Have you ever wanted to learn more from a birth doula, or tour a funeral home (without the grief that normally brings one there)? Join our Life in a Day experience alongside the confirmation families next Saturday, November 6th! See the details for the day below and RSVP to faithformation@emcucc.org. Middle school youth and older…
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Our mission partner VEAP–a food-shelf-and-more located in Bloomington–recently sent out a thank you for the incredible support of community organizations like ours. Edina Morningside Church has volunteers who still serve each week at VEAP despite the pandemic, we grow produce (and receive donations from the neighborhood!) all summer, we participate in back-to-school campaigns, and last year…
Join us for Make a Joyful Noise: A Christmas Pageant in Story & Song this Sunday, December 17. This season’s much-needed message of love will be performed in five stories and five pieces of music. Following the 10 a.m. service, our ever-popular annual Cookie Walk, a.k.a. the best-ever Christmas bake sale, will be held in…
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,…
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 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…
EMC member Greg Martens was honored last Sunday during an Eagle Scout Court of Honor held in Edina. The high school senior was among four Troop 48 boy scouts who received their Eagle Awards. Only four in 100 scouts ever achieve this distinction. Parents Tom and Sonja Martens were honored as well for their support of Greg throughout…
When did the concept of race come into being? Where did all humans originate? What is white privilege? These were just a few of the questions some of EMC’s youth members considered during a field trip to the Science of Museum of Minnesota, where they visited an exhibit on race. Thanks to our kids, our chaperones and…
Today, after a year of preparation and study, and two faith retreats, five teens took the next step on their faith journeys, becoming confirmed at EMC and joining the church as members. Three more teens decided this was a step they were not yet ready to take. All eight were recognized during the service, during which they shared…
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…