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Meeting Recap
Recap of May 8, 2022, Congregational Meeting Click here to read the recap.
LED Screens
LED screens are up. Your hymnal and bulletin are safe. God’s gonna meet us in new ways. Greetings from your Assistant Director of Worship Production. What a wild ride we’ve been on these last two years! Before the pandemic found us in Minnesota, Gloria Dei’s video ministry comprised of about...
Rise, O Church Project
Rise, O Church Project Status Report - April 2022 Over 150 people took a preview tour of the Sanctuary on April 23-24, and we look forward to worship with many more in our renewed Sanctuary beginning June 5, Pentecost Sunday. As we shared earlier, the pipe organ installation begins in...
Equipping Families to Talk about Racial Justice
Gloria Dei's Racial Justice Committee periodically shares message about its work and opportunities for the Gloria Dei community to participate in work on racial justice. This message is from Mark Becker, a Racial Justice Committee member. One of the Racial Justice Committee’s favorite projects this year is distributing children’s books...
Room 99 Project Update – February 2022
Long-time Minnesotans have their own brand of faith in resurrection. We cling to the hope that, despite all the snow on the ground and the overnight lows, spring is around the corner. That hope is proving indispensable as we await the start of renovations to Room 99. This past month,...
A Note from Council President Cathy Sedacca
Gloria Dei Church Council President Animal lover and selfie-taker February 2022 At the February Council meeting, we reviewed the Treasurer’s Report. Giving is off to a good start at this early point in the year. We approved participation in the Saint Paul Area Synod’s “Planting Hope” campaign. Gloria Dei’s goal...
Annual Meeting Recap and Rise, O Church Update
Read a recap of items discussed during our 2022 Annual Meeting held on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, including an update on our Rise, O Church construction project.
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Caring for Creation: The Web of Life
When Earth was created, God entrusted us as its stewards and calls us to care for it and each other in all our actions. When we make environmentally-wise choices we are celebrating and respecting creation, giving thanks for Earth’s abundant resources, and being good stewards with what we’re given. Genesis...