Mark Squire's Hennepin Debut
July 15 - 10am Traditional Worship
Don't miss the first Sunday of music led by Hennepin's new Director of Music and Fine Arts, Mark Squire!
After worship, we'll welcome Mark and give extra thanks to Shari Speer, who has been our outstanding Interim Director of Music for the past year.
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Donate to Hennepin's School Supply Drive
Nelson Mandela once said that
"Education is the most powerful weapon
we can use to change the world."
At a time in our country and world where change is so needed, but other weapons are too often deployed . . . the Outreach Ministries of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church are doing our part to foster the true and inclusive power of education. We are working to arm every child and young adult with the power of knowledge and the love of learning that comes with having the tools necessary to succeed in school. You can join us.
During the month of July, we will be collecting school supplies to be distributed to students in need distributed through UMCOR, and here in our own city at MNIC, the Dignity Center, and Joyce Preschool. There are clear Ziploc bags located at the Reception Desk and at worship with lists of items needed. Take a bag, or a few; fill them; and bring them back to Hennepin during the month of July. We will do the rest.
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Need a Vacay to the Lake?
Come to Koinonia!
“The Kingdom of God is like treasure hidden in a field.” (Matthew 13:44) Vacations are great because they offer rest, relaxation and create lasting memories. If you have a few vacation days left and are looking for something simple and memorable, remember there’s “treasure hidden in a field” about an hour away - Koinonia. Imagine the smell of a campfire at sunset, the sound of loons calling, the crunch of twigs on a forest path, a canoe ride on Lake Sylvia’s still waters. Koinonia is for you! Call 888-801-7746 to arrange your visit.
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Habitat for Humanity +
HAUMC Young Adults = Transforming the World
Hennepin's Young Adult ministries team is excited to roll up our sleeves and don our safety glasses for our biggest service project yet!
Join us, no matter your age or ability, as we help to build a house with Habitat for Humanity on August 8.
Afterwards, we will gather to socialize and relax over Italian food and cold beverages.
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SERVE:
8am - 4pm
Habitat Build Location
3695 St. Regis Dr,
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
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SOCIALIZE:
4:30-6:30pm
Leaning Tower of Pizza
2324 Lyndale Avenue S,
Minneapolis, MN 55403
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Making Sense of the Bible:
NEW discussion group with Pastor Judy
Sundays at 12:30pm, June 17-July 22
Do you ever wonder what to make of the Bible? Do you sometimes ask questions like: Where did the Bible come from? Is it really relevant for today's world? What is the nature of Scripture, anyway?
Join Rev. Judy Zabel, Hennepin's Senior Pastor, a NEW Bible discussion group to be held at the church.
We'll be using a book called "Making Sense of the Bible: Rediscovering the Power of Scripture Today," by Adam Hamilton as our guide.
This is a great class for skeptics and the curious because this group will focus on ways to reexamine some of the most controversial teachings in the Bible. This class is not designed to indoctrinate, but rather to open up discussion.
Feel free to invite your friends! All are welcome, always.
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Pub Theology: Spirited Conversation, Spiritual Matters
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This drop-in group of Hennepin members and friends age 21+ gath
ers 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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AUGUST 8 & SEPTEMBER 12
Sisyphus Brewing
712 Ontario Avenue W #100
Minneapolis, MN 55403
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Progressive Christianity
This discussion group meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays, exploring the implications of traditional and non-traditional Christian faith. The next meeting will be July 22 at 11 a.m. in the Harrison Room.
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HENNEPIN KIDS FOR LYFE CAMPS
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What are your kids doing this summer?
It's not too late to sign them up for summer camps at Hennepin!
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Joyful Uproar
July 24-27
at HAUMC
A week of joy & music for children in 1st-6th grade. Each morning will include handbells, Orff Schulwerk and choir. The students will participate as worship leaders in the Traditional Worship Service on Sunday, July 29 at 10 am.
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Vacation Bible Camp
August 6-10
at HAUMC
Step back in time with the Apostle Paul and experience what life was like in first-century Rome! We will enjoy learning activities, games, music, and snacks from 9am to 12noon each day. Participants ages 3 years-4th grade, and older campers are welcome as helpers!
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Summer Art Show
Rev. Jim McChesney is our featured artist for the Summer Art Show. In midlife, he took a watercolor class which led to painting weekly with friends in the Northstar Watercolor Society. He has taught painting, led tours, done art fairs, sold his work in coffee shops and galleries and given pictures to family and friends. Jim likes to paint all sorts of scenes: barns, churches, nature, people, and still life. "I believe God put art in each of us, so we must paint or draw or write or sing." Rev. McChesney has served Hennepin Church in the past as Minister of Evangelism and New Members. He now serves as a Visitation Pastor in the parish. The show will run in Carlson Fellowship Hall through late August.
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Sing in the Summertime!
Sanctuary Choir welcomes additional singers in the summer months for the 10am Sanctuary worship services. Come and rehearse with us on Sundays at 9:15am in the choir room.
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CELLOici Recital Series
July 17, 7:30pm in the Art Gallery
July 21, 7:30pm in the Art Gallery
July 31, 7:30pm in the Art Gallery
CELLOici is a three-concert series of recitals being presented in HAUMC's Art Gallery by the International Cello Institute. This year's distinguished cellists are Mark Kasower, Principal Cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra, on July 17; Astrid Schween, Cellist of the Juilliard String Quartet, on July 21; and Brannon Cho, recent top prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth International Competition, on July 31.
Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance by going to ICI's website:
www.internationalcelloinstitute.com
. Click on Events tab.
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Anika Kildegaard Recital
July 29, 5pm in the Art Gallery
Anika Kildegaard, soprano soloist and section leader at HAUMC and artistic director of the young women's choir called
Songbird
, together with pianist Ann DuHamel, will perform a recital featuring a new song-cycle,
I Give Voice to My Mother,
poems from Athena Kildegaard's new book of poetry,
Course
, set to music by composer Linda Kachelmeier.
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Volunteers Needed to Develop NEW Sierra Leone
Ministry
July 22, 11:30am in the Art Gallery
Would you like to be a part of developing a NEW international outreach ministry to help a Small town, Baiwalla, Sierra Leone? You would be joining 5 team members who have committed to building this new ministry. At first, the ministry will focus on education, nutrition, and sanitation. We'll offer individuals a chance to sponsor kids to go to school, gather school supplies to ship to them, and collect beans to supplement the rice mixture to be sent from Feed My Starving Children. We need help organizing and promoting the projects, and also help educating the HAUMC community about the needs in Baiwalla. Intrigued? Contact Ann Carlson at 763-464-6850 or
carlsonaj99@gmail.com.
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Your Chance to Change a Child's Life
July 22, 29, & August 5 in Carlson Hall
Why Pay For A Child's School fees in Sierra Leone?
Can you imagine your life without a proper education? You'd have little or no hope for working a meaningful job or bring prepared for life in the 21st century. That's the situation for most kids in Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries in the world. Thanks to HAUMC'S new ministry to Baiwalla, Sierra Leone, you'll be able to send a child to school for $150 per year. Imagine the reaction of a child to learn that a STRANGER cares enough to provide YOU with hope for the future by paying your school fees? Sign up in Carlson Hall on July 22, 29 and August 5 to sponsor a child's schooling. You'll be glad you did! For more information contact Ann Carlson at
carlsonaj99@gmail.com
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We Need Sunday Brunch Volunteers
What's better than Sunday brunch?
Volunteering
at Sunday Brunch!
Michelle DeVaughn, Lona Dallessandro and Ali Shaaban have graciously offered to lead volunteers teams throughout June, July and August.
If you'd like to extend radical hospitality to our members and guests at Sunday Brunch, please sign up at
www.haumc.org/breakfast
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Support Jericho Ministry Vision Clinic
July 29 - 10:30am in the East Entry
Hennepin's United Methodist Women is hosting an Ice Cream Social to benefit the Jericho Ministry Vision Clinic, a Methodist mission that supplies free prescription eyeglasses to people in developing countries. The ice cream and toppings are free, but we invite you to make a free will offering in support of this outreach program.
You'll SEE what a difference your gift can make!
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Music that Makes Community Summer Intensive
July 26, 6pm at
Bigelow Chapel
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Join a dynamic gathering of musicians, clergy and lay people at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities to recharge and renew your congregational song leading. Presenters Conie Borchardt, John Lee, Nehemiah Luckett, Andrea Sorum and Paul Vasile will lead worship, workshops and conversation to help you add the valuable tool of paperless song leading to your community’s singing practice. We'll learn practical skills and diverse repertoire, and explore how paperless music can enrich and expand your congregation's repertoire of sung prayer and praise. This workshop will also have a special focus on music to sustain and support justice and resistance work. Song sharing and composition workshops will provide a space to create and share new protest music.
A number of scholarships are available for United Seminary students, faculty and alumni. Discounted rates are also available for individuals and congregations with limited resources, students, and seniors.
Individual Registration Rate: $350
Group Registration Rate: $650 (Two individuals from the same congregation/community)
The rate covers lunch on Friday and Saturday, dinner on Thursday and Friday, as well as workshop materials.
To register, go to eventbrite.com and search for "MMC Summer Intensive."
Contact: Paul Vasile, Music that Makes Community, paul@musicthatmakescommunity.org.
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United Methodist Creation Care Summit
July 26-29 at Hamline University
Registration is now available at www.umcreationcaresummit.org for the 2018 Creation Care Summit to be held July 26-29 at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. This event is for United Methodists concerned about environmental justice, sustainable food, transportation options, energy systems, climate change, and environmental degradation.
This event is sponsored by the Minnesota Annual Conference. Members of the planning team represent Church & Society, Global Ministries, United Methodist Women, Wespath, The Green Seminary Initiative, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, The Wesley Center at Hamline University, Hamline United Methodist Church, and Minnesota Hopeful EarthKeepers (a ministry team of the Minnesota Annual Conference).
Registration and more information is available at
www.umcreationcaresummit.org
, or contact Rev. Susan Mullin, susan.mullin@comcast.net, 763-229-4156.
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Mission u Too, Single Day Mission Study
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July 28 at Detroit Lakes UMC: Embracing Wholeness
Children's study...Is It Just Money/Money Matters
August 4 at The Well, Rosemount UMC: What About Our Money
Childrens's study...Is It Just Money/Money Matters
Mission u Too, Single Day Mission Study, is available 2 different days and locations. This shorter version encourages participants and kids who can't spend 3 days at Mission u to attend. Cost is $40 for adults, kids $20 for 1st child, $15 for 2nd or more children.
Registration is online at www.bit.ly/Mu2DLakes (Detroit Lakes); www.bit.ly/Mu2Rosemount (The Well, Rosemount). Registration is due by June 22.
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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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