News & Updates – September 20
Sunday School Begins this Sunday!
Sunday School starts up again this coming Sunday, September 20 at 9:30 AM on-line. Children ages 3 and up are invited to join us on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85766264892?pwd=OWVJUzJEenhUbWtFYzIwVVFTbTM0Zz09
We’ll divide into two Zoom Rooms: the Pre-School Frolic Room, and the Action Bible Room. For more information, contact Amy Ireland at asireland@hamlinechurch.org
Children & Youth Sign Up!
Please take two minutes to register your child or youth for our fall spiritual formation offerings.
Children and families: https://forms.gle/cGFPz8AkNNUufLJs9
Youth and families: https://forms.gle/soW5rbxCyX36QoyS7
Sunday School starts this Sunday, and you will be contacted next week about our Kids’ Minecraft Group and our Kids’ Bookclub.
Questions? Contact Amy Ireland asireland@hamlinechurch.org
Zoom Tour of SafeZone Drop-in Center for Homeless Youth
Sunday, September 20 at 11:45 am
A thirty minute Zoom Tour of SafeZone is scheduled for Sunday for anyone who is interested. The Zoom link for this meeting is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3750459780?pwd=NjQyYnhJcnV3QlpTOFVQRXlMZUtndz09
Meeting ID: 375 045 9780
Passcode: 9GQY
Contact: stevebloom4592@gmail.com
Youth Group Kick-off Party
Sunday, September 20 at 1pm
This Sunday all youth and friends of Hamline Church are invited to drop by Ginkgo’s Patio (721 Snelling Ave N, St Paul, MN 55104) from 1pm-2:30pm. Play some games, check in with one another, and get the schedule for the year. PLUS get a free ice cream/treat/drink from Ginkgo’s! Contact Ashley (ahoefker01@hamline.edu)
Confirmation Starts Next Sunday
Sunday, September 27 at 1pm
Confirmation at Hamline Church is a two-year program typically for seventh and eighth graders but older youth who have not already been confirmed are invited to attend as well. During this time, we explore what it means to confirm for ourselves the promises our parents made at Baptism. If you have a youth interested, please note that we meet on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 1pm – first meeting (9/27) will be in person – meeting via zoom after that. Contact Heather (hgrantham@hamlinechurch.org).
Belated Card Shower for Frank Dreisbach
Hamline Church longtime friend and member, the Rev. Frank Dreisbach celebrated his 90th birthday on September 13! We are asking EVERYONE (even if you don’t know him personally) to shower him with good wishes for this milestone birthday:
Rev. Frank Dreisbach
1749 Taylor Ave W
Saint Paul, MN 55104
Card Shower for Norma Fields
Norma Fields, mother of Hamline Church member Sharon Fields, will celebrate her 90th birthday on October 4th! Norma is a lifelong United Methodist now living in a care center in Philadelphia. Sharon would be so appreciative of her Minnesota church family joining in the celebration by sending cards and well wishes:
Norma S Fields
2101 Belmont Ave
APT 3209 Old Main
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Sunday Morning Book Group
Sunday, September 27 at 9:00 AM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89331241754?pwd=ZVNQZEl6WGJ0WVdxK1JkRTFxSis1Zz09
Meeting ID: 893 3124 1754
Passcode: 512740
Join in via Zoom to discuss “The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy.” Author Michael McCarthy traces his adoration of the natural world to when he was seven, when the discovery of butterflies and birds brought sudden joy to a boy whose mother had just been hospitalized. Krista Tippett, host of On Being at NPR, says “I have rarely discovered a book that so delighted and galvanized me at once.”
Contact Barb Edgar at edgar002@umn.edu.
Hamline Connects Group
This fall, Hamline Church is drawing on an age-old Methodist practice of relying on small groups to help us through these unprecedented times. In September everyone will be invited to participate in a Hamline Connects Group for the fall and winter. Each group will be shaped by a leader(s) and will collectively decide when and how to meet. Groups are encouraged to meet at least twice a month through Zoom, email, text, phone, or mail. Some groups may decide to meet in-person outdoors with masks and social distancing. Hamline Connects Groups are designed to create small groups within the congregation so that members and active friends of the church can stay connected, engaged, and cared for. For more info contact Heather Grantham (hgrantham@hamlinechurch.org)