This Sunday: The Fifth Sunday of Easter |
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Join us for live, in person worship at 8:00 and 9:30 this Sunday.
We will continue to Facebook Livestream the Sunday 9:30 service and upload to YouTube to accommodate for those who choose to stay home.
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Youth Sunday
The Youth of St. David's will lead worship this Sunday, May 15.
We'll celebrate graduates Peter Handley, and Chloe Johnson at the 9:30 service. We hope you'll join us!
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Coffee Hour Forum--Leaders from the Minnetonka Coalition for Equitable Education
The Minnetonka Coalition for Equitable Education is a student-led organization supported by alumni, parents, and community partners, including a growing number of faith communities. The MCEE advocates for a more equitable education for all Minnetonka students through adoption of its Imperatives for Equitable Education.
This Sunday, May 15, St. David's welcomes MCEE representatives, student leader Soren Lee (they/them) and alum Mary Koehler (she/her), to our forum. They will discuss how the MCEE got started, what are the Imperatives for Equitable Education, and the role faith community partners play in the Coalition. There will be ample time reserved for dialogue with the MCEE reps.
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Covid Update - Mask Requirement Reinstated
If Covid has taught us anything, it is flexibility... Given the recent uptick in cases in the community (COVID ActNow Data) and our own congregation, the Leadership Team has decided to reinstate the mask requirement in the building temporarily, at least until case numbers show a steady decline.
Effective immediately, please wear a well-fitting, high-quality mask (KN95, KF94, or N95) whenever you are in the building.
Please do not come to church if you are not feeling well in any way and consider whether to attend if you are a recent close contact of someone with Covid as we are seeing higher transmission with the BA.2 variant, even among the fully vaccinated. At this time, we are still planning to hold Sunday forums and coffee hour. We ask that people keep masks on except when actively eating and drinking. We will evaluate the situation weekly and let you know of any changes.
If you happen to test positive and were at church in the prior 48 hours, please email office@stdavidsparish.org. If you are scheduled to serve in worship and test positive, are a close contact, or have any symptoms, please reach out to Katherine (katherine@stdavidsparish.org).
Your Leadership Team,
Katherine Lewis, Rector
Randy Schwichtenberg, Sr. Warden
Allison Ferro, Jr. Warden
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The Bike MS: Twin Cities Ride is back on this year!
Once again, we are organizing a team to ride in the annual Bike MS: Twin Cities fundraiser. For those who don’t know, we ride in support of our own Dan Beckmann, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) back in 2018. Through early detection and the miracles of modern science, Dan is still able to live a busy work and family life while balancing the impacts of MS. So much progress with medicine and treatment has been made, but there is still work to be done. St. David’s has partnered with Dan’s employer, Westwood Professional Services, to field a team called Beckmann’s Bike Brigade (BBB) and 2022 will mark our 4th annual ride! We have strong ties to Westwood with Chris Carda, Dean Sather, Steven Bezat, and Maddie Harvala - all members of the St. David’s community working at Westwood along with Dan.
While the official Twin Cities ride will be held Sunday, May 15th, we have decided to model after last year’s successful event and will hold our own ride on Saturday, May 14th. You can still register and fundraise through the MS Bike Ride website; the only difference is that you can sign up for free when you chose the Virtual Participant option. This doesn’t affect our proceeds and fundraising. It actually provides the opportunity for more folks to informally join the ride and simply donate to the team without paying a registration fee. This also allows us to make it a family affair with bike trailers and tagalongs for the little ones to participate. This will be pretty informal, so just email chris.carda@westwoodps.com before the event if you have questions or want to ride along without formally signing up (emailing the day before is still not too late) for planning.
We’ll plan to meet at Westwood’s parking lot (12701 Whitewater Drive, Minnetonka MN 55343) on the SE side of the building for a 9:00 departure on Saturday morning, May 14th. 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 the office (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 15th (same time and place) as a backup.
For those interested, you can sign up as a full participant and ride the MS Bike Ride event in Saint Paul on the 15th in addition to our ride on the 14th.
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, here.
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Sunday, May 22--State of the Parish, presented by the wardens and other lay leaders
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Pentecost and Parish Picnic |
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When the Feast of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Without warning there was a sound like a strong wind, gale force—no one could tell where it came from. It filled the whole building. Then, like a wildfire, the Holy Spirit spread through their ranks, and they started speaking in a number of different languages as the Spirit prompted them. Acts 2:1-4, translation from The Message
On the Day of Pentecost, Sunday, June 5, we'll celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church. Join us at worship at 9:30 (one service only), wearing colors of the flame: red, orange yellow! And we hope you'll stay afterwards for a parish picnic. Be on the lookout for more picnic details in the coming weeks.
We're also looking for readers that morning to read the Pentecost story (Acts 2:1-4) in different languages. We'll have translations available that morning, or feel free to bring your own translation. For more information, contact Interim Office Assistant Anna Brock at office@stdavidsparish.org.
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Join us May 24th as we gather for Part 4 of an educational series providing a sweeping overview of who we are as Christians and as Episcopalians and where it is we come from. We'll gather on Zoom (link below) for a time of teaching with Q & A, organizing ourselves around four topics:
Session 4, Tuesday, May 24: Prayer and Worship, with the Rev. Katherine Lewis
Click the titles of the past sessions to watch their recordings on YouTube.
Sessions run from 6:30-7:45 PM. At the end of class, we'll encourage participants to join in the Compline Zoom room for nighttime prayers, which start at 8 PM.
All are invited to attend, with a special invitation to high school students preparing for Confirmation. Feel free to invite others from outside St. David's to attend! No need to register.
For more information, contact the Rev. Katherine Lewis at klewis@stdavidsparish.org.
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St. David's Meditation Group is back! |
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On Monday mornings at 9 am, St. David's meditation group will gather in the Oratory Conference Room. We begin with at reading and sit in prayerful silence for 20 minutes and end with communal prayer. No experience is necessary but your love and mindfulness. Please join us.
If you have any questions, contact Mary Mann at 952-412-7668.
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Children and Youth Ministry |
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Children’s Ministry: Sunday, May 15th there will be Godly Play during the 9:30 service.
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Middle School Ministry: Youth group Wednesday, May 18th will be from 6:45-8:15.
High School Ministry: We will meet for youth group on May 15th from 6:00-8:00 at Trinity in Excelsior!
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YOUTH RETREAT – Registration is open through Realm! - Click Here
August 5-7: All youth going into 6th-12th grade are invited to the St. David’s and Trinity Youth Retreat at Green Lake Bible Camp in Spicer, MN.
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Introducing Dan Miglets-Nelson!
ECMN's new Minister for Children & Youth
In his role, Dan will listen deeply to our faith communities around the diocese. Congregations are the primary places where our children are formed as disciples of Jesus, and Dan's most important job will be to support the good work being done at the congregational level with children and youth.
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Postal Food Drive this Saturday
The annual National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is
this Saturday, May 14th. Don’t forget to leave a bag of non-perishable food by your mailbox. Your mail carrier may have already left a plastic bag in your mailbox for this purpose and will pick up your bag on Saturday. The carriers then bring the bags of donations to the Food Shelf for volunteers to sort. All food collected in our community stays in our community.
ICA Produce Market May 21st
ICA will be hosting an outdoor produce market twice a month through the summer and fall. The first produce market of 2022 will occur on Saturday, May 21 at Eisenhower Community Center, 1001 Minnesota Highway 7 in Hopkins.
If you know anyone who may be experiencing food insecurity, please let them know about this wonderful opportunity. All are welcome. No appointment is needed.
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Episcopal Night with the Minnesota Twins |
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Beloved in Christ,
I write to invite you to Episcopal Night at the Minnesota Twins! See here for a flyer with all the details, and see below for a video invitation to join me and my family for a night at the ballgame this summer.
Play ball!
The Rt. Rev. Craig Loya
X Bishop
Episcopal Church in Minnesota
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Click the image above for a video message |
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Real Women “Camping“ Trip |
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We have scheduled our annual camping trip at Clearwater Historic Lodge and Outfitters on the Gunflint Trail. We will check in on Monday August 22 and leave on Thursday August 25. (If they have a cancellation, we will add another day.) Clearwater Lodge is on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Weather permitting, we can choose from several day trips into the Boundary Waters. There are also several hiking trails and museums. For more information about Clearwater Historic Lodge go to their website: https://clearwaterhistoriclodge.com/
We have reserved Cabin 11 which sleeps 19. It is a modern cabin with microwave, dishwasher, laundry, gas grill, gas fireplace, sun deck, screened porch, fire pit and dock. We stayed in this cabin three years ago. Pictures of the cabin are available on their website. It has a big table that is perfect for playing lots of games.
We are inviting all women of St. David’s (up to 19) to join us. To reserve your spot, send a check for $60 to:
Susan Taylor
7430 Autumn Chace Drive
Bloomington, MN 55438
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ECW Annual Spring Meeting |
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SAVE THE DATE! Learn about Serving the Needy in Your Community at the Annual Spring Meeting of Episcopal Churchwomen in St. Cloud on May 15!
President LaDonna Boyd announces that the ECMN Churchwomen are planning a face-to-face meeting at St. John’s in St. Cloud from 10 AM -Noon on Saturday, May 21, 2022! Nancy Dyson will present their parish’s program for the hungry and needy in their community, and two ECMN delegates will be approved to attend the 50th Triennial Meeting (also 150th Anniversary celebration for Episcopal Church Women) this summer at the Maritime Institute near Baltimore MD. At the luncheon following, 2021 ECMN Honored Churchwomen Gurtie Berkner from St. Mary’s in Basswood, Nancy Dyson from St. John’s in St. Cloud, and Julia New Landrum from Holy Trinity in St. Paul, will be recognized for their ministries and work; Sylvia Boettcher and Patricia Ann Doerer from St. Paul’s, Winona will also be memorialized and remembered as well.
Watch email for the ECMN ECW Newsletter* in April, with information for registration. Everyone is invited, lay and clergy, men and women and youth! Questions? Call LaDonna at 612-978-4613.
* If you are not already receiving this free quarterly publication, email balnamoon@gmail.com or call 507-664-1185 to subscribe.
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Job Posting: Office Assistant at St. David's |
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We are fortunate that Children and Youth Minister Anna Brock has stepped in as Interim Office Assistant after Maddie Harvala previously had done during a time of staffing transitions. We continue to search for a permanent Office Assistant. Click here to learn more about the position. Please share this posting within your networks! The email address for the office remains the same: office@stdavidsparish.org.
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This Week at St. David's! |
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Want to view the full calendar for the week? Click here to view the St. David's website complete with a calendar to keep you updated on events and offerings! Scroll all the way to the bottom to view it.
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Have an announcement you would like to share in this weekly email?
Send it to office@stdavidsparish.org before noon on Wednesday to be featured.
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In this time of the coronavirus pandemic, the need to reach our most vulnerable parishioners has been great. Our 11 person Pastoral Care Team has stepped up to the plate and has been regularly calling around 24 St. David's members and families to share in remote fellowship, prayer, and conversation to determine if we, as a community, could help address any of their unmet needs. We are pleased to report that virtually all of these parishioners are doing well so far and have their basic needs met by their facilities and/or family. They are in good spirits and continue to remain resilient in the face of isolation and uncertainty.
If you find yourself in need of food or other resources, please contact:
or:
and we will assist you in finding solutions.
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Pastoral Care Line: 952-767-0891 |
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To add someone to the prayers, please contact the office: office@stdavidsparish.org
We will include all individuals in the prayers list for four consecutive weeks, and then they will be removed from the list. If the prayer need is ongoing, please reach out and we will keep their names on the list. If anyone's prayer need is shorter than four weeks, please also note that. This way we will keep all prayer lists updated and recent.
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Prayers and Passages
We pray for healing of body, mind or spirit for those we love, especially Richard Austin (father of Holly Lamond), William Cadwell (son of Philip Cadwell), Josh Claxton (friend of Mary Mann), Christina Dorr Drake (daughter-in-law of Nan and Guy Drake), Mark Enos (friend of Keith Gause), Lucy and Allison Ferro, Maggie Flynn (daughter of Karin Lindquist and Andy Scheu), Lindsay Hardin Freeman, Carol Fox (grandmother of Paul Kuyper), Dick Hanson (friend of Bill Jacobs), Andy and Charity Harvala, Allison Hatcher, Heather Heinen (daughter of Joanne and David Allan), Ann Henjum (daughter of Bob Triebenbach), Denny Johnson, Joan MacDonald, Terri Meagher (aunt of Paul Kuyper), Josie Meyer and family (friend of the Handley-Jurkovich family), Nick Meyer (brother of Gervaye Parent), Anne Monteith, Jean Scheu, Amara Strande (daughter of the Rev. Dana Strande), Johannah Surma (daughter of Karin Lindquist and Andy Scheu), Kathy Welter (relative of Norma Walton), and Dick Woellner.
We pray for rain for our Kenyan friends in Ziwa.
We pray for those who have died, especially Dan Greer (nephew of LaMar Popp), the victims of genocide in Ukraine and for all who die in war.
We pray for those who commit acts of violence in war, that they may be healed from the trauma of violence and find new life in peace. We pray for all who suffer or serve in war, especially in Afghanistan and Ukraine.
We pray for schools and for all who work in them.
We pray for all who have been born.
We pray for an end to racism and all systems of oppression.
We pray in thanksgiving for all the blessings of this life. We pray for people graduating, especially Peter Handley and Chloe Johnson.
We pray for those serving in the military, Will Culliton, Aprille Lopac, and Kaelyn Wahlberg.
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COVID-19 Resources Available
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