When we held services on June 10, $100 bills were randomly distributed during worship. The “Faith $100 Challenge” encourages the congregation to live generously. "We are hoping to create a culture of thinking generously about the needs of our community," said Pastor John. "In...
One of the best things about spending time at Faith every day is seeing so many share freely of their time. Faith would not be Faith without our volunteers! Here is just a small sample of folks helping out on Thursday morning. Iva Nelson assembles bulletins every Thursday. Thank you...
Faith was honored this year to receive the Lutheran Social Service "Servant of Christ Award," presented at the Saint Paul Area Synod Assembly. Faith has been partnering with Cherish All Children on the issue of child sexual exploitation and trafficking for the past couple years. Our Human...
Faith helps to support a missionary family serving in Japan for the greater global mission of the ELCA: Patrick & Jacqueline Bencke and their children Emilie and Hannah. Patrick and Jacqueline serve at Kyushu Lutheran College of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church. Patrick teaches...
Starting early on Monday morning, the Faith design team worked tirelessly throughout Holy Week to create a sacred space in our fellowship area for Easter morning. Inspired by our Lenten theme "I want Jesus to walk with me," the idea of a labyrinth reflection garden blossomed. The definition of...
A perk of working in a church is witnessing acts of caring and discipleship of Faith members in our community. When the Old Testament Prophet Micah told his people how to practice faith, he told them to “Do justice and love mercy” (Micah 6:8). Faith members Nancy Mollner and...
This year on Maundy Thursday, twenty-seven 5th Graders will receive their First Communion in chalice’s that they hand painted! Cathy Nelson and Jenny Bottem have been teaching and helping the students prepare for their First Communion this past month. Then on February 25th, the students...
The new K-2nd Grade Wednesday night program is a complete BLAST! It’s even called B.L.A.S.T. (Believe, learn and seek truth). We meet on Wednesdays from 6:30-8pm. A few of the children in BLAST wanted to share with others what BLAST is all about. “I didn’t really know what...
On Sunday, January 7, Pastor John talked about the new year ahead being an opportunity to “develop or deepen our own spiritual practices.” If this strikes a chord with you, consider joining one of these prayer groups or practices at Faith. You will grow a deeper relationship with the...
How does church building help the mission of Faith? What first impressions are we making to visitors? These important questions helped shape decisions to upgrade various areas of our facility in the past months. Our chapel has 30 new upholstered chairs. These will provide a...