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9920 Normandale Blvd. S., Bloomington MN
We are looking to hire an exemplary youth director to lead and guide our church’s middle and high school students. The youth director will strive to make all students understand the journey of our souls, encourage students who are interested in the knowledge of God, and support them to develop their love for Him and…
Off to a running WALKING Start As we are in a beautiful Minnesota Fall, we are taking stutter steps in different areas of our lives. The care-fulness we have lived in through well over a year looked to be melting away in the summer. So much of our lives were getting back. As the fall…
Volunteering Builds Stronger Communities The Church & Society Committee of Normandale Hylands UMC invites you to the The Great Volunteer Harvest Table Fair Sunday, October 10, 10:30—Noon. It is an opportunity to learn about community agencies that help others in our community and make it a better place to live. At this time, we ask…
Years (and years) back, one church family was helping another by providing regular rides for the middle school youth. For one of the rides just after middle school track practice, the driver showed up late. The middle schooler said, “you’re late!” To that very correct declaration, there were a number of responses available. One response…
Normandale Hylands UMC works with many community partners to provide needed services: food, social services, household goods and more. This is an update from Simpson Shelter, that provides a range of services to support people experiencing homelessness. Simpson Shelter is beginning to increase capacity to pre-pandemic levels. They also are starting to welcome back visitors and…
Have you seen the prices of building materials skyrocket? Have you heard about those prices coming down a bit? Just a bit ago I saw a sign on a fast-food place which read: “Our Lobby is Open—Sometimes.” It is proving difficult to know what we can count on for a simple dinner, a building or…
Just a couple of weeks ago, I met someone for a cup of coffee. We planned to meet inside a coffee shop but indoor slurping was closed. It wasn’t closed for germs like the past year though. It was closed because the manager could not get enough workers (that’s what the sign said anyway). Even…
Bloomington-Richfield Grief Support Coalition returns to in-person gatherings during its Summer Series that begins Thursday, July 8, and runs through Aug. 26. All sessions are from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at St. Edward’s Catholic Church, 9401 Nesbitt Ave. S., Bloomington, MN 55437. If you have questions about this series, please contact Mia Ah Sani at…
Years ago, I was a weather forecaster in the Air Force. Oh, what a humbling job that was! In that job, I learned to marvel at God’s wonders through a scientific lens. Again, what a humbling study that was! We spend so much (billions actually, for just a couple of the supercomputer models) on computers,…
The Joyful Journey: Hanging on and keeping going I have a wonderful office here in the Lansing, Michigan area, and I have used it much less frequently over this past year plus. It is a very nice office, but without much of a view. Out the east window, I see a business building. I hope…
In this rich and full world, in this time where we find ourselves to be maybe overwhelmed-filled with sensational news, sensational opinions, sensational directives-it can be so good to remember some foundational truths. We certainly do not need to be reminded that there is sin. We see sin in its many labeled forms. We might…
Tulip Time 2022 Paul and Sheilah Kyburz invite you to learn about an Educational Opportunities (EO) tour of the Netherlands and Belgium March 28-April 5, 2022, with retired United Methodist Bishop John Hopkins as guest speaker on the tour. There will be an informational meeting Saturday, April 24, 9:30 a.m. about the tour at Normandale…