In this Edition:

• This Sunday: Community Discernment World Cafe
• This Saturday: Auction Fundraiser and Potluck
• Note from Anna
• Sign up to host coffee hour
• Love Makes Room - Monday event at Mills Church
• Play Bridge and Mah Jongg!
• Children and Youth Ministry
• Tuesday Bible Study
• Weekly Offerings and Prayers of the People

This Sunday -8:00 and 9:30 - In Person and Live-streamed

Bibles- Children and Youth Grades 3-12 will be receiving Bibles during the 9:30 service this Sunday. If you can't make it, but your child is in that age group, email Children and Youth Minister, Anna, and we'll save one for you! [email protected]

We are so happy to be entering into a new season of life and program year here at St. David’s. While the world around us seems to move faster with each day, we are intentionally slowing down and discerning where God is calling us.

Kickoff Month started with last Sunday, our chance to grow in community and get to know our neighbors. This Sunday we will listen and offer up community wisdom through a conversation model called World Cafe. The following Sunday we will have a ministry fair and look at where we’ve been and where we’re going. And the final Sunday of kickoff month, October 2nd, we will provide feed back of where we are feeling called to bring our time and energy, as well as where we are feeling the need to pull back to allow new energy to emerge.

Thank you for slowing down and entering into this month of discernment. See you this Sunday at the Community Discernment Cafe! 

Anna Brock

Children and Youth Minister & Office Assistant

We will continue to Facebook Livestream the Sunday 9:30 service and upload to YouTube to accommodate for those who choose to stay home.

Kickoff Sunday: Kicking off a Month of Discernment

Click Here and click on the 'about' tab to Read More!

Potluck Fundraiser at St David’s - Fun for all ages!

Come one come all – this Saturday the 17^th from 5-8PM

on the west lawn under the big top!

We’re serving up pulled pork sandwiches, grilled hotdogs, and a variety of beverages.  Combine that with your potluck contribution and we’re bound to have a wonderful meal!  Everyone will have a chance to win fabulous prizes and also, we’ll draw for benefit ticket winners! Music performed by Transatlantic Swing.  

Sign-up events include:  

An Evening with Len & Lindsay Freeman, A picnic at the Lake, 8 Course French Dinner and A Sausage Making Event.

Live Auction include:

4 Tickets - Mn United Loons                          Kiddywampus Party for Kids

Sailing on Lake Minnetonka                          Wine & Cheese Basket

Cabin up North - 3 Nights/4 Days                Solo Stove Ranger

Yeti Coolers – various sizes

Dinner Certificates from:

COV – Wayzata                                               Josefina – Wayzata

Yum Bakery – 3 locations                               McCormicks Pub – Wayzata

The BLVD – Minnetonka                                6Smith – Wayzata

Bacio – Minnetonka                                        Gianni’s – Wayzata

Your family and friends are welcome so please come and enjoy the fun while we raise money for St. David’s!

RSVP is not necessary, but encouraged! Sign up with this link.

A Note from Anna

Hi all! With fall beginning, my role as the children and youth minister becomes so exciting. Children’s ministry returns to Sunday mornings, the nursery opens, and Youth group gets together again on Wednesday nights!

As the season changes, I ask folks to see me as just your Children and Youth Minister on Sunday mornings - and happy to help as your Office Assistant Monday through Thursday.

Coffee Hour Hosts

Summer is ending, but coffee hour after worship will continue into the fall, thanks to volunteers like you. Please watch for the signup sheet this Sunday at coffee hour so we can continue to enjoy this special social time each week! Or email [email protected] to sign up. 

You are invited to celebrate with us!

Help us celebrate the start of construction of a new affordable Habitat for Humanity home in Minnetonka.

Monday, September 19th, 2022

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Short Speaking Program, Fun Group photo, and light refreshments to follow. Everyone is welcome to come.  Press are invited

This will be the first newly built single-family affordable home constructed in Minnetonka in over 20 years. Come join the Mills Church and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity as we celebrate the launch of this historic build.

Park at Mills Church: 13215 Minnetonka Drive, 55305

Play Bridge and Mah Jongg!

Calling All Bridge Players and Future Bridge Players

St. David’s Bridge Group meets on the third Friday of each month September through June minus December. We play in the Conference Room opposite the Library and start at 6:30. You only need to commit to play one month at a time, so snowbirds are welcome when they are in town. You never need to find a sub. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Susan Taylor at [email protected] or 952-944-7241 or David Niles at [email protected]

If you are interested in learning to play bridge or just want to brush up on bridge conventions, please contact Susan Taylor (see above). We would love to have new players and will put together bridge classes.

Calling All Mah Jongg Players

If you are interested in playing American Mah Jongg, please contact Susan Taylor at [email protected] or 952-944-7241. We are just restarting our Mah Jongg group after a COVID hiatus.

Children and Youth Ministry

Children and Youth Committee Meeting

September 27th, 7:00pm via Zoom

Youth Group will meet again on Wednesday, September 21 at St. David's

Children's Time will start again on Sunday's during the 9:30 service. We will have Godly Play lessons, music time, and craft time.

The Nursery will be staffed and open soon! For your children's safety we are waiting until all new nursery staff are hired and have completed Safe Church training. In the mean time, please feel encouraged to use the Narthex Nursery and the Sanctuary play rug for your little ones. 

Please keep your glass and clear plastic jars! We are collecting them for a craft project in the fall. Please bring your clean jars and lids, with labels removed, to Anna's office!

Bibles- Children and Youth Grades 3-12 will be receiving Bibles during the 9:30 service on September 18th. If you can't make it, but your child is in that age group, email Children and Youth Minister, Anna, and we'll save one for you! [email protected]

Tuesday Bible Study

We're baaack! The St. David's Bible Study group will resume our learning and discussion meetings beginning Tuesday, 9/27. Except for 10/4, we will continue to meet weekly via Zoom each Tuesday at 11:00AM. The Zoom link can be found on the website or here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87274672774

To begin the new season, we're pleased to welcome the Rev. Basil Owen who will lead us in reading and studying the Book of Revelation. He suggested first reading it in a contemporary version of the Bible such as The Message or Good News, and then using your preferred version for the study. But please don't take this as a requirement to join the club! The idea is to get a flavor of all the different ways to interpret this sometimes challenging material. If any of you have ever heard Basil preach or lead a discussion, you'll know that this will be a fun and exciting experience!  

In order to share this learning with others who can't attend real-time, we're going to try recording the Zoom meetings for the first month. Along the way we'll evaluate how it's going and if there is any negative impact on the discussion. Feel free to join the Zoom or watch it later on YouTube at your convenience. Please contact Sharon Engel if you have any questions.

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