† !nSPlRE April 2015 Here We Grow! NEW SUNDAY SCHEDULE 8:00 – 8:30 AM Sabbath Beginnings 8:30 – 9:30 AM Sacred Journey 10:00 – 11:00 AM Traditional Worship Let’s Continue Our “Missional Parking” Efforts Pastor Nate Melcher To be an inviting congregation and welcome people on our campus, we need to continue being missional about how we park at Hennepin. This is a good Lenten practice as we approach Easter Sunday, a morning when we see many guests! Please prioritize the parking lot for new guests, people with mobility issues, and families with infants and young children. We ask all able-bodied members and longtime guests to please park in the Architectural Alliance lot, use street parking, or use the underground Walker ramp (paid vouchers available at Reception). Offer the kindness of Christ to a stranger; put others first through your parking choices. Worship “Dance Cards” Are Here! New Schedule Allows Attendance at All Services One of the gifts of shifting the times of all four Sunday morning worship services is now one can attend all four in one Sunday. Choose the Sunday that’s right for you to experience all four diverse worship services at HAUMC and join the ranks of your fellow worship superstars! Here’s how it works: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Sunday School Adult Education 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Many Voices 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Breakfast at Hennepin † HENNEPlN 1. Pick up your Dance Card at our first service, the 8:00 AM Sabbath Beginnings worship service in the Border Chapel. 2. Have a clergy/worship leader sign your Dance Card at all four worship services that day. 3. Turn in your completed Dance C a rd t o a H o s p i t a l i t y Te a m member and get your picture taken for the Worship Superstars Wall. church.org avenue united methodist 511 groveland avenue minneapolis, mn 55403 phone 612-871-5303 Coming Events Sabbath Beginnings – 8:00 AM Worship March 29 12 Noon Church Conference Palm Sunday Worship/Concert April 1 Free Commuter Coffee Day (p.5) April 2 Mental Illness Forum (p.2) Holy Thursday Worship (p.8) April 3 Good Friday Worship (p.8) April 5 Easter Sunday Worship (p.8) April 8 Pub Theology (p.7) 8:00 AM – April 12, 19, 26 (No Sabbath Beginnings Service on Easter) April 12 – John 20:19-31 April 19 – John 21:1-14 April 26 – John 21:15-25 In April, we’ll explore the resurrection of Jesus according to the Gospel of John. This 30-minute, intimate worship service features a scripture reading with group reflection time led by Pastor Nate, lifting up our prayers, and communion each week. It is the perfect way to begin your Sunday Sabbath. New Member Class Class from 11:00 AM – 1:30 on April 19 Join on April 26 at the 10:00 AM Service We’ll share a meal together, learn about the history of the church and where it’s heading next, United Methodism, and engagement in the life of the church and community. We’ll take questions and explore the membership vows together. RSVP with Rev. Nate Melcher at 612-435-1301 or [email protected]. April 12 Update from Missionary Mozart Adevu Hal Taussig at Hennepin (p.4) Knotty Quilters Display/Sale (p.6) April 17 Life Adventures - Food Trends (p.5) UMW Spring Cleaning Drive (p.6) April 19 Soul Cafe (p.4) April 23-26 Men’s Walk to Emmaus (p.6) April 26 Young Adult Study Group (p.3) April 30-May3 Women’s Walk to Emmaus (p.6) May 1 Mozart Adevu, GBGM (General Board of Global Ministries) Missionary for Sustainable Agriculture and Development has recently returned to Ghana after an itineration in the US that included a Hennepin visit in late October. In his February communication: • He thanks Hennepin for its hospitality and support (Hennepin provides a small portion of his salary) and a chance to share his message about the improved health and livelihoods of the peasant farmers and their families that result from the farming practices they are taught and which they teach to others. • He reports on the far reaching economic effects of the Ebola crisis on farmers in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Women farmers suffered huge economic losses as a result of the government’s protective ban on movement and periodic markets. And because the crisis peaked at a time when farmers had already made large investments of their income they had little in reserve for food and basic needs of their families. Over 75% of the population in these countries is peasant farmers, and food security and production have been compromised. • He shares anecdotal reports that the use of moringa (a fast-growing tree whose highly nutritious leaves have made tremendous differences in the health of people across Africa) may have played a part in the prevention of Ebola in communities where moringa is part of the diet. Both that and the practices for sanitation and hygiene learned through UMCOR’s Sustainable Agriculture Program may have been factors in better resistance to the disease. Scholarship Deadline (p.4) May 16 Listen to Mental Illness Sofas & Spokes (p.5) August 2-5 Barbara Taylor & J. Philip Newell (p.4) 2 7:00 PM, Thursday, April 2 – Social Hall Everyone is affected in some way by mental illness. Come be a part of the solution in an open forum. Air your grievances, your hopes, and possibly even your praises for the mental health system. Please park at the Walker Center Ramp. Women’s Retreat a Success Sally Johnson On the first weekend of March, women gathered at Koinonia Retreat Center for A Time Apart, a retreat that focused on the women who have helped shape us, encouraged us to stand strong and those that have inspired us to reach beyond ourselves. Holding the biblical stories of Ruth, Mary and Martha, we also named and held among us our mothers and grandmothers, teachers and mentors. Focusing on the senses, we learned the art of hand massage and the ancient gift of aromatherapy, practiced yoga, baked bread, sang, worshiped, read, did needlework and ate well. And we laughed! Thanks to Koinonia for being our home away home and for being the nest in which we were able to connect with long time friends and make new ones. The Retreat That Wouldn’t End Mark Peterson Last month thirty men gathered at Koinonia for the first men’s retreat in a very long time. One guest commented, “I’ve attended Hennepin Avenue Methodist for twenty years and I don’t remember anything like this!” Inter-Gen-Men brought guys of all ages together to consider their roles as father, son, friend and church member. Steve Robach, Christian Educator, led the group through a series of exercises based on the Parable of the Prodigal son, inviting each man to consider – how am I like the son who leaves? The son who stays? The Father? On Sunday, March 8th many of these men, and a few newcomers, decided to meet for Breakfast. They agreed this men’s meeting should occur on the second Sunday of every month at 11:00 AM in HAUMC’s Social Hall. Our next gathering is April 12. Join us! (Note: the May meeting will be on the 17th due to Mother’s Day). Young Adult Study Group Animate: Bible Sundays April 26 - June 7 at 11:00 AM Our weekly young adult study group returns this spring with Animate: Bible. Pastors and scholars speak about how to read, wrestle with, and find meaning in scripture. See sample videos at youtube.com/wearesparkhouse. There’s no homework, no expectation to attend all seven weeks. The rule is: you’re in town, come participate. Sessions will end in time for parents to pick up children from Sunday School programming and eat Breakfast in the noon hour. Please contact Pastor Nate to sign-up or to learn more: [email protected] or 612-435-1301. April 26 – Canon: Mining for the Word | Eric Elnes May 3 – History: Parchment to Pixel | Phyllis Tickle May 10 – Testaments: One Story, Two Parts | Rachel Held Evans May 17 – Gospels: Unexpected Good News | Nadia Bolz-Weber May 24 – Genre: Rhythm of the Text | Jose Morales May 31 – Interpretation: Scripture Reads Us | Will Willimon June 7 – Grace: Love Is the Bottom Line | Jay Bakker Here We Grow! New Sunday Schedule Continues 3 Soul Cafe Twin Cities District UMW 7:00 PM, April 19 – Art Gallery 9:00 AM, Saturday, April 11 at Fairmount UMC Mark your calendars now so you don't miss our Spring performance on April 19 in the Art Gallery. More details to follow. Rev. Rachel Morey, keynote, will explore “Is the Golden Rule – “treat others how you want to be treated” really the same as “Love your neighbor as yourself”? Cost ($10) includes lunch, due April 6. Questions: Suzanne Mattison 612-987-3336. Foundation Scholarships Application Deadline is May 1, 2015 Hennepin Foundation is inviting applications for 20152016 scholarships. Awards in amounts up to $3,000 are for students pursuing seminary, college/university degree programs. Highest priority for consideration is given to Hennepin members attending seminary, followed by students preparing for other church-related work, for careers in other non-profit human services fields, and Hennepin-connected students, including employees, but not necessarily members, pursuing programs other than those noted above. See application materials for more information. Applications due May 1, 2015, with awards announced late May. Application and guidelines available at the reception desk, or by contacting Jack Fistler at jack.fistler@ hennepinchurch.org 612-435-1321. Remarkable Generosity Jack Fistler, Legacy Giving “Remarkable” may be the best word to describe the love and legacies provided by Hennepin members over the years through their estate gifts. We benefit each day, often more than we realize, from their heartfelt and generous planning. In 2014 alone Hennepin received estate proceeds from four individuals totaling nearly $200,000. We remember with deep gratitude Edith Perren, Marjeanne Sunde, Fern Sahr and John Coe. Their gifts were directed to Foundation and Trustees unrestricted funds, Koinonia building project, Foundation Scholarship Fund, and the Foundation’s Music Ministry Fund and Raines Fund for seniors ministries. That’s remarkable generosity; we are blessed by their gifts. Each legacy gift is a story, a testament of faith in God’s blessings and in Hennepin’s future. To explore how you may leave an imprint on Hennepin, contact Jack Fistler, d i re c t o r o f L e g a c y G i v i n g , 6 1 2 - 4 3 5 - 1 3 2 1 o r [email protected] Legacy Giving – touching lives, fulfilling dreams. 4 Hal Taussig at Hennepin Sunday, April 12. 10 AM Preacher. 11:15 AM Speaker. Author and New Testament scholar, Rev. Dr. Hal Taussig will be in the Twin Cities to speak at Hamline University at the Mahle Lecture in Progressive Christian Thought. Through our relationship with Hamline we are blessed to have his presence as preacher at the 10:00 Traditional worship service and for an adult forum at 11:15 AM. Hal Taussig is visiting professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and co-pastor of the Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church in Philadelphia. As part of the Mahle Lectures, he will also be presenting “Are the Gospels of Mary, Thomas, and Truth Scripture?” at 7 PM in the Anderson Center, Room 112 at Hamline. Barbara Brown Taylor and John Philip Newell Seeking the Sacred Thread. August 2 – 5 With an emphasis on the essential sacredness of God’s creation we will re-awaken our hunger for wholeness and vitality in our faith journeys. We will explore how the great spiritual traditions can access the well of imagination and thus deepen and renew the blessings that we carry in our lives individually and together! Barbara Brown Taylor and John Philip Newell, both treasured for their ability to illuminate with clarity and grace the questions and hopes we carry, will weave together sacred threads of the Christian household and other wisdom traditions as we focus on the healing of God’s people and all creation. This event is co-sponosored by Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality and Hennepin Church. Life Adventures – Food Trends What’s New in the Library Hennepin Seniors and friends, come to learn about the history and growth of food coops in the Twin Cities from Josh Resnick, CEO of The Wedge Co-op. He will also discuss the changing trends in what people are eating today and The Wedge's role in building a vibrant local food system. Lunch will be catered by the Wedge's Deli. Prepaid reservations are due by mid-morning on April 15. Cost is $12. Books have the unique ability to educate, entertain and transport to places we have never been before without leaving the comfort of an easy chair. I am sold. I have over 4000 books and the journeys I have taken and will take are phenomenal. Why not take a literary journey today. A MAN OF GOOD HOPE by Jonny Stenberg. In Jan. 1991 civil war broke out in Mogadishu (capital of Somalia) and 2/3 of the population left. This is the story of eight-year-old Asad Abdullahi. To understand what is going on today you need to read this book. LIGHT YEARS by James Satter. A PEN/Faulkner winner this is a classic novel of an entire generation that discovered the limits of happiness. A brilliant portrait of contemporary marriage. GALILEO’S DAUGHTER by Dava Sobel. This is a totally fascinating book based on Galileo’s daughter the nun, Suor Maria Celeste. It was nominated for a 2000 Pulitzer Prize. MISS MAPLE’S SEEDS by Eliza Wheeler. A picture book that introduces the kind, nature-loving Miss Maple who celebrates the miracle in each seed. THE YEAR OF BILLY MILLER by Kevin Henkes. This Newberry award winning author offers a short laughout-loud story of family and school. Billy Miller even visits the statue of the Jolly Green Giant!! DARIUS AND TWIG by Walter Dean Myers. He is a Printz award winner and this book connects teenagers with a novel about friendship and the need to live one’s dream. FLORA AND ULYSSES by Kate Dicamillo. Winner of the 2014 Newberry Medal. Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets a super hero. 12 Noon, Friday, April 17 Sofas & Spokes May 16 Furniture and Bicycle Drive Do you have an unused adult bike in your garage? Do you have furniture you are no longer using? The Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness invites you to donate Adult Bikes and gently used furniture for our neighbors in need! “Sofas & Spokes” was established in 2009 by the Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness Direct Service Providers (DCEH/DSP) committee. The Direct Service Provider congregations (St. Olaf Catholic, Central Lutheran, Basilica of Saint Mary, and the Dignity Center of Hennepin Church) serve those in need with prayer, listening, and a variety of services including furniture and bicycles to get to work or search for work. The St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store serves as the distribution partner for the furniture component of “Sofas & Spokes” – the congregations provide eligible Participants (who cannot afford furniture) vouchers which are taken to the store to be redeemed for items such as sofas, dressers, and dining room table/chairs. Project Lifecycle serves as the distribution partner for the bicycle component of “Sofas & Spokes” – congregations interview Participants, asses their need for a bicycle, and distribute bicycles along with a helmet and lock at one of the DCEH/DSP bicycle distribution events. Participants also receive a bicycle safety/ maintenance training to better understand rules of the road and learn basic repair skills. Your used gently used furniture and adult bikes can be given for good! Donate them on Saturday, May 16th at Hennepin Church Parking Lot between 9 AM – 12 Noon. Adult bikes only. All donations are tax deductible. Larry Olson, Book Addict Free Commuter Coffee Day No Fooling! April 1 from 7:30 – 8:30 AM There’s nothing better than a hot cup of Joe in the morning…unless it’s free! Free Commuter Coffee Day is back! We need help from friendly souls like you to hand out free hot cups of coffee and a postcard with information on Holy Week and Easter morning worship services. Come help this fun way to reach out to our neighbors. Contact Nate Melcher at [email protected] or 612- 435-1301. 5 Walk to Emmaus Knotty Quilters Men – April 23-26. Women – Apr. 30-May 3 Quilt Display and Sale – April 12 & 19 Ponder your Spiritual Journey and consider joining in an Emmaus Walk at Camp Koronis in Paynesville, MN. This is a special time to experience the love of Christ which lives in our heart daily. For information and assistance, contact Nancy Sjoquist at 612-741-1872. Brochures and info in Carlson Hall. April 12 & 19 the Knotty Quilters will have their quilts on display during Sunday brunch, many items will be available for purchase. All proceeds help to support this ministry. The Knotty Quilters is a caring outreach ministry that utilizes the gifts of quilting; cutting, piecing and handwork, to help people in need. The group makes baby quilts, lap robes, single, double, and queen sized quilts, and Teddy Bears Two special projects have ben to provide Teddy Bears for baby baptisms and to give a quilt to each graduate of MNIC (Minnesota Internship Center), the charter high school housed in Hennepin. The group meets each Wednesday morning in the Dorcas Alcove of the lower level Social Hall. Newcomers always welcome! UMCOR Mission Team Returns Janelle Vaubel 50 years after the birth of UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) and 19 years after the opening of UMCOR’s Disaster Relief Depot in Baldwin, Louisiana, fourteen Hennepin members and friends returned in late January from HAUMC’s 18th annual work/fellowship trip to the UMCOR Depot and surrounding community. For two weeks they worked, played, worshipped, laughed, ate and stayed together on the UMCOR Sager Brown campus. They processed health and school kits and created cleaning supplies buckets in the Depot, sewed bags for UMCOR school kits, repaired damaged floors of a local homeowner’s trailer, did light housekeeping for seniors, and volunteered in the local elementary school and women’s shelter. Donations move in two directions! Through their monetary and material donations and hands on efforts, many people of all ages who never left Hennepin also participated in the UMCOR ministry by creating 400 school kits, two dozen layette kits, and 35 sewing kits. Those kits, along with 200+ yards of flannel and fleece for layette kits were taken by the team to the UMCOR Depot. (Note: Too many to transport, a few remnant boxes remain for delivery via the upcoming annual conference.) Conversely, when the team returned home they brought with them eight boxes of hand towels which had not met Depot criteria, but which will now be “reloved” by many of Hennepin’s Dignity Center participants and Community Meals guests. The many, young and old, who participated in many different ways to the success of the UMCOR Sager Brown mission trip can indeed rejoice in knowing that their efforts contributed to the help and healing of hurting brothers and sisters all around the world and in the neighborhoods of Sager Brown and of Hennepin Church! FYI: Watch for Hennepin’s 2015 school supplies drive in late July and take advantage of back to school sales to purchase and donate items to be used for more UMCOR school kits, for Dignity Center participants and for other Hennepin programs. 6 UMW Spring Cleaning Drive Jennifer Hipple, President United Methodist Women. Collection Through April 17 Ah, spring. Time to throw open the windows, clear away the dust and dreariness of winter, and clean the house! Our sisters in Christ who reside at Emma Norton Residence in St. Paul and Emma’s Place in Maplewood also are eager to spring clean their living spaces. They’ve got the elbow grease but could use a hand with gathering cleaning supplies. You can help! From now until Friday, April 17, Hennepin’s United Methodist Women will collect a variety of cleaning products and tools. Look for the cardboard collection tote in the East Entry. Emma Norton Residence is a national mission of United Methodist Women and they thank you for your support! CLEANING SUPPLIES CHECKLIST All purpose cleaner*, Window cleaner*, Hardwood and/or tile floor cleaner,Carpet cleaner, Bathroom and toilet cleaner*, Dish detergent, Liquid laundry detergent, Laundry baskets, “Rubber” gloves (all sizes), Food service-style vinyl gloves (no latex), Paper towels, “Handiwipes” or a similar cleaning cloth, Sponges, Toilet bowl brushes, Dishwashing brushes, Mops and mop head refills, Swiffer and Swiffer refills, Brooms, Plastic bags (all sizes). For a larger donation: Vacuum cleaner (any style with extra vacuum bags). *Emma Norton Residence prefers products that do not contain alcohol. They cannot accept partially used cleaning products. Brooms, Swiffers, laundry baskets, and vacuums can be gently used. Hennepin Community News Pub Theology It seems the new schedule is really working! At least it looks like more folks are attending Sunday Worship. That is a hurrah! And we are awaiting news of a new senior minister. The new schedules let all the ministers attend each service, and we are glad to have them. The congregational care committee chairs, Ann Smith and Mary Ann Murray have been working to improve the homebound member list along with Jim McChesney. Linda Blaisdell is co-ordinating the delivery of Easter Lilies to the homebound this year. Thanks all! We miss our snowbirds and await their return. We pray Martha Glass, Ritajean Lyell and Susan Dunlop will be comforted in the death of their loved ones. I am sure they have lots of good memories. New to Walker Care is Gerhard Weiss who took a bad tumble. Eva Wall, also at Walker, thinks she may be going home soon. Holli Roseberg also took a tumble and broke her elbow. Among the fun facts: Kay Nelson is traveling, Dennis Behl is taking students to London to see at least five shows, and Nancy Gale went to Cuba with her sister for Spring Break. A very Happy Birthday to Wheeler Smith who celebrates his 96th birthday! We certainly do thank Greg Pinney for his seven years of volunteering. Greg made sure those of us who need help hearing the Sunday worship service were able to use the Hearing aids. Thanks, Greg. This drop-in group gathers to discuss faith, life, stress, family, and so on with a tasty beverage. Bring a friend; new faces are welcome. RSVPs are helpful for saving tables (contact Pastor Nate). Join us April 8 from 6-8 PM at Harriet Brewing (3036 Minnehaha Ave. Mpls). They have a food truck on-site, and happy hour ends at 6:00 PM so show up a little early! Rachel Elliott March Hunger Drive Update Mary Martin Thank you to all who participated in our March Hunger Drive! There was an out-pouring of non-perishable food and non-food items! Because of your generous giving the Groveland Food shelf and our own direct service ministries of Community Meals and Dignity Center will be able to assist many of our neighbors to make ends meet. Our Easter Outreach Offering will support the Groveland Food Shelf. Envelopes will be in the Easter Bulletin, and donations can also be made online. Hennepin is truly committed to helping others. Your One Great Hour of Sharing offering raised almost $1,000! It is through our efforts of working together with programs that address hunger, advocating for policies to end the systems that create poverty and homelessness. and by addressing global issues of sustainability and appropriate technology that effective change can happen. 6-8 PM, April 8 at Harriet Brewing Fashion Show to Benefit DC Mount Olivet Lutheran Church (5025 Knox Ave. S. Mpls) 11 AM – 1 PM, Saturday, April 25 The 43rd Annual Mount Olivet Church Women (MOCW) Spring Fashion Show and Luncheon will be staged at the church’s Fellowship Hall on Saturday, April 25. The Dignity Center will be the beneficiary of this event! This year’s theme is “Generation Fashionation: Where Style and Family Come Together.” MOCW has partnered with The Galleria shopping center in Edina in producing this year’s fashion show. Models will be featuring the latest fashions, some of which will also be available at the Silent Auction that directly benefits the Dignity Center. You are invited to attend! Tickets cost $18 and usually sell out quickly. Contact Mary Martin or John Cole to obtain your tickets. † !nSPlRE APRIL 2015 NEWSLETTER The !nSpire is a monthly newsletter for members and friends of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church. 10:00 AM, Wednesday, April 15 is the deadline for the May 2015 InSpire. Articles may be emailed to [email protected] or dropped off at church, attn: Daniel Pederson, 612-435-1320. Sign Up to Receive InSpire by Postal Mail You May Always Get InSpire Electronically or Pick Up a Copy at Church We encourage you to receive the newsletter electronically, or pick up at church. We are mailing only to those who request it. We will send an eNewsletter to all whose email address we have. If we don’t have yours, please contact Daniel.Pederson@ HennepinChurch.org to be added to our email list. To get the InSpire Newsletter by mail contact Daniel.Pederson@ HennepinChurch.org or 612-435-1320. 7 Holy Thursday April 2, 2015 12:00 Noon in the Chapel 7:00 PM in the Art Gallery ______________________ Good Friday April 3, 2015 12:00 Noon in the Chapel 7:00 PM in the Sanctuary Easter Sunday April 5, 2015 7:00 AM – Sunrise Service in East Entry 8:30 AM – Festival Worship in the Sanctuary 10:00 AM – Festival Worship in the Sanctuary 5:00 PM – Sunday at Five in the Chapel Remember: FREE PARKING Easter Sunday and Every Sunday in the Walker Art Center Ramp and Architectural Alliance Lot April 12 10:00 AM – Guest Preacher Rev. Dr. Hal Taussig 11:15 AM – Adult Forum Lent 2015: The Slow Work of God Sunday Worship at Hennepin Church Worship Leaders at 10:00 AM in April WORSHlP April 5 – Rev. Kent Millard, preaching † 8:00 AM – Sabbath Beginnings in the Chapel 8:30 AM – Sacred Journey in the Art Gallery 10:00 AM – Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary 11:15 AM – Many Voices in the Chapel 5:00 PM – Sunday at Five in the Chapel 10:00 AM -12:30 PM – Breakfast at Hennepin 11:00 AM – Sunday School for Children/Youth 11:00 AM – Adult Education 8 April 12 – Rev. Dr. Hal Taussig, guest preaching April 19 – Rev. Nate Melcher, preaching April 26 – Rev. Nate Melcher, preaching Upcoming Preachers at 10:00 AM Worship May 3 - Kent Millard May 17 - Nate Melcher May 31 - Paula Colton June 14 - Kent Millard June 28 - Nate Melcher May 10 - Kent Millard May 24 - Nate Melcher June 7 - Kent Millard June 21 - Nate Melcher July 5 - New Pastor
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