Weekly Programming

• This Sunday - One 8:00 service and celebration of Pride

Community Events

• International Potluck - August 11
• Creekside Baptism - August 13

Outreach

• Loaves and Fishes
• Faithful Innovation

Announcements and Reports

• Vestry Report
• May Financial Snapshot
• New Manager of Facilities - Gary Flynn
• Wedding of Anna Brock and Erik Belz

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Weekly Programming

Church this Sunday

One 8:00 service of Holy Eucharist



Thanks to the the work of our Justice Collaborative, St. David's will have an official place in the Twin Cities Pride Parade this Sunday. Our worship schedule will shift from our normal Sunday pattern:

8:00am - Holy Eucharist, with music and blessing and sending of Pride participants 

9:30am - Morning Prayer, no music

We will continue to Facebook Livestream the Sunday service and upload to YouTube to accommodate those who choose to stay home.

No coffee hour this Sunday.

Community Events

International Potluck - August 11

Save the Date for August 11th for an international potluck, auction, and concert on St. David's West Lawn. More details are coming soon!

Creekside Baptisms - August 13

August 13th we will have our annual baptism service at Minnehaha Creek. Save the Date! See Weekly News from June 15 or the website for more details.

Outreach

Loaves and Fishes

Four Volunteers are needed for each date. Two for cooking with the L&F coordinator from 3:00-5:00 and two to package and serve from 4:30 to 6:30. 

Upcoming dates 

• Monday, June 26th
• Tuesday, July 11th
• Monday, July 24th

Please contact Sue or Basil Owen to sign up. Sue’s cell is 612-716-1945. Basil’s cell is 612-716-0683 or email at bowen3@fastmail.com

See the May 25th newsletter for full update.

By Cathy Schwichtenberg

I had the opportunity to participate in the Bike Path community listening session on Sunday afternoon.  What a fun experience!  Phoebe Johnson made delightful signs and posted them on the western and eastern approaches to our tent next to the path.  The theme was “Trail Magic” and welcomed trail users to stop by for refreshment and a break. Most of the people that came by were biking and many were “on a mission” which precluded them from stopping and talking with us.  But those bikers waved and smiled as they passed by.  Of those who stopped to chat there was a family of mom, dad and two teen daughters who had just moved to MN 18 months ago.  The daughters had just been saying they were thirsty when they saw our sign!  They were a lovely family and we had so much fun talking with them.  A runner stopped by who is training for the Ely marathon in late September.  She had run 10 miles already and had another 6 to go.  She sure did appreciate a cool drink of water at our rest stop.  The last group to stop by was a dad and two teen sons.  They do a father/son bike ride every Father’s Day.  We were so glad to participate in their tradition in a small way.

There is another session scheduled for Wednesday, June 28 from 4-7 pm.  I highly encourage you to sign up for a one-hour shift.  It’s so fun to learn about new people in our community.  There’s no pressure to proselytize or talk about weighty issues.  This experience is simply an outreach to help us learn a bit more about our surrounding community.  This is a feel-good experience you will enjoy!

To sign up, contact either Diane Curley (dcurley@stdavidsparish.org) or Diane Barnett (dianebarnett@comcast.net)

The Vestry met this past Monday. After enjoying dinner together courtesy of Cathy Schwichtenberg, we were updated on Children & Youth Activities by our Children & Youth Minister, Anna Brock. It has been a very busy and fruitful year for the ministry! Anna has worked hard to cultivate relationships with ECMN and other church youth groups. She is hard at work planning for the next program year. 

For the Discernment topic this month, we revisited our Brainstorming Tree developed at the Vestry retreat in February where we captured ideas for new initiatives. We each picked an initiative and presented it Shark Tank style to the rest of the Vestry. We will continue to evaluate and plan to work on these initiatives in the coming months.

The Vestry enthusiastically approved Huldah Niles' Nomination to Postulancy from ECMN. Huldah has been approved to proceed with the next step towards becoming a Deacon. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she continues through the process.

We are happy to report that the previously budgeted painting of the church is complete. Unfortunately, our buildings and grounds have experienced a number of unexpected issues over the past few months that have needed to be addressed. The vestry approved a $1300 air conditioning repair out of the operating budget, and $9000 for a new refrigerator, freezer, and building tuck pointing from non-operating funds. Unfortunately, an additional air conditioning repair will be needed. We are awaiting details. We will also need to address some repairs to the East entrance, parking lot surfacing, and parking lot line painting in the coming months. We are also working through the steps to get the Minnetonka Blvd sign updated to the new logo.

We will be meeting on July 17^th  for our midyear retreat, in which we will start to develop a new 5-year plan for St David's. This plan will be mission driven as we develop a vision that will guide us forward, living into a church that looks and acts like Jesus.

Please reach out to the Wardens or any Vestry members with questions, concerns, or suggestions.

Best,

Allison Ferro

aferro@stdavidsparish.org

Sr. Warden

Year-to-Date Income continues to be above plan and Year-to-Date Expenses are a bit above plan.  Expenses are running about 2% ahead of plan mostly because we have had some unplanned building and grounds expenses in the last few months.  Given your faithful support of St. David’s, we continue to be in a strong financial position. 

With Gratitude,

Cathy Schwichtenberg, Treasurer

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