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This Sunday: 4 Epiphany - January 28
Services at 8:00 am & 9:30 am
Sunday January 28
10:45 am in the Undercroft
St. David’s Annual Meeting
We will celebrate the life of the church this past year, and look ahead to St. David’s 2024. Look for future emails with links to various items that will be reviewed, discussed, and voted on at this most important congregational meeting. Weather cooperating, Anna will also be outdoors on the north hill, heading up the annual youth sledding extravaganza.
Please come to both meetings to be better informed. We especially encourage newcomers' participation! As always, it is not only
about business………yummy treats, hot chocolate, and coffee will be at the table too! Hope to see all there!
We continue to Facebook Livestream the Sunday 9:30 service and upload to YouTube.
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2024 Pledge Reminder for Automated Givers
With a new pledge year upon us, now is a good time to check up on your automated payments. If you increased your pledge for 2024, please be sure to increase your automated payments as well so that you will stay on track. If you make your payments via ACH withdrawal through the church, those updates have been made. If you have set up automated payments in REALM and you did not put in an end date, you will need to update those payments for any pledge increases, or add a new pledge if your previous pledge payments have expired. This would also apply to any automated payments you have set up through your bank. Please reach out to Shea Brendalen at sbrendalen@stdavidsparish.org if you have any questions. Thank you for your faithful giving.
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Refresher Bridge Class - February 3
A Refresher Bridge Class will be held on Saturday, February 3,10:00 am to 5:00 pm in the Conference Room. This class is intended for people who are already experienced bridge players who either have not played bridge in awhile or wish to transition from “old style” bidding to more modern bidding strategies. The topics to be discussed include:
- Scoring basics
- Bidding goals
- Opening bids
- Pre-emptive bids
- No trump bidding and Stayman Convention
- Responses to opening bids
- Rebids by openers and responders
- Slam bidding
Lunch, beverages, and snacks will be provided. If you have questions or are interested in attending this class, please contact Susan Taylor at ss2taylor@comcast.net.
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner
February 13 @ 6:00 pm
The Cornerstone Endowment Committee of St. David’s invites everyone to a pancake dinner on Shrove Tuesday, February 13 at 6:00 pm. Food will be available until 7:00 pm. Please join us as we celebrate the evening before Lent begins! A goodwill offering is requested.
Fun Trivia:
- The idea of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday is over 1,000 years old. It was a way of using up rich foods before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
- Before baking soda was invented cooks often used fresh snow as an ingredient as it helped the pancakes turn out light and fluffy.
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Helping our Neighbors Exiting Encampment
St. David’s Justice Collaborative is partnering with Beacon Interfaith Housing to provide needed items for our Native neighbors exiting homelessness. Beacon's newest supportive housing called Bimosedaa in Downtown Minneapolis has opened. These 48 housing units were built in response to a previous encampment of mostly Native neighbors.
Encampments are one expression of a deeper trend of housing insecurity and homelessness.
We will collect the following new personal care items and other needed supplies to help our neighbors settle into their safe and stable housing:
Bath and hand towels, wash cloths, bath mats, toiletries of shampoo and conditioner, menstrual care products, body wash, tooth brushes, floss and deodorant.
Also needed are twin extra long sheets and comforters, kitchen items (1 pot, plates and cups, silverware, utensils, can opener)
The Justice Collaborative will be coordinating collecting the items here at St. David’s and then delivering them to New Branches in Minneapolis who will distribute them to the families. Bring your items to church and place in the laundry baskets in the entry starting this Sunday. We will collect items until February 18. If you have any questions please contact Huldah Niles huldah.violin@gmail.com.
To read more about Bimosedaa click here:
https://www.beaconinterfaith.org/blog/beacon-news/beacons-bimosedaa-part-of-a-vital-response-to-homeless-encampments/
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Have an announcement you would like to share in this weekly email?
Send it to office@stdavidsparish.org before 9:00 am on Tuesday to be featured.
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Bible Study Resumes with Huldah Niles:
From James to Jude PLUS music!
| We meet every Tuesday at 11:00 on Zoom. This is an 8 week study that Huldah has offered to lead, a rare opportunity you won’t want to miss. The music will be hymns inspired by the Bible passages we study. Plan now to join us. The study will be available on the YouTube channel for those unable to join us. Questions? Contact Sharon Engel or Susan Taylor. | |
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Children’s Ministry
Children’s Ministry
This Sunday we will have Godly Play during the 9:30 service.
NURSERY OPEN during the 9:30 service and forum time.
Youth Ministry
This Wednesday January 24: LIFT Youth Group at St. David’s
6:30-8:30pm - we will start with dinner in the Jones Room of the ICA building!
Save these dates!
Sunday, January 28 - during forum time, grown-ups will be having the annual meeting. Children and youth are invited to bring their snow pants and sleds for our annual sledding Sunday on St. David’s lawn!
Sunday, February 4 - during forum time - Children and Family Day for children grade 5 and younger and their caregivers
Please email abrock@stdavidsparish.org with any questions, and RSVP here so we get a headcount for dinner prep!
See the program calendar here.
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January 30, 2024
Book Discussion:
The Truth at the Heart of the Lie
Information for Participants
An amazing number of people have jumped in and are reading this book with words like riveting, resonating and challenging to describe their experience. Our discussion time will be 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 and the Zoom link follows. Also note, on January 28th Scott Clark will send out information to all participants to assist in creating a framework for our discussion. If you have not yet reached out to Scott to be added to the participant list, please email him at smclark5354@comcast.net.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88991144629
For a link to our discussion guide, click here
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Celebrate Black Composers
Sunday, February 11, 2024
3:00pm, St. David's Sanctuary
Come celebrate Black Composers and Black History Month with Mill City String Quartet! We’re performing Jessie Montgomery’s “Voodoo Dolls,” Shelley Washington’s “Middleground,” and Daniel Bernard Roumain’s “King.” This is a fantastic concert brought to you by incredibly talented, living composers! Concerts are free with all donations going to the ministries of St. David's.
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January-February
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:
- January 30
- February 13
- February 26
Please contact Sue or Basil Owen to sign up. Sue’s cell is 612-716-1945. Basil’s cell is 612-716-0683 or email at bowen3@fastmail.com.
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Many thanks for responding to the recent request for warm hats, mittens and scarves as the severe cold descended upon us. Your wonderful response is already being appreciated by area youth, helping them keep warm. Thank you again for sharing all sizes of new and gently used mittens, hats, and scarves.
The majority of donated items go to schools and social service agencies, who distribute them to children and young people in need. A metro school that has been a Hats & Mittens recipient wrote: "We are deeply grateful for your generous gifts. The majority of our scholars come from households living below or near the poverty level and frequently struggle to provide the warm outwear harsh Minnesota winters demand."
We will continue to collect hats, mittens, and scarves for about one more month. Just drop off any items you would like to donate in the Hats & Mittens boxes, located at the two south entrances.
If you would prefer to make a donation to help Hats & Mittens purchase items at wholesale prices, online contributions can be made at www.hatsandmittens.org/donate.
Thank you for caring!
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Next ICA Sunday: February 4
The next ICA Sunday will be on February 4th. Just giving you an early heads up about the focus for that collection as well as some of ICA’s current needs, so you can start gathering a few items to bring on the 4th or bring over early if you will be out of town that Sunday.
The focus for the February collection will be: Keep It Clean. What ICA needs;
- Dish soap
- Laundry soap
- Shampoo
- Toothpaste
- Deodorant
The following items are currently running low at the Food Shelf:
- Ready-to-eat canned food
- Bush’s baked beans
- Juice
- Cereal
- Spices (such as salt, pepper, cinnamon, cumin)
- Wet and dry pet food
And, as always,anything you want to donate is always appreciated. Items can be dropped off in one of ICA baskets at the three church entrances. Thank you.
Bagging for Tips
ICA is hosting a Bagging For Tips fundraiser on Saturday, February 10 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm for Super Bowl Sunday shoppers at Cub Foods (Highway 7 & 101). ICA must purchase ⅓ of the food available at the Food Shelf. Currently, ICA is averaging about 1000 families/month receiving full food orders compared to 600 families in 2021.
If you are interested in participating in this fundraiser, go to the ICA website www.icafoodshelf.org, click on Events/Upcoming Events from the menu, then click on the ICA Super Bowl Saturday Bagging for Tips to get to the volunteer sign-up. Volunteers will sign up for a 2 hour period and must be at least 15 years old.
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Facilities Manager Position open at St. David's!
Part-time, flexible working hours, 15-20 hours per week.
Must be available to attend weekly staff meetings on Mondays.
Find a full job description HERE
If interested, send resume to: staffing@stdavidsparish.org
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