Events

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Community Family
Halloween Party
October 26, 3 to
5 pm.
Bethel Lutheran
4120 17th Ave. S.
For Infants through 6th grade and adults. Games, cookie decorating and the Tunnel of Terror. Wear your costume. Free and open to the public. FFI 612-724-3693.

Baked Potato Dinner
October 26, 11:30 am.
Faith Ev. Lutheran Church
3430 E. 51st St.
The 20th Annual Baked Potato Dinner will be held on Reformation Sunday, Tickets for event are $8.00 for adults, $4.00 for children or $24 for a family ticket. Menu: Baked potato, various toppings, salad bar, pies and beverages. Call 612-729-5463 to reserve tickets or for more information. Tickets are also available at the door.

CoAM’s Fall Fundraiser
October 27, noon
Bethel Lutheran
4120 17th Ave. S.
This year CoAM
will hold its fundraiser at Bethel Lutheran
with a luncheon and entertainment. The entertainment will be provided by Cliff Brunzell, founder of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, where he also served as music director. Brunzell was also a lead member of the Golden Strings Flame Room. Tickets are $10, and children under 12 are $5.

Lutefisk & Meatball Dinner
November 1, settings @ 4., 5:15 & 6:30 pm.
Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church
4101 37th Ave. S.
The dinner is served family style. Tickets are $15, adults; $10 ages 6 - 11. Children 5 & under get in free. For reservations call
612-722-9527.
Holiday Bazaar
November 8, 9 am. to 2:30 pm.
Faith Ev. Lutheran Church
3430 E. 51st St.
Come to shop at the many and varied craft tables and Granny's Attic. Enjoy coffee and homemade rolls beginning at 9 am. and lunch of homemade soup, sloppy joes, hot dogs, pies, beverages beginning at 11 am. Come for the shopping, food and fellowship.

Lake Nokomis Craft Crawl
November 8, begins at 9 am. Call for closing times.
Four locations will hold separate festive sales: holiday boutiques, homemade baked goods, Peace Coffee, antiques and collectibles. Minnehaha United Methodist Church (612-721-6231), Nokomis Square Cooperative (612-721-5077), Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church (729-5463) and St. Helena's Catholic School (612-729-7344).

Festival & Sale for World Relief
November 8, 8 am. to 5 pm.
Hennepin Technical College
9000 Brooklyn Park Blvd., Brooklyn Park
Live auction featuring Amish and Mennonite
Quilts (10:45 am. to 4:30 pm. Proxy bidding available. Quilt Preview 8 am. to 11:30 am ), Furniture, Artwork and much more. Silent Auction 8:30 am. to 2 pm.
Bluegrass music by The Whistlepigs String Band and other
entertainment. Artisan Market, fair trade global store Ten Thousand Villages® and Quilters’ Corner. Delicious home baked treats and breads.Ethnic Mennonite Food Verenike (cheese pockets) and Sausage, Borscht, Cherry Moos
(dessert soup), Prescke (fruit filled pastry). Breakfast, lunch and snacks served. Children's activities. Family fun! Money raised goes to Mennonite Central
Committee (MCC) work around the world to relieve homelessness, poverty, hunger, disease; St. Stephen’s Thanksgiving Day Free Store; Bangladesh housing project; Laotian agriculture project. MCC is rated as a Grade A International relief and development agency by the American Institute of philanthropy. For more info visit, www.mcc.org. Admission and parking are FREE. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Optional: bring items such as backpacks, toiletries, children’s books, men’s belts, and new white athletic socks for people who are homeless. For more information: 612-375-9483 www.tcmccreliefsale.org

Sauerkraut & Sparerib Dinner & Bake Sale
November 9, 11:30 am. to 1:30 pm.
St. James Lutheran Church
4854 Portland Ave. S.
Tickets $8.50, adults;$3, children ages 4-12; free, children age 3 and under. Take-out available. For reservations, call 612-824-8828

Ebenezer Senior Luncheons
Third Tuesday of each month at 12:30 pm.
Ebenezer Lutheran
Church
Cedar Avenue and E. 41st St.
Lunch is served in the Fellowship Hall downstairs. A short program follows lunch. Free will donation. For more information 612-722-0157.

Food Assistance
Minnehaha United
Methodist Church
(3701 E. 50th St.)
The church gives away surplus perishables, such as produce and breads, the fourth Saturday of each month. The Minne- Harvest starts at 9 am. and closes at 10 am. The food shelf at MUMC is open Tues., Wed. and Thurs. from noon to 3 pm.

The RiversideReligious Community
Welcomes You

Catholic

CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME
3637 11th Ave. S
612-724-5465
Masses Saturday 5 pm
Sunday 8:30 & 11 am
Reconciliation Sat. 4 - 4:30 pm
Pastor: Fr. Leo Schneider
A welcoming Roman Catholic community

CHURCH OF ST. ALBERT THE GREAT
Corner of E. 29th & 32nd Ave. S.
612-724-3643
Mass M, T, TH, F at 8:15 am
Saturday 5 pm & Sunday 9:30 am
Sunday morning childcare
www.saintalbertthegreat.org

ST. JOAN OF ARC CATHOLIC
4537 3rd Ave. S.
612-823-8205
Masses 5 pm Saturday
9 & 11 am Sunday
online forum: www.stjoan.com

Lutheran

CHRIST CHURCH LUTHERAN
3244 34th Ave. S.
612-721-6611, www.christchurchluth.org
9:30 am Sunday Worship
11 am Education Hour
Pastor: Kristine Carlson
A welcoming congregation

HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN, ELCA
2730 E. 31st St.
612-729-8358 * www.htlcmpls.org
Worship 8:45 & 11 am
Church School for all ages 9:45 am
Pastor: Jay Carlson
Traditional Worship —Contemporary
Message — A Call to Social Justice
All are welcome — no exceptions

MINNEHAHA
COMMUNION LUTHERAN
4101 37th Ave. S.
612-722-9527
Sunday School & Worship 9:45 am
Kids in Church & Community, Wed. 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Pastors: Dan & Sally Ankerfelt

NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN
MEMORIAL
E. Franklin & 10th Ave. S.
612-874-0716 or mindekirken.org
Sunday Worship 9 am (English), 11 am (Norwegian) & 11 am only (bilingual) last Sunday of month
Pastor: Per Inge Vik

ST. JAMES LUTHERAN
4854 Portland Ave. S.
612-824-8828
Holy Eucharist 10 am
Pastor: Gordon H. Vogt
A diverse community

TRINITY
LUTHERAN
CONGREGATION
Augsburg College, Hoversten Chapel
Riverside & 22nd Avenues
612-333-2561 * www.trinity-lc.org
Holy Communion 9 &11 am
Sunday School & Adult Forum 9:45 am
Mekane Yesus Worship 12:30 pm
Jane Buckley-Farlee & Alem Asmelash
Office: 2001 Riverside Ave. Reconciling in Christ

Methodist

MINNEHAHA
UNITED
METHODIST
3701 E. 50th St.
612-721-6231, www.minnehaha.org
Traditional Worship 9 am
Contemporary Worship 11:15 am
(Sept - May) & 10:30 am (June - Aug)
Education 10:15 (Sept - May)
Taizé Worship 2nd Friday 7 pm
Nondenominational
FOUNTAIN OF LIFE GOSPEL CHURCH
3952 10th Ave. S.
612-824-2731
Sunday 10 am & Wednesday 7 pm
A Growing Church Family
Come As You Are
www.fountainoflifegc.org

Presbyterian

LAKE NOKOMIS
PRESBYTERIAN
1620 East 46th Street
612-721-4463, www.LakeNokomisPC.org
Sunday Education adults and kids 9 am
Sunday Service 10:30 am
A beacon of hope, a place of sanctuary.
Come visit our ArtSpace Gallery.

United Church of Christ

MINNEHAHA
UNITED CHURCH
OF CHRIST
4001 38th Ave. S.
612-729-7556 or www.minnehahaucc.org
Worship 10:30 am (Nursery Care)
Director of Music: Akuorkor Ablorh
An Anti-Racist, Open and Affirming, Just Peace Church

Zen

BIG RIVER ZEN
PRACTICE GROUP
3212 18th Ave S
612-822-9520, wwwbigriverzen.org
A new Zen community in our neighborhood. Wed 7:30-8:30 pm;
Sun 9-11 am All welcome, including