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In this Edition:
- This Sunday – caroling and LMCC giving tree delivery!
- Summer Camp dates
- Holiday worship schedule and a visit from the Bishop!
- Save the Date – Annual Meeting
- Christmas Music Rehearsal Schedule
- Safe Church Update
- Donate Christmas Flowers
- Year End Giving
- Video and Livestreaming Survey
- Invitation to Groove Boat Drum Circle
- Book Club – postponed
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8:00 and 9:30 Holy Eucharist
Children's Time will take place during the 9:30 service for children age 3 through grade 5.
It's the fourth Sunday in Advent! See our Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany brochure here.
We will continue to Facebook Livestream the Sunday 9:30 service and upload to YouTube to accommodate for those who choose to stay home.
10:45-11:30 Community Forum
Here we come a caroling!
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Sunday is the day we have been waiting for, a time to share some Christmas cheer through the gifts of song, cookies, and companionship. People of all ages and singing abilities are welcomed to come downstairs after the 9:30 service and join in (even if you did not sign up) as we travel to visit our homebound parishioners and the Lake Minnetonka Care Center.
Remember to dress appropriately for the weather (forecast looking cold) and bring a mask! We will be singing both outdoors and indoors and masks are required at the care centers we will be visiting.
We hope you can join in, sing some classic Christmas carols, and partake in the real joy of the season!
Questions, Diane Curley, at 763-232-9412 🎶🎶🎶
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Lake Minnetonka Care Center Holiday Giving Tree | |
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DEADLINE TO DROP OFF GIFTS--THIS COMING SUNDAY , DECEMBER 18TH, 10 AM
Many thanks to all who grabbed a gift wish list for our friends out at LMCC. Hopefully your shopping is nearing completion, those gifts are getting wrapped up, and the residents' name gift tags are being applied. Now you just need to get those presents to the church on time---no later than this coming Sunday, December 18th by 10 am. We will be leaving after church that very day to both sing and bring the gifts for all our friends at LMCC.
Questions, or trouble getting your gift to church in time, please call me, Diane Curley, at 763-232-9412.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
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Summer Camp!
One of the greatest legacies and gifts the Episcopal Church in Minnesota can give our young people is an opportunity to experience God in new and remarkable ways, specifically in outdoor ministry. A team of Children & Youth ministers from across our diocese have been working on discerning what camp will look like this year, and we're excited to announce the following dates.
Youth Camp for grades 6-12: Sunday, June 11 - Thursday, June 15
St. Andrew Bible Camp, New London
Family Camp: Sunday, July 30 - Friday, August 4
St. Andrew Bible Camp, New London
These weeks will be filled with discipleship, play, prayerful wondering, and spiritual growth. More information will be coming this year, as well as registration information. Mark your calendars now!
Please reach out to Anna abrock@stdavidsparish.org if you are interested and/or have any questions about camp this summer! She will be helping the planning team, as she worked at this camp location as a counselor!
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Christmas Eve, December 24
- One intergenerational service of Holy Eucharist at 5:00pm with reception to follow
Christmas Day, December 25
- One 9:30 service of Holy Eucharist
New Years Day, January 1
- One 9:30 service of Holy Eucharist
Epiphany, January 8
- One 9:30 service of Holy Eucharist with a special visit from the Magi and the Rt. Rev. Craig Loya!
Please refer to our Advent, Christmas, Epiphany brochure for more detailed descriptions.
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Save the Date - The St. David's Annual Meeting will take place during the community forum time on January 29th | |
Christmas Music at St. David's | |
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Singers and instrumentalists of all ages are invited to join in leading the music for our Christmas Eve liturgy (one service at 5:00). We’ll rehearse separately in various groups, then join together for one final practice.
Contact Roger Stratton (rstratton@stdavidsparish.org) if you’re interested in any of these opportunities.
Children–We’ll practice on Sundays Dec 4 & 11 (11:00 – 11:30), then join with the adults for part of the Big Christmas Practice on Dec. 21 (see below)
Youth– We’ll practice during youth group time on Wed. Dec 7, and at the Big Christmas Practice on Dec. 21.
Adults – Anyone and everyone is invited to join the choir for Christmas. Our Wednesday rehearsals on Dec. 7 & 14 will begin with Christmas music from 7:15 – 8:00. Then everyone will join together for the Big Christmas Practice on Dec. 21.
Handbells will continue to meet on Wednesdays at 6:15, as well as at the Big Christmas Practice on Dec. 21.
Instrumentalists of all ages are invited to play. Contact Roger, and we’ll work out when the best practice times are.
Big Christmas Practice -- Our final rehearsal for everyone will be on Wednesday Dec. 21, 6:30-8:30. Children and Handbells will only come for part of that time; details will be sent out closer to the date.
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Safe Church is the required training for all lay leaders, building key-holders, staff, and children and youth volunteers. The Episcopal Church offers this training to equip us for the safeguarding of children, youth, and vulnerable adults. Because if we're not doing Church safely, we aren't doing Church at all.
The Diocese of Minnesota has revised and revamped the ways in which we get Safe Church trained. During the past couple of years, ECMN has been offering 3 hour Zoom sessions. The last Zoom session took place on December 7th. Trainings will now solely be offered on an online platform called Praesidium Academy, which offers go at your own pace modules. It also allows St. David's administrators to track who has been trained, and who may be up for another training, as leaders are required to train every 3 years. The modules and content material have also been update, including new videos with paid actors, and an introduction from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.
Anna Brock and Shea Brendalen are set up as administrators and can create a log in for folks who need to be Safe Church trained. Remember - some folks are in roles where Safe Church training is required, but everyone is encouraged to engage in this resource as we all are responsible for the safety of our community!
If you have any questions about Safe Church, or need to be trained, please email the office office@stdavidsparish.org
Thank you for your commitment to keeping our church a safe and welcoming place!
-- Anna Brock
Children and Youth Minister and Office Assistant
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Greetings. The Christmas Season is upon us and we are again seeking donations for the flowers and greens decorating the church Christmas Eve through Epiphany. There will be envelopes on the seats and in the All Saints' Chapel. Please fill these out and place your donations in the plate on Sunday or contact the office with your name, donation amount and information in memory of/thanksgiving for, etc. We need the information by Saturday, December 17th to assure the information is in the Christmas bulletins. Any and all donations are welcomed and can even be listed anonymously if you prefer. | |
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Thank you to our community for your faithful gifts to St. David's throughout the year. As we approach the end of the calendar year, please keep in mind that any year-end gifts should be received in our office on or before December 31, 2022. If you are mailing a gift, please ensure that it is post-marked by 12/31/22.
Pledge statements were emailed to those with a pledge balance on November 23rd. If you have any questions about your pledge balance for 2022, please reach out to Shea Brendalen at sbrendalen@stdavidsparish.org or 612-636-6134.
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Video and Livestreaming Survey | |
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The Vestry has been discerning around how livestreaming and video recording services align with the mission of St. David's and how much resources (time and money) to dedicate to these efforts.
We obviously need to offer these formats when conditions require the church to be closed, but we are trying to determine how important they are when the church is open for in-person worship.
We have created a short survey to gather information from the congregation. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey to provide your input and help guide our decision-making process. As always, please feel free to speak with members of the vestry about this or any other congregational issues. Thank you!
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Invitation to Groove Boat Drum Circle | |
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Curious to try something new, wish to meet new people?
Hop aboard the Groove Boat!
We are a facilitated drum circle meeting two Mondays monthly from 7-8:30pm at St. David's, and we warmly welcome new members. You can have a little bit of drumming experience, a lot, or even none! Drums and other percussion instruments are provided. Try it for free! We ask for a $10 donation per session after your 1st visit. For more info, please email: thegrooveboat@gmail.com.
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St David’s Book Club News
by Cathy Schwichtenberg
Note there is a date change for the upcoming book club meeting.
We are moving the date from December 6 to Tuesday, 1/3/23 from 6:00 pm to 7:55 pm via Zoom. We will be discussing Proud Shoes by Pauli Murray. From 6:00 – 6:30 we will be discussing book selections for 2023. The book discussion will begin at 6:30 and we will finish in time for those who wish to join Compline at 8:00 pm.
First published in 1956, Proud Shoes is the remarkable true story of slavery, survival, and miscegenation in the South from the pre-Civil War era through the Reconstruction. Written by Pauli Murray the legendary civil rights activist and one of the founders of NOW, Proud Shoes chronicles the lives of Murray's maternal grandparents. From the birth of her grandmother, Cornelia Smith, daughter of a slave whose beauty incited the master's sons to near murder to the story of her grandfather Robert Fitzgerald, whose free black father married a white woman in 1840, Proud Shoes offers a revealing glimpse of our nation's history. ~Amazon.com
Pauli Murray lived one of the most remarkable lives of the twentieth century. S/he was the first Black person to earn a JSD (Doctor of the Science of Law) degree from Yale Law School, a founder of the National Organization for Women and the first Black person perceived as a woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest.
Pauli Murray’s legal arguments and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution were winning strategies for public school desegregation, women’s rights in the workplace, and an extension of rights to LGBTQ+ people based on Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Pauli Murray crafted a broad vision of justice, equity, and human rights using words as her primary tool in the fight for liberation. Their vision for a just and equitable world is a beacon of hope during troubled times. Their social justice tactics, legal strategies, speeches, letters, books, sermons, and poetry are models for our ongoing activism aimed at dismantling the oppression s/he faced and we continue to face because of white supremacy.
~https://www.paulimurraycenter.com
Join Zoom Meeting: Book Club - January 3, 2023
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