keep Up with The Latest Happenings!
1.) MISSIONS…
On Monday, June 22, 4 members of our congregation met at Humanity Alliance in Victoria to sort & cut tomatoes for gazpacho. HA delivers about 3000 free meals/week! It was rewarding to be a small part of that. Contact Kathy Sherwood if you would like to help.
Now we're looking for someone to spearhead setting up a work shift in July at Feed My Starving Children in Chanhassen. Please contact Ross Rogney, Peggy Gomez or any Council member to volunteer.
We continue to collect food for ICA's Kids Summer Market. A basket will be available upstairs this Sunday to drop off food.
2.) MONDAY NIGHT MIRACLES… 5:30-6:15 - Food & Fellowship main level
6:30-7:30 - Book Study (Bible Study) main level - Mike Poehler - (612-386-7198) (No book study on 3/9, will resume on 3/16
6:30-7:30 - Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) lower-level Conference Room - Tom Fuxa (952-374-8858)
Please contact Mike Poehler or Tom Fuxa is interested.
The next group Bible study, led by Mike Poehler will be "Life in Christ" by Raniero Cantalamessa.
In Life in Christ Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the papal household, presents a project of re-evangelization and spiritual renewal based on St. Paul's Letter to the Romans. It is therefore neither an exegetical commentary nor a theological treatise but goes straight to the heart of what animated the Apostle when he wrote this letter. His aim was not to give the Christians of Rome--and the Christians of later generations--a difficult text on which to exercise their critical wisdom but rather to impart a spiritual gift to them so that they would be strengthened and mutually encouraged by each other's faith. At the beginning of the third millennium a new phenomenon is spreading through the Christian Churches which can only be the work of the Holy Spirit. Up to now Christians of different denominations have proclaimed Jesus Christ mainly in competition and rivalry with one another, thus compromising our testimony in the eyes of the world. Why should we not grasp this unique occasion to start proclaiming together with brotherly love our common belief in Christ, which is far more important than what still separates us? Pope John Paul II has espoused this project and has expressed the wish that all Christians take this opportunity "for fruitful cooperation in the many areas which unite us; these are unquestionably more numerous than those which divide us." Life in Christ is a contribution to the realization of this project. Father Cantalamessa has made the most of the insights and riches present in each one of the three main Christian traditions: Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant, avoiding those points not commonly shared by all believers in Christ, or at least by the majority of them. The Letter to the Romans lends itself to this aim because it deals with the basics of the Christian faith, leaving all the rest aside. It is the ideal basis for that "Common Witness" which is becoming more and more central to ecumenical dialogue. This is, therefore, a first and "partial" attempt to present a spirituality and a proclamation corresponding to the new grace of understanding and unity given to the Christians in the second half of this century.
3.) SUNDAY WORSHIP HELPERS NEEDED THIS SUNDAY: signup here
Greeter
Read Prayers
Donate Altar Flowers
Help with Communion
Coffee Hour Clean-Up Help
4.) JEANNIE HANDLEY’S 99th BIRTHDAY PARTY… Sunday July 12th from 1:00 to 5:00 at the Chanhassen Legion. There will be food and a cash bar. All welcome!
5.) POOL PARTY… Save the date! Sunday afternoon, August 2, annual kids' (and parents/grandparents) pool party and potluck supper at Marty Swain's home. There's a water slide! Details to follow.
6.) SUMMER CHOIR PARTY… Wednesday, August 12 at 4:30PM. Choir potluck party at Marty Swain’s. 7.) STREAMING INFO
Sunday services are now available LIVE on YouTube, allowing everyone to join the service even if they are only able to be there in spirit. Previous services are also available anytime via the same link. https://youtube.com/@ccoemn/live
