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03 / 2 Mission Crew in Biloxi End: 8:56 am Start: Feb 23 2008 - 8:56am End: Mar 2 2008 - 8:56am On February 22, sixteen of our adult members will be leaving for Biloxi, Mississippi to work with Habitat for Humanity’s effort to rebuild homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Bethel Lutheran Church in Biloxi will host our group. The team will need your prayers and financial support. It will cost about $400 - $450/person for transportation and lodging in Biloxi. We would also like to leave a financial gift for Bethel’s ongoing Katrina relief effort. If you have a heart for this work and/or wanted to participate, but could not make the trip this time, the team needs your financial support. You can use the envelopes in the church pews or mail your donation to the church office. Please make your check out to Gethsemane and then mark the memo line for Katrina Relief. Thrivent Financial will match our combined donations dollar-for-dollar up to $300. So the first $300 donated will result in a $600 gift for the mission trip. The Katrina Mission Team is as follows: Donna Anderson, Bill Arthur, Bob Dummer, Sandi Edenborg, Fred Hedberg, Susan Hedberg, Barb Krig, Margie Olson, Mike Paterson, Bev Paterson, Steve Pavelka, Jeanne Pavelka, Earl Rodine, Lisa Shelstad, Laurie Underkofler and Lori Youngvorst. more info Traditional Worship Start: 9:00 am End: 10:00 am Fourth Sunday of Lent Music is from the Lutheran Book of Worship as well as other sources. Organ and Choral music leads the liturgy and hymns. Holy Communion is celebrated the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. more info Contemporary Worship Start: 11:00 am End: 12:00 pm Fourth Sunday of Lent At Contemporary Worship the congregational songs are led by our contemporary choir, Voices of Praise, and instruments. The style is eclectic, drawing from folk, gospel and contemporary sources. Holy Communion is celebrated every week more info
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03 / 4 King's Men Breakfast Start: 7:00 am End: 8:00 am A hot breakfast will be served with a $6 contribution requested. The speaker will be Jim Hale, founder and minister of “Stream Of Life Ministries.” Jim has personally counseled and discipled dozens of men in life skills issues. He has a passion for fly fishing and will speak on “Fishing For Personal Success - Just One More Cast.” If you are planning on attending, please indicate so in the Sunday Friendship Folder. Click here to visit the Stream of Life Ministries website more info The Dialogue Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:30 pm What are your hopes and fears for the future? Maybe this question is easier - what are your hopes and fears for your grandchildren’s future? How does our faith address those fears? How are we, as a faith community, going to respond to these issues? Please join us on Tuesday, March 4th at 7:00 p.m. to discuss these questions. It promises to be an interesting and challenging conversation facilitated by Aneesa Parks from ISAIAH. Click here to visit the Isaiah website more info
03 / 5 Lenten Worship Start: 11:30 am End: 12:15 pm Light lunch follows in Fellowship Hall more info Congregation Lunch Start: 12:15 pm End: 1:30 pm Light lunch served following Lenten worship in Fellowship Hall. more info Congregation Dinner Start: 5:30 pm End: 6:45 pm Light supper served preceding Lenten worship in Fellowship Hall. more info Lenten Worship Start: 7:00 pm Sanctuary more info
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03 / 7 Family Ministry Night Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Gather with other families for a meal (prepared by someone else!) and a discussion facilitated by Pastor Keith. The meal begins at 6:00 p.m. Parent conversation and supervised activities for kids begins at 7:00. Invite your friends! With Pastor Keith in charge, it’s sure to be fun! RSVP by calling 952-935-1753, or by signing up in the Friendship Folder. more info
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03 / 9 Traditional Worship Start: 9:00 am End: 10:00 am Fifth Sunday of Lent Music is from the Lutheran Book of Worship as well as other sources. Organ and Choral music leads the liturgy and hymns. Holy Communion is celebrated the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. more info Contemporary Worship Start: 11:00 am End: 12:00 pm Fifth Sunday of Lent At Contemporary Worship the congregational songs are led by our contemporary choir, Voices of Praise, and instruments. The style is eclectic, drawing from folk, gospel and contemporary sources. Holy Communion is celebrated every week more info
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03 / 11 Upper Room Supper Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:30 pm “Welcome to Jerusalem.” With these warm words of greeting Gethsemane women, for more than 50 years, have been invited to a special time of worship, the service of the Upper Room. This devotional highlight of the Lenten season, the Upper Room Supper, will be held this year on Tuesday, March 11, at 6:30 p.m. The service, designed by a Gethsemane member, the late June Baugh in 1957, transports the guests to the Holy City on that first Holy Week, carrying them in spirit to the room where Jesus at his Last Supper with his friends. The experience comes to life with the focus on a scene remiscent of DaVinci’s famous painting. Scripture passages from the Passion story and special Lenten music will enrich the service. Music for the event will be by harpist Raenay Rock. Ms. Rock, an employee of the Minneapolis Area Synod of the ELCA, performs widely at church and community events. Following supper, in an intimate sharing of Holy Communion, the women will serve the sacramental bread and wine at individual tables. Program arrangements have been made by Rebekah Circle. Supper will be prepared and served by members of Deborah Circle. A free will offering will be received, but reservations are necessary. Please call the church office at 952-935-1753 before Sunday, March 9. more info
03 / 12 Lenten Worship Start: 11:30 am End: 12:15 pm Light lunch follows in Fellowship Hall more info Congregation Lunch Start: 12:15 pm End: 1:30 pm Light lunch served following Lenten worship in Fellowship Hall. more info Congregation Dinner Start: 5:30 pm End: 6:45 pm Light supper served preceding Lenten worship in Fellowship Hall. more info Lenten Worship Start: 7:00 pm Sanctuary more info
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03 / 16 Palm Sunday Breakfast Start: 8:00 am End: 12:30 pm Breakfast will be served from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The 9th graders will be serving up a hot breakfast as a fundraiser for the Montana trip in July. Bring a good appetite! Suggested donation is $5-$10 per plate. more info Palm Sunday Worship Start: 9:00 am End: 10:00 am Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday Music is from the Lutheran Book of Worship as well as other sources. Organ and Choral music leads the liturgy and hymns. Holy Communion is celebrated the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. more info Palm Sunday Worship Start: 11:00 am End: 12:00 pm Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday more info
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03 / 18 Women's Book Group Start: 7:00 pm End: 7:34 pm Third Tuesdays from 7-8 p.m. in the Fireside Gallery March 2008: White Ghost Girls by Alice Greenway more info
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03 / 20 Maundy Thursday Worship Start: 11:30 am End: 12:30 pm Fireside Gallery more info Maundy Thursday Worship Start: 7:00 pm Sanctuary more info
03 / 21 Good Friday Worship Start: 7:00 pm End: 7:45 pm Sanctuary more info
03 / 22 Easter Festival photos Start: 10:30 am End: 12:30 pm The Easter Festival is an opportunity for young and old to gather together for an interactive walk through Holy Week. Kids will experience foot washing, carrying of the Cross, the Last Supper and more. Crafts, games and a pizza lunch round out the morning. This is a great way for grandparents to share Gethsemane with their grandchildren. Mark your calendar and make this a part of your Easter traditions! Click here to view a slideshow from the Easter Festival more info
03 / 23 Easter Worship Start: 7:00 am End: 8:00 am Christ is Risen! more info Easter Worship Start: 9:00 am End: 10:00 am Christ is Risen! more info Easter Worship Start: 11:00 am End: 12:00 pm Christ is Risen! more info
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03 / 25 Empty Bowls community event Start: 11:00 am End: 7:00 pm It’s the 10th Anniversary of our community’s annual fundraiser for local foodshelves. Empty Bowls is held at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet. It’s a fun event for a very worthwhile cause! GLC is a sponsoring organization. Everyone is encouraged to stop by and choose a handmade ceramic bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in our community. Enjoy local entertainment and a simple meal of soup and bread donated by local businesses. Perhaps make a bid on a unique Celebrity Bowl in the silent auction. Free will donations go entirely toward supporting the work of ICA Foodshelf and the Hopkins Minnetonka Family Resource Center. Click here to visit the Empty Bowls website more info
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03 / 29 Saturday Night Club Start: 5:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Fans of rinky-tink, honky-tonk, vintage old-fashioned piano music will want to tap their toes to the energetic keyboard rhythms of Jim Shannon who returns after his entertaining performance celebrating St Patrick`s day previously. Jim has performed in many U.S. states and in sixteen foreign countries. Locally Jim has provided a variety of musical programs throughout the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area (and in Greater Minnesota), teaches piano at a school of music in Richfield, is Minister of Music at a church in Maple Plain, MN and for seventeen summer seasons as a pianist at Centennial Lakes Park in Edina. Those who enjoy ragtime and other early styles of U.S. popular piano music will not want to miss Jim Shannon`s concert. Of course you know that Marlene and Eileen will serve another delicious dinner at 5:30PM. All are welcome to attend Saturday Night events. Reservations are a MUST. Please call Dorothy to make your reservation at 952-938-5858 by Tuesday prior to the event. more info
03 / 30 Traditional Family Worship Start: 9:00 am End: 10:00 am Second Sunday of Easter One Sunday each month there is no Sunday School, and families are encouraged to worship with their children. At Traditional Worship the music is from the Lutheran Book of Worship as well as other sources. Organ and Choral music leads the liturgy and hymns. Holy Communion is celebrated the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. more info Reception for Pastor Nelson and family Start: 10:00 am End: 11:00 am There will be a Welcome Reception for our new Senior Pastor John Nelson, Stephanie and their children, Sarah and Tyler on Sunday, March 30 between services. Join us in welcoming them into the Gethsemane family. Read Pastor Nelson’s bio. more info Contemporary Family Worship Start: 11:00 am End: 12:00 pm Second Sunday of Easter One Sunday each month there is no Sunday School, and families are encouraged to worship with their children. At Contemporary Worship the congregational songs are led by our contemporary choir, Voices of Praise, and instruments. The style is eclectic, drawing from folk, gospel and contemporary sources. Holy Communion is celebrated every week. more info Roller Skating Event Start: 1:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Sung to Row, Row, Row your Boat: Roll, Roll, Roll your skates all around the rink. Come and Join Gethsemane friends at Roller Garden’s Rink. No one is too old or young to join into the fun; just say you’re with Gethsemane and you’ll get the cheapest rate. Five bucks per person covers the skates and fees, or if you choose you can bring your blades instead. The fun begins at one 1 pm on March the 30th sharp. Wear your Gethsemane t-shirt and show your Gethsemane pride! The skating ends at four o’clock but don’t even fret! The fun you’ll have will last for days…or at least the blisters will! If you have any questions call Tiphanie at 952-935-1753. more info
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04 / 1 King's Men's Breakfast Start: 7:00 am End: 8:00 am The next King’s Men’s Breakfast will serve a hot breakfast with a $6 contribution requested. Our speaker will be Michael Swecker, a Pastor at Hosanna Lutheran Church in Lakeville. Prior to that position he was Minnesota State Coordinator for the Lutheran Via de Cristo, a ministry of intense 3-day retreats used by many denominations. He also leads a motorcycle ministry. His topic will be “Smiley Face Church People.” If you are planning to attend, please sign up in the Sunday Friendship Folder. more info

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On February 22, sixteen of our adult members will be leaving for Biloxi, Mississippi to work with Habitat for Humanity’s effort to rebuild homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Bethel Lutheran Church in Biloxi will host our group. The team will need your prayers and financial support. It will cost about $400 - $450/person for transportation and lodging in Biloxi. We would also like to leave a financial gift for Bethel’s ongoing Katrina relief effort.

If you have a heart for this work and/or wanted to participate, but could not make the trip this time, the team needs your financial support. You can use the envelopes in the church pews or mail your donation to the church office. Please make your check out to Gethsemane and then mark the memo line for Katrina Relief. Thrivent Financial will match our combined donations dollar-for-dollar up to $300. So the first $300 donated will result in a $600 gift for the mission trip.

The Katrina Mission Team is as follows: Donna Anderson, Bill Arthur, Bob Dummer, Sandi Edenborg, Fred Hedberg, Susan Hedberg, Barb Krig, Margie Olson, Mike Paterson, Bev Paterson, Steve Pavelka, Jeanne Pavelka, Earl Rodine, Lisa Shelstad, Laurie Underkofler and Lori Youngvorst.