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Save the Dates!

January 4-29

College Student Care Packages Collection

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Family Faith Formation Resource

of the Week

Prayer of Examen is one of my favorite spiritual practices. And I find it to a be especially meaningful when reflecting on the year ending and preparing for a new year ahead. Click HERE for a guided Prayer of Examen that you can do. You'll want to set aside a chunk of time, I suggest at least 15 minutes. If you have older children, you might even consider leading them through it. I hope this will be a helpful tool for you as you look toward a new year of adventures, challenges, and growth for your family.

Christmas Eve Thank You!

I want to thank everyone who played a role in making our Family Christmas Eve Service a success! Our HKFL children did such a great job in their choirs, the pageant, and the 12 Days of Christmas song. I think that there is something profound and beautiful about having children, of all ages, involved in worship. My personal highlight was the kids leading the congregation in the 12 Days of Christmas song... I'm convinced that only kids have the ability to get that many adults to participate in a fun and goofy song! Click HERE for more highlights from the service.

Happy New Year

During this winter break I have spent time praying for each of your families. I don't know what is in store for each of us this year, but I pray that our ministry plans for 2023 will help us build community, grow our faith, and open new doors. This Winter and Spring we will continue to lead service projects on the first Sunday of the month for all ages to participate in. In our Chapel time we will begin working on another song with the Sunday School kids to be sung in worship sometime in the months to come. We will resume taking a Sunday School offering during Chapel and we will begin using this offering for things like supporting our Serve Sunday Service Projects and supporting Ana and Josue' through Common Hope.

Care Packages for College Students

January 4-29

Our HAUMC youth will be putting together Valentines Day care packages to send to HAUMC students who are away at college. We are collecting the following items to go inside the care packages: Valentines Cards, candy, snacks (microwave popcorn, ramen, instant mac and cheese, etc). Collection bins will be located in the East Entry through Sunday, January 29th.

Hennepin Avenue UMC is on Facebook! Please "like" us at www.facebook.com/HennepinAvenueUMC.To find out more about Hennepin Kids for LYFE, go to HAUMC's website at haumc.org/children.

For any questions regarding Children & Family Ministries,

please contact Keesha Sedgwick at keesha@haumc.org