Spirit Garage - Stewardship

Homelessness, AIDS, Earthquakes, Cyclones, Abusive Relationships, Peace, and more. . .

Fri, 30 May 2008 15:08:37 -0400

What does the list in the title have in common? Different concerns to which Spirit Garage is responding. Last week Dan Frazer asked for our help with his friends Socks for the Homeless - to date there have been enough socks collected to put a new pair on an individual every day this year; crazy to think fresh socks is such a luxury. A couple weeks ago Virginia Clinton helped organize a Spirit Garage team for the Walk/Run to fight AIDs, that same day Kat Kempe spoke about Clare Housing on of Spirit Garage's Partners-In-Giving. Spirit Garage responded with both financial and physical gifts to help people living with AIDS. Today I received a phone call from Jon Lounberg asking if Spirit Garage would do a special appeal to help with the victims due to the earthquake in China and the Cyclone in Myanmar - Lutheran World Relief is currently in both countries assisting in the relief effort. In the weeks and months ahead you can join with Candy Headson as we work with the Dwelling Place where families living in abuse can find safety and healing. And on June 20 join Carl Holmquist with the Peace Games in North Minneapolis sponsored by another Partner-in-Giving, the Peace Foundation. Jesus said, "Whatever you do for the least of these, you do for me." Matthew 25:40. Thank you Spirit Garage for making a difference in our community and throughout the world.

Stewardship and Partners-in-Giving Meeting

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:11:42 -0500

Start: 28 Jan 2008 - 7:00pm
End: 28 Jan 2008 - 8:30pm

description:
Please join us as we review 2007 and look ahead to 2008. We will also discuss our 2008 partners.

Location:
TBD

Help Spirit Garage Continue our Work with a Year End Donation

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:20:54 -0500

Merry Christmas and may the peace of God fill you and your home this season. Thank you for your generous support of what God has been doing through Spirit Garage in the past year as we continue our work helping people love God and love others.

With your help we have been able to move to a new home at the Music Box Theater giving us many more available seats for new people. We have welcomed the arrival of many new friends in the past year and have also said goodbye to loved ones. We have worked hard to make a difference in our community through our support of The Bridge for Runaway Youth, The Dwelling Place, Feed my Starving Children, Habitat for Humanity, Emerson School, Rock the Cause, The Clare House, The Minnesota AIDS Project, and many others.

Spirit Garage Financial Update hosted by the Stewardship Team - Nov. 18

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:01:05 -0400

Start: 18 Nov 2007 - 11:40pm

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Stewardship invites you to a Spirit Garage Financial Update Conversation on Sunday, November 18 after worship. The Stewardship Team keeps the financial engine running. We work with community stewardship, managing the Spirit Garage budget and spending. Feel free to contact Melissa Johnston or 952-239-2444

Location:
Following Worship

Stewardship and Partners-in-Giving Meeting

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:03:55 -0400

Start: 25 Oct 2007 - 7:00pm
End: 25 Oct 2007 - 8:30pm

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Stewardship and Partners-in-Giving Meeting is open to everyone. Your invited to joins us for our next meeting Thursday evening, October 25. We'll get the statements and 3rd quarter letters mailed out and then go through the other items of business:

Recap Volunteer project for Bridge
Volunteer opportunity at the Dwelling Place
Plan for our Partners - next year and beyond
Recap Next Decade Dinner
Financial position of SG as of 3rd quarter with info from the Dinner
All Community Up-Date at worship
Helping out with counting money on Sunday mornings

Feel free to contact Melissa Johnston at 952-239-2444 or melissajohnsmail@yahoo.com for more info! Hope to see you there!

Location:
Bethlehem Lutheran Church - 4100 Lyndale Ave. S. Mpls (In the mail room)

Next Decade Stewardship Dinner – Sat. 10/6

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:48:13 -0400

Start: 6 Oct 2007 - 5:30pm
End: 6 Oct 2007 - 9:00pm

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You’re Invited to the Spirit Garage Next Decade Stewardship Dinner Saturday, October 6, 2007 from 5:30 - 9:00 PM at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4100 Lyndale Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN.

By the grace of God and the generous support of hundreds of people, the first 10 years of Spirit Garage have been amazing! On October 6th, we will celebrate the great work that God has done in our first decade as a community and explore how your financial partnership with Spirit Garage will help make the next ten years even more incredible.

Location:
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4100 Lyndale Ave S, Mpls - Iversen Room, in the basement

Stewardship & Partners in Giving – Wed. 7/18

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:03:49 -0400

Start: 18 Jul 2007 - 7:00pm
End: 18 Jul 2007 - 9:00pm

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We will be gathering 7 PM on Wednesday July 18th, in the office work room at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4100 Lyndale Ave S Mpls to prepare the second quarter Stewardship mailing an to discuss the financial health of the community. We will also get an up-date from the Partners-in-Giving Champions and talk about upcoming volunteer events for the quarter. Please contact Melissa at 952-239-2444 for more info or for directions.

Location:
Bethlehem Lutheran Church - 4100 Lyndale Ave. S. Mpls

Stewardship / Partners In Giving Meeting – Mon. 6/11

Wed, 30 May 2007 16:25:42 -0400

Start: 11 Jun 2007 - 6:30pm
End: 11 Jun 2007 - 8:30pm

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We will me meeting at Melissa Johnston’s on Monday, June 11 at 6:30 PM to discuss the financial health of the community and to have a little BBQ! We will also get an up-date from the Partners-in-Giving Champions and talk about upcoming volunteer events for the quarter. Please contact Melissa at 952-239-2444 for more info or for directions.

Location:
Melissa Johnston's House

Stewardship and Partners-in-Giving Meeting on Thursday, March 29th

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:26:37 -0500

Start: 29 Mar 2007 - 7:00pm
End: 29 Mar 2007 - 8:30pm

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We will meet in the Commons and find a room to gather. Plan on getting up to speed on the financials and budget and discussing past and upcoming voluteer activities with our Partners-in-Giving Champions.

We will also talk about the "All Community Up-Date", scheduled for April 15th and discuss the "All Community" mailing, which will be sent out at our April meeting. Contact Melissa Johnston at melissajohnsmail@yahoo.com or (952) 239-2444 if you have any questions.

Location:
Bethlehem Lutheran (41st and Lyndale)

Stewardship and Partners in Giving Meeting

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:38:24 -0500

Start: 27 Feb 2007 - 7:00pm
End: 27 Feb 2007 - 8:30pm

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Agenda includes reviewing January financials and discussing up-coming volunteer events. We are hosting on March 25th. Open to existing members and those interested in learning more about Stewardship or Partners-in-Giving. Please contact Melissa at 952-239-2444 or melissajohnsmail@yahoo.com for more information.

Location:
Bethlehem (in the Commons)

Stewardship & Partners In Giving – Wed. 1/24

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:58:48 -0500

Start: 24 Jan 2007 - 7:00pm
End: 24 Jan 2007 - 9:00pm

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Be a part of the team that works to keep financial engine of SG running and supporting our Partners In Giving. The next meeting will be Wed. Jan. 24th from 7-9 PM at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4100 Lyndale Ave S. Mpls. For more info contact Melissa Johnston.

Location:
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4100 Lyndale Ave S. Mpls

Dealership Blow Out - Meditation

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:49:00 -0500

Start: 10 Dec 2006 - 10:00am

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This Sunday, December 10, at Spirit Garage we will hold our 2nd Annual Dealership Blowout. It is a time when we as a community make a commitment to God for the year ahead. This not only includes the monetary gifts we offer, but also our personal commitments to live in community together at Spirit Garage and be active in the rest of community. We have 2 specific Partners in Giving. We will be taking a vote to decide who are Partner in Giving will be for the next 2 years; our partnership with "The Bridge for Runaway Youth" continues through 2007.

Why do we give? Because all that we have has first been given to us. God, the creator of heaven and earth is the absolute owner of everything. Creation in its totality belongs to God because there was nothing until God created. God’s absolute ownership is not hard to understand if you believe, "God made it, so it belongs to God." What can be hard to understand, however, is what God chose to do with creation after it was made: From the very beginning God busily gave away things. In fact, there is a sense in which the act of creation itself must be understood in terms of generosity and self-giving. After all, it was not necessary for God to create the world; God does not depend upon creation for happiness or fulfillment. God created out of kindness and expressed that character in all that was created.

In Psalm 19 we read, "The heavens tell the glory of God, and the skies announce what his hands have made. Day after day they tell the story; night after night they tell it again. They have no speech or words; they have no voice to be heard. But their message goes out through all the world; their words go everywhere on earth. . . The teachings of the Lord are perfect; they give new strength. The rules of the Lord can be trusted; they make plain people wise. The orders of the Lord are right; they make people happy. The commands of the Lord are pure; they light up the way. Respect for the Lord is good; it will last forever. The judgments of the Lord are true; they are completely right. They are worth more than gold, even the purest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even the finest honey. By them your servant is warned. Keeping them brings great reward. People cannot see their own mistakes. Forgive me for my secret sins. Keep me from the sins of pride; don't let them rule me. Then I can be pure and innocent of the greatest of sins. I hope my words and thoughts please you. Lord, you are my Rock, the one who saves me."

Indeed, the most powerful ways in which God’s self-giving has been expressed is through the Imago Dei (the image of God) the one we prepare to welcome, the Babe in the manger, Jesus, our Savior.

The Creator’s self-giving ought to transform the way those who have been recreated in Jesus approach wealth and possessions. Especially in light of the fact that we cannot claim anything like absolute ownership over the things that we have, we must be free and unassuming with the things in our trust. Notice, however, that giving as God gives calls for more than just generosity with things and stuff. We must give of ourselves, something that is very hard to do. Moreover, the responsibility to engage in self-giving is not a call to sentimentality but to personal sacrifice. Only after understanding that we are not our own but were created and forgiven through what God gave to us, will we truly be able to give our stuff and ourselves away, following the pattern set by the Creator and Recreator: Jesus Christ.

Location:
Theater Garage

Dealership Blowout – Sundays 11/12 - 12/10

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:02:51 -0400

Start: 12 Nov 2006 - 10:00am
End: 12 Nov 2006 - 12:15pm

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Join us on Sundays for the second annual Dealership Blowout during our regularly scheduled gathering times of 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM at Theater Garage. Help us develop our plans for 2007 by filling out a Scheduled Maintenance form to make a financial giving pledge with Spirit Garage for the upcoming year and also to let us know what groups and activities you would like to join.

Location:
Theater Garage - At the Corner of Franklin and Lyndale, Mpls.

Spirit Garage launches a Thrivent Financial Fitness Club. "Shaping up your Financial Future."

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:19:15 -0400

Start: 26 Oct 2006 - 7:30pm
End: 26 Oct 2006 - 9:00pm

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For 90 minutes each week, you and Club participants meet with a Financial Fitness Trainer in a fun and energizing session to work on developing healthy financial habits. Financial Fitness Trainers are committed to your success and are passionate about helping you reach your goals. They are people just like you who are working toward their own financial goals.

People trying to lose weight or quit smoking are more likely to succeed when they join supportive groups. We believe you'll make more progress on your money goals in these supportive groups because there's strength in numbers. Motivation, inspiration and celebration are part of every session. On the journey to financial fitness, every stop counts. We invite you to check out your first Club session for FREE! If you enjoy it, you can sign up for five sessions for just $39 — plus you get a starter kit with useful tools to help you on your journey. Join with a friend for $69. Scholarships are available.

Location:
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4100 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis

Stewardship and Partners in Giving Meeting

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:36:31 -0400

Start: 9 Aug 2006 - 7:00pm
End: 9 Aug 2006 - 8:30pm

description:
We will be meeting from 7-8:30 PM to mail out the mid-year giving and announcement letters, review financials and get an up-date from our liasons for Partners in Giving. Please call Melissa Johnston at 952-239-2444 for more information!

Location:
Bethlehem (room TBD)