We have created an Advent Guide for folks of all ages to deepen our experience of Advent in what can be hectic season.  You can download the pdf in the INFO section on the right sidebar.

Practice your holiday baking!  We are recruiting bakers to supply about 400 cookies and bars for an event at Hamline University.  The university is hosting a festival on Saturday, November 19 to educate students and raise awareness on campus about the Imagine No Malaria campaign.  As a fundraising event at the festival there will be a bake sale.  In addition, they will be using the sale of the cookies and bars to promote the festival on Friday before the event.  … →

Mark your calendars for Sunday Nov 27th.  From 3-5 Pm we will have an advent workshop with lots of fun and creative crafts for Kids and join the adults upstairs in the Sanctuary for the hanging of the greens to prepare the Sanctuary for Advent worship.

Catherine Friend A former ‘city girl,’ Friend lives on a small farm in southeastern Minnesota, where she and her wife, Melissa, raise sheep and cattle. She writes adult nonfiction, fiction, and children’s books. The Compassionate Carnivore won the Minnesota Book Award in General Nonfiction. Her memoir, Hit by a Farm, was selected by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as one of the best books of 2006. Her children’s picture book, The Perfect Nest, was chosen by the Wall Street Journal as one of five best ‘read alouds,’ and was nominated for … →

I had a fun time reflecting with Peter last Sunday about the similarities and differences of Mennonite and Methodist life.  As I reflected further I remember stating that I am a pacifist and committed to the practice of non violence because I think that is how the cross is different than the sword.  Some of us will face physical violence and the decisions that come with that kind of crisis, but primarily we aren’t personally threatened by physical violence on … →