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This Sunday, October 20, 2024
8:00 and 9:30 Service of Holy Eucharist
The Nursery will be open during the 9:30 service and forum time.
Forum: Voting Our Values
Why/how is voting an act of faith? What does our faith teach us about civic engagement? How can we talk with others about voting in addition to just voting ourselves? Join Huldah Niles, Chair of the Justice Collaborative and Ben Whalen, Hennepin County Organizer for Isaiah, as they create a courageous space to discuss these important questions.
We continue to Facebook Livestream the Sunday 9:30 service and upload to YouTube.
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The Book of the Names of the Dead
At the 9:30 service on All Saints Sunday, November 3, we will read the Necrology, a listing of those we love who have died. It is fitting to do this on the day we celebrate the communion of saints, the mystical connection between the living and the dead.
We invite you to place the names of those you would like remembered in the Book of the Names of the Dead, located in the All Saints Columbarium Chapel.
In addition, we will continue our tradition of honoring those parishioners from St. David's who have died over the course of the last year. This honoring will take place with a special display in the Columbarium All Saints' Chapel on November 3.
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Community Night
Wednesday, October 23, 6pm
Dinner / Service Project / Music / Prayer
Join in for a fun fall-themed night of community! The evening will start off with a potluck dinner at 6pm. Please bring a dish to share and know that this time around, there will be a bonfire going to roast hotdogs ( supplied) for your main course, if you so desire. Bring roasting sticks if you have them, but we will also have some on site, along with buns and toppings
After dinner, we'll share in a simple service project: We're teaming up again with Avenues for Youth (an organization that provides housing for unhoused youth in Minnesota) to provide Halloween goodie bags for their residents. They are also looking for sweatpants and sweatshirts (especially sizes L, XL, and XXL) as the weather turns colder. If you're able, please bring individually wrapped candies and/or some new sweatsuits. We'll spend some time after the meal stuffing those goodie bags with all that candy! Thanks so much for any labor or goods that you can provide and feel free to wear your Halloween costume!!
To end the evening, we'll head up to the sanctuary for some singing and simple evening prayer.
There's no need to sign up; just come join us!
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St. David’s Fall Cleanup
Saturday, October 26
Mark your calendars! Fall cleanup day is Saturday, Oct 26, from 9am-1pm. Come for all or part of the time. There are approximately 40 tasks to be done.
Examples of tasks to be done:
- Light painting
- Kitchen cleanup
- Murphy soap doors and tables
- Vacuum smoke detectors
- Shut off water and put hoses away
- Rake leaves
Sign-up sheets are in the Undercroft – looking forward to seeing you there!
Buildings and Grounds
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Vote Faithfully
“Cast your vote, not on a partisan basis, not based on your biases,
but vote your values. Vote the values of human dignity and equality.
Vote the values of the rock on which this country was built. Vote.”
-Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
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Need transportation to your voting place?
Contact Huldah at Huldah.violin@gmail.com or Gervaye at GJP1963@Yahoo.com.
Volunteers who would like to provide rides to voters on Election Day or earlier please also contact Huldah or Gervaye.
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Comprehensive Campus Initiative (CCI)
10/08/2024
The Comprehensive Campus Initiative (CCI) met on Tuesday, October 8. Cliff Crockford, Diane Curley, Carol Johnson, Katherine Lewis, and Doug Eichten are planning to attend the Trinity Wall Street Webinar, November 13-14, 2024, to learn more about how churches can live into their mission statements via real estate development. The CCI approved the “Revised Strategic Planning Process” document as a way to keep track of the goals and expectations of the group. Members selected tasks to work on from the document that they felt qualified to lead. The CCI plans to meet again in November. Feel free to speak to members of the CCI with ideas or concerns: Cliff Crockford and Katherine Lewis, co-conveners, Craig Warren, Carol Johnson, Diane Curley, Doug Eichten, Maddie Harvala, Karin Lindquist, Huldah Niles, Paul Smejkal, and Kristina Stokes.
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Do you like to hike?
The St. David “Women of the Woods” group organizes hiking opportunities throughout the year, often spontaneously (without time to get a formal announcement in the bulletin). If you’d like to receive email invitations for hiking opportunities, please let us know!
Please email Ann Carda at acarda21@gmail.com to be included on our email list!
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Loaves and Fishes
Due to some renovations at St. Gabriel’s, we will not be able to prepare and serve meals for some time.
The next dates available for sign up are
November 25th
December 10th
December 23rd
December 31st.
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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