Pastoral Care
Hope Springs at Minnetonka
Volunteers participate in a simple church service of reading scripture, sharing stories, singing songs, and praying together. We meet on the 3rd Sunday of every month with our friends at Hope Springs at Minnetonka, a local Behavioral Health Assisted Living Center. Please join us in this most rewarding outreach experience.​
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Community of Hope International
A 14-week course of study rooted in the core wisdom of Benedictine Spirituality giving team members tools to participate as part of the pastoral care team at St. David’s. We visit the sick, are Lay Eucharistic Visitors (LEV) and are present with those in need through prayer. We attend monthly meetings to support and facilitate our own spiritual growth.​​
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Pastoral Care Team
Our 11-member team regularly contacts our most vulnerable parishioners and reaches out to members of our community for fellowship, prayer, and conversation to determine if we, as a community, can help address an unmet need. ​​
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Prayer Shawl Ministry​​
Prayers for healing and celebration are offered as shawls are knitted and crocheted, blessed and delivered to people who are sick or otherwise in need or during times of special celebration. Knitters and crocheters gather at 10am in the library the second Saturday of the month at church to share fellowship.
Hunger, Homelessness, & Education
At St. David's we believe our actions transform the world and ourselves. We strive, through our words and actions, to be a force for love and justice, collaborating with organizations that work to address needs in our community for the poor, suffering and marginalized. ​
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Click the on the title text below to be directed to each organization's website to learn more.
St. David’s is one of nearly 100 congregations who support the work of this organization’s mission: United in action, we create homes and advance equitable housing.
While diverse in religious traditions, sizes, locations and experiences, each congregation is called to action by faith — raising voices for the sake of a more compassionate and just Minnesota. Congregations open their spaces and cook hot meals to shelter families in crisis, turn out for city council meetings, write postcards to legislators, and make sure residents have sheets, spatulas, and laundry soap for their first night in a new apartment. ​
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Hats & Mittens is an all-volunteer 501c3 organization whos goal is to ensure that children in the Twin Cities' seven metro counties have access to warm hats and mittens during the cold Minnesota winters. During the winter months St. David's parish collects donations of hats, mittens, and scarves sized for infants through adults .
Good Courage Farm is an independent non-profit religious organization affiliated with The Episcopal Church in Minnesota. Their mission is to cultivate life abundant as part of God's good Creation thorugh worshiping and learning at the intersection of food, farming, and faith. St. David's supports Good Courage Farm by volunteering as Vineyard Stewards and as subscribers of their Faith Community Supported Agriculture program. Subscribers enable local food-insecure households to receive a share of the farm's annual yield.
Loaves & Fishes is a non-profit program serving hot meals to those in need. At St. David's, we embrace Jesus' call to feed the poor by volunteering to prepare and serve meals on a regular basis at St. Gabriel’s Church in Hopkins on the 2nd Tuesday, 4th Monday and 5th Tuesday of each month.
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Administrative offices are located on the St. David’s campus. Parishioners regularly donate food, household, and personal hygiene supplies to this program.
ICA mission: To create a healthy and stable community for all
ICA vision: A community where everyone has the resources to thrive
ICA belief: ICA’s presence in our communities makes our neighborhoods more stable and secure
Global Health Ministries (GHM) specializes in capacity-building for health systems in under-resourced countries, serving some of the most vulnerable people in the world. GHM believes that all people should have access to a healthy life. Together we can make a difference.
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The St. David's Youth Group makes periodic excursions to volunteer at the GHM warehouse in Fridley. We'd love to have you join us.