November Concert Series: Jumpin’ Jehosafats + Simpson Housing Services
In November, we feature the music of Jumpin’ Jehosafats, and benefit Simpson Housing Services. Visit our Concert Series page to listen to Jumpin’ Jehosafats perform Wesley Rules Blues, and learn more about the work that Simpson is doing to help those experiencing homelessness.
Pastor’s Corner: November 2020
Holy Moley, Friends!!We are in motion!!Make no mistake about it, we are going into winter with NO plans of hibernation. In fact, I feel the need to remind us all that as we do our fall work of putting things in order for the long, cold season, we also will remember the basic safety guidelines that protect us from spreading the virus, which is again on the rise. If you are planning to come to the church building, it is…
Virtual Art Fair & Bazaar: November 1-8!
We have been working closely with PPUMC artists, artisans, and bakers to create packages for you to purchase for yourself and your loved ones. Each and every package has been thoughtfully hand-selected with an assortment of unique, handcrafted items, original artwork, baked goods, and Velasquez fair trade coffee. No two packages are the same! These packages are priced at $25, $50 and $100! Sales are open Sunday, November 1 through Sunday, November 8 – or until we run out of inventory! For more information, visit our shop page:
October Concert Series: Caritas + MCC Refugee Services
During the month of October, we are featuring the music of Caritas Vocal Ensemble and raising money for MN Council of Churches Refugee Services. Listen to a song from Caritas and learn more about both of these groups on our Community Concert Series page! The Prospect Park United Methodist Church Community Concert Series has always been about community: The community supported by local nonprofit organizations that are benefited by the generous donations from concert goers The community of musicians who…
Pastor’s Corner: October 2020
Friends, It is October! Why am I so giddy? I have learned to greet the month with glee. I was born on the 2nd day and therefore long ago decided that I may claim the entire month as a celebration of being alive on this planet. I am convinced that the color in the leaves soaks into my psyche and paints my inner sacred space with all the colors of a burning bush. I am conscious of impending harvest in…
Pastor’s Corner: September 2020
Beloved Friends, Thirty minutes into the clergy-only session of MN Annual Conference 2020, I found myself in my sun-porch home office with my computer, my note pad, and a take-out coffee, attempting to digest what had just happened. Two hundred (or so) MN UMC clergy had all completed 4 hours of preparation for this event, had Zoomed together to an opening announcement that included the strange celebration of being “together” as a body in these times of social distancing. Yes,…
Worship Service: Be the Light, Live Hope
A clergy covenant group within our conference has created a gift in the form of a pre-recorded worship service around our 2020 Annual Conference theme (“Be the Light, Live Hope”) that’s available for all congregations to use Aug. 30 or after. Thank you to Revs. Shawna Horn, Jay Jeong, LaQuaan Malachi, Nate Melcher, Kate Murphey Payton, Whitney Sheridan, and Mariah Furness Tollgaard for developing this great resource. Prospect Park UMC streamed this service on August 30 during our 10am worship time.…
Pastor’s Corner: August 2020
I begin to write this note listening to a recording of “Amazing Grace,” played on the sanctuary piano by Kathy Webb. I look up and out our front door and the snow-white squirrel that lives in our neighborhood pops up like a Jack-in-the-box in the lawn across the street.
The State of Our Democracy is troubled… What’s our role in renewing the path to “A More Perfect Union?”
Harry C. Boyte, Senior Scholar in Public Work Philosophy and Co-founder, Institute for Public Life and Work at Augsburg University, speaks to this on Thursday, August 20 at 7pm via Zoom. See the below flier for more information:
Pastor’s Corner: July 2020
I have long been fascinated by what Jesus looked like at the time he walked the dusty paths of Nazareth. I noticed early and often that the images of Jesus I encountered in the painting in the Sunday School classroom, in the stained-glass window in the sanctuary (pictured), and the small one in a book in my grandmother’s house looked nothing at all like one another.