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July 2011
HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE?
PASTOR BRUCE ROBBINS
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U PCOMING E VENTS
JULY 3
Young Adults at Community Meals (p.4)
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Hennepin Church ministry candidate, Leslie Ball, shared this Annie Dillard quote at the Sunday at Five recovery service. I gulped. As I thought over my days, I pieced together what that indicated for my life. Running, running one day may be ok, even important; running all life means missing something important. My seminary theology professor, Tom Driver, wrote about himself: Whatever he did, he wanted to do and be done with, the better to do something else. Even while doing something he loved to do, he was looking ahead at the next thing. Running and running lives deep in our Protestant ethic. John Wesleys journals show how he planned and divided his day into five-minute increments the better to serve Gods will? Enough already. Some of you heard me speaking about the following from Psalm 16: my flesh lives in hope. With others, I started looking around at how people exhibited their flesh living in hope: dancing and singing, the joy of a fragrant flower, the touch of a lover, the soft fur of a pet. Others lived in the excitement of a connected and beloved community. David tells us in another Psalm that we live in the land of the living and there we shall see the goodness of God (27:13). I want to be more alive in each moment. Only then can I listen to you and hear fully what is on your heart. Only then can I fully live with the goodness God puts in front of me. Sometimes it takes patience like removing the fiftieth thistle from my garden. I can tend that garden inside and outside of me and have confidence for the hope of the flesh in the land of the living, especially amidst the beauty of this summer. Thats how I hope to spend my life these days. How about you? Lets keep each other in our prayers. Many blessings, Bruce
JULY 4
Building ClosedHoliday
JULY 6
Kjerringsleppets (p.2)
JULY 10
Sacred Journey SongFest (p.2) Church Cookout (p.2)
JULY 15
Handbell Hymn Festival (p.5)
JULY 17
Driveway Theater (p.3)
JULY 25
A Day in the Life (p.2)
JULY 28
Life Adventures Outing (p.4)
JULY 30
Health Conscious Weekend (p.6)
JULY 31
Ice Cream Social (p.2)
You can volunteer for one or for several dates. Summer is a great time to volunteer, especially if you have had some other obligations throughout the program year that take a break during the summer. Make a difference in a childs life and have some fun while youre at it! Sign-up on Sunday at the Childrens Ministry Table in Carlson Hall or email Dana Neuhauser at Dana@haumc.org.
KRISTIN ZINSMASTER, FAITH IN ACTION We often try to see the world through eyes other than our own. Now, you have the chance not only to see the world in this way but to live it. Jesus told us, Love your neighbors as yourselves. This mission is infinitely more possible when we understand the experiences of all those who make up our community. THE EVENT On July 25 from 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM, you are invited to participate in A Day in the Life. This day is a unique experience facilitated by St. Stephens Human Rights Department, whose mission is to end homelessness through programming and systems change. A Day in the Life will allow you very literally to walk in the shoes of our homeless neighbors for a day. Guided by individuals who have experienced this life firsthand, the Day includes visits to social service and other organizations to learn what each offers, and how vital their services are to so many in our community. The day also offers opportunities to reflect on the experience as well as consider other
ways to actively engage in the fight against homelessness. You may drop-in at a shelter; stand in line for a sandwich; visit a free clinic most importantly, you will hear powerful personal stories and confront extreme poverty and other social justice issues head-on. IMPORTANT DETAILS A Day in the Life is sponsored by the Hennepin Faith in Action Team. The Team is partially subsidizing the cost of attending the event, and is asking that participants each contribute $15.00. However, if you are interested in participating and need help off-setting the cost, full scholarships are available. Just as homelessness does not discriminate and affects those of all abilities and conditions, A Day in the Life is open to all. If you have limited mobility or other related concerns, please indicate that when you register and we will do our best to accommodate you. CONTACT For more information (or to register for this event by July 15) please contact Kristyn Ebert at Kristyn@haumc.org.
Summer is a great time to volunteer at Steeple People air conditioning, great coworkers, fabulous merchandise. Hours and tasks are super flexible. And its good for your moral well-being! Just call 612 871-8305 to arrange an orientation. Also, dont forget to bring donations to the Steeple People van before and July 10th at 9:00 AM, Sacred Journey between church services. Or feel free to stop by the store to donate and shop. We will hold its annual summer songfest. particularly need pots and pans as well as clean plastic shopping bags. Come join in the singing of old hymns, gospel tunes, show tunes, folk songs Upcoming reading includes: KJERRINGSLEPPETS and any manner of song as we lift our WOMENS BOOK GROUP voices in worship together. If you have July Eve by Elissa Elliott. Kjerringsleppets, a a particular song youd like to sing, August Beneath a Marble Sky by womens book group, please email Sally@haumc.org. John Shors. meets the first Wednesday of every month from 5:30 - 7:00 PM in the September One Amazing Thing by HOLIDAY CLOSING Longfellow Room. The group is open to Chitra Banergee Divakaruni. The Church Building women of all ages and welcomes new October The Gift of Rain by Tan will be closed Monday, people for one time or a long time. If Twan Eng. you have any questions, please contact July 4, in observance of the Sally Johnson at Sally@haumc.org Independence Day Holiday.
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JULY 3RD ~ NO ADULT NURTURE CLASSES THIS SUNDAY. DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY THROUGH WRITING
AUGUST 14 AND 21, 11:00 AM LED BY JOLENE ROEHLKEPARTAIN What opens your soul? How can you express your spiritual journey through writing? Answer these questions (and more) through the creative writing exercises of these classes. Led by Hennepin member and author of Doing Good Together and Nurturing Faith in Families . No experience is necessary. Go even deeper by attending both classes.
When a woman wants to garden, theres little that can stop her. Such was the case on Saturday, May 14 as a group of Hennepin United Methodist Women picked up their gardening trowels and a colorful (fragrant!) assortment of donated plants and headed over to Emma Norton Services. Yes, it was a cold, dark and rainy day but our hardy volunteers partnered with residents from Emma Norton to plant several containers with beautiful annuals, added perennials to the front gardens, and also installed a salsa garden. We broke for lunch when it started to thunder. We enjoyed getting our hands dirty in rich, glorious soil, enjoying fellowship with one another, and bringing added beauty to a place 40 women in need call home.
PARKING AS HOSPITALITY
At Hennepin, we like to reserve the east parking lot for first-time visitors, families with young children, and people who have limited mobility or need assistance. Instead of driving around the block looking for parking every week, we encourage all people to take advantage of the 600 spaces in the Walker Parking Ramp across the street. The ushers and front desk receptionists have vouchers for you to use with your parking ticket. Climate controlled, covered from weather, and just a short walk across Hennepin, the ramp will give you easy access to everything you need here at the church. Be hospitable and selfish at the same time: park in the ramp!
REACHING OUT Our Middle School Students will travel to South Dakota in July. They will do TO OUR HUNGRY NEIGHBORS
July 3rd: Make someones weekend by serving food at Community Meals. This is a weekend that is usually difficult to find volunteers. Please come and make a difference! Volunteers are asked to arrive at 4:00 PM and are IRON RANGE, NORTHERN MINNESOTA, JULY 30-AUGUST 7 usually done by 7:00 PM. An RSVP to Our Senior High Students will spend the first part of their trip camping at Leah (Leah@haumc.org) will be helpful McCarthy Beach State Park and working on service projects in the Hibbing area. for this event. Their experience will include historical information about mining communities and its impact both locally, statewide and nationally. Finally, for the last three days BUY LOCALLY of their trip, they will adventure into the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness On July 31st after worship well go through a program offered by Camp Ko-wa-kan, a United Methodist Camp near on a Farmers Market walk. Enjoy the Ely. Their three nights in the BWCAW will include portage, setting up camp and day, get to know some new people, learning some basic camp skills, as well as some relaxation in a glorious part of and get some delicious veggies or fresh Gods creation. flowers to take home with you! Well Also traveling with our students are seven faith-filled adults from Hennepin gather on the front steps (facing GroveChurch. These adults have dedicated a week to not only help the communities we will serve, but also to build relationships with our youth. Without these adults, land) at 11:00 AM.
work projects and help to lead a Kids Club program. As Kids-Club leaders, the students will lead high-energy games, crafts, skits, songs and interaction lessons all designed to help kids learn about Jesus. Whether the students are painting houses, cleaning up debris, volunteering in community gardens or other work projects in the community, the projects students work on will serve as a blessing to people in need.
PLAY OUTSIDE WITH ART Each trip cost per student is approximately $300. Students raise money for the August 18th: Come play in the outtrips and other youth activities throughout the year. Also, the Church Foundation provides substantial financial support to help with the cost of transportation, door Living Classroom at the Walker scholarships and supporting our adult volunteers. Art Museum. Gather at the church at Throughout the summer, please pray for the safety and spiritual growth of these 6:00 PM. Well walk over around 6:15 students and adult volunteers from Hennepin Church. Students who have gone on PM. Theres a DAmicos booth to buy past summer mission trips name it as transformative and life-changing. Having food at, or bring your own dinner. Artist the Hennepin Church Community in prayer for these trips adds a special level of Marc Barmuthi Joseph will be sharing his work exploring sustainability. encouragement and support.
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5:30 PM, JULY 15 HENNEPIN SANCTUARY In mid-July, the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers is having its national seminar in Minneapolis for 4 days. About 400 handbell leaders from across the country will be present for concerts, workshops, and classes. Hennepin is hosting one event, and its open to the public. Known as a leader in the field of music in worship, our own Bill Mathis has been asked to design and lead the hymn festival. Hennepin Chime, Hennepin Chamber Singers, and Bells of the Lakes will be joined by organ and piano to lead an hour of congregational singing and rousing music from the combined forces! Youre invited and encouraged to come participate and enjoy and bring someone who you think will enjoy it, too! Friday, July 15, 5:30 PM in the Hennepin sanctuary.
Conference and professor of youth, church and culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, spoke about reaching out to young people. We honored retirees and celebrated ordination and commissioning. We recognized churches and individuals for their accomplishments and we learned about properties from discontinued churches that are now owned by the conference and overseen by the conference trustees. Approximately $68,000 was received for the Love Offering. This amount will continue to grow as Love Offerings are remitted to the conference office. We heard a presentation from Leia Williams, our Minnesota Field coordinator for Imagine NO Malaria, about Minnesota Conferences goal to raise its $1.8 million portion of the $75 million the UMC has committed to raise. Hennepin Will be involved in this effort. We had wonderful worship that included original art and an original song performed by our won house band. Sally Johnson was one of the worship leaders. Resource CDs with more information and many helpful resources were distributed at the end of annual conference session. The resource disc contents are also available on the conference website www.minnesotaumc.org. Click on Conference Sessions and then on Post Conference Resources. Page Five
CYNTHIA ASHLEY, PARISH NURSE Are you restless or resting during these summer days? Do you have a balance of rest and activity in your day to day living? What type of environment invites you to rest and/or meditate? Mary Jo Kreitzer wrote a wonderful article on Meditation. She describes meditation as a self-directed practice for relaxing the body and claiming the mind. How about nourishing the soul, also? There are a variety of forms and practices of medication that has been used by ancient cultures for over 5000 years. In the Western world and JudeoChristian tradition, monks and hermits went to the desert to meditate and still live that monastic lifestyle of silence, prayer and meditation throughout pocket areas across the globe. Christian contemplation, centering prayer, and praying of the rosary are forms of sedentary meditation. Prayer has been recognized as a form of Alternative therapy by the NIH/NCCAM since 1998. There is an increased interest in Moving Meditations such as Chinese Marital arts: Tai Chi, Qigong, Japanese Aikido and walking meditation of Zen
The Science & Theology Network and Hennepin Church co-sponsor a monthly Science and Religion Roundtable that explores a wide variety of topics. If youre interested in how science and religion can be partners in the quest for SOWING SEEDS truth, this book club may be just for you. JACK FISTLER, LEGACY GIVING Our gatherings on the 4th Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM are marked with Our summer devotional opens with the Spanish proverb In the garden, great questions, lively discussions, more grows than the gardener sows. The adage illustrates the benefit occasional debates, and frequent laughter. of legacy gifts that provide for future generations. Recent estate gifts from long-time All of the meetings are free, and newHennepin members Jessie Richardson and Dr. John Coe, to the Foundation and comers are always welcome to join us! Foundation/Trustees respectively, will enrich the Hennepin experience for others. Through unrestricted gifts, Jessie and John have expressed their faith and devotion July 28: Fingerprints of God: What Science Is Learning About the Brain and to our Hennepin Church community, now and for years to come. A special note: Dr. Coes gift to the Hennepin Foundation is just $5,000 shy of Spiritual Experience by Barbara Bradley the $25,000 level needed to name and endow a fund. I invite those who knew Dr. Hagerty. Is spiritual experience real? Or Coe to honor his generosity to Hennepin and help endow an unrestricted fund in is it a delusion? When we pray, what his name. Make your gift payable to Hennepin Foundation and indicate Dr. Coe happens? Can science explain God? Fund. August 25: The Beginning of All Things: To grow more for the future through a Legacy Science and Religion by Hans Kng. Gift, contact Jack Fistler, Director of Legacy Arguing that religion and science are not Giving, 612.435.1321 or Jack@haumc.org mutually exclusive but complementary, to discuss your gift planning. And for Kng focuses on beginnings as he seeks to seeks to reconcile theology with the those 70 or older, remember that a latest scientific insights. direct tax-free gift from your IRA may be done through the end of 2011.
Buddhism. These techniques vary considerably, yet the outcomes are similar in that we receive a relaxation response and/or calming effect. This is what I call the Healing Environment. What does your most desirable environment look, sound, taste, smell like? Can you find that space and receive relaxation and or calmness routinely? Mindfulness Meditation is sometimes called meditation in action. It involves having a be here now approach that allows life to unfold without the limitations of prejudgment. These exercises are carried out throughout normal daily activities. It requires being open to an awareness of the moment as it is and to what the moment can hold. This produces a relaxed state of attentiveness to both the inner world of thoughts and to the outer world of actions and perceptions. I pray that you find a meditative technique and space this summer where you can find peace, calm and relaxation. Enjoy journeying through the Art Gallery from 10:30 12 noon on the last Sunday of July and August to discover Natural Healing Practices we can embrace and receive to enhance our own well being.
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SELECTED EVENTS
FRIDAY, JULY 1 Mens Bible Fellowship 7:00 AM Alanon 10:00 AM SUNDAY, JULY 3 All Church Worship at 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM, 5:00 PM Seeds of Celebration 10:30 AM Bible Study: Book of John 11:00 AM Community Meals 4:45 PM (Volunteers are still needed!) MONDAY, JULY 4
SUNDAY, JULY 17 Regular Sunday worship at 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM, 5:00 PM Seeds of Celebration 10:30 AM Bible Study: Book of John 11:00 AM New Member Class 11:00 AM Open Eye Theater 6:00 PM MONDAY, JULY 18 UM Women Leadership 6:30 PM TUESDAY, JULY 19 Foundation Board 6:00 PM Dignity Center Steering 6:30 PM Global Outreach 6:30 PM Finance Committee 7:00 PM THURSDAY, JULY 21 August !nSpire Deadline 10:00 AM Labyrinth 3:00 PM Staff Parish Relations 6:00 PM Shared Ministries 6:00 PM FRIDAY, JULY 22 Mens Bible Fellowship 7:00 AM Alanon 10:00 AM SUNDAY, JULY 24 Regular Sunday worship at 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM, 5:00 PM Seeds of Celebration 10:30 AM Bible Study: Book of John 11:00 AM MONDAY, JULY 25 Hospitality Committee 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 Senior Council 10:00 AM Development Exec. Committee 6:00 PM Trustees 7:00 PM THURSDAY, JULY 27 Life Adventures Summer Outing 1:15 PM Labyrinth 3:00 PM Science & Faith Roundtable 6:30 PM FRIDAY, JULY 29 Mens Bible Fellowship 7:00 AM Alanon 10:00 AM Guyla Smith Memorial 11:00 AM SUNDAY, JULY 31 Regular Sunday worship at 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM, 5:00 PM Seeds of Celebration 10:30 AM Ice Cream Social 10:30 AM Natural Healing Practices 10:30 AM Bible Study: Book of John 11:00 AM Community Meals 4:45 PM
HOLIDAY CLOSING
The Church Building will be closed Monday, July 4, in observance of the Independence Day Holiday.
MEMBER INFORMATION
Our prayers are with the family and friends of these members and all those who are marking significant life changes. DEATHS: Florence Bennett, died May 18 Inez Sauby, died May 29 Thomas Morshare, died June 7 Art Vanselow, died June 8
SUMMER CHOIR
During the summer months our music leadership for the 9:30 service comes from an ad hoc group called Summer Choir. Everyone from 7th grade through adults is welcome. This doesnt oblige you to any ongoing commitment; just come any Sunday mornings youd like to participate. We meet at 8:45 in the Choir Room and prepare music for that morning. For more information, call Bill Mathis at 612-435-1319.
COMMUNITY MEALS
We need you on Sunday July 3rd! Although Community Meals falls on a holiday weekend, hunger knows no vacation. Were WAY short on our volunteers. Bring your family, friends, or neighbors! We will need about 55 volunteers to serve our grateful CALENDAR INFORMATION neighbors a meal, provide giveaways, Please send all calendar corrections and run the kitchen. Email Nancy and room requests to Jodi Gustafson at at nancybourland@edinarealty.com if youre able to help out. Jodi@haumc.org or 612-435-1325. Page Seven
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