It’s like a word problem from an elementary math class: “If a goat costs $100 and you raise $868, how many goats can you buy?” That was the surprising outcome when the EMC congregation exceeded their goal for Kenya’s Daylight School, a partner of our congregation. When school director Michael Kimpur was asked if the school…
Earth Day is just around the corner, and EMC is getting ready! Please join us for our second-annual Earthwork Breakfast on Saturday, April 23, 8:30–10 am. Enjoy an omelet, create a bag out of a t-shirt (shown), find out about pollinator-friendly plants, learn how to make your own seed paper, help clean up Browndale Park,…
Mark your calendar for a UCC choir festival conducted by EMC’s own Alex Heetland. Our Chancel Choir—along with choirs from Parkway, Union and Mizpah—will unite to present Ralph Vaughan Williams’ 5 Mystical Songs on Sunday, April 17, at 4 p.m. Mizpah hosts; freewill offerings will sponsor mission work in East Timor. Don’t miss it!
On a beautiful Easter Monday, ten adults and youth from EMC served turkey, potatoes, and gravy; made craft-form pictures; tossed a football in the sunshine; and distributed Easter candy and coloring books to six families at Parkway UCC in North Minneapolis, which participates in the Beacon Interfaith housing program for homeless families.
EMC attendees were treated to a wide variety of baked goods during the Women’s Fellowship bake sale on Sunday. It’s no surprise that some buyers balanced two boxes of treats plus more as they made their way to checkout.
Everyone—members, friends and newcomers—may join us for any and all services this week: Maundy Thursday, 7 pm: We’ll begin with the Lord’s Supper and move into a Tenebrae service. Through scripture readings, hymns, silence, choral and instrumental music, and the darkening of the sanctuary, we remember Jesus’ betrayal, arrest, trial and death. EMC practices open communion, and we welcome…
EMC’s Lenten Series “Souper Wednesdays” continues this week with Emily Hipps, Development & Communications Coordinator, International Institute of Minnesota (IIM). Come hear an overview of refugees, how one becomes a refugee, the U.S. refugee process and the help refugees receive once they arrive. IIM delivers services and resources to assist new Americans as they transition to a new…
Eight youth and five adults from Edina Morningside made it to the inner sanctum at Second Harvest Heartland, where we helped pack over 900 pounds of cornflakes. (Cornflakes are light. That’s a lot of cornflakes.) We dolled up in aprons, hairnets, and gloves and got up to our elbows in totes of flakes, weighing them…
Writing and reading poetry is a rapidly spreading health practice—reading poetry is even “prescribed” by some physicians. Consider then attending “The Power of Writing about Illness,” a free workshop led by Karin B. Miller, editor of two national anthologies, The Cancer Poetry Project, on Saturday, March 19, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Participants will consider a wide…
EMC’s Lenten Series “Souper Wednesdays” continues this week with Zafar Siddiqui, Director of Interfaith and Civic Relations, Islamic Resource Group, and board chair, Al Amal School. The discussion will be based on Tracks in the Snow—The Minnesota Muslim Experience Since 1880, created by the Islamic Resource Group with support from the Minnesota Historical Society. Join us this Wednesday, March…