Spirit Garage Worship with Bethlehem at Lake Harriet Bandshell

10 am on July 26, 2026

This week we will worship with the whole Bethlehem community!

Join us for worship at the Meraki Building, 10:30-11:30 am. This summer we will explore the Spirit Garage mission statement and values. This week we have a Coffeehouse style worship, mixing poetry, music, sacred readings to notice God, our purpose, our people, and our neighbors.

Come eat and hang out with your people at The Lowbrow on this Monday “Dine Out Give Back” night. That means that 10% of the sales will go back to Spirit Garage. Plus it’s an awesome local business in the neighborhood. Win/Win!

Join us for worship at the Meraki Building, 10:30-11:30 am. This summer we will explore the Spirit Garage mission statement and values. This week we focus on “Find Your People.”

Pastor Holly is preaching.

Your neighbors, Meraki, and Spirit Garage invite you to a community open mic night!

10 minutes or less per performer

7:00-8:00 kid-friendly content

8:00-9:00 adult-friendly content

light snacks, sound system, & solidarity provided

limited spots; walk-ins welcome until space fills up

to sign up, email: bigdoor@spiritgarage.org

Check out Meraki here: https://merakiensouled.com

Join us for worship at the Meraki Building, 10:30-11:30 am. This summer we will explore the Spirit Garage mission statement and values. This week we focus on “Find Your Purpose.”

Pastor Holly is preaching.

This summer we will explore the Spirit Garage mission statement and values. This week it’s Pride Sunday Worship!

Hope you can join us.

Today, worship will be at 10 AM at the Lake Harriet Bandshell.

Every year, different churches take over the bandshell on Sunday mornings to lead worship during the summer. We’ll be leaning into how Jesus answers “who is my neighbor” as we hang out at the neighborhood lake down the street.

Bring food to share in a potluck picnic after worship at 11 AM.

Every year in Kingfield, there are about 40 stages that appear for an evening on porches, front lawns, garages, and more, for PorchFest. Spirit Garage will have a stage at Meraki! Come out to Meraki AND walk around the neighborhood to hear music everywhere! This is great neighboring.

This summer we will explore the Spirit Garage mission statement and values. We begin with “Find God,” and go from there!

Pastor Holly is preaching.

It is 38 CE in Alexandria, and Salome, a skilled physician with a past she's fought to suppress, struggles to navigate the complex landscape of first-century womanhood and the privilege of being Greek. 

Moving from the Greek countryside to the Roman Forum, from the dusty hills of Nazareth to the wide boulevards of Alexandria, THE GOSPEL OF SALOME is a retelling of Biblical events set against the roiling backdrop of history's first recorded pogrom, an examination of ideology and motherhood, and a poignant argument for love and equality in today's world as well as its own context.

Kaethe Schwehn is an English professor at St. Olaf, and may be able to join us for part of the discussion on this night.

Open Streets is back!

Come hang out on the long stretch of Lyndale, beginning at Bethlehem and experience Minneapolis in all it’s glory. Spirit Garage will have a stage on the steps at Bethlehem, and a table out front where we’ll be hanging out with people and probably giving out popcorn.

You can sign up for a shift to be at our booth! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0D4EACA72FA6FC1-64014643-open

Spirit Garage member and artist Scott H presents his portrait project in worship.

Scott will be taking portraits of people from Spirit Garage and asking them questions about who they are and how they came to belong to Spirit Garage/ what they love about it, and then presenting this at worship on June 7.

Guest Preacher Natalia Terfa will be preaching today. Natalia is one of the voices behind the podcast and online community, “Cafeteria Christian” and also works for Church Anew. 

Matt 28:16-20

SG young adults (18-30ish) meet up at Silverbird Coffee after worship on 5/24. This is a great chance to enjoy delicious coffee and brunch, and keep those after-worship conversations going. Rachel is the point person for this outing.

It’s Pentecost, and that’s the day we celebrate that the Holy Spirit showed up in some brand new ways. Wear red!

Acts 2: 1-21

Families with young kids, join Andy for a time of singing beloved kids' songs, storybooks, and social time outside of worship.

Meet in the Menagerie Room (middle of main level) @ Meraki

Spirit Garage volunteers will be providing and sharing an evening meal to the 38 individuals who are staying at Our Savior’s Emergency Shelter. It’s super low-key. We need about 4 people to serve, and others are welcome to donate food. Sign up here!

In worship today we’ll go back in time a little, to part of the LONG speeches Jesus made before he died to his disciples. Now, on the other side of the resurrection, they’re just learning to make sense of these strange words. 

John 14:15-21

Andy is leading an enrichment activity at the Minneapolis Crisis Nursery. Spaces are limited, so get in touch if you'd like to join in!

Thursday, May 14th, bring a dish, a game, and a friend to our community game night and potluck! The theme for dinner is tacos, so plan accordingly. Kids are welcome, and we’ll have a giant-sized Connect 4 game available.

After church, stick around for a few moments to celebrate with the grads, and also to be a part of the welcome statement video. Drew, the Tech director from Bethlehem will be on hand to do a quick video of a bunch of people saying a small section of the welcome statement to be put all together.

It’s Gospel According to the Avett Brothers today. Come and hear about the biblical/religious themes that come up in this secular band’s lyrics.

Today in worship, a special guest speaker will give our message.

Quinn Johnston is on the Caretaker’s team at Holden Village, one of twelve people called to care for the village during it’s forced closure due to the mudslides blocking access to the village. She will share a message of her experience in the village during this strange time, with links to Psalm 31.

Today, we have a remembrance/affirmation of baptism for one of our members, so we will talk about what baptism is all about. 

Galatians 3: 23-29

Join the Holden Community and Spirit Garage Community for a night of talent, food and fellowship. You can RSVP (link below) with what you will bring for the potluck and sign up to share a talent, if you want.

Participants will be limited to the first 10 on a first come, first serve basis, but all are welcome to attend, share in community, and learn a little more about Holden!

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQ7TS3jGzmD-u3oV-G04QF4nluhGr4AZ7BuJ2Wu0Vn70xvVg/viewform

During worship today we hear a story about two disciples who haven’t yet learned about Easter-about Jesus, rising from the dead, and the moment they figure it out. 

Luke 24:13-35