We need more hand towels but we have plenty of toothbrushes. We are collecting these to go into Health Kits which are being put together at White Bear UMC on March 6. These kits are used by the United Methodist Committee on Relief in times of disaster. Gifts from several dentists and dental suppliers have [...]
It’s Time to Order Easter Flowers and / or Contribute to the Food Shelf Spring plants will be used to decorate our Sanctuary during the Easter Season. Use this form to order flowers and / or to make a contribution to the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf. Please place this form in the offering plate [...]
Church Council meeting scheduled for tonight, Wed., Feb. 24 has been canceled. I will send news for March tomorrow. I often think about a phrase I heard once:”practicing the presence of God.” Following is an article that gives some meaning to that phrase. Practice, Practice, Practice! By Fred Plumer I was probably about thirteen when [...]
Emma Norton Services, a United Methodist mission that provides transitional and permanent housing with support services to homeless women and their children in the Twin Cities, invites you to attend a benefit performance of Painting Churches by Tina Howe on Sunday, March 14, 2010, at the Park Square Theatre: 20 W. 7th Place, St. Paul, [...]
A TOUR OF A SMALL COFFEE PLANTATION By Rod Hanson During our recent trip to Costa Rica with United Methodist Volunteers in Mission we had the opportunity to tour a small coffee plantation. This was very interesting because it gave us a chance to see how our Equal Exchange coffee is grown. The coffee [...]
Laura Carlson’s dentist( Maplewood Dental Associates) is donating a couple hundred tooth brushes and will order more for us from their dental supplier. This way they are 50 cents each. So I will have my hand out for money on Sunday to pay for toothbrushes. Our goal is 1000. No one reports great deals on hand towels. I still [...]
United Methodist Women will NOT meet in Feb. Please put Sat., April 17th on your calendar for the annual noon Salad Luncheon. Program by Nora Murphy, St. Paul author of “Knitting the Threads of Time”.
Today is Ash Wednesday. It is the beginning of Lent. The days are lengthening. I think of it this way. Advent invites us to go to Bethlehem and understand how the divine is born and takes shape in us. Lent bids us journey to Jerusalem, a place of political, religious and spiritual power. So we [...]
Reminder – Gethsemane UMC 7330 Lake Dr., Lino Lakes is holding a soup meal this Sun. at 11:45, free will offering. See bulletin board in Fellowship Hall for details. Anyone interested in going, (LIFE group, etc.) meet after church to carpool.
Sunday we celebrate the completion of 11 years and the beginning of year 12 as a Reconciling Congregation. The Reconciling Committee has planned worship. I will reflect on the journey with a few thoughts about the future. At 9 a.m. Bob Kohl will lead a time for adults to discuss what it means to be Reconciling [...]
