Worship: Nov. 1, 2020
All Saints Sunday Guest Preacher: Grace Alworth Grace Alworth graduated from Luther Seminary in 2012 with a Masters of Arts in Congregation and Community Care. She is finishing an M.Div. and working towards ordination in Word & Sacrament in the ELCA. Alworth also thrives as the creative business owner at Studio 2 Ceramics and as a pastoral counselor specializing in pre-marital preparation. She lives with her husband, two dogs, two cats, and six chickens in artsy Northeast Minneapolis. She enjoys gardening and baking pies. Download the Order of Worship Download this week’s announcements
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November 2020 Tidings
From the President New Beginnings I am excited to inform you that we have hired a new interim pastor! Her name is Christine Wenzel, and her first Sunday with us will be Nov.8. She has been a pastor for 23 years, and an interim pastor serving various congregations for the last six years. She has also been involved with Bridgebuilders for many years. She comes highly recommended, and I believe that you all will share my excitement once you get to know her! Stay tuned for ways that you will be able to meet her—we are...
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Worship: Oct. 25, 2020
Twenty-first Sunday of Pentecost Guest Preacher: Jonathan Holtmeier Jonathan Holtmeier is a graduate of the University of Chicago Divinity School and a candidate for ordained ministry in the ELCA. He lives in Hopkins with his wife and is a full-time parent to their three young children. Jonathan and his family are members at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Download the Order of Worship Download the Announcements
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Virtual Sunday School: Oct. 18, 2020
This third installment of Virtual Sunday School/Faith Formation Resource is on the The freeing of God’s people and the Red Sea. A familiar story—yet I hope that the questions we ask will be new to you. This story can be found on pg. 78 of the Spark Bible or it can be found in any bible in a longer and more catered to teenagers/adults form at Exodus Ch. 7. Read the story together beforehand and then engage the questions in the video form, text form, or both!
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Worship: Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020
Twentieth Sunday of Pentecost Guest Preacher: Grace Alworth Grace Alworth graduated from Luther Seminary in 2012 with a Masters of Arts in Congregation and Community Care. She is finishing an M.Div. and working towards ordination in Word & Sacrament in the ELCA. Alworth also thrives as the creative business owner at Studio 2 Ceramics and as a pastoral counselor specializing in pre-marital preparation. She lives with her husband, two dogs, two cats, and six chickens in artsy Northeast Minneapolis. She enjoys gardening and baking pies. Download the Order of Worship Download the Announcements
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Who is my Neighbor?
DATE CHANGE: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m. via Zoom Featuring Dr. Roland Martinson Join us for a presentation and discussion with Dr. Roland Martinson about how we engage with our neighbors—in this case, the ones who are across the street and down the street. Close! Assuming they are literally the future Mt. Carmel (while many will not be), how do we learn about them, love them, join them in partnership? Since we are living in a time when more and more folks are choosing to NOT go to church, how do we revise our approaches with...
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Northside Justice Fellowship
Part I: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m. via Zoom Part 2: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. via Zoom Featuring Pastor Jeff Nehrbass, pastor of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in North Minneapolis In part 1, Pastor Jeff Nehrbass, pastor of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in North Minneapolis, will share with us what Gethsemane’s mission is on the Northside and how we at Mt. Carmel can be partners with them—part of the “justice fellowship.” In part 2, Pastor Jeff joins us again to talk about what justice means on the Northside in the wake of the civil unrest this summer...
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Worship: Oct. 11, 2020
Nineteenth Sunday of Pentecost Please have the following items on hand for communion: Bread on a small plate. Wine or grape juice (or some other beverage) and small glasses to drink from. Download the Order of Worship | Download this week’s Announcements
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