touch Training Conference, University of St. Thomas Acquinas Scholars, Life Church Men's Retreat, Buffalo High School Retreat.
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Spire Recognition Brunch
October 6, 9:30am-12pm in the Social Hall
Featuring Sandra Spieler, Artistic Director
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater
Be our guests on Saturday morning, October 6, for a program and brunch to celebrate Legacy Giving donors to Hennepin. Featured speaker will be Sandra Spieler, award-winning and amazing-creative Artistic Director and Co-Founder of In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater (HOBT) in Minneapolis. For over forty years, HOBT has used artistic creativity and unlimited imagination to tell stories that explore the celebrations and struggles of our lives in community. Through main stage and touring shows, and its annual May Day parade and festival, HOBT creates visual theater for all ages and backgrounds. RSVP today – on line, at the reception desk, call the church at 612-871-5303 or email
jack@haumc.org
. Join the celebration and program, and enjoy brunch. Maybe a puppet will greet you!
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Watching the Worship Services from Afar?
There's an app for that!
Live Streaming Hennepin's Sunday worship services just got even easier--there's an app for that! With just a few taps, you can watch the live stream from wherever you've got wi-fi. The app will even send you notifications when the broadcast has started.
Visit the App Store on your Android or Apple device (phone, tablet, or laptop computer), and search for "HAUMC Live Stream." Install the free app and be with us from afar every Sunday!
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Singing in the Light
September 16, 4pm in the Art Gallery
Singing in the oral tradition—just for the joy of it! All ages and all abilities are welcome. No music to read. No performance. Songs, rounds, and chants from around the world. Singing in the Light is an ongoing fundraiser for the community work of Mar de Jade Wholistic Lifestyle Center, Chacala, Mexico.
Suggested donation at the door: $10-$20.
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Fall Choir Schedule
Altar Choir
(Children's Choir, grades 4 - 7) will meet with Darin Riedel starting September 16, 6:30pm in Chapel. Register with Darin this Sunday in Carlson Hall. This ensemble will include lively singing, handbell ringing, music learning and worship leading! Accompanied by Krista Riedel, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow in faith and song. Contact Darin with questions:
riedel.darin@gmail.com
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Journey Choir
(Youth Choir, grades 8 - 12) will meet with Stephanie Escher starting THIS Sunday, September 9, 6:30pm in the Choir Room. This dynamic group of singers sings a wonderful breadth of repertoire, is a highly committed group of talent young people! Each month Journey Choir will bless worship services, including special services during Lent and other opportunities throughout the year. You can reach Stephanie at
stephanie@haumc.org
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Cherub Choir
(Pre-K & K choir) and
Carol Choir
(Grades 1 - 3, led by Darin Riedel) will start in November. These Sunday morning ensembles provide wonderful singing and serving opportunities for our youngest music-makers over a short period of weeks. Lots of parental assistance is appreciated with these energetic groups, and piano players are needed for both groups. If you can help out, please contact Director of Music & Fine Arts Mark Squire (mark.squire@haumc.org).
Stay tuned for a fantastic short-term handbell opportunity for high school ringers next spring!
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Thank You For Helping Spruce the Gardens!
THANK YOU to all the members who dropped off hostas & daylilies to add to our Hennepin landscape. We needed to replenish the planters around the church grounds, beginning with the planter at the East Entry. Hostas & daylilies donations were received August 5, 12 & 19. We have a very good start, and next year we will continue the program. Thanks for your generosity.
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Old School by Steeple People Needs a Commercial Architect
Help! Are you a licensed commercial architect who loves Old School by Steeple People?
We need a tiny drawing of our floor plan to present to the City of Minneapolis, specifically a floor plan indicating compliance with commercial code regulations (ADA, Fire Exits, Restrooms etc). We already have measurements.
THIS IS WHY WE AREN'T OPEN YET!!!!!
Ideally, you, a lovely commercial architect, would say, "Hey, I love Old School! I'll donate X hours to do this project in exchange for Old School's never-ending gratitude and community-focused love." Less ideally, you, a lovely commercial architect, would say, "Hey, I love Old School! I'll reduce my rate to something a non-profit can afford!"
Please forward to everyone you love. We really want to open our store.
xoxo
Old School by Steeple People
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Serve During Worship
Share your gifts during Traditional Worship!
Greeters, Ushers, Acolytes, Sound Booth and Candle helpers serve on Sunday morning before and during worship.
Share your gifts during Sacred Journey Worship!
Greeters and Hospitality helpers serve during worship. Contact Denny Smith at
monarchdj@comcast.net
for details and to sign up.
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School Kit Assembly Line
September 16, 9:30-10am and 11:15am-12pm in the Carlson Hall
With the school supplies you donated in July, along with some additional purchases, we now have enough items to complete 400 UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) school kits. Come one! Come all! Join the Carlson Hall merriment, grab a bag, and be part of the assembly line that assures that children who have experienced disaster will have the tools they need for learning. You are invited to walk the assembly line again and again and again.....but do take time out to look over the UMCOR Sager Brown informational displays and consider being part of the next UMCOR Sager Brown Mission Team that delivers the kits to the UMCOR Disaster Relief Depot next January.
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Planning Ahead:
UMCOR Sager Brown
Want to experience Cajun country, escape MN in January, appreciate someone else's cooking, or enjoy the fellowship of other volunteers as you act as the hands and feet of Christ? Have one or more yes answers? Then mark your calendar and consider joining Pastor Judy and and Rev. Lyndy Zabel and other Hennepin members and friends for one week or two, January 6-18, 2019 for a trip to UMCOR Sager Brown. There you will serve in the UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) disaster relief depot and/or the local community of Baldwin, LA. and can, in your free time, explore the history and culture of Southern LA. Questions? Contact cjvaubel@yahoo.com or 651.698.1344. Sign ups accepted through September.
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Hennepin Marketplace
October 7, 8am in the Carlson Hall
This World Communion Sunday, come to Hennepin Marketplace and see the world of good that the Outreach Ministries of Hennepin have been promoting. Support the wonderful work by purchasing craft and goodies from across the world - things different - some exotic, some familiar - all beautiful. Make sure to wander through Carlson Hall before and after worship to peruse the offerings and to find a way to get involved in supporting our neighbors in Minneapolis, and around the world. All sales impact the lives of many near and afar.
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Spring 2019 Baiwalla Mission Trip
March 8-19, 2019
Save the dates for the next Baiwalla Mission Trip. We will be sending another team to Baiwalla, Sierra Leone next Spring, March 8-19, 2019. The approximate cost (depending on airfare) is $2700. We will stay at the United Methodist guest house in Baiwalla. There is solar power so there will be electricity, running water and a good bed. We will know the exact project details closer to the date. While we are there, we will continue to build our partnership with the Baiwalla United Methodist Church and with Rev. Judith Banya. To learn more, please contact Pastor Judy at
judy@haumc.org
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Knit or Crochet a Welcome Scarf
The United Methodist General Conference will be coming to Minneapolis in 2020. The Dakotas-Minnesota Area has a wonderful opportunity to come together to provide hospitality for this conference.
We intend to greet every delegate, dignitary, bishop, and spouse with a handmade scarf, to serve not only as a memento of General Conference but also as a practical solution to drafty, air-conditioned rooms. That's where you come in!
We are inviting United Methodists in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota to help us knit or crochet 10,000 purple scarves. We are calling this initiative the Lydia Project, after Lydia in Acts 16.
Questions? Contact: MaryAnne Korsch, Deacon at First UMC, Duluth, at maryanne.korsch@gmail.com or (218) 343-8813.
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Westminster Eco-Justice Film Series End
September 7, 6pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church
1200 Marquette Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403
In connection with Interfaith Power and Light, Westminster is hosting a three part film series as a religious response to climate change. This series will feature three critically acclaimed movies: Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution, Before the Flood, and Racing Extinction. These award-winning films showcase climate change issues, obstacles in the way of a clean energy future, and an examination of humankind's role in mass extinction. As these issues span religious traditions, we are hoping this series will be an opportunity for Interfaith and Eco-Justice dialogue. Come to one or all of the films, each of which will be followed by lively discussion and snacks - all are welcome! There is no charge for the film viewings.
Free parking is available and can be accessed from Alice Rainville Pl.
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Securing Your Place of Worship
3rd Annual Worship
October 13, 8am-3:30pm
The United Methodist General Conference will be coming to Minneapolis in 2020. The Dakotas-Minnesota Area has a wonderful opportunity to come together to provide hospitality for this conference.
We intend to greet every delegate, dignitary, bishop, and spouse with a handmade scarf, to serve not only as a memento of General Conference but also as a practical solution to drafty, air-conditioned rooms. That's where you come in!
We are inviting United Methodists in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota to help us knit or crochet 10,000 purple scarves. We are calling this initiative the Lydia Project, after Lydia in Acts 16.
Questions? Contact: MaryAnne Korsch, Deacon at First UMC, Duluth, at maryanne.korsch@gmail.com or (218) 343-8813.
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Do Justice Conference
November 8, 1-8pm at Christ Presbyterian Church, Edina
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SEND US YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS
Do you have news you would like to announce in the eSpire digital newsletter? The deadline for announcements is
12 Noon on Monday
for announcements to be included in the following Friday's eSpire.
Please go to fill out an announcement form at
www.haumc.org/events
. Submissions are subject to editing for space and content. Thanks for sharing your stories!
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