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This Sunday: First Sunday in Lent - February 18
Services at 8:00 am & 9:30 am
Children's Time
On Sunday we will leave for Children's Time
during the 9:30 service and return for communion.
NURSERY OPEN during the 9:30 service and forum time.
Forum: Faithful Innovation
The Rev. Kerri Meyer from Good Courage Farm https://www.goodcourage.farm will be our preacher and community forum speaker.
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Have a Beautiful, Terrible Lent
Lenten Dinner Groups with Discussion
4 Sundays in Lent, 5:00-6:30 pm
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On 4 Sunday evenings during Lent we’ll gather for dinner and discussion in parishioners’ homes, using a curriculum based on the book Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs, and In Betweens, by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie see link
The Rev. Katherine Lewis will facilitate each evening's discussion and the hosts will provide the meals.
It is not necessary for participants to purchase the book.
Participants are welcome to attend every session or fewer…or even just one!
An RSVP by the Thursday before the dinner is required.
Dates and hosts:
February 25 – The Schwichtenbergs, RSVP* by February 22
March 3 – The Drakes, RSVP* by February 29
March 10 – The Cardas, RSVP* by March 7
March 17 – The Ferros, RSVP* by March 14
*Please RSVP using this link:
If numbers are too large for any given week, the dinner location will shift to the Jones Room at the ICA and those registered will be informed of this change.
For more information, contact the Rev. Katherine Lewis, klewis@stdavidsparish.org.
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Sundays in Lent
Throughout the season of Lent, we’ll explore the Episcopal Church in Minnesota’s 4 Priorities: Faithful Innovation, Discipleship, Justice, and Congregational Vitality.
See link.
1 Lent, Sunday, February 18
Faithful Innovation
The Rev. Kerri Meyer from Good Courage Farm https://www.goodcourage.farm/ will be our preacher and community forum speaker.
2 Lent, Sunday, February 25
Congregational Vitality
“Daffodils and David”—Marking St. David’s Day by “doing the little things” (a St. David’s quote). We’ll engage in playful ways of learning more about the saint for whom we were named.
3 Lent, Sunday, March 3
Social Time
4 Lent, Sunday, March 10
Discipleship
Nan Drake will facilitate a forum on discipleship and call to ministry.
5 Lent, Sunday, March 17
Justice
Brian Mogren from St. Jane House will be our community forum speaker, sharing stories of radical hospitality and holy connections happening in north Minneapolis.
https://www.visitationmonasteryminneapolis.org/engage-with-us/st-jane-house/
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Growing our Welcoming Culture at St. David's
At St. David's Episcopal Church we are committed to following Jesus' example of practicing radical hospitality and seeking to find God in all people because they are of sacred worth. As we continue to grow into our proclaimed Statement of Welcome, your newcomer team has been working diligently on developing and improving processes for how we greet and welcome visitors and incorporate new members.
You will notice some changes in the forms we use to capture visitor information and some remodeling of the welcome space in the Narthex. Also important is the initiation of a greeter program that will ensure that someone is working alongside Katherine to focus on meeting and greeting St. David's visitors on Sundays. It's a simple job description, only requiring your time and attention for a few moments before, during, and after the 9:30 service. If you are interested in participating in this ministry, please contact Cathy Schwichtenberg, casschwich@gmail.com.
Keep in mind that welcoming is not just the job of the greeter! We all need to attend to noticing and greeting visitors and one another on Sunday and other times we gather.
Please say hello to those you may not have met yet. We never know how any of us, or any visitor, can grow into the life of our parish!
Hold the date for our Newcomer Brunch on April 28th!
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2024 Vestry Retreat
This past weekend your newly formed 2024 Vestry met for our first time together via the annual Vestry Retreat, with 3 goals in mind, namely to ...
- Deepen our relationship with God and one another.
- Reflect on our St David’s vision (statements) and begin to focus our ministries for the year ahead.
- Ensure that all vestry members are oriented to the work of the vestry and are equipped to serve.
- Check, check, and check………mission accomplished! Through much sharing, telling stories, laughing, eating, brainstorming, visioning, dreaming, discerning, and learning we were able to get this year off to a great start. The energy around the table was inspiring and I am so looking forward to working with this great group of folks who call St David’s their spiritual home.
Stay tuned…more to come!
Regards,
Diane Curley
Senior Warden
St David’s Episcopal Church
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A Trunkful of Supplies for Bimosedaa | |
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Helping our Neighbors Exiting Encampment
St. David’s Justice Collaborative is partnering with Beacon Interfaith Housing to provide needed items for our Native neighbors exiting homelessness. Beacon's newest supportive housing called Bimosedaa in Downtown Minneapolis has opened. These 48 housing units were built in response to a previous encampment of mostly Native neighbors.
Encampments are one expression of a deeper trend of housing insecurity and homelessness.
We will collect the following new personal care items and other needed supplies to help our neighbors settle into their safe and stable housing:
The greatest need is for pillows, comforters, and dishes!
Also needed: Bath and hand towels, wash cloths, bath mats, toiletries of shampoo and conditioner, menstrual care products, body wash, tooth brushes, floss and deodorant.
Also needed are twin extra long sheets and comforters, kitchen items (1 pot, plates and cups, silverware, utensils, can opener)
The Justice Collaborative will be coordinating collecting the items here at St. David’s and then delivering them to New Branches in Minneapolis who will distribute them to the families. Bring your items to church and place in the laundry baskets in the entry starting this Sunday. We will collect items until February 18. If you have any questions please contact Huldah Niles huldah.violin@gmail.com.
To read more about Bimosedaa click here:
https://www.beaconinterfaith.org/blog/beacon-news/beacons-bimosedaa-part-of-a-vital-response-to-homeless-encampments/
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Have an announcement you would like to share in this weekly email?
Send it to office@stdavidsparish.org before 9:00 am on Tuesday to be featured.
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Bible Study with Huldah Niles:
From James to Jude PLUS music!
| We meet every Tuesday at 11:00 on Zoom. This is an 8 week study that Huldah has offered to lead, a rare opportunity you won’t want to miss. The music will be hymns inspired by the Bible passages we study. Plan now to join us. The study will be available on the YouTube channel for those unable to join us. Questions? Contact Sharon Engel or Susan Taylor. | |
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Children’s Ministry
Sunday Morning
This Sunday we will have Children’s Time during the 9:30 service.
NURSERY OPEN during the 9:30 service and forum time.
Wednesday Night
This Wednesday February 21st
SAVE THE DATE!
Sunday, April 14th - (postponed from date listed last week) - during forum time - Children and Family Day for children grade 5 and younger and their caregivers
Youth Ministry
Confirmation students, and all who are interested in engaging in the service in a new way, please fill out a liturgy reflection sheet during Sunday morning or Ash Wednesday Service! Confirmation students – please turn in at the children and youth office.
NURSERY OPEN during the 9:30 service and forum time.
Wednesday Night
This Wednesday, February 21st - These Are Our Bodies
Wednesday, February 28th - LIFT at Trinity (with our friends from St. Stephens)
February 24-25 - ECMN Pre-YE for middle schooler’s at St. Mark’s Cathedral - Anna won’t be there, but Sally will! See more information here: https://episcopalmn.org/events/youth/pre-ye-middle-school-diocesan-youth-event
We continue to Facebook Livestream the Sunday 9:30 service and upload to YouTube.
See the program calendar here.
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St. David's Choir and friends invite you to our Lenten Evensong on Saturday, February 24 at 4:00 pm. Enter deeply into this season of prayer and reflections with scripture and song, focused on musical settings from the book of Psalms. | |
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Save the Date - March 15
St. Patrick's Dinner and Dance Celebration
5:30 pm - Irish food & fun
6:30 pm - Irish Dancers perform
This is a free will offering
Dinner sponsored by Sara Leigh and Dean Sather
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HATS & MITTENS
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed new or gently used hats, mittens/gloves, scarves and other neckware. Your generosity has been wonderful. Collection for Hats & Mittens will continue through Sunday, 2/25.
Have you noticed any hats, scarves, mittens or gloves in your closet that just haven’t been worn much the last couple years? If so, consider donating them to Hats & Mittens. There are marked boxes at the two south entrances to drop off any items you may wish to donate. So many people (infants to young adults) have kept warmer this winter because of this caring non-profit organization’s outreach.
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Last Saturday’s Super Bowl Bagging Event at the Cub on 101 & 7 was a success! The hardworking volunteers who bagged groceries that day raised over $2000 for ICA!
What wonderful community support!
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January-February
Four Volunteers are needed for each date. Two for cooking with the Loaves and Fishes coordinator from 3:00-5:00 pm, and two to package and serve from 4:30 to 6:30 pm.
Upcoming dates:
- February 26
- March 12
- March 25
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.
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Facilities Manager Position open at St. David's!
Part-time, flexible working hours, 15-20 hours per week.
Must be available to attend weekly staff meetings on Mondays.
Find a full job description HERE
If interested, send resume to: staffing@stdavidsparish.org
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Pastoral Care Line: 952-767-0891 | | | | |
