April 16, 2024

Pastor Renee’s Sabbatical Art Project

Did you know that part of Pastor Renee’s sabbatical grant includes YOU? An artist has been commissioned to create some pieces about how we are woven together. These beautiful art wall hangings will be created over the summer and blessed in a worship service upon Pastor Renee’s return. But we need your help! We are hoping for you to write about how you are connected to Shepherd and woven into our community story on special pieces of paper that will be included in the art pieces. These paper tiles will be available during our Gathering Donut Time on Sundays and for you to grab in the office. We are hoping to have a bunch to work with! They need to be all turned in by Sunday May 12. Contact Pastor Renee if you have questions.

Have you been missing some Shepherd communications?

Prayer requests? Event announcements? You are not alone! We use a communication software program called Constant Contact to send our e-news, mass announcements and prayers from Shepherd. It is a subscription-based format, meaning you need to give permission to receive the messages. If you are not receiving them as you would like please first check your junk/spam files to see if they have landed there. If that does not work, please reach out to Sigrid or Allyson in the office and they would be happy to help you get reconnected. 

651-483-5419

Sunday April 21

During The Gathering at 9-10

Please feel free to join the Joy Team to help fill laundry packs for Open Hands Midway

Update from Recent Visit to Kidamali

Join us on Sunday Apr 21

Tim & Leslie Kane will share about their recent trip to visit our siblings in Kidamali Tanzania. They will be sharing in worship at both services that morning and then offer a longer time of sharing on Tuesday evening April 23 at 6:30 in room 238.

May Sock Drive for

 People Incorporated

In celebration of Mental Health Month, we will be collecting new adult socks for People Incorporated Mental Health Services. People Incorporated was founded on the belief that those living with mental illness must not be isolated, removed, or otherwise segregated from their communities but instead should be “incorporated” and supported within the communities in which they choose to live. They serve more than 10,000 discrete clients through various programs, from children to adults and those experiencing homelessness. Our donations will go to their Access & Recovery Center, which supports people experiencing homelessness who are not able to use local shelters. Drop socks off in the bins located in the Narthex. 

Kantorei Concert

Join us on Saturday, May 4th, as Kantorei, along with 60 additional invited singers will present Ralph Vaughn Williams’s masterwork, his Mass in G Minor. The concert is 7pm here at Shepherd. Tickets are free to the Shepherd community, but you must pick up a voucher to present as your ticket. Vouchers are available on the welcome desk in the narthex. While the vouchers are free, donations to Kantorei are heartily accepted to support this wonderful organization.

 Holy Hammers

with Habitat for Humanity

2024 Build

We need you! Join us for the 2024 Holy Hammer’s Build. The build is a duplex in Roseville. The build starts on April 15 and goes through mid-June. Shepherd’s focus days are April 29 & 30 and May 16 & 17. Any open day is available if these focus days are not available to you. This is an amazing opportunity to connect with our mission partner and help do our part towards ending homelessness in the Twin Cities. Sign up here: https://tchabitat.volunteerhub.com/vv2/lp/holyhammers You will need to update your waiver if you have helped before as these are being updated in 2024. Reach out to Sister Tashina or Pete Evanson with any questions. 

VBS/Music Camp/ Youth Camp Registration is open!

VBS: June 24-27 for 3 years

old– 5th grade meets 9 to noon

Music Camp: June 24-27 for K-5th grade meets 1 to 4pm

Youth Camp: June 24-28 for

6th –12th grade meets 8:30am to 5:30pm

Find more information and registration on our website (sohsv.org) and select the “Children’s

Ministry” page under the Ministries tab or click HERE

 (VBS Music camp) or HERE (Youth Camp)

 Fill –A- Truck Event!

On Sunday, April 28th, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, at the White Bear Township Cub Foods on Highway 96, we will again work to fill the truck with food items for the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf. A list of the requested food items will be available a few weeks before the event and in the bulletin the day of the event. Please consider participating in this event. Donate your time, money and/or purchased food. We need assistance at Cub Foods and also at Ralph Reeder to help unload the truck at approximately 12:30-1:00 PM on Sunday. A sign-up sheet will be available in the narthex. Please see Sister Tashina with questions.

Upcoming Service Opportunity

21 Roots Farm is located on a 21-acre farm in Grant Township. They provide agricultural activities for youth and adults with developmental disabilities.

Join us Saturday, May 4th from 9AM-1PM as we get the farm ready for summer. We will have a variety of projects for a variety of interests! 

All ages are welcome! Wear comfortable clothes that you do not mind getting dirty.

Please RSVP by emailing them at 21rootsfarm@gmail.com so they can plan accordingly.

The farm is located at 10361 110th St. N. Grant, MN 55082.

We hope to see you then!