The 2022-23 Gloria Dei program year will finish with a flourish on Sunday, May 21. Shobi's Table, the St. Paul Synod's food truck mission, will be onsite providing tasty baked good treats after both services. Deacon Kari Olsen, mission director for Shobi's Table, will be our guest preacher that day....
Life in Human Bodies in the Body of Christ: Sexual Ethics in the Church
Wednesdays, June 7, 14, 21, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Gloria Dei Fellowship Hall Over the first three Wednesdays of June, we will gather to discuss and consider the evolving nature of sexual ethics in the church. How does the church make decisions of when and how to affirm loving relationships...
Connections between mental health and housing
Housing is more than just protection from the outdoor elements. Safe and stable housing is a basic need, and it can be difficult or impossible to care for your mental health if that need is not met. Stable Housing Stable (or secure) housing means that you aren’t living in uncertainty...
What Constitutes Different Mental Health Conditions?
About half of Americans will meet the criteria for a diagnosable mental health condition sometime in their life, with symptoms starting by age 24 for most people. The average delay between symptom onset and treatment is 11 years, meaning many people spend months or years facing mental health challenges before...
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative
Beacon specializes in this kind of housing because it is a proven solution to prevent cycles of homelessness and help people from falling back into homelessness. By providing a stable and long-term housing solution combined with supportive services tailored to the individual's needs, permanent supportive housing addresses the root causes...
The Pastoral Call Process Begins
The Congregational Council is initiating the call process for our associate pastor. A first step is identifying candidates for the Call Committee. The Gloria Dei Constitution and By-laws provides for a Call Committee consisting of seven voting members, appointed by the Council. The term of the Committee will begin in...
Skills to Help Deal with Anxiety
Last Sunday’s forum featured Fidgety Fairy Tales Theater Troupe’s performance about anxiety and mental health. Below are additional skills that the Mental Health Ministry would like to share that may help in dealing with anxiety: To help decrease our anxiety, help us make better decisions, and process information more rationally,...
March Congregational Council Update
By Scott Karli, President, Congregational Council These past months have been a whirlwind. Highs and lows. On January 29 we celebrated and dedicated the renewed sanctuary, the culmination of Rise, O Church. The following week we were informed of the resignation of Pastor Javen. We have learned, processed and grieved...
Holy Week at Gloria Dei 2023
Here is the schedule of services for Holy Week at Gloria Dei for 2023. Maundy Thursday, April 6: Announcement of Forgiveness, and Stripping of the Altar, noon and 7 p.m. (livestreamed); Children’s Experience 5 p.m. Good Friday, April: 7: Prayers for the Well-Being of Young People outside the Jimmy Lee Recreation Center, noon;...
March is Problem Gambling Month
For many, the culmination of the NCAA basketball season is a fun, exciting time. For others, March Madness is another opportunity to engage in an activity that has gone from recreational to addictive. March is Problem Gambling Month, a chance to look at personal gambling habits or those of a...