Roughly 40 EMC members turned out to play games (from Catch Phrase and Telestrations to Tenzi and Man Bites Dog) and enjoy desserts (from rhubarb crisp and blueberry tart to banoffee pie and Twinkie bars) last Saturday night. Attendees of this second-annual event tasted and rated the desserts in three categories: best all-around, best presentation…
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Congratulations to our own Morningside Theatre Company and its stellar high-school cast, who brought joy and heart, humor and thoughtfulness to their performances of Godspell this weekend. They included: Lily Randall (Jesus), Mabel Lawler (Judas/John the Baptist), Anthony Fantin, Anna Devine, Brady Evans, B. Polomis, May Heineke, Maria Holtmeier, Mia Miller, Neil Walsh, and Zoe…
Our congregation is well on its way to meeting our goal of raising $800,000 for A More Divine Design—EMC’s capital campaign to improve our 95-year-old church and to continue to share the joy and welcome of Christ’s love for generations to come. If you’re a member or friend of EMC and haven’t yet made your pledge, there’s…
Mark your calendar for our third-annual Earthwork Breakfast: Saturday, April 22, 8:30–11 a.m. This Earth Day, an intergenerational celebration of earth stewardship meets Morningside U! We’ll meet at 8:30 a.m. for omelets—flipped to order by Neil and Greta Kulevksy. At 9 a.m., member Robert Schumacher will discuss bee farming; and he is bringing his bee suit plus honey…
Singing Godspell’s “Prepare Ye,” our Palm Sunday parade proceeded into the church for a theatrical and inventive worship service. Wishing all a blessed week as we prepare for Easter! Hope to see you at one of our Easter services: Sunday, April 16, 7:30 a.m. in Browndale Park and 10 a.m. at church.
After jokingly getting Pastor Oby Ballinger’s permission to discuss sex in the sanctuary, best-selling author Peggy Orenstein shared insights about “intimate justice” with an audience of roughly 100 parents, teens, staff members and volunteers at Edina Morningside Community Church. Her speech—highlighting findings from her latest book, Girls and Sex—was the keynote address of Equipping Teens for Life,…
We invite you to attend our 2017 Lenten Speaker Series. Each Monday night throughout the month of March, we will feature a nonprofit leader who will share how his or her organization is bettering our community. Plus, each evening will begin with a delicious homemade supper. What better way could there be to kick off each week? Join us, 6–7:30 p.m. March 6,…
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.