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This Sunday: June 16
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Service this Sunday
9:30 AM - Outdoors
SUNDAY MORNING
During the summer, the Nursery will remain open during the 9:30 service and Social Time. Children are also invited to stay in worship, use the play rug, or the Narthex nursery.
Please note: the Nursery will not be open when we worship outdoors.
Forum: Social Time
We continue to Facebook Livestream the Sunday 9:30 service and upload to YouTube.
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June 15 - Hopkins PRIDE (food trucks, games, drag, music, art)
June 16 – Outdoor Worship Service
June 30 – PRIDE Parade with ECMN
July 14 – Outdoor Worship Service
July 20-21 – Hopkins Raspberry Festival
August 25 – Creek Baptism
September 8 – Kickoff Sunday/All Parish Picnic
October 4 – Polka Party Fundraiser
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Hopkins Raspberry Festival
Sign Up Now!
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Your St David’s Hopkins Raspberry Festival committee has been hard at work dreaming and discussing all things Raspberry. We are excited about what we have up our sleeves so far and hope you will be too.
Our Marketplace Fair Booth for Saturday July 20th will be a place for rest, refreshment, and renewal for all the fair goers traveling along Hopkins Mainstreet.
· We will have chairs to rest, maybe even a fan.
· Free Raspberry infused and plain water for refreshment.
· A Gratitude Board activity …stay tuned…. for all ages.
· Information about St David’s available
· Face Painting and children’s area to chill
· Photo-Ops with 2 large cut outs --St David himself and his red dragon…conversation starters!
· Parishioners, hopefully you, listening, getting to know our neighbors, being present, faithfully innovating!
The Parade the next day, July 21st, will be festive with options to walk, bike, sit in a wagon to be pulled, rollerblade/skate, or catch a ride in the back of a pickup truck. We can carry signs of social justice, hand out candy/stickers to folks along the way, and decorate stuff like wagons, trucks, and even ourselves.
We hope many will participate in this important Faithful Innovation activity where we have been given a truly blessed opportunity to live into St David’s mission and vision statements.
Sign up now in the Narthex on the clipboards provided next to the Raspberry poster. You can participate in just one event or both.
Questions, please contact me in person in the Narthex after church, or via email @ dcurley@stdavidsparish.org
With gratitude,
Diane Curley, Senior Warden
St David’s Episcopal Church
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Wonder Women Gathering - June 13th!
Join in for the first of the summer Wonder Women Gatherings for conversation and camaraderie. Here are the details:
Hostess: Deb Emmerich
Date: June 13
Time: 5:00 - 6:30
Place: 9650 Waterstone Place #314
Minnetonka
Note that Waterstone Place is off of the Gizmo Lane turn from Minnetonka Blvd and the 9650 building is the second apartment building at the end of Waterstone street.
Contributions of appetizers or favorite beverages are welcome.
Next event will be on July 5th hosted by Susan Taylor.
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HOPKINS PRIDE
Hopkins is hosting its 2nd annual Pride Festival on Saturday, June 15th, from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm, along 8th Avenue between Mainstreet and 1st St. North.
This family-friendly event features amazing drag shows, dance groups, live music, food trucks, craft beer from LTD Brewing, carnival games, face painting, art, and contests with prizes for people of all ages!
Please come support your LGBTQ+ community in Hopkins at this very walkable 1-block celebration, with a cooling station and quiet area for families and children or anyone who may simply need a break from the fun.
St. David's own Paul Pederson is producing the main stage, so stop by the sound booth and say "Hi!"
Please visit the website at https://www.hopkinspride.org for more details.
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A Note from Our Rector about a Staffing Transition
As you may know, our office administrator, Nancy Lilja-Nerheim, resigned from her position two weeks ago. I am grateful for Nancy's work with us these past 6 months and wish her well in her next endeavors.
Thank you, Vida Edmond, for once again stepping in to help us in the office! Vida graciously agreed to cover office tasks for 2 weeks as we adapt to this new time of transition.
While in the short term, this staffing change creates challenges for our day-to-day operation and the support of our ministries, it also opens the door for some discernment and creative thinking about how to organize our administration in ways that are sustainable and forward thinking. So, instead of reacting by quickly posting to fill the office administrative position, I am working with others on a 2-pronged approach for moving forward:
1. Organize a group of volunteers to work with staff, reconfiguring how we accomplish the various administrative tasks until a new staff member is added to our team.
a. Starting June 17, Roger Stratton has agreed to step in on an interim basis to manage specific administrative tasks including:
- creating the weekly email newsletter and other emails to the congregation and
- supporting the Sunday lay team, including scheduling of the lay teams. He will be paid an hourly rate for this extra work.
b. Shea Brendalen and I will assume more responsibility for certain administrative tasks.
c. We will have a team of volunteers in the office on certain days of the week to manage emails and other administrative tasks. Marilyn Clark, Mary Mann, and Jane Sandsmark have agreed to serve in this capacity (thank you!!).
2. I will convene a team to do the deeper work of envisioning how we organize administrative staffing for our congregation. St. David's has grown and adapted to doing ministry in new ways. Likewise, the administration needed to support a thriving congregation needs to reflectively change as well. I do not yet have a timeline for the work of this team.
Please continue to email the office as you normally would, including sending your prayer requests: office@stdavidsparish.org. Volunteers will monitor and respond to these emails.
Thank you, staff, for your tenacity, giftedness, generosity, and commitment to our mission and vision.
Thank you, new office volunteers Marilyn, Mary, and Jane!
And thank you to all of our members and leaders in being part of building up this body of Christ, in hope and faith.
I will continue to update you and will look forward to hearing from you as well.
In peace and gratitude,
Katherine
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Kicking it off with Gratitude - Welcome to Summer!
You may have received our letter and raffle ticket in the mail - please redeem that ticket or buy more!
Tickets cost $100.00 and will be sold every Sunday during this summer.
13 cash prizes will be drawn, and proceeds benefit St. David's outreach, programming, ministries.
Drawing will be held on Sunday September 8th during the church picnic!
Tickets are not deductible, and you don't have to be present to win.
Got questions? Contact the office or see a ticket agent selling Sundays this summer!
Remember: You can't win if you don't buy a ticket!
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Good Courage Farm and
Faith Community Supported Agriculture
Good Courage Farm has created a buy-one, give-one “Faith Community Supported Agriculture” subscription for 2024, where subscribers will receive 8 weeks of fruit from the farm, at a price that supports the farm’s ability to donate an equivalent amount of fresh food to our food ministry partners (First Nations Kitchen, Casa Maria, and McLeod County Emergency Food Shelf).
St David's has 9 FCSA members. If you are still interested or have not completed the registration form, please reach out to FCSA Manager, Erin at fcsa@goodcourage.farm.
If you are interested in any of the Vineyard Stewardship dates at Good Courage Farm, please contact Bonnie Boyd at 952-220-6982.
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ICA Vision
A community where everyone has the resources to thrive
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Become a monthly supporter for our neighbors in need
ICA has launched its annual June recurring giving campaign to encourage supporters to sign up for a monthly gift, or increase their already existing one. As an incentive, an ICA supporter and volunteer has offered to provide a free $200 match for every new and increased monthly gift, no matter the amount!, up to $10,000.
If you are interested in setting up a monthly gift, go to www.icafoodshelf.org, choose Donate from the menu, then Make a Financial Contribution. In this current world of rising costs and growing needs, your monthly support can make all the difference.
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Join us for a time of fellowship, faith, games, and an opportunity to venture into the water (by canoe that is)!
Our cabin is reserved at Clearwater Lodge on the Gunflint Trail for August 10-17th. Come for the week or just a few days. Know you want to go? RSVP to Ann Carda at acarda21@gmail.com to reserve your spot by making your $50 deposit.
Want to know more about what to expect?
Launa Tucker and Susan Taylor would love to tell you more!
Find them at church or via email:
Launa Tucker: launat7@outlook.com
Susan Taylor: ss2taylor@comcast.net
And here’s a link to our cabin:
https://clearwaterhistoriclodge.com/cabin-eleven/
Hope to see you on the Gunflint Trail. A wonderful community of women and the wilderness awaits!
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Education for Ministry This Fall
Education for Ministry (EfM) is a four-year small-group formation program based on study and practice in theological reflection. There are currently two EfM groups in ECMN, one in-person local one and one online:
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In-person group: An in-person EfM group will meet Thursdays from 10:00AM – 12:00PM at Grace, beginning in September 2024. Interested participants should contact Kathy Monson Lutes or Danielle McCoy.
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Online group: An online EfM group meets Mondays from 6:30-8:30PM on Google Meet, following an academic year schedule (Sept. – May). The group includes members from several ECMN parishes as well as some non-Minnesotans.
Please note that in order to register for either group for the fall, the group mentor(s) will need your name to add to their group in the EfM registration system this summer, which will prompt the system to invite you to register.
Interested but want to know more before deciding whether or not to participate? We’re happy to facilitate a conversation with a current participant or mentor – please email efm.ecmn@gmail.com with that request.
Want to participate but neither of these options works for you? Let us know at efm.ecmn@gmail.com – there are also online groups based elsewhere, and another in-person group could be formed if there’s sufficient interest.
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June
Four Volunteers are needed for each date. Two for cooking with the Loaves and Fishes coordinator from 3:00-5:00 pm, and two to package and serve from 4:30 to 6:30 pm.
Upcoming dates:
- June 24
- July 9
- July 22
- July 30
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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