We will be getting the vegetable gardens ready and cutting down the vegetation and removing it from the two rain gardens. There will also be the opportunity for ongoing removal of invasives in the woods, specifically the squill!  Bring rakes, hedge shears, gloves for rain garden work, and shovels, trowels and gloves for the squill in the woods.

It’s Comedy Night in Minnetonka, Saturday, March 18, right here at St. Luke!  The St. Luke folk group will start things off at 5:45 pm.  Then stand-up comic/storyteller/ventriloquist Bill Chadwick will entertain. Piggy-backing off our March Change for Change recipient, a free-will offering for ICA Foodshelf will be taken.  

Bill has appeared at Acme Comedy Club, Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy at the Mall of America, Sisyphus Brewing, Comedy Corner Underground, Camp Bar, and other comedy clubs around the Twin Cities.  In addition, he regularly provides entertainment at churches and housing communities. 
 
He is the author of Still Laughing, Still Learning (Still Looking for a Good Title): Mostly True Stories of Family, Friends, Faith & Foibles.  It was awarded the Silver Medal in the category of Non-fiction Humor by the Midwest Book Awards, and recently was named “Best First Book” by the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation.  Copies will be available for sale following the show.
 
A recent comedy booker had this to say about Bill’s performance: “Wow, was last night ever great.  It is so therapeutic to laugh as hard as I did.  It certainly made me feel good.  Thanks much for making the evening so special.”
 
Find out more at Bill’s website: billchadwick.com

Join us for our annual Gift-making Workshop when kids (of all ages) will make Christmas gifts, rather than buy them.

Join us for a beautiful fall morning of creation care as we continue our restoration efforts on our grounds. We continue to remove invasive plants and tend the new native plantings from earlier in the season. Caribou coffee provided.

Join us for a beautiful fall morning of creation care as we continue our restoration efforts on our grounds. We continue to remove invasive plants and tend the new native plantings from earlier in the season. Caribou coffee provided.

Join us at St. Luke for a multigenerational “Trunk or Treat” celebration and simple soup potluck on Sunday, October 30 immediately followship worship (about 11:45 am).  Decorate your vehicle and park in the lower parking lot to help pass out treats to little ones. Make a soup in advance and bring it in a crockpot to share.  Or simply come as you are and linger in the joy of community.  Questions?  Contact the office, Brennan or Nora.  

Join us for a beautiful fall morning of creation care as we continue our restoration efforts on our grounds. We continue to remove invasive plants and tend the new native plantings from earlier in the season. Caribou coffee provided.

Join us for a beautiful fall morning of creation care as we continue our restoration efforts on our grounds. We continue to remove invasive plants and tend the new native plantings from earlier in the season.

The Division of Indian Work (DIW) celebrates 70 years of proudly serving our Twin Cities American Indian community as an American Indian-led organization with its annual LEAP! fundraiser. LEAP! Into Action returns for its 7th year as an in-person event, taking place on Mon, Sept 26 at the Metropolitan Event Center in Golden Valley.

DIW Director Louise Matson invites St. Lukers to join her and others for this wonderful fundraising event featuring great good, Native American entertainers, and an auction of local goods. If people want to donate items to the silent auction they still have time.

Tickets are $70 and may be purchased online at www.diw-mn.org/leap or through Lori Cocking, please connect with her at loricockinghr@gmail.com or via phone 612.670.3030. (If you purchase online, please let Lori know so she can assure St. Luke folks get tables together). Ticket prices are elevated this year due to increased costs – if you need assistance with the cost of a ticket, simply let Lori and Brennan know. While this is a fundraising effort, it’s also a relation celebration for us and we’d like to support folks attending.