LETTER OF HOPE LIVING OUT GOD'S GRACE WE SEEK TO BE NEIGHBORS TO ALL H O U S E O F H O P E L U T H E R A N C H U R C H N E W H O P E M N
Dear Friends of House of Hope, Pastor's Letter MARCH 2020
As Christians, we aim to love God with all that we are and As Spring peeks out before us in this week of 30 and 40 degree to love our neighbors as ourselves. In Lent, we remember weather, the church enters our own new season: Lent. Lent is together that we do not always do this well. And, we might the time, 40 days before Easter, where we remember Christ’s take on practices in this season of Lent to help us better life on Earth and consider our own lives. As we remember love God, ourselves, and our neighbors. Sometimes people God’s great love for us, God’s promise of Everlasting Life fast, from food or practices. Sometimes people add in made in Jesus’ death and resurrection at Easter, we also look prayer or worship. Sometimes people give in new ways: in for how to better align our own walk of life with the path of charitable giving or volunteering. This Lent, as we gather Christ. in worship to hear stories of women in the Bible who
served their communities, I invite you to a specific practice: Over the past month, we’ve shared our walk of life here at listening. House of Hope with guest preachers and storytellers from the
Black community as we celebrated African American History As we have this past month in worship, I invite us to Month. Listening to these preachers, you probably heard listen to our neighbors. Invite conversation with those you some things that you knew and some things that you didn’t know or don’t know, especially those of different races and know. You may have been uncomfortable, learning more cultures, and listen more than you talk. What is their deeply about the ways that our country and our churches story? What life experiences do you share? What is have lived out racism- in practices throughout history and in different about your opinions or experiences? What in your ways that are still present today. This discomfort is not conversation makes you uncomfortable? And, finally, how necessarily something to move away from, in fact discomfort do you hear God’s call as you listen to the stories of those is often a space from which we can learn and grow. During around you? Where is that discomfort urging you to learn these weeks, you may have reflected on your own race- how more, to act, to try something new? your whiteness may give you some advantages or how your color may make things more difficult for you. You may have As we journey in Lent, we remember that Christ walks started to consider what you can do and what we can do to be alongside us in love and care, always listening to the better allies as a church community to all our neighbors, deepest words of our own hearts and stories. especially our neighbors of color.
May God bless you this Lent, with open hearts and curious minds, Pastor Gretchen
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Music Director Notes As we start March we enter the season of Lent — a season of penitence and self renewal as we journey through the season with Jesus. As we journey with Jesus we encounter some of the most significant events of Jesus’ life and are reminded again of how he suffered for our redemption. We need to take care that we don’t just think of Lent as that time before Easter. It’s important that we regard Lent and Easter as a full journey that renews us for another year!
During this Lenten journey our music groups provide music that helps to MARCH WORSHIP tell the stories that accompany our Lenten journey. Sunday, March 1, Sunday, March 1st, Worship 9:00am Hope Bells ring I Want Jesus to Walk with Me by Dan R. Edwards. March 8, Wednesday, March 4th the Hope Chorale sings I Will Lift Mine Eyes by Howard Helvey. On Story of Esther Sunday, March 15, we will hear The Lord Is a Mighty God by Felix Dinner 6:00pm, Worship 7:00pm Mendelssohn arranged by Olaf C. Christiansen sung by the Hope Chorale. March 22, the Hope Chorale sings The Good Shepherd by Helen Kemp, Sunday, March 8th, Worship 9:00am
and Sunday, March 29, the Hope Chorale sings When I Survey the Wednesday, March 11th Wondrous Cross by Gilbert M. Martin based on the tune by Lowell Mason. Story of Abigail Dinner 6:00pm, Worship 7:00pm ~George Sunday, March 15th, Worship 9:00am
Wednesday, March 18th Beautiful Easter Flowers Story of Mary Magdalene Dinner 6:00pm, Worship 7:00pm Help our Sanctuary look festive for Easter Sunday! We want our Sanctuary to reflect the beauty of spring as we celebrate the Resurrection of Our Sunday, March 22nd, Worship 9:00am
Lord. You can help do this by purchasing spring flowers to decorate the Wednesday, March 25th Sanctuary. Beautiful spring flowers reflecting the rebirth of nature after a Story of Daughters of Zelophehad Minnesota winter symbolizing the new birth that is given to us in Jesus’ Dinner 6:00pm, Worship 7:00pm resurrection. There will be a member of the Worship Team in the narthex Sunday, March 29th, Worship 9:00am on March 15 and 22, so that you may order Easter flowers to decorate our
Sanctuary. —The Worship Team
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Wildfire Lenten Worship- Organizing through a Biblical Lens As we enter a time of working together and launching our shared Faith-Based Community Organizer, perhaps you still have questions about what faith-based organizing is or why we as churches would work with an organizer. To explore these questions together, as Wildfire Churches, we will be exploring faith-based community organizing through our Lenten Midweek Worship Services. As Pastor Pam, Vicar Becca, Deacon Kirsten, Pastor Mark, and Pastor Gretchen rotate through our worship services, we’ll be looking at principals of faith-based community organizing through the lens of stories of women of the Bible, identified and described in the book Women’s Work; The Transformational Power of Faith-based Community Organizing by Susan L. Engh.
Meet the Women of the Bible and Notice their Organizing Skills: Daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 26:33, 27:1-11, Joshua 17:3-4) As the Israelites wander through the wilderness and prepare to land in Canaa, each family is promised land for the men in their household. The 5 daughters of Zelophehad are without a male heir among them, so they attend the meeting of land decisions representing themselves and are given the land for their family. The daughters of Zelophehad show us the importance of Questioning the System. Pastor Gretchen will preach on these women.
Abigail (1 Samuel 25:2-35) Abigail’s husband is in trouble with King David and the King is threatening to destroy their household. Abigail brings food to the King and apologizes which allows her to win over the King and save their land and livelihood. Abigail shows us the importance of Using Resources to Address Power Players. Pastor Pam of Faith-Lilac Way will preach on Abigail
Esther (Esther 4:5-17, 8:1-8) Queen Esther risks her own life to address the King as she represents her people, the Jews, to stop their persecution. Esther shows us the importance of Stepping into Our Own Power for the sake of ourselves and others. Pastor Mark will preach on Esther.
Mary Magdalene (Luke 8:2-3, 24:1-10)- Mary Magdalene is cured of 7 spirits by Jesus, she then becomes one of his most dedicCataedp dtiuscripinlesg. Itth ise Mary Magdalene who first tells the disciples of Jesus’ resurrection. Mary Magdalene show us the impoCrtarnocse sofr Oowandinsg and Using your Own Story. Vicar Becca of Faith Lilac Way will preach on Mary Magdalene.
Lydia (Acts 16:11-15) Lydia is the head of her own household and leads a small community of worshippers. When Paul goes to worship with them, on the outskirts of town by the river, Lydia encourages her whole household to be baptized. Lydia shows us the importance of Building Community. Deacon Kirsten of First Lutheran of Crystal will preach on Lydia.
Come worship each Wednesday to be inspired by these women and their communities, and to dream together about where God is calling us as Wildfire churches to be together in service of our own shared community!
Worship at 7:00 pm, following Supper at 6:00 pm LIVING OUT GOD'S GRACE... THROUGH FAITH FORMATION
Stewardship Corner MARCH F ORUMS A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me Join us for coffee a drink.”… The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, and fellowship ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in 10:15-11:00 a.m common with Samaritans.)” John 4:7 and 9 March 1st - Speak er from NEAR Jesus was on his way from Judea to Galilee. John 4:4 states that “he had to go through Samaria”. At that time, Jews often went between March 8th - Pastor Mark will lead a Judea and Galilee by crossing the Jordan River and traveling on the discussion on the book "Dear east side of the river, thereby avoiding Samaria altogether. So when Church" by Lenny Duncan the Bible indicates that Jesus had to go through Samaria, it must have been because Jesus had a mission to accomplish there, not that there March 15th - Fellowship Time was no other way to go.
While on the way, Jesus stops at Jacob’s well in a Samaritan town March 22nd - Campus Ministry called Sychar and asks a Samaritan woman for a drink of water. Her Sunday, with guests from Lutheran response was to question Jesus about why he would ask her for water. Campus Ministry Twin Cities at the The question makes sense; at that time, Jews would become University of Minnesota ceremonially unclean if they used a drinking vessel handled by a Samaritan, since Jews held that all Samaritans were “unclean”. It was March 29th - Neal Callinan of also a disgrace that Jesus talked to her because she was a woman. Excel Energy’s Electric Vehicle
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As God’s stewards, we are called to love our neighbors, including those that are different from us and those who are marginalized by our society. There is no one who is a waste of our time or resources. When we reach out to someone, we have no idea if that person will be the one who “drinks in” the Good News and tells others about it. That’s the Holy Spirit’s role. Our job is to reach out in love. LIVING OUT GOD'S GRACE... THROUGH FAITH FORMATION
Dear Church; BIBLE STUDY A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest All are welcome! Denomination in the United States by Lenny Duncan (Fortress Press, 2019) Men's Bible Study 7:00am Wednesdays Pastor Mark and Pastor Gretchen are reading this book together and Meet at Country Kitchen encourage you to pick up a copy from the Narthex to read along! Pastor Lenny Duncan is an African American ELCA pastor who writes a letter to All Gender Bible Study us- the members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Pastor 10:30am Wednesdays Lenny encourages us to consider how our church upholds white Meet in HoH Lighthouse Cafe supremacy and how we are racist, perhaps not actively but passively in our non-actions. Women's Bible Study 9:30am Thursdays Throughout the month of February, we heard a wide variety of Meet in HoH Library perspectives from our wonderful guest preachers to help us celebrate Black History Month. And, giving thanks for this experience, now is the LENTEN PRACTICES time to respond and to act. What will it look like for us at House of Hope to face our racism and move towards becoming a welcoming place for As we enter this season of Lent, we examine people of all colors, especially our Black siblings? What will it look like our lives and look for ways to realign our walk of life with the path of Christ. There are many for us to examine how we use light and darkness in worship and in our different ways to do this, here are a few: church building? Can we remember that when God created the light 1) Self Examination and Repentance- this and the dark, God called them both good? What will it look like to move can take the form of daily prayer and away from the idea that whiteness is goodness? reflection time, weekly scripture reading or Lenten worship participation. This Lenten practice allows space and time for God to Pastor Angela, who was with us on Sunday, speak to us in our everyday life and consider February 9th, wrote a response to Dear Church God's presence in all we do. with her white colleague, Pastor Ingrid 2) Spiritual Discipline of Fasting- this can be from meat on Fridays, or from social media or Rasmussen. You can read it online here: television, or from a bad habit like gossip or https://elca.org/jle/articles/1287 or you can jealousy. Fasting is a thoughtful way to find copies in the Narthex. remember to shift our dependence onto God and to let go of a behavior that takes our attention away from God. We know that we've only taken the first steps in 3) Giving and Works of Love- this could becoming the Kingdom of God that Jesus calls be increasing charitable giving to House of us to be. Let's continue to build that Kingdom, Hope or another organization, or volunteering which is anti-racist and filled with people of all and helping those in need, or sending daily notes to those who might be lonely. These colors, in our life together. works remind us of our neighbor that Jesus continually points us to love. (Thanks to Pastor Allison Unroe for these ideas). WE SEEK TO BE NEIGHBORS TO ALL... IN OUR HOUSE OF HOPE COMMUNITY
PARISH NURSE Lenten Suppers HOURS Join us for a wonderful warm meal and fellowship each Thurs 11:00 am - 1:00 pm of the 5 Wednesdays (after Ash Wednesday) during Lent. 3rd Sunday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 6pm Dinner prior to 7pm Lenten worship $5.00/ person ($15/family) SUGGESTED donation. Debbie's direct phone number is (612) 408-2049 Wednesday March 4th - Chili Cornbread and salad or call her at the church (763) Wednesday March 11th- Spaghetti and salad 533-3341 and leave a voicemail Wednesday March 18th - Corned Beef and cabbage Wednesday March 25th- Baked Potatoes, toppings and salad Wednesday April 1st- Homemade soup and salad UPDATE YOUR SIMPLY GIVING! Thank you to SJMC, Book of Parmesan Serendipity and Hanson Serendipity groups, Quilters, and George Zirbes for Do you give through Simply Giving volunteering to make/ serve these meals!!! online? Did you change your pledge from 2019 to 2020? Update the Consider checking with them if they need clean up help and/ information on a form available in or desserts!! the office, to make sure that the correct amount is given. Plant Sale! ThaSnck ryiopu tfourr yeosur tooff ePrinogn! der THE SPRING PLANT SALE FUNDRAISER IS HERE! The youth are selling plants from Gertens as a fundraiser Capturing the for the New York City mission trip this summer. Order Crossroads forms and color brochures are available in the narthex. Order forms and payment are due on March 22.
Thank you for your support of the youth! If you have any questions, contact Karen Brehmer at [email protected] or 612-799-7069.
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Butterbraids for Sale! From the Library The Youth are selling delicious TWO NEWLY PURCHASED READS: Butterbraids to raise money for our summer trips (to Wapo and New Hidden Recipes: A Holocaust Memoir by St. Louis Park York City!) These delicious treats author, Eva Moreimi, who grew up in Slovakia and learned will arrive in time for Easter about the yearned- for family recipes secretly recorded by her celebrations. mother as she and other women were forced to work in a munitions plant in Germany during World War II. Using slips of Orders taken until March 22nd! paper, used to label bombs and other lethal weapons, and a tiny pencil she marked down the remembered delicacies, as Look for order forms in the Narthex. they themselves ate rations of unsavory bread. Remembering their lives, before the war, of entertaining and serving these delicacies, as they were experiencing the atrocities of war,gave them hope and helped them manage to just keep going. A unique Holocaust story of survival.
Book of Bible Charts, Maps and Time Lines...this easy-to-flip- through reference book has been placed in the library for all to use. Check out the very organized easy- to- follow Table of Contents for a wealth of information concerning a section of Scriptures to Ponder the Bible being studied whether for personal use, Bible Study or Sunday School lessons. Capturing the Crossroads STOP IN....browse, relax on the sofas or comfy arm chairs or at the round table ( resurfaced several years ago by Orv Johnson).
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BIRTHDAYS Service Team #5- April 2020
Addison Zirbes March 1 Team #5 will be responsible for April 2020. They will meet on Sunday, March 8, 2020, to volunteer for the month’s tasks. Daisy Haney March 2 SUPPORT YOUR TEAMMATES BY ATTENDING THE MEETING. Dorothy Carpenter March 6 (Many hands make light work.) The members of Team #5 are: Erin Paulsen March 6 Deb Mans March 8 Kenneth & Tanis Agar Tom & Lynne McGrath Tom McGrath March 8 Ben & Kris Allen David Nelson Theodora Haney March 9 Christine Beck Floyd Olson Patti Remple March 17 Bob & Jody Bonsen Ashton & Swaro Persaud Ashley Anderson March 20 Len & Pat Carlson Daniel Persaud George Zirbes March 20 Tim & Shannon Dahl Reuel Persaud & Miranda, Delaney Jill Jensen March 21 Mark Pilon & Reggie Barb Drenth March 22 Mike & Robyn Quam Ken & Lois Erickson Karen Schaupp Jean Johansen March 22 Shawn & Michelle Follmer Mandy Scott Landen Kukachka March 24 & Adam Kay Strating Karen Brehmer March 25 Nate & Lori Gove Sara Utt & Nick, Rachel & Allison Celeste Gonzalez March 26 Jim & Jana Van Sistine Tom & Debbie Haney Ray Henderson March 26 & Ellie John & Theresa Henderson Glorian Anderson March 27 Nancy Walker & Jenna Thomas Hahn March 30 Randy & Rose Wangen Marlene Holmquist & Sophie & Sam Eleanor Hunsberger Marian Wesley Lisa Loehrs ScripAtuNrNesI tVoE PRonSdAeRr IES Bunny Zeisel & Taylor & Neriah
Orv & Betty Johnson March 10 Service Teams Capturing the Calendar Crossroads Please mark your calendars with the date for your next opportunity to sign up for your service team month. We encourage you to support your team by signing up for as many tasks as you can. We appreciate all your help.
Service Team #5 – March 8, 2020 Service Team #6 – April 12, 2020 Service Team #7 – May 10, 2020 Service Team #1 – June 14, 2020 Service Team #3 – July 12, 2020
Your Service Team Task Force
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Racial Justice Liaisons Gathering Who are our neighbors? In February, we hosted guest preachers for Black History Month. They Robbinsdale Community gave us a lot to think about in our work as Christians in a culture that is Education Event so racially divided. Want to continue the work and understanding of FAIR at Pilgram Lane: 218- CE Classroom Racial Justice at House of Hope and in our community of New Hope and Monday, April 6, 11:00 am-12:30 pm the Twin Cities? Join the Racial Justice Liaisons group in our synod! Work with other people from Lutheran Churches around the Twin Cities (Note: there is a Thursday evening offering to think about racial justice, anti-racism, and what it means to be as well, but it is during neighbors to all! See details for the next gathering below: Maundy Thursday worship)
Date: Monday, March 16th, 6:30 – 8 PM This series is provided as a collaboration between Robbinsdale Area Schools Location: Mount Olive Lutheran Church Community Education and Achievement and (3045 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407) Integration, Careers and Colleges.
Topic: The ELCA’s “Recommendation: Strategy Toward Authentic Islam: Faith and Culture Diversity within the ELCA” This presentation will walk us through the ELCA’s “Recommendation: Strategy Toward Authentic Diversity within the ELCA” -approved at the 2019 Chruchwide Assembly. The Did you know that Islam shares its roots with presentation will be led by Dr. Cheryl Chatman, who was one of the members of the Christianity and Judaism? Join us to learn Task Force that wrote the recommendations. There will be time to ask questions and reflect on how the work we do in our congregations can support the ELCA’s Strategy more about the culture and religion of Islam. Toward Authentic Diversity. Explore authentic Muslim cuisine in Minnesota. Learn about mosques, religious Learning: Building your team holidays and the stories of Muslim women Hear from a panel of leaders who started successful racial justice teams in their congregations. Learn about how they started, what they’ve done, and what keeps who immigrated to Minnesota. them going and consider what strategies might work for you in your congregation. Register online here: Prep work: Read the ELCA’s “Recommendation: Strategy Toward https://rdale.ce.eleyo.com/ Authentic Diversity within the ELCA” or call: (763) 504-8028 https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.guidebook.com/upload/151152/SGWzTmEkymzmn yZBSsWB17wdbqvKVvw97rWU.pdf
Interested in continuing the work of supporting racial justice at House of Hope and in our community? Talk to Pastor Gretchen or Pastor Mark for more details! WE SEEK TO BE NEIGHBORS TO ALL... TO OUR COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OUR WALLS
Listen to the Voice Thank Yous Caritas at Valley of Peace Through a psalm, or a mantra, or a folk tune, Caritas presents a variety of voices Loaves & Fishes this season, inviting us to make space for change, and come together in joy and Thank you for your generous gift of $250 harmony. Come and listen for the voice that speaks to you. as a donation from House of Hope!
Contributions to Loaves & Fishes help MARCH 15, 2020 AT 3:00 PM Valley of Peace Lutheran Church ease the effects of food insecurity by 4735 Bassett Creek Dr. Golden Valley, MN 55422 allowing us to provide consistent, Benefiting Partner: Cherish All Children healthy meals.
Visit www.caritasvocalensemble.org for more information. We are proud to be your partner as we Questions? Contact us at [email protected] continue "Finding Hunger Where It's At." Care Team News Thank you for your incredible impact.
1.March Food Drive for NEAR and PRISM To learn more about our programming, During the month of March, we will be collecting groceries for email [email protected] or families in need. Watch for posters of needed items. Tables call 952-992-0000 will be set up in the Narthex for donations. 30% of the donations, both food and dollars are MATCHED by the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches! Feed My Starving 2. Thank You! Children - To all who donated shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, and Dear House of Hope, Thank you for your diapers to mothers and their children at HomeFree. They generosity toward Feed My Starving were thrilled to receive these important necessities. Children in 2019. You gave $500.00 which - To all who donated sheets, pillow cases, and towels for provided 2,083 FMSC MannPack meals to feed children, feed spirits, and empower families who will be moving into their own homes with communities across the globe. Hope is Beacon Housing. greater because of you! 3. 2020 Empty Bowls Event A community meal and fundraiser to benefit NEAR and PRISM Thank you also to all who Food Shelves. Tuesday, March 17th from 4:00-7:00 pm at volunteered for the FMSC Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope. MegaPack in February! WE SEEK TO BE NEIGHBORS TO ALL... TO OUR COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OUR WALLS
Wildfire? Bonfire? What's going on? Wildfire KidPack Bonfire was created as a collaborative ministry between St. James, First Lutheran, and House of Hope. This shared ministry allowed us to hire and work with a parish Designer Purse Bingo nurse, Debbie Haney, to develop health ministries and support the respite care program. We also were able to serve in the community together through programs Tuesday, March 3rd at the like Kidpack that provide food for school children on the weekends. St Louis Park American Legion.
Bonfire's example of local churches working together caught on and gave birth to Wildfire which included the original three Bonfire churches, along with Cross of Glory, Game sales begin at 6:00 pm, start Elim, Faith Lilac Way, Holy Nativity, and Valley of Peace- all in the Robbinsdale School playing at 6:30 pm. District! This group does youth activities including summer trips, Vacation Bible School, and monthly confirmation together. We also worship together for $20 buys one packet including 10 Thanksgiving and, often, Wednesday Night Lenten services. We also can do more games with 3 bingo grids for each significant service while working together, including hosting three weeks of Families Moving Forward for families experiencing homelessness and Kidpack to provide game - 30 chances to win! healthy food for weekend meals at local schools. Come for the fun and combat hunger Because of the success of Wildfire work and the growing collaboration between the 8 in our community! churches of Wildfire (always with an opt in or opt out option), it was decided that the
Bonfire work should be folded completely into Wildfire. So the Bonfire 501c3 was closed at the end of 2019 and all activities, including the parish nurse, were **NOTE: Next month, Wildfire transferred to Wildfire's care. Kidpack Desiger Purse Bingo will be moving to the first Saturday of the Wildfire's work continues to take off and spread! Perhaps you've heard about the month and closer to New Hope! newest project our Wildfire Churches are working on: a shared Faith-Based Look for information to come! Community Organizer! Look for more information to come as we put together a job description and interview to hire a shared organizer in summer 2020! Calling All Young Adults! Join young adults from Lutheran* churches across the Twin Cities for a trivia night on Tuesday, March 3 (be sure to vote first!) from 7-9 p.m. at Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative (3134 California St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418.)
Come by yourself, with a church group, or with another group of friends and DO YOU HAVE AN meet other young adults interested in gathering, nerdery (church and non- ANNOUNCEMENT church trivia questions included!), and general merriment. FOR NEXT MONTH'S NEWSLETTER? RSVP on the facebook event, or contact Miriam Samuelson-Roberts Email Pastor Gretchen at at [email protected] with questions. [email protected] or leave your *no need to be Lutheran or even a churchgoer to attend—that’s just who is announcement in her office mailbox. hosting. House of Hope Lutheran Church 4800 Boone Avenue North New Hope, MN 55428
HOUSE OF HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
A Reconciling Congregation 4800 Boone Avenue North New Hope, MN 55428 Phone: (763) 533-3341 FAX: (763) 531-9006 www.hohlc.org www.facebook.com/houseofhopemn
House of Hope Lutheran Church is a Reconciling in Christ community. All are welcome to worship, to hear the Good News, to receive the sacraments, and to participate fully in fellowship and service. God loves us unconditionally and we endeavor to be a place where that same hospitality is extended to everyone. Following Christ we seek justice and reconciliation among all peoples. We welcome everyone, without exception and regardless of sex, race, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical and mental ability, age, or station in life, faith or creed. Each person is a unique creation of God and, through Grace, is a child of God. We invite you to come and worship with us.