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September 3, 2024

Minneapolis Area Synod, ELCA Enews
 

Celebrating World Food Day
 

Join ELCA World Hunger for a celebration of World Food Day and the 50th anniversary of ELCA World Hunger. This special online event will be hosted by Bishop Amy Current, Southeastern Iowa Synod, and Imran Siddiqui, vice president of the ELCA.


Tuesday, October 15; 7:00 p.m.

Zoom webinar

Tune in to hear firsthand stories from partners at ELCA World Hunger projects — including Educación Popular en Salud (EPES), a community health organization in Chile that was founded over 40 years ago, and more recent starts such as Tapestry Farms, a Midwestern urban-farm system in the “Quad Cities” of Iowa and Illinois.


Participants will see the impact of 50 years of ELCA World Hunger work and get excited and equipped to be part of the next 50 years! 
To register

Synod staff this week

Karen Ohm and Nicholas Tangen will be out of the office this week. The rest of the synod staff will be in the office during their normal working hours.

'Crowded table'

“The song that’s been tumbling through my head these last few days is called ‘Crowded Table’ by The Highwomen. ‘I want a house with a crowded table, and a place by the fire for everyone.’ The Minnesota State Fair closed its 12-day run last night, and my state fair memories for 2024 are from the crowded tables of the Salem Lutheran Church Dining Hall. A week ago Monday, a few of us from the synod staff volunteered at the Salem Dining Hall at Cosgrove and Randall.”
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Are you looking for an opportunity to sing?  

Do you love to sing hymns? Do you enjoy a good festival worship? Well, Bishop Jen Nagel has an invitation for you. 

 

A mass choir will provide special music at the installation of Bishop Jen on Saturday, September 21, at 10:30 a.m., at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. You can add your voice and contribute to the music at this festival worship.

 

Rehearsal: 

Saturday, September 21; 9:00 a.m. (updated time)

Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis 

 

Sign up now in order to receive information about the hymns and so the choir director will know how many choristers will be available. More info about the service >

Honoring creation theologian Joseph Sittler in a Twin Cities park

An informal gathering to celebrate the life of Joseph Sittler will be held Sunday, October 13, in Minnehaha Regional Park. The exact location is a mile downstream from the Minnehaha Falls, at a park bench located close to where Minnehaha Creek empties into the Mississippi River. 


Why this location? Sittler, a renowned theologian, famously declared that “nature is a theater of Grace.” God’s Word is active in nature, which to the eyes of faith can be seen when Minnehaha rushes to the Mississippi. We gather to honor his path-breaking incorporation of ecology into Lutheran theology by sharing, individually, our favorite ideas from his work. Come and share!


Sunday, October 13; 3:00 p.m.

Minnehaha Regional Park


For more information, contact Stewart Herman at herman@cord.edu.

National Lutheran Choir offers "a season pass"

A National Lutheran Choir (NLC) Season Pass allows audience members to experience NLC concerts to the fullest. With the 2024-2025 season designed as a five-part story, concert goers will want to claim a pass to join the choir at more than one performance.

 

Each program focuses on a different aspect of healing. "There is a story to be told this season -- and it touches every facet of our lives and our world," says Jennaya Robison, artistic director. "We believe that music has the power to change lives forever, especially music that allows us to focus on the sacred story of how we can impact the healing this world needs." 

 

With a Season Pass, make plans to explore this story of healing and enjoy special benefits for all NLC performances:


  • Watch and listen from reserved seating for pass holders.
  • Save on ticket prices compared to purchasing individual tickets.
  • Attend the concerts perfect for your availability and interests.
More information

Sharing stories of God's people

Sponsored by ConNext, faith formation leaders are invited to spend two days and nights at the Dunrovin Retreat Center sharing stories, deepening friendships, and developing tools of radical hospitality. Small-group plenaries -- led by the Rev. Dr. Jia Starr Brown, Dr. Kelly Sherman-Conroy, and Joe Davis -- will ground us in the essential welcome of dismantling racism through story sharing and the arts.


Sunday - Tuesday, October 13-15

Dunrovin Retreat Center

15525 St Croix Trail N, Marine on St Croix, Minnesota


What does community look like through an intentionally diversity-aware and diversity-affirming lens? ConNext Summit 2024 will offer practical ways to shift toward ministries that offer radical welcome through the joyful practice of Story Sharing. 
Learn more

Tapestry celebrates 10 years with a community event

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tapestry, one of the synod's bilingual ministries, with an event titled "Thriving in Ministry: Building Bridges and Crossing Them." With a variety of workshops ranging from "Creating Worship Resources for Multicultural Communities" to "Sharing Love Through Food," this event will be led by Latino community leaders.


Saturday, September 14

8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (with Venezuelan lunch at 12:15 p.m.)

St. Stephen Lutheran Church

8400 France Avenue South, Bloomington


Sandra Teresa Soledad Montes Vela, an Indigenous Latino based in New York City and Houston, will be the featured speaker.


Cost: $25/person or $40 for 2; 5 people for $100.

Celebrating abundance and lives that are changing

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota will host its 2024 Celebration for Changing Lives this fall under the theme "Leading with Abundance."


Saturday, September 14

5:30 p.m. Social Hour

6:30 p.m. Dinner and program

8:30 p.m. Post-program reception

The Depot, 225 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis

 

This festive event will celebrate the embarking on LSS's 160th year of service, as well as the many lives affected by the ministry offered by LSS.

 

For more information: events@lssmn.org
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Where is the synod staff in upcoming weeks?
  • Bishop Jen Nagel will be offering a greeting at the farewell for Pastor Tom Olson at St. Stephen Lutheran, Bloomington, on Sunday, September 8.
  • Pastor John Hulden will be preaching and installing Pastor Joseph Schattauer-Paille at Community of the Cross Lutheran, Bloomington, on Sunday, September 8.
  • Pastor John Hulden will be attending a farewell for Pastor Sherri Otto at Shepherd of the Hills, Edina, on Sunday, September 8.
  • Bishop Jen Nagel and Bishop Patricia Lull will be ordaining Dana Becker at Prince of Peace Lutheran, Burnsville, on Sunday, September 8.
  • Bishop Jen Nagel will be installing Pastor Craig Pederson at Augustana Lutheran, Minneapolis, on Sunday, September 15.
  • Pastor John Hulden will be installing Pastor Makayla Dahleen as associate pastor at St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran, Plymouth, on Saturday, September 14, and Sunday, September 15.
  • Mr. Nicholas Tangen will be preaching at Spirit Garage on Sunday, September 22.
  • Pastor John Hulden will be preaching and leading a call process conversation at Grace Northeast, Minneapolis, on Sunday, September 22.
  • Pastor John Hulden will be attending a farewell for Pastor Bonnie Wilcox at First Lutheran Church of Columbia Heights on Sunday, September 22.
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