Summer 2021: Welcoming All

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another" (Anatole France).



Photo Story: Staging new community space

Photos by Aaron Jones, Nan Rice, Mike Ayers


Dreams of building a stage in the Sonshine Room started becoming a reality in May with preparing the space where the stage will be built, drafting a construction plan, and ordering lumber

 


Above: Lumber arrives and is brought inside.

Below: Don Erickson and Tim Rice lay paper on the floor. Mike, Steve, and Tim attach boards. Pastor Steve measures before cutting as Tim and Mike Ayers place boards that define stage area.

 

Below: Tim Rice, Dominik Jones, and Nan Rice take a breather before Dom and Nan start cutting lumber while Aaron Jones holds board in place as Dom and Nan saw.


Below Aaron, Mike, Steve, and Tim attach boards for the stage foundation.


Below: Steve and Tim, preparing for the next stage of building.

The construction is scheduled to be complete by the end of June but finishing touches will continue after that.

Then it will be time to complete the dream by thinking about who might be the best performer or speaker – from within our church family for sure but more so from our wider community – when the space is opened in early September. 


Share your ideas to epworthechoes@gmai.com.Or phone the church (612-722-0232) with information for reaching out to those people.




Toy Library transitions to WWW for summer

By Nan Rice


On June 2, the Toy Library at Epworth ended for the season and on June 9, Weed and Water Wednesday began in the church yard with masks and distancing.

 

Before COVID, Cabin Fever used to end in March but after transforming to the Toy Library for safety, we decided to extend the season until the start of WWW.


As a result, the Toy Library became a place where we start the Epworth Garden. The families that came in the last week of March planted marigolds, sunflowers, and tomatoes to take home.


Plants for the garden went under the grow lights in the Fellowship Hall for the next two months and were later planted outside. 

  

Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA

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