Written by Phil Wala This is the 52nd and last installment (for now) of “This Week in Hennepin History,” which began a year ago with our look at the week of Nov 10-16. Having covered … Read More
This Week in Hennepin History: The Week of October 22 – 28
Written by Phil Wala 1875 (October 24) A notebook in the church archives contains this 150-year-old hand-written record of the first meeting of a new Methodist society in Minneapolis: Sunday, Oct 24, 1875 Met at … Read More
This Week in Hennepin History: The Week of October 15 – 21
Written by Phil Wala On October 18, 1875, a meeting was held in the home of T. A. Harrison to plan the first meeting of a new Sunday School named “Hennepin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Sunday … Read More
This Week in Hennepin History: The Week of October 8 – 14
Written by Phil Wala In 1962, Curt Carlson donated 48 acres of land near Annandale, on Lake Sylvia, to Hennepin Church, to be used as a camp and retreat center. Hennepin Church’s Koinonia Retreat Center … Read More
This Week in Hennepin History: The Week of October 1 – 7
Written by Phil Wala 1875 (October 4) This short article in the October 6, 1875, Minneapolis Tribune confirms Monday, October 4, as the date of the resolution to form the new church that would become … Read More





