Kick-Off Sunday 2024 is Sept. 8. We'll gather for worship at our summer schedule times of 8:15 and 10 a.m. Then at 11 a.m. will gather for food and fellowship on the front lawn (weather-permitting). Enjoy a potluck meal (and bring your best dish!), check out a new variety of...
Trunk or Treat is Sunday, October 30 from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Gloria Dei will be hosting its first Trunk or Treat event in over two years this Sunday, Oct. 30 from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. There will be over 25 decorated trunks handing out candy, books and toys to trick or treaters! A St. Paul firetruck will be stopping by along...
Stay in Community
But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into the one who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in...
Register Now For Fall Children’s and Youth Programming
Click here for information on Children's Ministry Click here to register for Children's Ministry (Birth-6th grade) Click here for information on Youth Ministry Click here to register for Confirmation Ministry (7-10th grade)
Meet Kyrstin Schwartz, New Director of Children and Family Faith Formation
Kyrstin will begin her ministry with us on Dec. 3. Read her previous introduction. We asked her some questions about life and ministry: 1) What kinds of things were you involved in at church as a kid and teen? I loved volunteering in the nursery, teaching VBS and Sunday School,...
Gloria Dei introduces new Director of Children and Family Faith Formation
Kyrstin Schwartz joins Gloria Dei as Director of Children and Family Faith Formation. We're excited to announce that Kyrstin Schwartz will be joining our staff as the full-time Director of Children and Family Faith Formation. She brings many years of experience in youth and children's ministry in the Lutheran Church....
New Staff Member Spotlight, Elizabeth Trites
Meet Elizabeth Trites, our interim co-director of Schola Cantorum! When did you join GDLC? I started coming to Gloria Dei in September 2017. Tell us a little about your “day job” I teach Kindergarten - 8th grade students general music (singing, percussion, recorder, Orff instruments, etc.) at Woodbury Leadership Academy....
Director of Faith Formation for Children and Families
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in St. Paul is seeking a full-time Director of Faith Formation for Children and Families. We are a congregation that, by God’s grace, are called to be a caring, healing and welcoming community who proclaim and celebrate the love of Jesus Christ, live as God’s servants...
Working with Children, Youth and Vulnerable Adults at Gloria Dei
Gloria Dei takes seriously our work with vulnerable adults, youth and children. All volunteers who serve through our ministries are required to complete a background check and take an online training, as described in our Ministry Volunteer Handbook and church policies. (Please note: the Handbook is currently being revised to...
Hard Work and Wonder in Alaska
By Hanna Saveraid During our Alaska mission trip, I was part of Construction Crew Two. We worked at a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) site where two missionary families lived, and were able to meet one of them, a husband and wife from New Zealand with two daughters, Emily...