A reflection from Mark Becker, who co-leads the Gloria Dei Racial Justice Committee, about his experience at the Dakota Mendota Mdewakaton Wacipi (Pow Wow) the weekend of Sept. 10-12, 2021. Gloria Dei was invited to join with Cherokee Park United Church to help support the 2021 Dakota Mendota Mdewakaton Wacipi...
Caring for Creation: Appreciating Nature
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the...
Caring for Creation: Advocate for Environmentally Friendly Legislation
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never failing stream. ~ Amos 5:24 Justice and only justice you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the lord your God is giving you. ~ Deuteronomy 16:20 Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the...
Caring 4 Creation: Reuse and Repair
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will. ~ Romans 12:2 When Earth was created, God entrusted us as its stewards...
Creation Care
God first created Earth, and then created humankind. And the first task to humankind was to see that God’s creation was good and to care for it - to till and keep the Garden of Eden, and to care for the plants and animals on all the land and sea....
Support for our Community
Ways to Find Assistance Saint Paul Meal Distribution for Families in Need The City of Saint Paul has partnered with Youthprise, Arts-Us and the Sanneh Foundation to provide free meal service to Saint Paul families in need. Families with minor children in the home will be eligible to pick up one meal bag per child per week....
Caring and Healing in Palestine: The Urgent Need at the Lutheran Hospital in East Jerusalem.
By Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling The year after I graduated from seminary, I went to the Holy Land. The Old Testament professor and archeologist who led the trip used Palestinian travel services and hotels to support our trip. It opened my eyes to some of the deepest challenges that Palestinian...
Giving Garden Update
“Plant seeds, Pull Weeds, Harvest Hope.” ~ Anonymous Three little square raised garden beds are accomplishing a lot for the ministry of Jesus this summer! Approximately 15 volunteers are covering twenty weeks of gardening responsibilities: daily watering, weeding and harvesting on Sundays. Volunteers report that they are taking over 8...