July 24, 2011

Hennepin is a reconciling congregation, welcoming the full participation of all persons, including the GLBT Community.

Welcome to Hennepin Church Pentecost

A Day in the Life
Monday, July 25

Tending the Garden of Your Soul Community Art Project

11:00 AM July 24 & 31 Led by Amanda Hunter What does tending the garden of your soul LOOK like? What are symbols, images, words that you would use to tell people about it? Join in this fun project to paint a community worship table cloth that illuminates our summer theme. At the end of the project the cloth will be divided between our Sanctuary, Sacred Journey and Many Voices services. Stop by tables in the East Entrance, add your art to the mix!

Tending the Garden of Your Soul

BIBLE STUDY: THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

SUNDAYS THROUGH AUGUST 21 11:00 AM LED BY BRUCE ROBBINS For some, Johns gospel is a weighty theological tome; for others it is the essence of Christianity, full of signs and glories. Each weeks study will be independent of others. People are welcome to come and go as they please. Bring a Bible!

Join Pastor Bruce Robbins and others from Hennepins local outreach team, Monday, July 25, as they spend a Day in the Life of someone experiencing homelessness in Minneapolis. This a great opportunity to learn (as a church community) about how p e o p l e s l i v e s a r e i m p a c t e d b y homelessness. For more information please contact Kristyn Ebert: Kristyn@haumc.org or 612-435-1305, or visit the table in Carlson Hall to learn more about the day.

When we come to know that, day by day, we live in the household of God, the world becomes less scary and more caring. In todays parables, Jesus teaches us about living in Gods house. Can you believe that God raised Jesus from the dead so that faith can blossom in you as extravagantly as in the mustard seed? Have you had glimpses of what this precious life can mean to you? The gloryif that word makes sense todayis above and below you, inside and outside you, and even next door. What do you say about that? As poet e.e. cummings says: Theres a hell of a good universe next door. Lets go!

Deepen Your Spiritual Journey: Writing

August 14 and 21, 11:00 AM Led by Jolene Roehlkepartain What opens your soul? How can you express your spiritual journey through writing? Answer these questions through creative writing in these classes led by Hennepin member and author of Doing Good Together and Nurturing Faith in Families. No experience is necessary.

Health Events Reminder

Come walk or bike with us for an hour on Saturday July 30 beginning at 9:45 AM. Also, plan to journey through the Energy Healing Practices Health Fair on Sunday, July 31 in the Art Gallery from 10:30 AM 12:00 noon.

SUNDAY, JULY 31 AT 10:30 AM Our fun summer food events continue... join your friends and make new ones while enjoying a cool treat next Sunday!

ICE CREAM SOCIAL

Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church

511 Groveland Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403 612-871-5303 HennepinChurch.org

Sanctuary

9:30 AM

Welcome to Hennepin Church! We are glad that you chose to worship here today. We hope your time here is meaningful and helps nurture you in the way of Christ. At each entrance there are purple Welcome Bags for guests to receive if you want more information about the church. Blessings to you on your journey of faith! Nursery for infants - age 3 is available today until 12:30 PM. An usher will be happy to help you nd the nursery in Room 103 of the Education Wing. Coffee is available Sunday mornings in Carlson Hall. Our special thanks to Jim Cone of Coffee & Tea , Ltd. for supplying Sunday coffee!

Where + is indicated, standing or sitting, we praise God. You are invited to read aloud the bold text.

9:30 AM Worship

PRELUDE CHORAL INTROIT

Penteco!
Fugue in E-at major, BWV 552

atJ. S. Bach

ENTRY INTO CELEBRATION

tArvida Steen

In order to build the Kin-dom of God, we come to offer our own God-given gifts. In order to plant seeds that will be fruitful and multiply, we come caring for one another, giving and receiving in turn. In order to wait patiently as God uses what we have to offer and multiplies it exponentially, we come together to listen intently to where God is leading us. In order to remember what a treasure this life is, we take time to look for Christ in each other and in this world.

+ HYMN NO. 87 + MORNING PRAYER

What Gift Can We Bring

NANNIVERSARY SONG

Seed-planting, bread-baking, pearl-hunting God, You shape us into living parables. Help us to view our lives as gifts from you: treasures in which we now can take joy. May we be creative and abundant stewards of your earth and of your people, living our lives as an offering to you. Amen.
Todays anthem is arranged from Hymn No. 592. Additional text by Dr. Thomas Wright.

ANTHEM WELCOME

When the Church of Jesus

KINGS WESTON arr. Gerald Custer Paula Colton

TIME WITH THE CHILDREN

+ THE SHARING OF THE PEACE

The peace of God be with you. And also with you.

WELCOMING OF NEW MEMBERS CONGREGATIONAL WELCOME We give thanks for all that God has already given you, and we welcome you in Christian love. Together with you in the body of Christ, we covenant with you to share our prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness, that in all things God may be glorified. PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION HYMN NO. 473 WITNESS SCRIPTURE READING Lead Me, Lord t Paula Colton Joseph Uemura, lector
We are now in the Season after Pentecost, what we often refer to as Ordinary Time and so we enter into our theme: Tending the Garden of Your Soul, recognizing that most of our tending needs to be during those ordinary times. We live most of our lives in ordinary time, dont we? And yet the miracle of our lives is anything but ordinary. It is in our every day living that we practice loving our neighbors, ourselves, and our God. How do you tend to your soul? How is your garden growing?

+ MATTHEW 13: 31-33, 44-46, 51-52

Jesus put before them a parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the eld; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches. He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of our until all of it was leavened. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a eld, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that eld. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of ne pearls; on nding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. Have you understood all this? They answered, Yes. And he said to them, Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.

Hear what the Spirit is saying to us today. Thanks be to God! SERMON Trusting in the Plan Bruce Robbins

INVITATION TO GIVE OUR OFFERINGS AND OURSELVES MUSICAL OFFERING Sing to the Lord arr. Alice Parker
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Sing to the Lord is an early American hymn arrangement.

+ PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

Praise God from whom all blessings ow; Praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts; Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit, Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

+ PRAYER OF DEDICATION
God of Abundance, we give thanks that you are generous with us. As we offer these gifts back to you, continue to teach us how to use them wisely so that all of our ministry honors you. Amen. PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE THE LORDS PRAYER Our God, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kindom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kindom, the power, and the glory forever. Choral Amen CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY Leah Rosso

+ HYMN

Bring Forth the Kingdom

Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church

511 Groveland Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55403

+ BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Sonata No. 4 in B-at major Opus 65 aFelix Mendelssohn

612.871.5303 Hennepin Church .org

Todays acolytes are Kristyn Ebert and Craig Johnson. SANCTUARY FLOWERS: Todays owers are given in loving memory of Greg Barnes by Kristy, Bryan, Jim, Debbi, Cecelia and Lydia.

Our Mission
To invite all peoples on a spiritual journey guided by scripture, tradition, experience and reason that leads to a Christian faith exemplied by loving relationships with God, all others, and ourselves.

Tending the Garden of Your Soul

Devotional booklets are still available at the reception desk. Pick one up today! Take one and share with a friend, neighbor or co-worker.

Ministers Clergy

Every member of Hennepin Church Bruce Robbins - Pastor; Leah Rosso Young Adults & Hospitality; Sally Johnson - Worship & Spiritual Formation; Christopher Jackson - Church Administration; Paula Colton - Youth Ministries; Bob Brinkley - Pastoral Visitation; Wayne Clymer - Bishop in Residence; Richard Waggoner - Music Emeritus.

Following this worship service, at about 10:35 AM, meet at the communion rail in front of the Sanctuary for a Church Tour. We welcome you to Hennepin Church today!

Are Y" Cu#"s Ab"t Hennepin Church?

Program Staff

WELCOME, GUESTS! We are glad you are here! Our hope is that a meaningful worship experience this morning that helps connect you to God and others and live in the way of Christ. In order to get to know you better, we invite you to sign the Fellowship Pad at the end of your pew and include any information that will help us respond to you. There are Welcome Bags at the main entrances with more information about Hennepin Church, but we'd always prefer to answer your questions face to face so feel free to ask anything. We welcome new insights, new questions, and new people!

Cynthia Ashley - Parish Nurse; Ann Carlson - Dignity Center; Kevin Dahlen Koinonia Manager; Andrew Hackett Organist; Kristyn Ebert - Shared Ministry/ Outreach; Jack Fistler - Legacy Giving; William Mathis - Music & Fine Arts; Mary Martin - Dignity Center Volunteers; Dana Neuhauser - Childrens Ministries; Daniel Pederson - Communications

Twin Cities Superintendant

Elizabeth Lopez Sally Dyck

Minnesota Area Bishop

Mens Bible Fellowship: At 7:00 on Friday mornings a group of men gather for Bible study, conversation and fellowship. All men are invited to attend this lively discussion. The Science & Faith Roundtable: If youre interested in how science and religion can be partners in the quest for truth, this group may be for you! July 28: Fingerprints of God: What Science Is Learning About the Brain and Spiritual Experience by Barbara Bradley Hagerty Aug 25: The Beginning of All Things: Science and Religion by Hans Kng Kjerringsleppets, a womens book group, meets the rst Wednesday of every month from 5:30 - 7:00 PM in the Longfellow Room. The group is open to women of all ages and welcomes new people for one time or a long time. If you have any questions, please contact Sally Johnson at Sally@haumc.org August 3: Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors Sept. 7: One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banergee Divakaruni

Weekday Events Get Involved...Volunteer...Donate

Help out Groveland Food Shelf in July! Hunger Solutions offers a special July gift matching program for organizations like Groveland Food Shelf! Increase your gift by taking advantage of the match! Two years ago, Groveland averaged 800 monthly visits; now its 2200! Our economy, government shutdowns, and tornadoes have hurt our poorest neighbors. Please give generously! Make a note in memo line of your check: Groveland July Match. Banners: Were looking toward some new banners and Sanctuary decor. If such a project is something youd like to work on, please give a call to Bill Mathis 612-435-1319. Is your old laptop looking for a new home? Hennepin United Methodist Women are in need of a gentlyused laptop we can use for our treasurers and their accounting needs. If you have a laptop you are willing to part with, we would love to adopt it. Please contact Jennifer Hipple at 612-874-6952 or Tara Emerson at the church. Thanks! Work with children: The Hennepin Russia Partnership is looking for a physical or occupational therapist to work with children in Russia who have cerebral palsy and severe learning disabilities. Travel required. See your June !nSpire for more information or contact Don Forster dforster@qpb.com or 952-920-5389.

Dont miss the summer food hospitality events planned by your Food Service Committee! On Sunday, July 31, we will have an ice cream social as a part of our coffee fellowship at 10:30 AM. The nal cookout will be Sunday, August 21.

Summer Food Fun

Parking
Remember that parking is available in the Walker ramp in summer, too!

Dignity Center needs toiletries. If you are going on a trip, please save the hotel soap, shampoo and lotion and bring them to the Dignity Center. Well use them to make up toiletry kits...or you can assemble some yourself! (Soap, lotion, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, disposable razor, small shaving cream all put into a quart-sized baggie). Garage sale enthusiasts: Do you like to go on a hunt for bargains? Think of the Dignity Center when youre hunting. We can use backpacks, ofce supplies, wallets, and hand towels. Thanks! Community Meals Ministry: We pled for helpers on July 3 and so MANY responded! Sixty additional volunteers came at the last minute and we turned away 35. Thank you for serving our hungry, grateful, happy neighbors! Serve again on July 31st and August 7th. Might you help if youre available, then? Summer Choir: During the summer months our music leadership for the 9:30 service comes from an ad hoc group called Summer Choir. Everyone from 7th grade through adults is welcome. This doesnt o b l i g e yo u t o a ny o n g o i n g commitment; just come any Sunday mornings youd like to participate. We meet at 8:45 in the Choir Room and prepare music for that morning. For more information, call Bill Mathis at-435-1319.

Sunday Spire
Printed on 100% post-consumer waste (PCW) recycled ofce paper. Please recycle the bulletin! Please email all information to Spire@haumc.org by 10:00 AM on Monday for the coming Sunday Spire, or drop off at church, attn: Daniel. Keeping your note to 50 words helps out a lot! Thanks!

HENNEPINCHURCH.ORG
We celebrate that the tradition of the church has deep roots in the life of the Festival (9:30 am) worship service when we celebrate Communion. In the past an usher has released the congregation to proceed to the table. Starting in August we will invite people to come to the table to receive communion whenever they are ready. There will be no usher to release or direct you. The main reason we are making this change is for the sake of being welcoming. While we, in the United Methodist Church, practice that all people are welcome to receive the sacrament if they wish to experience the grace of God, many other churches do not. By welcoming all people to come as they desire rather than being ofcially released, our practice of coming to the table will reect our theology of welcoming. It may take a few months for us to get used to this way of doing things, but we know that you will be hospitable to one another during this time of transition, helping one another out and carrying on the tradition of being an extremely welcoming and gracious community of faith.

A Welcoming Way of Communion at 9:30 AM

Today, July 24, 2011

8:30 - 9:00 8:30 - 12:30 8:45 - 12:30 9:00 - 10:00 9:30 - 10:30 9:45 - 10:45 9:45 - 10:45 9:45 - 10:45 10:30 - 12:00 10:30 - 12:00 10:30 - 12:00 11:00 - 12:00 11:00 - 12:00 5:00 - 6:00

Monday, July 25 BORDER CHAPEL

Carlson Hall Rooms 101 & 103
8:00 AM Day in the Life Event 9:00 AM Dignity Center 7:00 PM Hospitality Committee

HOLY COMMUNION
Coffee Fellowship Nursery/Child Care

Tuesday, July 26
11:30 PM Dignity Center Prog Cmte 5:00 PM Trustees Investment Cmte 6:30 PM UMW Balch

SACRED JOURNEY FESTIVAL WORSHIP

Sunday School Preschool/Kindergarten Sunday School Grades 1-3 Sunday School Grades 4-5 Seeds of Celebration Adult Nurture Community Art Project

ART GALLERY SANCTUARY

Room 1/3 Room 5/7 Room 8 Harrison Room Room 203 East Entry

Wednesday, July 27
9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 1:00 PM 4:30 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Dignity Center Knotty Quilters Senior Council Recyclers Abundant Life Group Development Exec Cmte Trustees Meeting

MANY VOICES
Bible Study: Gospel of John

BORDER CHAPEL
Room 201

SUNDAY AT FIVE

BORDER CHAPEL

Is your groups activity missing? Have YOU contacted Jodi with

your schedule going forward? In summer, some groups may shift their meeting times. Please be sure to conrm with Jodi your intentions for summer room needs and meeting plans. You may send all calendar corrections and room requests to Jodi Gustafson: Jodi@haumc.org, or 612-435-1325.

Summer Calendar

Thursday, July 28
1:15 PM 3:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM Life Adventures Bus Leaves Labyrinth Shared Ministries Science & Faith Roundtable

Friday, July 29
7:00 AM Mens Bible Fellowship 9:00 AM Dignity Center 10:00 AM Alanon

Saturday, July 30
11:00 AM Guyla Smith Memorial

Steeple People Online!

Exciting news! Steeple People has started selling select items on Ebay and Craigs List. These venues help us to reach a broader audience for certain items, particularly collectibles and special furniture. We are also about to begin selling ne jewelry on Ebay. So if you have pieces of jewelry that you've been considering donating, delay no longer! Wed love to ll out a tax deduction slip for you TODAY!

Gratitude for your Giving and Continued Support

At the end of June, the Operating Budget Income Received in each of the past three years has amounted to:

Hennepin Church
We are a Caring Community
PASTORAL CARE: Please notify the church office if you, a family member or any other church member are experiencing illness, hospitalization, or another need for pastoral care. CONGREGATIONAL JOYS AND CONCERNS are posted each week in the Pastoral Care section on the kiosk in Carlson Hall. Greeting cards for members in need of cheer are available to sign at the reception desk near the East Entry. PACEM SINGERS are available to sing to Hennepin members and friends bringing comfort of favorite hymns and songs to your surroundings. D OWNTOWN G RIEF S UPORT G ROUP : www.mplsgriefsupport.com 9:30 AM Saturdays May 7 - Aug 27 at Plymouth Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave. July 30: Dreams and the Process of Grieving

2011 - 49% of Budget 2010 - 50% of Budget 2009 - 47% of Budget

Thank you for your support! Vacation Bible School August 15-19 Egypt: Josephs Journey from Prison to Prince
For ages 3completed 5th Grade. Sign-up Today! Your friends, neighbors, grandchildren are invited.

Wealth Planning for LGBT Couples

6:00 PM, July 26 A free, private reception and investment symposium on Wealth Planning for LGBT Couples will be held at the Graves 601 Hotel (601 1st Ave N. Mpls) from 6:00 8:30 PM. All are welcome. More info by contacting Laurie at 612-340-6797.

Relevant
Church Garden Tour
Saturday, July 30th Please join in the beauty and fun of peeking into the gardens of Hennepin members. Several members have offered their gardens for a little stop by to check out owers, plants and each unique stamp of the gardener. Sip some lemonade or iced tea and talk with your church friends. Maps and addresses are available at the reception desk and a reservation sheet will be available for those who might like to create carpools.

Inclusive
Petals of Hope

A Russia Partnership Event

Beautiful
Club 56 Fall 2011 Update
Club 56, a program for youth in 5th and 6th grade, returns this fall. They will meet together as one class on Sunday mornings and have occasional opportunities throughout the year. This fall there will NOT be Conrmation classes for 6th graders; they will enjoy lessons and fellowship with Club 56 and enter the Conrmation program as 7th graders in the fall of 2012 to be conrmed as 8th graders in the fall of 2013. If you have questions about Club 56 or Conrmation please contact Paula@haumc.org.

A garden tour on July 30 sponsored by Faces of Siberia will benet orphans in Ekaterinburg, Russia. You may get tickets ($30) and view the map of gardens at facesofsiberia.org. This event is an initiative of our own Hennepin Russia Partnership. Day of tickets are limited, and available at Tonkadale Greenhouse, Tonkawood Road, Minnetonka, MN.

Be an Acolyte!
Well provide training and answer your questions. If interested or c u r i o u s , c a l l B e cky M o n s o n , 612-239-0551, or Linda Wilkins, 612-597-6200, Co-captains of the Acolyte Team.

Whats Cooking?
The Dignity Center's Abundant Living Group, a support/life skills group of ten men and women seeking more productive, self-sufcient lives, meets Wed. evenings for six months. Each meeting begins with a shared s i m p l e - t o-prepare, economical, nutritious meal (one that a participant couldduplicate)lovingly prepared by a volunteer cook. Sign-up for one of the remaining sessions, Aug. 3 - Nov. 9, and join the group for a meal or prepare it in advance for later reheating. Contact Janelle Vaubel at cjvaubel@juno.com or 952-922-3449 for more information or sign-up.

New Life Adventures

Summer Outing, July 28 Group Departs at 1:15

Hennepin Bird Feeders

To purchase either a cedar or a redwood bird feeder please sign up at the receptionist desk using the reservation book. Made by our own Recyclers!

New Life Adventures is taking their summer outing to the Centennial Show Boat on Thursday, July 28 for a staging of The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Ticket deadline has passed. Be at the church parking lot by 1:15 for a van ride. (Remember: lunch is not part of this outing.)

Young Adults 20s-30s

Buy Locally On July 31st after worship we'll go on a Farmers Market walk. Enjoy the day, get to know some new people, and get some delicious veggies or fresh owers to take home with you! Well gather on the front steps (facing Groveland) at 11:00 AM Play Outside with Art August 18: Come play in the outdoor Living Classroom at the Walker Art Museum. Gather at the church at 6:00 PM. Well walk over around 6:15 PM. Buy food at the DAmicos booth or bring your own dinner. Artist Marc Barmuthi Joseph will be sharing his work around exploring sustainability.

Dignity Center Legal Clinic Attorneys: Dignity Center clients need you! The VLN Brief Legal Services Clinic (located within the Dignity Center) is looking for attorneys to staff one, three hour shift once a month. Shifts are available on Wednesdays or Fridays from 9-12. All training and resources provided. Contact muriak@yahoo.com for more information.

Needed: Attorneys

Deepen Your Spiritual Journey: Writing

August 14 and 21, 11:00 AM Led by Jolene Roehlkepartain What opens your soul? How can you express your spiritual journey through writing? Answer these questions through creative writing in these classes led by Hennepin member and author of Doing Good Together and Nurturing Faith in Families. No experience is necessary.