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This Sunday, April 27, 2025
Second Sunday of Easter
8:00 and 9:30 service of Holy Eucharist
With the Baptism of Lukas Alexander Sparkman at the 9:30 service
St. David’s is glad to serve consecrated gluten-free bread at communion. Come one, come all. All are welcome at God’s table.
The Nursery will be open during the 9:30 service and forum time.
Forum: State of the Vestry: A Word from the Wardens
We continue to Facebook Livestream the Sunday 9:30 service and upload to YouTube.
| | This Sunday: Godly Play for ages 3-6 | |
Click Here: to Sign-up for the 3-5th Grade Overnight
Details below.
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April Vestry Meeting Update
Your Vestry met on Monday evening, April 21. We agreed to meet via Zoom given the busy days we spent participating in Holy Week services culminating in a beautiful Easter Celebration on Sunday. We started our meeting with a “Dwelling in the Word” exercise with next Sunday’s gospel reading from John 20:19-31.
We welcomed Vida Edmond as our Vestry guest this month. Vida is the chair of the Cornerstone Endowment Committee and she shared an update of first quarter results ending in March. Despite some uncertainty in the markets at this time, our endowment fund continues to grow. Thanks to Vida and the Endowment Committee for their oversight of this important asset.
Our discernment topic of the month was looking at our 2025 Congregational Vitality Goal: "More frequent, intentional, transparent communication between Vestry and congregation". We shared many ideas on how to ensure we are providing robust information to the congregation including making the vestry meeting minutes available, using the television displays in the building to feature upcoming events, pictures, and other visuals, and reaching out to congregants about what they want to hear about from the Vestry. Please know that Vestry meetings are open to all parishioners and are held in the Jones Room the 3rd Monday of each month from 6:45 – 8:30 pm.
Many of you know that our kitchen stove and oven are aging. With over a $30,000 budget surplus in 2024, the Vestry approved funding up to $15,000 to replace these appliances. The Building and Grounds Committee will coordinate this work.
The Vestry approved the March meeting minutes and financial reports.
We closed the evening with prayer.
Respectfully submitted,
Cathy Schwichtenberg, Junior Warden
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Tour Vista 44 – A Beacon of Hope in Hopkins
You're Invited! - In the past, the St. David's community generously donated over $13,000 to Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative to support the construction of Vista 44, a vibrant new housing community in Hopkins. Now, we invite you to see the impact of that generosity firsthand!
📍 Join us for a special tour of Vista 44
🗓 Friday, April 25 at 1:00 PM
We'll meet at the street-side door of the building. Street parking is available, along with a couple of visitor spots in the parking lot.
Guiding our visit:
✨ Julie Huck, Institutional Giving Officer at Beacon
✨ Isaiah Sansfield, Program Manager at Volunteers of America, who will share insights about the residents and services offered at Vista 44.
📩 Please RSVP to Huldah Niles at huldah.violin@gmail.com by Thursday, April 24.
We hope you’ll join us in celebrating the mission of providing dignified, supportive housing for all.
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Meet Julia: Minister of Parish Life
Wednesday, April 30th 4:00-6:00pm
We invite you to come to the church to meet our new Minister of Parish Life, Julia Moser-Hardy. Enjoy some light refreshments and social time.
Julia will also join us for worship at the 9:30 service on April 27th.
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We will have a Spring Inspired silent auction and are looking for donations of auction baskets or items.
Ideas are:
Garden Baskets (flower or vegetable seeds, plants, tools, decor, books etc)
Gift Cards from your favorite nursery or landscaping store
Yard ornaments,
Feeders
Flags
Food Baskets (hiking, camping, back yard inspired)
All donations gratefully accepted - please bring to the church office by no later than Sunday April 27th (for May 2 sale).
Contact Karin Lindquist at Lindquist.karin@hotmail.com with questions!
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The Bike MS: Twin Cities Ride is back for another year!
The formal event will be in St. Paul on Saturday, May 10th.
Our Team known as Beckmann’s Bike Brigade will once again hold our own ride on Thursday, May 8th in Minnetonka.
This is our 6th year as a Team in collaboration with Westwood Professional Services (where Dan Beckmann and Chris Carda are employed).
Date: Thursday, May 8th
Location: Westwood Professional Services to Lake Riley and back
12701 Whitewater Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Time: 4:30 p.m. departure from the south parking lot
The ride should take about 2 hours
Happy hour to follow at Boom Island Brewery (around 6:30 p.m.)
Route: Click here to open
For those who are newer to St. David’s, we ride to support our own Dan Beckmann, who lives with MS. Through the miracles of modern medicine, Dan has been able to juggle a full work and family life despite the disease. Dan will be the first to say this event isn’t about him, it is about supporting a community of friends and family members who have been impacted by MS and working towards a cure.
For the event in May you have the option to sign up as a full participant through MS Society webpage. This allows you to fundraise on your own, yet be included as part of our greater team. Since we’re organizing our own version of the ride, you also have the option of simply showing up and riding with us on the 8th….without formally signing up. This provides the opportunity for more folks to informally join the ride and simply donate to the team without paying a registration fee. My 9 old will make his own way again for the 3rd straight year, so feel free to bring the kids and make it a family affair. This is an informal event, so just drop me a note (chris.carda@westwoodps.com) or call (612-209-2616) before the event (the day before is still not too late) for planning.
We’ll plan to meet at Westwood’s parking lot (SE side of the building) for a 4:30 departure on Thursday afternoon, May 8th. We’ll ride the Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail to the southwest for about 7.5 miles to Lake Riley and then turn around and go back to the office (15-ish miles total). All are welcome to join us for a happy hour at Boom Island Brewery at the end of the ride. The trail is hard-packed gravel, so plan accordingly with your bike. If it looks like a complete washout with rain, we’ll hold Saturday, May 10th (same place at 9:00 a.m.) as a backup.
You can sign up for the team here. Our team name is Beckmann’s Bike Brigade.
If you can’t ride, but would like to donate, click here.
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Spring Clean-up: Save the Date
Saturday May 17th 9:00-1:00pm
Mark your calendars! Spring cleanup day is Saturday, May 17th from 9:00am-1:00pm. Come for all or part of the time. There rare approximately 40 tasks to be done.
Examples:
- Light painting
- Kitchen clean-up
- Murphy Soap doors and tables
- Vacuum smoke detectors
- Turn on water and bring hoses out
- Clean exhaust over the dishwasher
Sign-up sheets are in the Undercroft and Narthex - looking forward to seeing you there!
- Buildings & Grounds Team
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Wonder Women Social Hour Back for the Summer!
With spring in the air we are most likely feeling like we want to get out in nature and enjoy the flowers. Women from St David's have been joining for late afternoon social time since the start of the pandemic and in the last few years in the summer in people's homes/ gardens/porches/ patios and decks. Lovely patios, decks, and gardens are not required - we just love to get together for a late afternoon get together with snacks, beverages, and informal conversations - telling our stories, discussing things important to us and our families.- you get the picture AND are all welcome.
We generally schedule once a month and that is based on the preference of the host. So please let us know if you would be willing to open up your space to this group. We have June covered on June 12th from 5:00-6:30pm at the Carda's. Thursdays seem to be good days - keep in mind other church events happening so we don't overwhelm our involvement and commitments,
If you are willing to host or willing to double up with someone and co-host - let Nan Drake know at drake.nan@gmail.com or 612. 590.9092 The month of May could be open and then July, August, September,and even October.
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Grow (literally) in faith at Good Courage Farm this year!
Join with other Creation-loving folks for four seasons of on-farm learning and practice through the Farm Stewards ministry at Good Courage Farm in Hutchinson. This immersive, agrarian faith formation experience invites you (and church friends new and old!) to commit one Saturday a month (March through October) to a prayerful, joyful, reciprocal relationship with the farm's fruit trees, grapevines, or animals. Reconnect your spiritual life with the land and its gifts. Share the real fruits of your labor with those who hunger. Deepen your literacy in reading both Creation and Scripture for revelations of God's generous love. Click here to learn more about growing with Good Courage Farm in 2025 - spiritually and literally.
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ICA Update
Our mission: To create a healthy and stable community for all
Our vision: A community where everyone has the resources to thrive
Our belief: ICA’s presence in our communities makes our neighborhoods more stable and secure
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Loaves and Fishes
Please join us as we prepare and serve delicious meals for those in need
April 28th
April 29th
May 13th
Please contact Sue or Basil Owen to sign up or sign up in the Undercroft. Sue’s cell is 612-716-1945. Basil’s cell is 612-716-0683 or email at bowen3@fastmail.com.
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