Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
Proverbs 21:13
The statue of Homeless Jesus, by Timothy Schmalz, outside the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis.

SPECIAL IN-PERSON CHURCH SCHOOL SCHEDULE--THIS WEEK ONLY!

On Sunday, there will be a large number of people in our building for a special event. As such, we want to keep our children and families OUT of the building for their own health and safety. In order to accommodate this, we will be doing in-person church school, all-ages, all at the same time, from 2-3pm.
Any kids ages 3 through high school should dress warmly, please use the restroom before coming, and plan to join us in the Jones Commons parking lot at 2pm. We will be engaging in activities to increase our awareness being homeless in Minnesota, as well as working on an art project to benefit the Food Shelf. There will not be an opportunity to go inside, so please dress for the weather and make sure to wear your mask!

SEE ALL OF YOU, SUNDAY AT 2pm!
Afterschool clubs, final week of Fall Session!
It is really hard to believe, but we are coming to the final week of our fall clubs! In the past two months, we have potted plants, dropped eggs off roofs, started building a Little Free Library, done many improv games, worked on our homework, written and bound our own books, and biked all over the Twin Cities. Thank you so much parents, for your support and enthusiasm of our programs, for Elizabeth Jarret Hughes, Carole Humphrey, John Humphrey, Ashwanti Ford and Dylan Church for your wonderful work with our kids, and to Harlowe, Harper, Lexi, Sophia, Gina, Jack, Hannah and Ben for being incredible helpers and role models for our young people!

Here is the sign-up for the final week of indoor clubs--https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094faaab28a57-indoor

Please note, we will NOT have clubs on November 3rd and 4th (go VOTE! Vote like your life, and the lives of everyone you care about depend on it!) and our next session of clubs will begin on Tuesday November 10th. The theme of November and December is "Holiday Magic" with all of our work focused around putting things together to prep for celebrating the holidays. Please note that, due to weather, all activities will take place inside and require masks and sign-ups. Here is our planned schedule:

Tuesdays--
4:30-5:30 Holiday crafts and service projects with Nina and Dylan (different crafts available each week, including gingerbread houses, cocoa tubes, snow globes, candle holders, beeswax candles, ornaments and more!)
5:30-6:30 Indoor Improv with EShay (sponsored by Theater 45) OR Open Art Space

Wednesdays--
4:30-5:30 Open Art Space OR Holiday Crafts and Service Projects (repeat of projects offered on Tuesday)
5:30-6:30 Dylan and Nina's Christmas Variety Show Spectacular (basically, we are putting together an old-fashioned holiday variety show with skits, music, comedy, etc. It will be filmed on Wednesday December 16th and shown to the entire congregation via facebook live/website viewing party the week of Christmas).--More details to follow.

SIGN-UPS and more information about specific crafts and projects available each week will be shared in next week's and election week's email.

**Obviously, if anything changes with the state and the government, and we go back into a more restricted gathering situation, these offerings will change. We will keep you posted.
Join us for our Pack the Pumpkin Halloween Party on Saturday October 31st! Give your kids, teens and tweens a chance to show off their costume, get some treats, play some games and, most importantly, help us collect 1000 items of food for the Groveland Emergency Food Shelf! We are asking each family to bring a grocery bag (or more!) of non-perishables for the Food Shelf. Please visit our sign-up to select which party time slot you will attend.
The 10am party has 36 of 50 slots filled, and the 11am has 6 of 50 slots filled. Please consider signing up for the 11am party if possible!

ALSO, the Steven's Square Community Organization will be holding THEIR nieghborhood Halloween Party from 11-1 at the other end of our Parking Lot! They will be handing out books for kids, candy, and La Tortilla food truck will be there with their regular menu PLUS breakfast burritos and Mexican Hot Chocolate!

Two parties! One parking lot--what could be better! Can't wait to see you on Halloween!
BIRTHDAY PARADE: Sunday November 1st, between 11:30 and 1. Our friend Noah is turning 12!
Noah’s 12th birthday is November 1 if folks want to do a drive-by in the afternoon after church! Our address is 18171 Evener Way, Eden Prairie, MN 55346

A note from Nina: Many of us have done a lot of drive through birthday parades in the last however many months. Please remember that for kids, this is an EXTREMELY unusual time to be celebrating a birthday, and we as a church community, can show that we care about every child in our midst by showing up to their parades that they invite us to, even if the locales are not close to where we live. Thank you for taking the time to attend these whenever you can!

SAVE THE DATE: DECEMBER 12th--Plymouth's First Ever Drive-Through Living Nativity. More details to come!!!!