SPARK http://sparkchurches.org Collaborative Ministries of Saint Louis Park Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:05:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Free Summer Hip Hop Concert – Redeemer Jump Crew http://sparkchurches.org/2011/08/free-summer-hip-hop-concert-redeemer-jump-crew/ http://sparkchurches.org/2011/08/free-summer-hip-hop-concert-redeemer-jump-crew/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:04:11 +0000 Pam http://sparkchurches.org/?p=266 Spirit of Christ Community Lutheran Church wants to thank the neighborhood for their generous donations during our Annual Neighborhood Food Drive for STEP.

Please join us for a free Hip Hop concert on Monday August 8th from 6:00- 7:00 p.m. The Redeemer Jump Crew, kids from a successful neighborhood ministry program at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN will be performing.

Bring friends, family and neighbors for a great night out.

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Join with St. Louis Park, MN area faith communities as we gather together to make a difference in our neighborhoods and around the world.
Purpose: Community Days of Service is an initiative organized and led by the Hopkins, Minnetonka and St. Louis Park faith communities for the purpose of caring for our neighborhoods, engaging our members in living out their faith through service and building bridges among faith communities.
To volunteer or for information go to: cds2011.eventbrite.com

]]> http://sparkchurches.org/2011/05/community-day-of-service/feed/ 0 Children First’s 18th Annual Ice Cream Social http://sparkchurches.org/2011/05/children-firsts-18th-annual-ice-cream-social/ http://sparkchurches.org/2011/05/children-firsts-18th-annual-ice-cream-social/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 01:57:52 +0000 Pam http://sparkchurches.org/?p=248 Sunday, May 15, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Join us for the 18th annual Childdren First Ice Cream Social on Sunday,
May 15th at Wolfe Park (next to the St. Louis Park Rec Center at 3700 Monterey Drive). Enjoy FREE Sebastian Joe’s and kosher ice cream cones courtesy of Byerly’s. The day of family fun includes entertainment, a photo exhibition by teen photographers, craft activities, a kid’s garage sale and exhibits by local organizations. Children First is committed to supporting and bringing out the best in our yourth by canpaioning their positive development in a thriving, kid-centered community.

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This is reality for thousands of teens right here in our own backyard. The St Louis Park TreeHouse is committed to serving a hot meal at the beginning of our weekly evening programs for at-risk teens. We need help! Serve a meal one Tuesday a month. Great service project for a small group or family. Contact Audrey Gustafson, SLP TreeHouse Program Coordinator, 612-801-4741, for more details.

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For more information and to sign up for this event Contact Westwood Lutheran Church.

]]> http://sparkchurches.org/2011/02/kids-against-hunger/feed/ 0 Suburban Host Home Benefit Concert http://sparkchurches.org/2010/10/suburban-host-home-benefit-concert/ http://sparkchurches.org/2010/10/suburban-host-home-benefit-concert/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:16:04 +0000 Pam http://sparkchurches.org/?p=225 Cedar Lake Seven Will Hold Benefit Concert for Suburban Host Home Program

Enjoy the sounds of old-time gospel music for a great cause!

Sunday, November 7, 2:00 p.m. at: Wooddale Lutheran Church, 4003 Wooddale Ave. South, in St. Louis Park.

Men’s gospel choir, Cedar Lake Seven will host a two hour-long fundraising concert to benefit a suburban Hennepin County homeless youth outreach program. The concert will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, at Wooddale Lutheran Church.

The Suburban Host Home program is a community initiative involving local schools, faith communities, local government, service providers and the greater suburban Hennepin County community. The mission of the program is to address the housing needs of homeless youth by connecting them with adults from their own community who are willing to provide safe housing and support.

The concert will be hosted by SPARK, a collaboration of Lutheran Churches in St. Louis Park and a strong supporter of the Suburban Host Home Program.

Freewill offerings will be accepted during the benefit concert or online at http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Spark-Collaborative-Ministries-Of-St-Louis-Park. Please visit www.cl7.com to learn more about the Cedar Lake Seven.

Need more info: info@sparkchurches.org

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We will be doing odds and ends tasks around the STEP office so their staff can focus more on helping the community and less on day to day office responsibilities. Afterwards, we are planning to get together at Park Tavern in St. Louis Park..
This event is being organized by the Interfaith Community Collaborative (A joint venture between SPARK churches and Adath Jeshurun Synagogue). This will be a great chance to get to know people from other congregations in Saint Louis Park. To RSVP or ask any questions, please contact us at info@sparkchurches.org

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Tuesday, Sept 28 from 6pm to 8:30 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Reformation in St. Louis Park, MN

 

6:00 to 7:00pm – Networking and Soup Supper for volunteers from neighborhoods and congregations working on community gardens, park and creek clean ups and other green projects.

  • Share green project ideas with other neighborhoods and congregations in St. Louis Park and Golden Valley.
  • Offer your ideas for U of MN Forestry Students working on several sustainability reports for St. Louis Park this Fall !

7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Break Out Workshops

  • Community Gardening & Yards to Gardens/ Composting – Gardening Matters
  • Biking, Walking & Traffic Calming – Transit for Livable Communities
  • Envisioning next steps for the Vision St. Louis Park and Bridge Builders Golden Valley – Alliance for Sustainability, Eureka Recycling and staff from the City of St. Louis Park

8:00 to 9:00 p.m. – Awakening the Dreamer – videos and group exercises that will help us explore the biggest challenges and opportunities facing us today:

  • The state of our industrial world and the thinking that got us where we are today
  • A new dream—new ideas about what really matters— leading to deep connection and surprising solutions
  • How you can be part of what’s emerging – because you already are. An inspirational educational program developed by the Pachamama Alliance in response to the accelerating degradation of our planet. The programs explore and generate action in fulfillment of the following vision: to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on this planet. The Symposium is a gift to the world from the Achuar tribe of Ecuador via the Pachamama Alliance and its volunteers.

 

For more information please call:

  • Pastor Tom Mundahl, Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 2544 Highway 100 South, 952-929-0439
  • Alliance for Sustainability, www.afors.org
  • Awakening the Dreamer www.awakeningthedreamer.org

Please Pre-register at www.afors.org or call 612-331-1099

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]]> http://sparkchurches.org/2010/08/free-community-health-fair/feed/ 0 Hip Hop Concert http://sparkchurches.org/2010/07/hip-hop-concert/ http://sparkchurches.org/2010/07/hip-hop-concert/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:53:24 +0000 Pam http://sparkchurches.org/?p=164 Redeemer Jump Crew from Minneapolis, MN

 

Redeemer JUMP Crew

HipHop Concert

August 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church parking lot

Come join the party, Wednesday, August 11th at 7PM at  Spark partner, Prince of Peace (across from Knollwood Mall).  See you there!

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