Soul Food, a group that discusses books from a faith perspective, meets weekly during the school year from 9:30-11 a.m., on Wednesday mornings. We begin each week with a prayerful reading of the coming Sunday’s gospel text and prayer. Then, we discuss a few chapters from a book we’ve chosen to...
VBS Registration is Now Open
Registration is now open for Gloria Dei's Vacation Bible School, scheduled for June 24-27. Click here to check out the VBS website for all the info and to submit registrations. We are partnering with Camp Onomia this summer. The ELCA camping organization will send its counselors to Gloria Dei for...
Lent 2023 at Gloria Dei
Wednesday night Lent services will help us mark the season over the next four weeks. All will be at 7 p.m. and also be livestreamed on Gloria Dei's YouTube Channel. This week Congregation President Lenore Franzen will be sharing a short reflection. Other speakers in ensuring weeks are: March 22, Cara...
Prayer of the Day and Readings
For the week of May 23 - 29, 2022 You may use this resource (content also below) for your home devotional life. Scripture readings for each day flow from the Sunday readings, and prepare us for the following Sunday. You may use the Prayer of the Day as a daily...
Stepping Out: Renewing our Worship Space
Dear Friends, In the last couple of years, I’ve sometimes chosen to preach from the steps in front of the altar instead of the pulpit. I don’t do it every time I preach because it’s a lot of work to memorize the sermon. Some weeks, I have the time. Others,...
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.
Greetings from Colegio Luterano Agustino de Guatemala
Gloria Dei received this letter from our friends in Guatemala, sharing the good news and thank you for our support. Translation is provided by Diego Gil. Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, through this letter, we send a fraternal greeting, wishing in God our Lord, you are enjoying the end...
Gloria Dei Welcomes Assistant Director of Music
Gloria Dei welcomes Paul Friesen-Carper as our new Assistant Director of Music. This newly-created position helps to expand our music program to include additional style and focus for congregational singing, as well as increased attention to the children's music program. Paul will help lead music on Sunday morning and will...
Gloria Dei introduces new Director of Children and Family Faith Formation
Kyrstin Schwartz joins Gloria Dei as Director of Children and Family Faith Formation. We're excited to announce that Kyrstin Schwartz will be joining our staff as the full-time Director of Children and Family Faith Formation. She brings many years of experience in youth and children's ministry in the Lutheran Church....
A perspective on the Sacred Site Tour
by Steven Peterson I greatly enjoyed hearing a Native American perspective of Minnesota history as presented on the Sacred Sites Tour on October 6 and encourage others to consider this experience. Our guides, Jim Bear, a Mohican, and Bob, a Dakota, had story-telling styles that made their information easy to...