Archives for December 7, 2021

Join us today at 11 a.m. for a service of Word and Song, and welcome our guest preacher, Meta Herrick Carlson. Music will be led by Mary Preus and Tom Witt.

Meta Herrick Carlson is pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in the Twin Cities and cohost of the Alter Guild podcast. She is passionate about building connections and courage, and her writing has been influenced by her work with recovery communities and survivors of sexual violence.

Who: You are invited to join us if you are serving in, interested or even curious about or serving in a small town and rural ministry context.

Where: We will gather on Zoom together. Feel free to bring your lunch to our online conversation. The Zoom link will be included in the community announcements email.

When: We will meet 11.30 a.m.-12.20 p.m. Central December 9. We will record this gathering for those who can not attend.

What: We will…
+ Share some storytelling in small groups
+ Report on survey responses from last month.
+ Learn about a dimension of rural ministry. This month we will talk about resiliency.
Dwaine Sutherland brings insights from his service in rural multi-points in Wisconsin and from his military background’s resiliency training.

Future Plans – We hope to have a hybrid Lunch and Learn Rural Ministry gathering at 11:45 a.m. January 20. Normally we meet on the second Thursday. This month, I have a conflict on that day so we will move back a week.

St. Cloud VA Hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota, is announcing its FY22 Summer CPE Program. Dates are May 31-August 12. Seminar times will be virtual 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. every Monday. Participants will be assigned to wards for ministry with veterans Tuesday-Friday using proper COVID-19 protective ware. For additional details, please contact Rev. Daniel Duggan at Daniel.Duggan@va.gov.

Join us for Ministry Matters at 7 p.m. Central December 7!

Ministry Matters Session 3 focuses on the Bible and the LGBTQIA+ community. David Scherer will moderate a discussion with Ashlei Cramer and Aubrey Thonvold of Reconciling Works about how issues within the Bible affect LGBTQIA+ people and the community.

The Zoom link will be included in the community announcements email.

Ministry Matters is a student led six-month series for Christian public leaders to learn about the LGBTQIA+ community, its unique spiritual past, and the amazing opportunities ministry holds for the community. Each session is 90 minutes and will focus on a key topic/issue.