Spirit Garage will host a site and send folx into the neighborhood together to check out some of the local music flavors.

Bandshell, Brunch, Beach!

Join us at the Lake Harriet Bandshell for worship to kick off the summer and to celebrate the Spirit blowing around at Pentecost!

Bring a brunch item to share a potluck after worship.

Bring your beach toys, paddle boards, canoes, kayaks, and other water toys to celebrate the start of summer!

This week we start what is known in some church circles as “Ordinary Season,” the longest season. This church season goes from the day of ascension all the way up to the beginning of advent, with a couple of special days thrown in. 

As we enter into this ordinary season, we do so with poetry and song searching for God in the ordinary.

On Sunday, May 25, 2025 Spirit Garage will bless Pastor Holly, her backpack, pens, notebooks, shoes, and her car as we send her for a time of sabbath rest and renewal.

Please join us as we bless Pastor Holly in worship and celebrate with her following worship at a community potluck and BBQ.

Sign up here to help and to let us know what you will bring!

Do you want to be healed?

This week we consider how our resistances can keep us from healing. Plus, we send Pastor Holly for her sabbatical. We will have a BBQ/Potluck following worship.

With Wild Mind Ales, we say “CHEERS TO GOOD TIMES AND GREAT CAUSES!”Join us for a fundraiser for Spirit Garage’s Fall Retreat at Wild Minds Ales.

Who am I to hinder God?

This week we consider how dreams and visions can help open us up to what God is doing in the world, and how those dreams and visions can help us grow and stretch to meet God.

Can you feel the sunlight?

Gospel According To Joy Oladokun

This week we spend time with music from Joy Oladokun, noticing the gospel message within Joy’s music. Plus Senior Recognition Sunday.

Join us for the uplifting Stories of Hope breakfast, a heartwarming event hosted by Mental Health Connect. This year, our fundraiser shines a spotlight on youth mental health, showcasing real stories from young individuals and families facing mental health struggles. Email bigdoor@spiritgarage.org to let us know you want to join our table.

You haven't caught anything, have you?

This week we spend time with Jesus, the risen Christ, interacting with the disciples as they are fishing.

Spirit Garage volunteers will be providing and sharing an evening meal to the 21 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!

Have you believed because you have seen me? John 20:19-31

This week we spend time with Jesus, the risen Christ, interacting with the disciples and notice what they need and how they respond to Jesus.

Calling all tinkers, tailors, and people who like fiddling with stuff! 

If you have a knack for straightening chair legs, getting the vacuum cleaner to work, or mending hems and stuffies, come help your neighbors save their stuff from the landfill! 

Join us for a joyful Easter Sunday worship with great music, signs of hallelujahs, and a mosaic poster that we will start on Easter Sunday! Plus coffee and treats and great conversation!

After worship there will be an Easter Egg Hunt for kids of all ages! 

The Kingfield Neighborhood Association and Spirit Garage will host a neighborhood cleanup day on Holy Saturday, April 19 beginning at 9:30 am and concluding with a BBQ beginning at 12:15 pm.

4/18/25 Good Friday: The Way of New Life (John 18:1-19:42)

It is Good Friday, or Holy Friday, or God’s Friday. This is the day when we remember that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified on a cross for making powerful people nervous.

4/17/25 Maundy Thursday: The Way of Love (John 13:1-17; 21-38)

On this night we celebrate the day when Jesus gave a new command to his disciples to love one another as he loved them, and Jesus loved them in a particular way: by being a servant.

4/13/25 Palm Sunday: "The Way of the Cross" (Luke 19:28-40)

On Palm Sunday we see a strange parade, as Jesus enters into Jerusalem in a deliberate fulfillment of the messianic prophecy but with a twist.

On Thurdays from March 6-April 10, Pastor Holly will teach a confirmation-for-adults class, which will explore things like different ways to read the Bible, some stuff about creeds and prayers and different religions, prayer practices, and more.

4/6/25 Lent 5: "The Way Forward" (Isaiah 43:16-21) - “I am about to do a new thing.”

On Thurdays from March 6-April 11, Pastor Holly will teach a confirmation-for-adults class, which will explore things like different ways to read the Bible, some stuff about creeds and prayers and different religions, prayer practices, and more.

3/30/25 Lent 4: "The Way Back Home/Back to each other" (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)

Today we hear the story commonly known as the Prodigal son

On Thurdays from March 6-April 11, Pastor Holly will teach a confirmation-for-adults class, which will explore things like different ways to read the Bible, some stuff about creeds and prayers and different religions, prayer practices, and more.

Are you new or kind-of new to Spirit Garage? This Spring, think about joining the new member group.

These will take place over lunch on Two Sundays following church from 12-1:30: March 16 and March 23, with receiving new members happening on March 30th. (Becoming a member is not a requirement if you attend the information gatherings.)

"The Way it is for Holly" Matthew 25: 34-43

This week, you’ll hear Pastor Holly talk about the foundational scripture that guides her faith, as she explains about the thread she follows.

On Thurdays from March 6-April 11, Pastor Holly will teach a confirmation-for-adults class, which will explore things like different ways to read the Bible, some stuff about creeds and prayers and different religions, prayer practices, and more.

Are you new or kind-of new to Spirit Garage? This Spring, think about joining the new member group.

These will take place over lunch on Two Sundays following church from 12-1:30: March 16 and March 23, with receiving new members happening on March 30th. (Becoming a member is not a requirement if you attend the information gatherings.)

"The Way it is for Holly" Matthew 25: 34-43

This week, you’ll hear Pastor Holly talk about the foundational scripture that guides her faith, as she explains about the thread she follows.

On Thurdays from March 6-April 11, Pastor Holly will teach a confirmation-for-adults class, which will explore things like different ways to read the Bible, some stuff about creeds and prayers and different religions, prayer practices, and more.

3/9/25 Lent 1: "The Way in the Wilderness" (Luke 4:1-13)

Focus: Jesus' response to temptation models staying focused on God’s mission.