Spirit Garage is a Christian faith community, and we worship at 10:30 am on Sunday mornings.

Who we are:

• The people of Spirit Garage come from all kinds of religious and not-so-religious backgrounds.

• Our pastor is ordained in the ELCA (Lutheran).

• We were birthed out of and remain a ministry of Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities, an ELCA congregation in Minneapolis and Minnetonka.

• What we do at Spirit Garage may or may not be what many people would call Lutheran. Nevertheless, we find that the connection to a larger church community is helpful, and with that we are part of the Minneapolis Area Synod of the ELCA.

• We are a Reconciling in Christ Community. Here is our welcome statement.

What we believe:

You can find a variety of beliefs and doubts at Spirit Garage, but our leadership and rootedness come from a Lutheran and Christian place.

This means the ways we talk and sing about faith will include these things:

• We believe in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

• Through Christ we are given grace, and we share that grace in the world to become part of the healing of the world.

• We celebrate Holy Communion, which is simple bread and wine that Christ instituted as a meal of God’s grace. All are welcome. All means all. If God said this was for all people, why would we turn anyone away? 

• We welcome the community of faith through baptism, and we understand baptism to be about God and what God does and who we are in God’s eyes, not about a decision we make.

• We recognize that God’s work in our lives and hearts is often a lifelong process rather than an instant decision.