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In this Edition:
- This Sunday
- Smokes and Sweets - Ecumenical Youth Group Fundraiser this Saturday!
- Upcoming Community Forums
- Diocesan Confirmation Service - April 29
- Remembering Amara Strande
- Vestry Update
- Endowment "Thank you" event April 21st.
- Job Posting - We're seeking a part-time Sexton!
- Beckmann's Bike Brigade
- MCSQ Concert
- Justice Collaborative Event
- Wonder Women Happy Hour
- Variety Show on Cinco de Mayo
- Loaves and Fishes
- Women's Camping Trip
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8:00 and 9:30 service of Holy Eucharist
There will be Children's Time during the 9:30 service.
We will continue to Facebook Livestream the Sunday 9:30 service and upload to YouTube to accommodate those who choose to stay home.
10:45-11:30 Community Forum
Intro to Safe Church for the entire parish, with Children and Youth Minister and Office Administrator, Anna Brock
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Smokes and Sweets - EYMF Gathering and Fundraiser | |
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ST. DAVID'S FOLKS OF ALL AGES are invited this Saturday for worship, dinner, coffeehouse, and bake sale at Mount Calvary in Excelsior. The youth have been working hard to prepare this night of community. This is a great chance to make new connections and support our youth, as well as engage in this new collaboration, EYMF, or Ecumenical Youth Ministry Fellowship.
5:00pm Worship @ Mount Calvary
Right after worship, around 5:45pm - Pulled pork dinner, coffeehouse music, and bake sale with freewill donations
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Excelsior
301 County Road 19 Excelsior, MN 55331
See you there!
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Upcoming Community Forums | |
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Sunday, April 23
Intro to Safe Church for the entire parish, with Children and Youth Minister and Office Administrator, Anna Brock
Sunday, April 30
State of the Vestry, with our Wardens, Allison Ferro and Diane Curley
Sunday, May 7
Youth Led Sunday - World Cafe style discussion about children and youth ministry
Sunday, May 14
Social Time (Mother's Day)
Sunday, May 21
Newcomer Celebration Brunch
Sunday, May 28
Social Time (Memorial Day Weekend)
Sunday, June 4
Safety Plan
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Diocesan Confirmation Service - April 29 | |
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You are invited to attend the service of confirmation with Bishop Craig Loya at St. Mark's Cathedral at 2:00pm on Saturday, April 29th.
Two of our own at St. David's will be getting confirmed. Please hold Chloe Johnson and Owen Kuyper in prayer as they finish their confirmation journey and enter into a new stage and expression of their faith.
Our own Roger and Monica Stratton will be offering their music for the service!
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Remembering Amara Strande | |
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For the past several years, we at St. David’s have been praying for Amara Strande, daughter of The Rev. Dana Strande, in her struggle with cancer. It is with great sadness that we share the news that Amara died last week. See below for information about her funeral arrangements.
Amara was a talented and passionate musician. If anyone is interested in singing with the choir for this event, contact Roger Stratton (rstratton@stdavidsparish.org).
Thursday, April 27, 2023
4-7pm Visitation
7-8pm Stories of Remembrance
Friday, April 28, 2023
12:30pm Visitation
2:00pm Commendation for Eternal Life. An Ecumenical Breaking of the Word and Bread Service
3:30 Burial to follow at the church cemetery.
3:30 Reception and Fellowship
All events will be held at
Guardian Angels Catholic Church
8260 Fourth Street North
Oakdale, MN 55128
651-738-2223
Livestream available at https://www.guardian-angels.org/funeral/
Memorials to the family
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Your Vestry met on Monday April 17th in the Jones Room of the ICA Building. We continued our new tradition of Vestry members taking turns preparing dinner to enjoy together before the meeting. This month it was enchiladas courtesy of Andy Harvala. We reviewed the financials, last month's minutes, the Rector's Report, and Wardens' Report. Our Treasurer, Cathy Schwichtenberg, reviewed the results of our Annual Financial Review that is conducted among other Episcopal churches. Overall, the review indicated we are following best financial practices. We have completed assigning Vestry Liaisons to our Ministry areas (Worship, Pastoral Care, Sustainability, Mission/Outreach, and Community). Ministry Leaders, look forward to hearing from your Liaison in the near future so they can gather information on how the Vestry can best support you and your ministry. Jeff Strommen has volunteered to champion getting our external signs updated so look forward to seeing our updated logo on Minnetonka Blvd in the not so distant future. Mark your calendar for the State of the Vestry Community Forum on April 30th after the 9:30 Service! We will be providing an overview of the year-to-date financials and vestry work. Also, please be sure to buy your ticket to the Cinco de Mayo Taco Bar and Variety Show! This will be a great evening, and is one of five key fundraisers for us this year to help us meet our budget. If you have any questions or suggestions for the Vestry, please reach out to either Warden or any Vestry member.
In Peace,
Allison Ferro
Sr Warden
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Save the Date: Endowment "Thank you" Event April 21st. | |
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An event for all participants in the Cornerstone Endowment is being held on Friday, April 21st from 5-7pm.
Invitations have been sent to participants. If you donated but haven't received an invitation, or if you have questions, please contact Vida Edmond, vmedmond@gmail.com, or call 952-239-9905.
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St. David’s is Seeking a Part-time Sexton | |
We are looking for someone willing to work 17-20 hours a week taking care of our building, arranging furniture as needed for services and programs. A position description that lists responsibilities and expectations can be found on the home page of our website at: www.stdavidsparish.org or by contacting us at staffing@stdavidsparish.org | |
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The Bike MS: Twin Cities Ride is back for another year.
The formal event will be in St. Paul on Saturday, May 13th. Beckmann’s Bike Brigade (B^3) has decided to model after previous successful outings and will hold our own ride on Saturday, May 13th in Minnetonka.
For those who are newer to Westwood, we ride to support our own Dan Beckmann, who lives with MS. Through the miracles of modern medicine, Dan has been able to juggle a full work and family life despite the disease. Dan will be the first to say this event isn’t about him, it is about supporting a community of friends and family members who have been impacted by MS and working towards a cure.
For the event in May you have the option to sign up as a full participant through MS Society webpage. This allows you to fundraise on your own, yet be included as part of our greater team. Since we’re organizing our own version of the ride, you also have the option of simply showing up and riding with us on the 13th….without formally signing up.
This provides the opportunity for more folks to informally join the ride and simply donate to the team without paying a registration fee. My 7-year-old is planning to give it a try this year, so feel free to bring the kids and make it a family affair. This will be pretty informal, so just drop me a note chris.carda@westwoodps.com or call (612-209-2616) before the event (the day before is still not too late) for planning.
We’ll plan to meet at Westwood’s parking lot.
Westwood is where Dan Beckmann and Chris Carda Work
12701 Whitewater Drive, Suite 300
Minnetonka, MN 55343
We’ll meet at the SE side of the building for a 9:00 departure on Saturday morning, May 13th. We’ll ride the Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail to the southwest for about 7.5 miles to Lake Riley and then turn around and go back to Westwood (15ish miles total). We’ll supply Yo-Yo Donuts for all to enjoy at the end of the ride. The trail is hard-packed gravel, so plan accordingly with your bike. If it looks like a complete washout with rain, we’ll hold Sunday, May 14th (same time and place) as a backup.
You can sign up for the team here. Our team name is Beckmann’s Bike Brigade.
If you can’t ride, but would like to donate, click here.
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Mill City String Quartet Concert
Sunday, April 30, 7:30pm in the St. David's Sanctuary
Please join us for a free concert of Martinu's "Serenata II," Puccini's "Crisantemi," and Brahms' "String Quartet No. 3." These three powerful pieces are sure to delight and lift your spirits as we welcome spring!
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Justice Collaborative Event | |
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Please join us in the Undercroft on Tuesday, May 9 at 7pm for a discussion with Ricky Kamil from the Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative www.beaconinterfaith.org. Mr. Kamil will be discussing homelessness and race. From the Beacon website, "Encampments of people without a home are again growing. Racial disparities in housing continue to harm communities of color." Mr. Kamil will also be giving us an update on Vista 44, the affordable housing development in Hopkins that St. David's raised $13,000 to help fund. If you want to learn more about Vista 44 on your own, Beacon is hosting a Zoom event on April 26 to discuss this project in detail. You can find the info on their website, mentioned above. Beacon is also hosting a Groundbreaking and Reception for this project on May 3 at 4pm.
A huge thank you to Daniel Romero and Priscilla Hagerman from the Minnesota Council of Churches (MCC) for their incredible and heart moving presentation on April 11 about "Asylees, Refugees, and the Undocumented." They encouraged the church to develop an Immigration Justice Team that could volunteer with MCC, sponsor a refugee family, discern to learn more about immigration policies, or work to have St. David's be a Sanctuary Church. If you'd like to be a part of creating this team, email huldah.violin@gmail.com If you missed the presentation or just want to learn more you can visit https://www.mnchurches.org/
Huldah Niles, Chair, Justice Collaborative
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Attention all St. David’s Women!
The St. David’s Wonder Women will be hosting a social gathering each month during the summer (weather permitting on our patios & porches & decks!) Please join us for drinks & appetizers and a time to socialize. Plan to bring an appetizer or snack to share and if you have a favorite drink, that too. Beer/Wine/non-alcoholic options will be provided.
We hope to see you this summer!
5:00-7:00pm
May - Ann Carda hosting - rescheduled - date TBD
June 8 Joanne Allan hosting
July 6 Susan Taylor hosting
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Variety Show on Cinco de Mayo | |
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For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was a stranger and you invited me in.
St. David’s is expanding our presence at Loaves and Fishes at St. Gabriel’s in Hopkins. We will be taking the 2nd Tuesday and 4th Monday of the month in addition to our quarterly 5th Tuesday. Loaves and Fishes moved to a cook and package method so not as many volunteers are needed. Two for cooking with the L&F coordinator from 3-5 and two to package and serve from 4:30 to 6:30.
Please contact Sue or Basil Owen to sign up. Sue’s cell is 612-716-1945. Basil’s cell is 612-716-0683.
Upcoming dates
- Mon April 24th
- Tues May 9th
- Mon May 22nd
- Tues May 30th
Wondering if you can volunteer as a family or if there are other opportunities besides St. Gabriel’s? The Loaves and Fishes page might help you. Volunteer – Loaves and Fishes (loavesandfishesmn.org)
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St. David's Women Camping Trip | |
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St David’s women are going into the woods again! We’ll leave August 13 (Sunday) and return August 17 (Thursday). We will be staying at Lake LaSalle Recreation Area. This is adjacent to Lake Itasca. Join us for hot dogs, s’mores and great fellowship!
Susan Taylor 952-944-7241
Launa Tucker 952-935-1294
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