Palm/Passion Sunday, March 24: Procession with Palms, Passion According to Mark; 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. (livestreamed); Intergenerational Palm Sunday Experience in the Fellowship Hall, 9:30 a.m.Maundy Thursday, March 28: Children’s Experience 6 p.m.; Announcement of Forgiveness, Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar, 6:30 p.m. (livestreamed). *Note new time.Good Friday, March...
Get to Know the JUSTmove Duo Next Week
“If we can’t talk about racism inour churches, where can we talk about it?” JUSTmove helps people of faith have courageousconversations that build bridges across cultural differences. The duo of Joe Davis (left) and David Scherer will be a constant presence at Gloria Dei this coming week. On Wednesday (March 13), they...
Lent 2024: Created for Community
The invitation to Lent spoken on Ash Wednesday reminds us that we enter this season together “with the whole church.” It goes on to state that “we are created for communion with God, to love one another, and to live in harmony with creation.” Though many common Lenten practices rightly...
Soul Food Book Discussion Group
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...
A Tale of Depression and Gender Identity
By Maren Sandra Jansen of the Gloria Dei Mental Health & Recovery MinistryI’ve lived much of my life with depression and major depression. From depression memories as a young child, through my teenage years and through most of my adult years when I was given the diagnosis of major depression. Finally,...
Advent 2023: All Earth is Hopeful
Sunday marks the start of Advent and our spiritual preparation to meet Christ at the end of time and in the babe in the manger. As the nights get darker, for four weeks the church lights more candles, a sign of flickering hope in a world that needs a word...
It’s time for the 2023 Giving Tree!
A Christmas tradition here at Gloria Dei is sharing gifts with homeless youth and families who are facing financial challenges. In partnership with Neighborhood House, LSS Metro Homeless Youth Services and - new this year - the Mendota Mdewankanton Dakota Tribal Community, we have the same opportunity again this year....
Mental Health and Recovery Minute: September is Suicide Prevention Month
What do you do if someone you know is considering taking their own life? Help is three digits away by calling or texting 988. You can also do many things to be ready for when a crisis occurs. First, learn about mental health. Make It OK, NAMI, Mental Health Minnesota and the National...
Scones and Ministry Fair on Sunday, May 21
The 2022-23 Gloria Dei program year will finish with a flourish on Sunday, May 21. Shobi's Table, the St. Paul Synod's food truck mission, will be onsite providing tasty baked good treats after both services. Deacon Kari Olsen, mission director for Shobi's Table, will be our guest preacher that day....