Hennepin Happenings
News & Events @ Hennepin Avenue UMC
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Hennepin Kids Dinner Theater
December 15, beginning at 1pm in the Social Hall
Parents Go, Kids Stay! Parents - drop your kids at Hennepin for the afternoon. Finish your Christmas shopping, bake cookies, or take a nap. Your kids will be busy creating a Christmas show and preparing a special dinner. Return to Hennepin by 5pm for dinner and the show created especially for you by your kids! Cost is $20/child. Scholarships are available.
Register at haumc.org/register
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Christmas on Copper Street
December 16, 3pm in the Sanctuary
There’s no better time for brass than the holidays! Copper Street Brass’s popular holiday concert celebrates the stories and sounds of the season performed with passion, humor, and virtuosity. Hear music ranging from classical to carols, childhood movies to rock, and much more. Event includes a 2pm pre-concert conversation with CSB members.
Tickets are available via phone (763) 307-3452 or the ensemble’s website: copperstreetbrass.org
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Cost: Adults $25, Students $10.
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Blue Christmas Service
December 16, 5pm in the Art Gallery
The holiday season can be difficult. Amid all the calls for cheer and joy, feelings of loneliness, sadness, frustration and anxiety can make it hard to celebrate. Christmas can be especially difficult if you are experiencing grief over the loss of a loved one, isolation from friends or from God, or the challenges of life's transitions.
We welcome you to Hennepin for our Blue Christmas service. We'll gather to share words and music of comfort, consolation, and hope. This subdued service of soothing music and gentle prayer will restore a little peace to your soul.
Always open to all.
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Angel Tree--
Final Days
Now through December 16
Our new refugee family has arrived! They have already been provided with coats, hats, and mittens, but have little else. There are new angels on the tree with some very specific requests for the mother and the children. Several of the requests are for Target gift cards so that they can purchase warm boots and shoes. We will continue to add new angles as we learn more about their specific needs. When you check out your angel ornament from the tree, it will have a child’s name, gender, and age. Use this information to purchase gifts, and then return the unwrapped gifts
with the ornament
to the East Entry.
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Race, Religion, Response:
An Evening with with Jim Wallis
January 12, 2019, 7pm:
Keynote Presentation and Panel Discussion
January 13, 2018, 10am:
Jim Wallis will preach during Traditional Worship
Jim Wallis, author of
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
, will deliver a keynote address and join a panel of local anti-racism experts to help our community respond to the devastating impact racism has on our nation. Panelists include
Panelists include:
General Admission Tickets for the Saturday evening event are $25 each; General Admission plus a copy of the book,
America's Original Sin
, is $40 per person, or $30 for students. Scholarships available, contact Nate Melcher at nate@haumc.org for more information.
Click
here
to buy your tickets online TODAY.
Sunday's worship service is free and open to all.
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Poinsettia Dedications
Honor or remember the special people in your life and make the sanctuary Christmas-card beautiful with a poinsettia dedication! Stop by the Reception Desk to complete your dedication form and make payment of $20 by check or cash. We are hoping to have at least 40 poinsettia gifts, which will ensure that all our homebound seniors have a touch of "Hennepin Christmas Happy" and share in the seasonal joy and beauty. Poinsettia gifts dedicated by December 17 will be displayed on a poster in the East Entry on Christmas Eve.
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Progressive Christianity
December 16, 11:15am in the Harrison Room
All are welcome to this discussion group. On Sunday, we will discuss articles about death and transformation.
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Pub Theology: Spirited Conversations, Spiritual Matters
December 19, 6-7:30pm
Now on the 3rd Wednesday of each month
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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Superhero Sunday
December 30, 10am in the Sanctuary
December 30 is Superhero Sunday--ONE WORSHIP SERVICE ONLY AT 10AM! Adults and children of all ages: come and worship in your favorite superhero t-shirt, costume, or pajamas! Bring a photo with you of your personal “Superheroes of Faith”--a parent, a spiritual mentor, a favorite teacher--and we’ll share about them and thank God for all they’ve done to bless your sacred journey of faith. There will be a special treat, too: hot cocoa and a double order of donuts on the house! There will be no Sunday Brunch this day.
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Adulting 101: New Year, New Budget
January 6, 1pm in the Longfellow Room
You can control your money or your money can control you. Take charge in this seminar led by Paul Christopher (Thrivent Financial) meant to help you think intentionally about how you acquire your money, how you regard it, how you manage it, and how you spend it. RSVPs are helpful but not necessary. RSVP to Nate Melcher at nate@haumc.org.
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New Art Display: David Roberts Lithographs
Now-January 5, in Carlson Hall
The display in Carlson Hall during Advent is taken from the famous “Roberts lithographs,” depicting scenes and people from Egypt and Nubia (the upper Nile River). David Roberts traveled to both the Holy Land and Egypt in 1838-39, and these are some of the most spectacular and colorful prints from his drawings. All but one shows an ancient Egyptian ruin. The exception presents the artist meeting with the Viceroy of Egypt in his palace in Alexandria. The show now on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts contains artifacts from ancient cities now covered by the Mediterranean Sea, not too far from Alexandria. These artifacts are of the same great antiquity as the ruins depicted in the lithographs on display.
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Will You Help to Provide Radical Hospitality at Hennepin this Christmas?
We're recruiting a team to provide radical hospitality to our guests on Christmas Eve. If you have the gift of helping, this is your sweet spot!
To acolyte or help with parking contact Cheryl Gibbons at
cheryl@haumc.org
or 612.435.1332.
To usher, contact Jon Nygren at jon.nygren@faegrebd.com or 763.951.2103.
You may also volunteer using the Get Involved bookmark located in the Sanctuary pews to sign up for these and other opportunities at Hennepin Church.
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Homeless Memorial March & Service
December 20 at Simpson UMC
5:00 pm | March & Silent Vigil
Hennepin County Government Center
3rd Avenue South & 5th Street South, Minneapolis
The march will follow 5th Street South westward to Nicollet Avenue and proceed south to 28th Street.
6:30 pm | Service of Remembrance
Simpson United Methodist Church
2740 1st Avenue South, Minneapolis
7:30 pm | Community Meal
Simpson Shelter
Lower level of Simpson United Methodist Church
All are welcome!
Shuttles to the march will depart from the Kmart at Lake Street and 1st Avenue, Minneapolis, starting at 4:00 pm. The last shuttle will depart at 4:20 sharp. For more information
click here.
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The Salvation of Dr. Who: Small Group Study
Mondays beginning January 7, 7pm in the Longfellow Room
Bring your sonic screwdriver and explore the intersection of faith and science through the beloved TV series
Doctor Who
in video-based discussion group. Author Rev. Matt Rawle (
Faith of a Mockingbird, Hollywood Jesus
) brings attention to the religious in the midst of pop culture. In
The Salvation of Doctor Who
, Matt draws on the long-running TV show and cult favorite
Doctor Who
to chart the intersection of faith and science. Chapters include “Bigger on the Inside,” “God and Time and God’s Time,” “The Oldest Question in the Universe,” and “The Sonic Screwdriver Is Mightier Than the Sword.”
Small group led by Curtis Johnson. Study books are $10; pick yours up at the first class.
Register at
haumc.org/register
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Church Conference
January 27, 11:15am in the Sanctuary
There will be a church conference for the purpose of receiving and approving the 2019 budget. All Hennepin members are eligible to attend and vote. Child care will be provided.
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Ring in the New Year at
Koinonia Retreat Center
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This year’s “New Years at Koinonia Retreat” is the perfect way to wrap up the holidays. You’ll enjoy a horse drawn sleigh ride, sledding, skating, ice fishing, and snowshoeing (weather permitting), time to read or relax by a crackling fire, movie night, pub theology, indoor and outdoor crafts, an enormous bonfire, and TURKEY BOWLING! Call Program Director Mark Peterson with your questions: 612-435-1305.
Register at haumc.org/register.
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Share the Good News:
Advent & Christmas Highlights
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November 18-Dec 16
November 28
December 15
December 16-Third Sunday of Advent
December 24-Christmas Eve
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Angel Tree Outreach Ministry
Advent Art Show opens in Carlson Hall
Hennepin Kids for LYFE Dinner Theater
Copper Street Brass Christmas Concert at 3pm
Blue Christmas Service at 5pm
Carols & Couplets in the Art Gallery at 2pm
Carols & Candles Family Service in the Sanctuary
at 4pm
Prelude Concert in the Sanctuary at 7pm
Carols & Candlelight Service in the Sanctuary at
7:30pm
Prelude Concert in the Sanctuary at 10:30pm
Carols, Candlelight & Communion in the
Sanctuary at 11pm
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