Wednesday Nights in Lent Each Wednesday night during Lenten Evening Prayer, a different leader will explore a spiritual practice that helps connect us to the deeper, nourishing water of God's love and forgiveness. These 30-minute services include songs, confession, a reading, prayer candles, and quiet time.Dinner, 5:45 p.m.Evening Prayer, 6:30 p.m.At...
Gloria Dei Annual Meeting/Potluck is Feb. 9
Gloria Dei's annual meeting is Sunday, Feb. 9, 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. We will celebrate the mission and ministries of our congregation, adopt our annual budget, consider our priorities and share the dreams for God’s work at Gloria Dei in 2025. All confirmed members and prospective members are invited...
Symbols of Advent
Blue – Lutherans began using blue, instead of purple and pink, in 1978 to note that Advent is different than Lent, which uses purple. There are, indeed, themes of quiet waiting, repentance, and a fasting from the full expression of Christmas. However, there is a joy, expectation and hope that...
Advent Practices for Home, Inspired by the Sunday Advent Liturgy
Silence as an Advent Practice: Find some time every day to sit in silence. Let God hold your life and the world. Put it all down for a time. Begin with this prayer: Stir up your Spirit, O Christ, and come. If you’re new with silence, give it a chance....
Background on the Advent Liturgy at Gloria Dei
We gather with a time of silence. With so much noise in our world, with so many words that are false, or designed to divide, or crafted to manipulate us, silence is counter-cultural, healing, and prophetic. The liturgy will begin with an invitation to put down the words that hurt...
What will you get for the 2024 Giving Tree?
During the first couple weeks of Advent, you have the chance to make Christmas merrier for people less fortunate in our community. Gloria Dei's custom of having a Giving Tree is back and there are nearly 500 individual gifts and gift cards to be purchased this year. Click here to...
Soul Food Selects Title for a New Year of Reading
2024-2025 Book Choices Soul Food is Gloria Dei's Wednesday morning book discussion group, which meets weekly to discuss a few chapters of a book at a time from a spiritual perspective. We've brainstormed a list of 24 titles to consider reading during the next program year at Soul Food. We'd...
Sign up for the Giving Garden
Giving Garden 2024Thank you for your support and interest in helping with Gloria Dei's 2024 Giving Garden Ministry. Click here to to learn more and sign up to help.
Fridays at Noon in June Organ Recitals are Back
Back by popular demand, next month will feature the Friday at Noon in June OrganRecitals. These 30-minute organ recitals will feature our beautiful Letourneau pipe organ and will be followed by fellowship over cookies and lemonade in the Gathering Place. Come and enjoy some beautiful music and hear a variety of talented...
Join Us for a Cruise on the Mississippi on July 12
Enjoy a fun summer boat ride on the Mississippi River to renew friendships and build new ones in our Gloria Dei community. We will cruise the on the Betsey Northrup Riverboat on Friday, July 12, from 7-9 p.m. Boarding starts at 6:30 p.m. on Harriet Island near downtown St. Paul....