November 2008

A chance to connect
Exciting news...new groups forming! Looking for community? A chance to connect weekly three times, three different ways in November
Mondays at Harvest Moon (www.harvestmooncoffee.net), 7PM (November 3, 10, 17) Melissa and Matt Dvorak (mkdvorak@gmail.com)
Thursdays at Harvest Moon, 7PM (November 6, 13, 20) Jerod Rauk (jerod.rauk@gmail.com)
Young Parents Group, once a month, first meeting November 16th at Westwood, amyjanecek@hotmail.com

A chance to serve
Feed My Starving Children (www.fmsc.org), Brooklyn Center, November 15, 9-11AM
Package thousands of meals for Africa with friends
RSVP kevin.bergeson@gmail.com

A chance to give
The Great Thanksgiving (www.thegreatthanksgiving.org) benefitting St. Louis Park Emergency Program, Sojourner's and Wayside House
Connect while supporting key aid agencies, contact Matt Klinkhammer (mklinks88@hotmail.com)


“To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us.” Deitrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and resitance leader during WWII

April 2008

Monday, April 7th: Bible Study @ McCoy’s at Excelsior & Grand from 7-8:30pm. We’ll be talking about the book of Peter and also chatting with Pastor Tania about church and young adult stuff!
Sat, April 12th: Kids Against Hunger Packaging Event, 2-4pm in the gym at Westwood. We’ll have our own food packaging table so we can work together and get to know each other!
Sun, April 13th: Ears to the Streets @ First Lutheran Church, 7-8:15pm. 5801 Minnetonka Blvd, St. Louis Park. Imagine young adults connecting around a purpose. One hour, one night of conversation, music, storytelling and ice cream. Don't miss this! Everyone welcome!
Sat-Sun. April 26-27th: Urban Immersion Retreat in North Minneapolis. Young adults invited for a one-night retreat at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Our focus will be on understanding Minneapolis's North side and partnering with Redeemer Lutheran Church for service projects in the community, a bus tour of the area and worship. Come and learn about how you can make a difference in our community. Cost is $25/person. Pay when you show up at Redeemer! The address is 1800 Glenwood Ave. Minneapolis. RSVP to this email and let me know if you’re coming!

Spring 2008: Special Opps of Love

Spring Community Young Adult Events

Theology on Tap, Monday nights, McCoy's (Excelsior on Grand), 8PM

March 2nd, Afton Alps Ski Trip 1-8PM

April 12th, Kids Against Hunger, team oriented, food packaging

April 26th & 27th Urban Service Retreat: One night retreat focusing on
understanding Minneapolis's North side, partnering with Redeemer
Lutheran Church, City of Minneapolis

Contact: Kevin Bergeson, kevin.bergeson@gmail.com, 952-929-6465,

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Happy Christmas season!
Thanks for checking out the SPARK blog/young adult connection.

We meet the first monday of every month, look for postings here for locale.

A common thread, awesome event happening Dec 23rd at First Lutheran (www.churchinthepark.org)

STEP is looking for volunteers to help with toy sorting and distribution (www.stepslp.org)