Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church Semi-annual Meeting Sept 28, 2008

Introduction

How do we share Christ’s love in this day and age?

We share Christ’s love by looking outside of this building and looking outside of ourselves, outside of what is comfortable for us.

Bulletins on Sunday Morning

Sharing Christ’s Love: meal, Bible study, and fellowship every Wednesday night.

Sharing Christ’s Love: Service Events Feed My Starving Children Meals for the Homeless Food Pantry Cookies for homebound members

Feed My Starving Children

Meals for the Homeless

Food Pantry

Cookies for homebound members

Building Relationships: Bible studies, youth garden, Bible Camp

Sunday School

Reaching out: A Teaching Congregation Seminary Contextual Education Parish Nursing Practicum Luther Seminary Intern

Seminary Contextual Education

Parish Nursing Practicum

Luther Seminary Intern

Providing Space for Others and Going Outside the Building Nigerian Church of Holy Cherubim & Seraphim Support Groups Kinship National Night Out & Health Fair Longfellow Corn Feed

Nigerian Church of Holy Cherubim & Seraphim

Support Groups

Kinship

National Night Out & Health Fair

Longfellow Corn Feed

How do we share Christ’s love in this time and place? We share it by becoming skilled at building new relationships and nurturing the established connections.

We share it by becoming skilled at building new relationships and nurturing the established connections.

Nurturing Connections: Choir

Nurturing Connections: Women’s Circles & Women’s Retreat

Nurturing Connections: Lutefisk Dinner Lumberjack Dinner Women’s bazaar Other Events

Lutefisk Dinner

Lumberjack Dinner

Women’s bazaar

Other Events

Worship

Circles of Faith Intergenerational groups Nurture relationships Reach out How might this look?

Intergenerational groups

Nurture relationships

Reach out

How might this look?

Build New Relationships Be creative in reaching out to the community Non-profit space Book clubs Meeting space Tutoring What else can we imagine? Community Meal

Be creative in reaching out to the community

Non-profit space

Book clubs

Meeting space

Tutoring

What else can we imagine?

Community Meal

What does sharing Christ’s love through relationship spark in YOU?

What does sharing Christ’s love through relationship spark in YOU?

We now invite you: How will we look outside these walls to build relationships with Christ and each other?

How will we look outside these walls to build relationships with Christ and each other?