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…
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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!
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…
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…
EMC’s Lenten Series “Souper Wednesdays” continues this week with Michael Ohama, Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative, and Mark Swiggum, Edina Community Lutheran Church Lay Leader. Learn about the invisible scope of homelessness in the suburbs and about ways congregations are making a difference in addressing this issue. Join us this Wednesday, March 2, for dinner and a great topical…
Today’s choir’s anthem, “All We Like Sheep,” sounded even more lovely, thanks to gorgeous new stoles created by costume designer and member Jane Williams. She created the stoles using upcycled white fabric and a multicolored print already featured in the church’s chancel. In addition, she took measurements of each choir member, customizing each stole to the singer. Prior to…
Are you a journalism undergrad? An aspiring blogger? A family historian? Let Morningside U help hone your interviewing techniques with “Getting a Good Interview”—a free workshop taught by Star Tribune editor Jeff Strickler this Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 a.m. to noon. It’s not too late to register! Email your interest with the class title, “Getting…