MCLC 2008 Semi Annual Meeting

Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church

Semi-annual Meeting

Sept 28, 2008

Introduction

How do we share Christ’s love in this day and age?

We share Christ’s love by looking outside of this building and looking

outside of ourselves, outside of what is comfortable for us.

Bulletins on Sunday Morning

Sharing Christ’s Love: meal, Bible study, and fellowship every Wednesday night.

Sharing Christ’s Love: Service Events

Feed My Starving Children

Meals for the Homeless Food Pantry Cookies for

homebound members

Building Relationships: Bible studies, youth garden, Bible Camp

Sunday School

Reaching out: A Teaching Congregation

Seminary Contextual Education

Parish Nursing Practicum

Luther Seminary Intern

Providing Space for Others and Going Outside the Building Nigerian Church of Holy Cherubim

& Seraphim Support Groups Kinship National Night Out & Health Fair Longfellow Corn Feed

How do we share Christ’s love

in this time and place?

We share it by becoming skilled at building new relationships and nurturing the

established connections.

Nurturing Connections: Choir

Nurturing Connections:Women’s Circles & Women’s

Retreat

Nurturing Connections:

Lutefisk Dinner Lumberjack Dinner Women’s bazaar Other Events

Worship

Circles of Faith

Intergenerational groups Nurture relationships Reach out How might this look?

Build New Relationships

Be creative in reaching out to the community Non-profit space

Book clubs Meeting space Tutoring What else can we imagine?

Community Meal

What does sharing Christ’s love through relationship spark in

YOU?

What does sharing Christ’s love through relationship spark in

YOU?

We now invite you:

How will we look outside these walls to build relationships with Christ and

each other?