St. David's Welcomes You
St. David’s Episcopal Church is committed to following Jesus’ example of practicing radical hospitality, seeking to find God in all people because they are of sacred worth. We welcome all persons, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age, physical or mental capacity, education, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic or marital status. All are invited as full participants in the life and ministries of our community of faith.
Loving God. Loving One Another.
Upcoming Events
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Community Caroling
December 15 after church
Save the date on your busy holiday calendars for one of St David’s favorite forums “Coffee and Carols”, followed by one of our favorite outings of the year, “Christmas Caroling” for our homebound friends. After the 9:30 service, on December 15th, all parishioners can head downstairs to the undercroft where the coffee hour for the day will be enjoying delicious treats along with some old-fashioned Christmas Caroling. Roger will be at the piano and lead us all in holiday song. We will even face time those parishioners we cannot visit in person with a carol from the undercroft.
Those who have planned to go caroling to the homebound will then head out en masse, about 11:30 am, to our first stop, Hope Springs at Minnetonka, an assisted living facility where we volunteer. Here we will sing as one large group and play Santa--dropping off our Christmas gifts for all the residents.
From there, we will then divide and conquer, with each group visiting 2 or 3 of our parishioners who also find themselves homebound this holiday season. To get a handle on the traveling carolers’ numbers, we ask you to please sign up on the signup sheet in the church Narthex/Undercroft or sign up below electronically. If you find you suddenly can go caroling that day and you did not sign up, no worries… as there is always room for everyone to participate!
Click here for the sign-up page.
Remember………No professional singing talent required, all ages welcomed, and families strongly encouraged to attend! Folk’s love seeing children at Christmas. We hope you can join in, sing some classic Christmas carols, and partake in the real joy of the season.
Questions? Don’t hesitate to contact me, Diane Curley, at dcurley@stdavidsparish.org
Hats & Mittens
Winter is finally knocking at the door and folks are finally bundling up to keep warm. No one likes to feel cold, including children. St. David’s is once again participating this winter in the special all-volunteer organization called Hats & Mittens.
Most items donated go to over 200 schools and social service agencies in the seven county metro area, who distribute them to children and young people in need.
A metro school that is a Hats & Mittens recipient wrote:
“We are deeply grateful for your generous gifts. The majority of our scholars come from households living below or near the poverty level and frequently they struggle to provide the warm outerwear harsh Minnesota winters demand.”
We will be collecting all sizes of hats, mittens/gloves and scarves to keep infants to young adults warm this winter. Needed:
• new or gently used, clean hats and mittens,
especially elementary-aged & teen mittens
(waterproof). Right now we are particularly
short of male mittens and gloves.
• knitted or crocheted items are welcome
• scarves/neck warmers are also especially needed at this time.
There are Hats & Mittens collection boxes at the two south church entrances.
If you prefer to make a financial donation, it will go to purchase hats & mittens at wholesale prices. Online contributions can be made at:
Connect
We gain greater knowledge about ourselves, our community and our faith by connecting with one another. There are many opportunities to connect at St. David's.
Weekly Worship:
Join us each Sunday at 8:00 AM or 9:30 AM for worship indoors.
If you can't be with us in person, the service is streamed live on Facebook or available later on YouTube. We can be together in the Spirit, even when we are apart.
Regular offerings:
We invite you to join a service of nighttime prayers, Compline, each evening via Zoom at 8:00 PM. Click here to read more about this service and access the Zoom link. An additional weekly offering we hold is Saturday morning prayer, held at 7:45 AM each Saturday morning. Click here to read more about this service.
Ministry Guide:
Click here to learn more about the ministry and programming at St. David's.
Prayer for the Human Family
O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Shalom and Salaam, let us stand in prayerful solidarity
with the people of the Holy Land.
Mary of Nazareth, who is both Jewish and Palestinian, extend your mantle of mercy over all the peoples of the Holy Land -- Jews, Muslims, Christians, Palestinians, Israelis, migrants, and refugees.
Mother of the Messiah, show us how to be instruments of healing and peace in the midst of war, occupation, terrorism, and divisions. Give us an embracing love for all in the Holy Land, especially hostages, innocent victims, the homeless, and the dying. We pray this in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
--Stephen J. Binz
Calendar
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