**No Gathering at church this Sunday, August 7th.**

We are meeting at Minnehaha Falls for our annual picnic and baptisms this Sunday!

Baptisms at bottom of falls at 5pm

Picnic in park at 6pm

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Giving for June: $15,605

Giving for July: $16,143

Giving Financially to Solomon’s Porch

There are a few ways to contribute financially to Solomon’s Porch. 

1. VANCO: http://solomonsporch.com/Documents/vancodepositform.pdf or contact Janelle Vick (janelle@solomonsporch.com). The form is also available for you to pickup at the Info Bar in the Family Room at church. We are charged a reasonable fee for using the company that processes the payments, so the more contributors, the better. 

3. Consider setting up recurring or one time payments through auto bill pay with your personal banking institution.

4. And of course, dropping your check or cash in the mail or one of the boxes in the gathering space works, too!

_____________________________________________________________________

Get connected with Solomon’s Porch on Facebook. Become a fan at http://www.facebook.com/SolomonsPorchPage

Tapestry Group Duties for the month of AUGUST:

Clean-up after the Gathering: Paradox Plaid

Set-up, intro, and clean-up for Communion: Midnight Blue

New Covenant Participant Dinner Rep for August: TBD

Community Dinner this Wednesday, August 3rd at 6:30pm at Tom and Cecka Parks’s home located at  3518 Oakland Avenue South in Minneapolis.  Contact Cecka at cecka.theresa@gmail.com or 612.749.1086 to see what you can bring.  Also, please bring your own lawn chair!

Solomon’s Porch Fun Run!!! Mid- October. 10 miles. Ending route at SP. BBQ. Keepin it simple.” Interested? Email: cole.amandal@gmail.com or cecka.theresa@gmail.com

Picnic and Baptisms at Minnehaha Falls coming up on Sunday, August 7th at 5pm.  Meet down at the bottom of the falls at 5pm for the Baptisms, and then stay in the park for a community picnic at the top of the falls.  If you are interested in getting baptized, contact Doug Pagitt at doug@dougpagitt.com.  Burgers will be provided.  Bring a dish to share.

Children’s Volunteer Needed! Are you looking for a fun way to get involved at Solomon’s Porch? Summer opportunities to work with preschool children We need to fill a few more spots this summer! Please email Colleen at colleen@solomonsporch.com to volunteer or sign up here: https://www.facebook.com/SolomonsPorchpage. Thank you!

  Rev. Roger Wolsey will be hosting a reading and book signing & concert event on Mon. Aug. 1st at 7:30PM in the sanctuary at Hamline UMC in St. Paul, 1514 Englewood Ave. Roger grew up at Hamline UMC and is the Director of the Wesley Foundation campus ministry at C.U.- Boulder. He is the author of “Kissing Fish: christianity for people who don’t like christianity.” It’s an introduction to progressive Christianity. Learn more about Kissing Fish at http://www.progressivechri stianitybook.com (copies of the book will be available to purchase). Learn more about heatherlyn at:  http://heatherlynmusic.com / Feel free to bring some snacks and/or friends to share!  Suggested donation: $10-15 (but all are welcome!)

2011 Lake Beauty Retreat! Open up your calendars to autumn, because the Lake Beauty Retreat is coming up. Taking place the weekend of September

24th & 25th, LBR 2011 is open to anyone who goes to Solomon’s Porch. The cost is $75/individuals and $150/ families. Registration starting soon! If you have any additional questions, you can direct them: janelle@solomonsporch.com 

Celebrations in Life! If anyone has a special event happening in their life and would like to share it with Solomon’s Porch people, we would love to celebrate with you by having your picture up during the Gathering with a little info about what is happening. Please get the info to Linda Bachman before Thurs. of the week and then we will have it up on the screen that following Sunday during the gathering. The Care Group-Linda Bachman

Northside Women’s Space Project (Rahab Fund): Let’s help our friends at Kwanzaa church get the doors open at their Northside Women’s Space:a safe shelter for women and girls caught up in the sex trade in N Mpls.Volunteers needed for painting, cleaning, and general labor!  For more info: www.facebook.com/WomensSpace  email: michelle@solomonsporch.com

Life Development Forums are opportunities for the people of Solomon’s Porch to share skills, knowledge, and interests with the rest of our community. If you have anything from a 6 week class to a one-off seminar that you’d like to share with the community, or if you have any other questions about Life Development Forums, talk to John Reed or email – him at john@solomonsporch.com.

If you can’t be at our gatherings on Sunday nights and want to watch online go to: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/solomonsporchgathering

Don’t forget to check out Doug Pagitt’s radio show on Sundays from 12:00-2:00pm on KKMS AM 950. Check out dougpagittradio.com

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Porch Play Group this week: Lake Calhoun ( on the east side near the playground). Contact Mimi with questions at 612.787.5715 or  mimischirber@gmail.com

Community Dinner this Wednesday, August 3rd will be at 6:30pm at Tom and Cecka Parks’s home located at  3518 Oakland Avenue South in Minneapolis.  Contact Cecka at cecka.theresa@gmail.com or 612.749.1086 to see what you can bring.  Also, please bring your own lawn chair!

9:30am- Yoga at the Porch

11:00am- Women’s Brunch at Curran’s on 42nd and Nicollet

5pm- Baptisms at bottom of Minnehaha Falls/6pm Picnic in park at falls.

NO GATHERING AT CHURCH!

Writing Group at 6pm

Art Discussion Group at 7pm

Knitting Group at 7pm

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Prayer for  Kelly Boylan while he is on his year-long deployment in Afghanistan (left March 31st, 2011. Please pray for him and his family (Lisa, Caymen, Duke and Beckham) as they begin this journey. If you could pray specifically for Kelly’s mind to be safe, his body to be strong and his actions to be just. Also, you can contact him while he is deployed – his email is kelly.boylan@us.army.mil.  His address is: 

SPC Boylan

B Co. 45th BSTB

2490 25th St. 

Camp Shelby, MS 39407-5500 

If anyone would like to hang out with Duke or Beck (or Lisa) at any time, you can email Lisa at mama2dukeandbeck@gmail.com or call 612.578.0372 …. they are going to need to keep busy in order to make time go by a little faster. Thanks everyone!

Ads from the community of Solomon’s Porch are located on our website.  Click here to view: http://www.solomonsporch.com/news-events/ads/

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Please note: Contact Janelle at janelle@solomonsporch.com with submissions for this newsletter. Please have all newsletter announcements submitted by 12:00pm on Mondays. For Sunday slide announcements, please submit by 5:00pm on Thursdays.

Porch Artists Website: We have set up a website on MNArtists for all our Solomon’s Porch artists. Visit the site here: http://mnartists.org/solomon’s_porch. Click on the gallery to see all of the Porch artists. 

Who to Contact for Opportunities to Get Involved at Solomon’s Porch

Everyone is encouraged to find a way to participate in our community!

Please submit by 12pm on Mondays for the weekly email newsletter, and 5pm on Thursdays for the Sunday slide announcements. 

Announcements: Janelle Vick at 612-850.8425 or janelle@solomonsporch.com.

Gathering Setup/Cleanup: Luke Hillestad at lukehillestad@gmail.com.

Communion Setup/Cleanup: Michelle at michelle@solomonsporch.com.

Music and Technical Setup and Cleanup: Ben Johnson at 612-281-0535 or ben@solomonsporch.com

Working with Children: Colleen Shealer Olson at 612-695-1952 or colleen@solomonsporch.com

Invocations: 40-100 words would be ideal. Send to michelle@solomonsporch.com with the word INVOCATION in the subject line.

Community Care/ Hospitality and Provision: Abby Andrusko: abbyandrusko@mac.com, Mimi Schirber: mimischirber@gmail.com, Jessie Krohn: jessiekrohn@gmail.com, Carole Bersin: cbersin@visi.com

Contact Information

Address: 100 W. 46th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55419

PH: 612.524.8774

If you would like to be removed from this list, please reply with the word “remove” and your name in the body, and the subject intact. Thank you! 

Gathering this Sunday, July 31st at 6pm

Next Summer Picnic-

Sunday, August 7th- Minnehaha Falls/Baptisms

____________________________________________________________________

Giving for June: $15,605

Giving as of July 24th- $14,997

Giving Financially to Solomon’s Porch

There are a few ways to contribute financially to Solomon’s Porch. 

1. VANCO: http://solomonsporch.com/Documents/vancodepositform.pdf or contact Janelle Vick (janelle@solomonsporch.com). The form is also available for you to pickup at the Info Bar in the Family Room at church. We are charged a reasonable fee for using the company that processes the payments, so the more contributors, the better. 

3. Consider setting up recurring or one time payments through auto bill pay with your personal banking institution.

4. And of course, dropping your check or cash in the mail or one of the boxes in the gathering space works, too!

_____________________________________________________________________

Get connected with Solomon’s Porch on Facebook. Become a fan at http://www.facebook.com/SolomonsPorchPage

Tapestry Group Duties for the month of JULY:

Clean-up after the Gathering: Juicy Plum

Set-up, intro, and clean-up for Communion: Vintage Pine

New Covenant Participant Dinner Rep for July: Harvest Frost

Contact: 612.432.0503 or kellyminchow@gmail.com. She will have hamburgers & brats.  Bring a side dish or dessert to share

Loaves and Fishes is this Tuesday, July 26th. Any food that hasn’t been dropped off, needs to be at church tonight by 7pm! Volunteer to bring food, prep the meal, or serve the meal.  2:45-4:45- Prep and 4:45-6:45- Serve and Clean up.  Contact Tom Parks at parks.tom@gmail.com  or Shelley Pagitt at shelleypagitt@gmail.com

Picnic and Baptisms at Minnehaha Falls coming up on Sunday, August 7th at 5pm.  Meet down at the bottom of the falls at 5pm for the Baptisms, and then stay in the park for a community picnic at the top of the falls.  If you are interested in getting baptized, contact Doug Pagitt at doug@dougpagitt.com.  Burgers will be provided.  Bring a dish to share.

Celebrations in Life! If anyone has a special event happening in their life and would like to share it with Solomon’s Porch people, we would love to celebrate with you by having your picture up during the Gathering with a little info about what is happening. Please get the info to Linda Bachman before Thurs. of the week and then we will have it up on the screen that following Sunday during the gathering. The Care Group-Linda Bachman

We need to fill the following spots this summer. Please email Colleen at colleen@solomonsporch.com to volunteer or sign up here: https://www.facebook.com/SolomonsPorchpage. Thank you!

July 31 -6:45-7:15 (x2)

August 14 -6:15-6:45 or 6:45-7:15

August 21 – 6:45-7:15

August 28 – 6:45-7:15

Northside Women’s Space Project (Rahab Fund): Let’s help our friends at Kwanzaa church get the doors open at their Northside Women’s Space:a safe shelter for women and girls caught up in the sex trade in N Mpls.Volunteers needed for painting, cleaning, and general labor!  For more info: www.facebook.com/WomensSpace  email: michelle@solomonsporch.com

Life Development Forums are opportunities for the people of Solomon’s Porch to share skills, knowledge, and interests with the rest of our community. If you have anything from a 6 week class to a one-off seminar that you’d like to share with the community, or if you have any other questions about Life Development Forums, talk to John Reed or email – him at john@solomonsporch.com.

If you can’t be at our gatherings on Sunday nights and want to watch online go to: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/solomonsporchgathering

Don’t forget to check out Doug Pagitt’s radio show on Sundays from 12:00-2:00pm on KKMS AM 950. Check out dougpagittradio.com

______________________________________________________________________

Porch Play Group this week: Lake Calhoun ( on the east side near the playground). Contact Mimi with questions at 612.787.5715 or  mimischirber@gmail.com

Contact: 612.432.0503 or kellyminchow@gmail.com. She will have hamburgers & brats.  Bring a side dish or dessert to share

9:30am- Yoga at the Porch

11:00am- Women’s Brunch at Curran’s on 42nd and Nicollet

6pm- One Gathering at the Porch

Writing Group at 6pm

Art Discussion Group at 7pm

____________________________________________________________

Prayer for  Kelly Boylan while he is on his year-long deployment in Afghanistan (left March 31st, 2011. Please pray for him and his family (Lisa, Caymen, Duke and Beckham) as they begin this journey. If you could pray specifically for Kelly’s mind to be safe, his body to be strong and his actions to be just. Also, you can contact him while he is deployed – his email is kelly.boylan@us.army.mil.  His address is: 

SPC Boylan

B Co. 45th BSTB

2490 25th St. 

Camp Shelby, MS 39407-5500 

If anyone would like to hang out with Duke or Beck (or Lisa) at any time, you can email Lisa at mama2dukeandbeck@gmail.com or call 612.578.0372 …. they are going to need to keep busy in order to make time go by a little faster. Thanks everyone!

Ads from the community of Solomon’s Porch are located on our website.  Click here to view: http://www.solomonsporch.com/news-events/ads/

_____________________________________________________________________

Please note: Contact Janelle at janelle@solomonsporch.com with submissions for this newsletter. Please have all newsletter announcements submitted by 12:00pm on Mondays. For Sunday slide announcements, please submit by 5:00pm on Thursdays.

Porch Artists Website: We have set up a website on MNArtists for all our Solomon’s Porch artists. Visit the site here: http://mnartists.org/solomon’s_porch. Click on the gallery to see all of the Porch artists. 

Who to Contact for Opportunities to Get Involved at Solomon’s Porch

Everyone is encouraged to find a way to participate in our community!

Please submit by 12pm on Mondays for the weekly email newsletter, and 5pm on Thursdays for the Sunday slide announcements. 

Announcements: Janelle Vick at 612-850.8425 or janelle@solomonsporch.com.

Gathering Setup/Cleanup: Luke Hillestad at lukehillestad@gmail.com.

Communion Setup/Cleanup: Michelle at michelle@solomonsporch.com.

Music and Technical Setup and Cleanup: Ben Johnson at 612-281-0535 or ben@solomonsporch.com

Working with Children: Colleen Shealer Olson at 612-695-1952 or colleen@solomonsporch.com

Invocations: 40-100 words would be ideal. Send to michelle@solomonsporch.com with the word INVOCATION in the subject line.

Community Care/ Hospitality and Provision: Abby Andrusko: abbyandrusko@mac.com, Mimi Schirber: mimischirber@gmail.com, Jessie Krohn: jessiekrohn@gmail.com, Carole Bersin: cbersin@visi.com

Contact Information

Address: 100 W. 46th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55419

PH: 612.524.8774

If you would like to be removed from this list, please reply with the word “remove” and your name in the body, and the subject intact. Thank you! 

Gathering this Sunday, July 24th at 6pm

Next Summer Picnic-

Sunday, August 7th- Minnehaha Falls/Baptisms

____________________________________________________________________

Giving for June: $15,605

Giving as of July 18th- $13,990

Giving Financially to Solomon’s Porch

There are a few ways to contribute financially to Solomon’s Porch. 

1. VANCO: http://solomonsporch.com/Documents/vancodepositform.pdf or contact Janelle Vick (janelle@solomonsporch.com). The form is also available for you to pickup at the Info Bar in the Family Room at church. We are charged a reasonable fee for using the company that processes the payments, so the more contributors, the better. 

3. Consider setting up recurring or one time payments through auto bill pay with your personal banking institution.

4. And of course, dropping your check or cash in the mail or one of the boxes in the gathering space works, too!

_____________________________________________________________________

Get connected with Solomon’s Porch on Facebook. Become a fan at http://www.facebook.com/SolomonsPorchPage

Tapestry Group Duties for the month of JULY:

Clean-up after the Gathering: Juicy Plum

Set-up, intro, and clean-up for Communion: Vintage Pine

New Covenant Participant Dinner Rep for July: Harvest Frost

On July 23 (this Saturday), Matt Smith is participating in a 3-mile swim as part of an annual cancer research fundraising event held across the country. Visit www.swimacrossamerica.org/goto/matthewsmith to read more and support him!

Loaves and Fishes is happening on Tuesday, July 26th. Volunteer to bring food, prep the meal, or serve the meal.  2:45-4:45- Prep and 4:45-6:45- Serve and Clean up.  Contact Tom Parks at parks.tom@gmail.com  or Shelley Pagitt at shelleypagitt@gmail.com

Picnic and Baptisms at Minnehaha Falls coming up on Sunday, August 7th at 5pm.  Meet down at the bottom of the falls at 5pm for the Baptisms, and then stay in the park for a community picnic at the top of the falls.  If you are interested in getting baptized, contact Doug Pagitt at doug@dougpagitt.com.  Burgers will be provided.  Bring a dish to share.

Celebrations in Life! If anyone has a special event happening in their life and would like to share it with Solomon’s Porch people, we would love to celebrate with you by having your picture up during the Gathering with a little info about what is happening. Please get the info to Linda Bachman before Thurs. of the week and then we will have it up on the screen that following Sunday during the gathering. The Care Group-Linda Bachman

We need to fill the following spots this summer. Please email Colleen at colleen@solomonsporch.com to volunteer or sign up here: https://www.facebook.com/SolomonsPorchpage. Thank you!

July 24- 6:45-7:15

July 31 -6:45-7:15 (x2)

August 14 -6:15-6:45 or 6:45-7:15

August 21 – 6:45-7:15

August 28 – 6:45-7:15

Northside Women’s Space Project (Rahab Fund): Let’s help our friends at Kwanzaa church get the doors open at their Northside Women’s Space:a safe shelter for women and girls caught up in the sex trade in N Mpls.Volunteers needed for painting, cleaning, and general labor!  For more info: www.facebook.com/WomensSpace  email: michelle@solomonsporch.com

Life Development Forums are opportunities for the people of Solomon’s Porch to share skills, knowledge, and interests with the rest of our community. If you have anything from a 6 week class to a one-off seminar that you’d like to share with the community, or if you have any other questions about Life Development Forums, talk to John Reed or email – him at john@solomonsporch.com.

If you can’t be at our gatherings on Sunday nights and want to watch online go to: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/solomonsporchgathering

Don’t forget to check out Doug Pagitt’s radio show on Sundays from 12:00-2:00pm on KKMS AM 950. Check out dougpagittradio.com

______________________________________________________________________

Porch Play Group this week: Lisa Boylan’s home:  Address is 21680 Imperial Ave N, Forest Lake, MN 55025. Her cell is 612.578.0372 and email is mama2dukeandbeck@gmail.com.  Contact Mimi with questions at 612.787.5715 or  mimischirber@gmail.com

7:30pm- Torah Teaching at the Porch with Rabbi Joseph (LAST ONE!)

9:30am- Yoga at the Porch

11:00am- Women’s Brunch at Curran’s on 42nd and Nicollet

6pm- One Gathering at the Porch

Writing Group at 6pm

Art Discussion Group at 7pm

____________________________________________________________

Prayer for  Kelly Boylan while he is on his year-long deployment in Afghanistan (left March 31st, 2011. Please pray for him and his family (Lisa, Caymen, Duke and Beckham) as they begin this journey. If you could pray specifically for Kelly’s mind to be safe, his body to be strong and his actions to be just. Also, you can contact him while he is deployed – his email is kelly.boylan@us.army.mil.  His address is: 

SPC Boylan

B Co. 45th BSTB

2490 25th St. 

Camp Shelby, MS 39407-5500 

If anyone would like to hang out with Duke or Beck (or Lisa) at any time, you can email Lisa at mama2dukeandbeck@gmail.com or call 612.578.0372 …. they are going to need to keep busy in order to make time go by a little faster. Thanks everyone!

Ads from the community of Solomon’s Porch are located on our website.  Click here to view: http://www.solomonsporch.com/news-events/ads/

_____________________________________________________________________

Please note: Contact Janelle at janelle@solomonsporch.com with submissions for this newsletter. Please have all newsletter announcements submitted by 12:00pm on Mondays. For Sunday slide announcements, please submit by 5:00pm on Thursdays.

Porch Artists Website: We have set up a website on MNArtists for all our Solomon’s Porch artists. Visit the site here: http://mnartists.org/solomon’s_porch. Click on the gallery to see all of the Porch artists. 

Who to Contact for Opportunities to Get Involved at Solomon’s Porch

Everyone is encouraged to find a way to participate in our community!

Please submit by 12pm on Mondays for the weekly email newsletter, and 5pm on Thursdays for the Sunday slide announcements. 

Announcements: Janelle Vick at 612-850.8425 or janelle@solomonsporch.com.

Gathering Setup/Cleanup: Luke Hillestad at lukehillestad@gmail.com.

Communion Setup/Cleanup: Michelle at michelle@solomonsporch.com.

Music and Technical Setup and Cleanup: Ben Johnson at 612-281-0535 or ben@solomonsporch.com

Working with Children: Colleen Shealer Olson at 612-695-1952 or colleen@solomonsporch.com

Invocations: 40-100 words would be ideal. Send to michelle@solomonsporch.com with the word INVOCATION in the subject line.

Community Care/ Hospitality and Provision: Abby Andrusko: abbyandrusko@mac.com, Mimi Schirber: mimischirber@gmail.com, Jessie Krohn: jessiekrohn@gmail.com, Carole Bersin: cbersin@visi.com

Contact Information

Address: 100 W. 46th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55419

PH: 612.524.8774

If you would like to be removed from this list, please reply with the word “remove” and your name in the body, and the subject intact. Thank you!