Our Gloria Dei Mental Health Ministry team of volunteers offers Mental Health Minutes as they work to educate, create awareness and support the mental health of our community. Below are past Mental Health Minutes that we sent in our weekly News from Gloria Dei emails, with the most recent at...
Help Me Connect Website Helps Young Families Find Local Services
The Help Me Connect website helps families navigate local community, county and state resources. Help Me Connect is for pregnant and parenting families of children up to eight years old. Families, care providers and others who support families can use Help Me Connect to find many services, some listed below....
Stay in Community
But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into the one who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in...
Breathless
by Lenore Franzen, Gloria Dei member Sometimes there are no words, and there shouldn’t be. George Floyd is trying to tell us something. His first message was clear, urgent: he couldn’t breathe because of the pressure Derek Chauvin applied to his neck for more than eight minutes before Mr. Floyd...
Coronavirus Fast Five Tips
By Parish Nurse Jill Stewart Health experts report that we are approaching the peak of the current COVID outbreak. We will need to be careful to protect ourselves for a while. In the meantime, all aspects of the outbreak are being studied and some helpful information is emerging. Handwashing is...
Be Hospital Ready
“Being ready” means having a plan for what to do when we need to respond quickly and efficiently. We plan and practice for severe weather and keep jumper cables in our cars. It is a good idea to have a contingency plan for going to the hospital, especially during this...
The Importance of Getting Around: Health and Transportation
Some of the best things about church life involve being part of a faith community. Belonging is good for us because it provides a sense of purpose, social time, and it boosts health by reducing isolation and loneliness. When people have trouble getting to church – and other events or...
Greetings from President of Agustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala
Rev Karen Castillo, pesident of Agustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala sends an update as 2019 begins.
Prevent Slip, Trip and Fall Injuries
Slips and falls are a leading factor in preventable injuries and deaths. In Minnesota, the rate of deadly falls is rising faster than rates for the US as a whole and we are one of the top states for serious or fatal injury from falls. That is not a good...
Why Take on this Project?
On October 14th, Gloria Dei voted to put a down payment on an organ that can be rebuilt in our sanctuary and hired an architect to help us consider our worship needs for the present and future. Join us after the second service on November 18th for a workshop with...