Uncategorized Sustainable Mission Update: November 2023 Greetings, to the good people of St. John’s! Your Sustainable Mission team has been hard…Sophie CallahanNovember 21, 2023
Uncategorized Gratitude Sunday: Pledging Update Gratitude Thank you for being in person or in spirit at the Gratitude Sunday service…Sophie CallahanNovember 16, 2023
Uncategorized Spotlight on Music at St. John’s – 11.2.2024 The mission of the music ministry at St. John’s Linden Hills is to facilitate and…Sophie CallahanNovember 2, 2023
Uncategorized Greece Pilgrims Reflection The purpose of Christian pilgrimage was summarized by Pope Benedict XVI this way: To go…Sophie CallahanOctober 11, 2023
Uncategorized EcoFair, Earth Matters, and the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi Eco-Fair Event sponsored by Earth Matters: The Eco-fair will take place this Saturday from 10a…Sophie CallahanOctober 5, 2023
Uncategorized Soliciting Nominations for Vestry and ECMN Convention Soliciting Nominations for Vestry and ECMN Convention Dear St. John’s, We would love to invite…Sophie CallahanSeptember 26, 2023
Uncategorized Sustainable Mission, September 2023 Transitions are Opportunities for Transformation The more time I spend among you as your…Sophie CallahanSeptember 21, 2023
Uncategorized Small Group Opportunity New Small Group Opportunity with Lisa Beloved St. John’s community, as I shared with you…Sophie CallahanSeptember 19, 2023
Uncategorized St. John’s EcoFair 2023 Check back soon for a list of speakers!Sophie CallahanSeptember 14, 2023
Uncategorized Deacon’s Blog 9.14.23 Deacon’s Blog Rex McKee This past week I read a challenging article by the…Sophie CallahanSeptember 13, 2023
Uncategorized Rector Reflection Fall 2023 Beloved St. John’s community, Comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell has said that a primary function of…Sophie CallahanSeptember 6, 2023
Uncategorized St. John’s Guatemala Trip 2023 Planning a trip like this requires a lot of detail and patience. We started planning…rachelAugust 10, 2023
Uncategorized Support Quality Education in Haiti Haiti is in turmoil. Armed gangs control much of the capital, Port au Prince. There…rachelAugust 3, 2023
Uncategorized St. John’s Roots: Deep, Strong, Ready for New Growth Many of you may recall the adult forum on Sustainable Mission on June 11. During…rachelAugust 3, 2023
Uncategorized Greece Pilgrims Γειά σου (YAH-soo) Hello from the Greece Pilgrims! Our time in Greece was beautiful, thought…rachelJuly 27, 2023
Uncategorized Change in Fall Service Times and Sunday School Beloved St. John’s community, As you know, we are experimenting with different ways to help…rachelJuly 20, 2023
Uncategorized Deacon’s Blog 7.13.23 I hope you are enjoying the first half of your summer re-creation time. There is…rachelJuly 12, 2023
Uncategorized Update about Donations to Haiti Dear St. John’s members, We are writing to update you about the purpose, use and…rachelJuly 6, 2023
Uncategorized Thoughts on Liberty Dear friends, For the fourth of July, we had tabbouleh, Greek potato salad, and gazpacho,…rachelJuly 6, 2023
Uncategorized Rector’s Reflection 6.29.23 Beloved St. John’s community, Sunday, we celebrated the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, our…rachelJune 29, 2023
Uncategorized Year in Review Dear St. John’s community, What a fine summer this is turning out to be! As…rachelJune 22, 2023
Uncategorized Deacon’s Blog This past weekend Linda and I were at White Earth...to celebrate the feast day of…rachelJune 15, 2023
Uncategorized St. John’s and First Nations Kitchen For I was hungry, and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave…rachelJune 8, 2023
Uncategorized High School Youth Make Centennial Fund Grants As part of Centennial Fund “youth-led” initiative, a cohort of St. Johns high school youth…rachelJune 1, 2023
Uncategorized Frequently Asked Questions of the Minister for Sustainable Mission I thought I’d offer some answers to some of the questions I've received so far…rachelJune 1, 2023
Uncategorized Rector’s Reflection 5.25.23 Beloved St. John’s community, Sunday is Pentecost: the day some call the “birthday of the…rachelMay 25, 2023
Uncategorized The Rt. Rev. Craig Loya at St. John’s Meet Bishop Craig Loya The Rt. Rev. Craig Loya was consecrated the X Bishop of…rachelMay 18, 2023
Uncategorized Deacon’s Column: Shake the Dust This Easter season has burst upon with so much more intensity than over the past…rachelMay 18, 2023
Uncategorized Spotlight on Music Shining a light on the music in community at St. John’s The warming temperatures and…rachelMay 11, 2023
Uncategorized Spotlight on Children 5.4.23 A web search of the biggest trends that will affect children in the USA this…rachelMay 4, 2023
Uncategorized Update on our Sustainable Mission Journey Good people of St. John’s, My thanks to the clergy, vestry, staff, and members of…rachelApril 27, 2023
Uncategorized Rector’s Reflection 4.20.22 Beloved St. John’s community, In honor of Earth Day (Saturday, April 22), St. John’s will…rachelApril 20, 2023
Uncategorized First Nations Kitchen Update Dear Community of volunteers and friends, We are thrilled to share some significant FNK updates…rachelApril 20, 2023
Uncategorized St. John’s All-Ages Camping Trip St. John’s all-ages camping trip is coming up on July 7 through July 9 at…rachelApril 13, 2023
Uncategorized Earth Day Events Join the Minneapolis Earth Day Cleanup on Saturday, April 22, 2023! Drop in anytime between…rachelApril 13, 2023
Uncategorized Rector’s Reflection 4.13.22 Alleluia, Christ is risen! Happy Easter! Each of us has our own way to acknowledge…rachelApril 13, 2023
Uncategorized Holy Week and the Song of Mary I was baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church in New York City on Thomas Sunday,…rachelApril 6, 2023
Uncategorized Welcome our New Minister for Sustainable Mission Beloved St. John’s community, As our Senior Warden Laura Meister shared with you a few…rachelMarch 30, 2023
Uncategorized Spotlight on Pilgrims 3.23.23 With our pilgrimage to Greece only about 3 months away, the pilgrims have been working…rachelMarch 23, 2023
Uncategorized Our cousins are Celebrating Dear friends, If there's a clear sky on Thursday, March 23, just after sunset, our…rachelMarch 16, 2023
Uncategorized Tending the Roots Dear St. John’s Community, Those of us who attended the annual meeting this past January…rachelMarch 9, 2023
Uncategorized Deacon’s Column 3.9.23 While Lisa and I, Peter Stebinger and other clergy, were up north a few weeks…rachelMarch 9, 2023
Uncategorized Spirit Group At St. Johns, Spirit Group is one of many small groups; book, gardening, in-reach, out-reach. …rachelMarch 2, 2023
Uncategorized Rector’s Reflection 2.23.23 Beloved St. John’s community, In my Ash Wednesday sermon I talked about one potential way…rachelFebruary 23, 2023
Uncategorized Spotlight on Kids & Youth It’s been a busy winter in Children, Youth and Family programming! The 9am Children’s Chapel…rachelFebruary 16, 2023
Uncategorized Deacon’s Column 2.9.23 Howard Thurman shares with us that the core message of Jesus asks us, his followers,…rachelFebruary 9, 2023
Uncategorized Lent Madness 2023 Lent Madness is Upon Us! It is time for our annual, nationwide Episcopal Church competition…rachelFebruary 2, 2023
Uncategorized Rector’s Reflection 1.26.23 Beloved St. John’s community, St. John’s is at a crossroads. We are a vibrant, warm,…rachelJanuary 26, 2023
Uncategorized Deacon’s Blog 1.19.23 Matthew 5:13 Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has…rachelJanuary 19, 2023
Uncategorized St. John’s Haiti Partnership https://vimeo.com/790954913 https://vimeo.com/790954930 My favorite spiritual teacher, Cynthia Bourgeault, says that synchronicities, or apparent coincidences, are…rachelJanuary 5, 2023