Are the teen years the best years of our lives? At EMC, we’re not so sure about that. That’s why we’re hosting Equipping Teens for Life: A Health & Wellness Conference for Young People and Parents—a day full of compassion, connections and enlightenment on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Headlining the event is Peggy Orenstein, New York Times best-selling author and Twin Cities native, who…
Morningside After Dark kicked off a space-themed program—and its fifth season with EMC—with a packed house in the church basement on Jan. 30. Fittingly, the first featured storyteller was Dr. Duchess Harris, author of Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA — a book that helps tell the story shared in the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. Other performers exploring the theme included Humans…
After several years of discussion, planning and research by a core group of members, EMC’s congregation approved the initiation of an $800,000 capital campaign, 40 to 8, on Jan. 29. The funds will be used to create a more welcoming new entryway and narthex, to repair the organ, and to pay down debt on building repairs. Special thanks…
As part of worship yesterday, EMC commissioned member Frank Bennett, MDiv., to serve as a community minister in covenant with us, the UCC Minnesota Conference, and the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota. As a minister, facilitator, teacher and chaplain, Frank provides support, education and care for the unique emotional, mental, and…
After watching a video of eighth-grade graduates from Daylight School talk about their career aspirations—to become pilots, doctors and lawyers—EMC kids worked together to create a greeting for the students at this Kenyan center. EMC is proud to support this growing residential school.
EMC members and friends enjoyed a Women’s Social Evening on Friday, Jan. 20. Chatting, noshing and making a fleece blanket for the Frauensohuh Cancer Center were all on the agenda.
There’s much more to a spinning top than what meets the eye. That was just one of the lessons that attendees of all ages learned during our latest Morningside U class: The Science of Spinning Things. Under the direction of Marcia Houtz of Hamline University, participants explored tippe tops and rattlebacks—which reverse direction—and even human tops. The only downside to the…
EMC was blessed to welcome singer/songwriter Sheila Raye Charles to worship on Sunday. The daughter of Ray Charles shared a bit of her story and her music with our community. Plus, our chancel choir members were thrilled to sing along with Charles.
The bountiful gardens of Charlie and Barb Green, longtime EMC members, are featured in Northern Gardener this month. Over the years, these avid gardeners have transformed their weedy, overgrown yard into colorful and imaginative spaces, featuring 50 iris varieties, 70 hosta varieties, a British knot garden, a labyrinth, whimsical garden art, and much more. For beautiful photos…
EMC teens and a few adults spent a meaningful Sunday afternoon volunteering for the Women’s Prison Book Project at Boneshaker Books in Minneapolis. They read thoughtful, appreciative letters from approximately 75 prisoners, located requested books—everything from novels to dictionaries, self-help books to religious volumes—and then packaged the books for shipping to prisons all over the United States. “Remember those who are…