Easter Festival Worship
Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus
Sunday, Mar 31, 2024 at 9am and 11am in the Sanctuary & Online
Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus
Love wins! Rejoice at the overcoming of death and despair as we celebrate Easter Festival worship, featuring the Copper Street Brass and Sanctuary Choir. Join in the congregational sing-along of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus," from Messiah, a children’s lesson and the contagious goodness of joy. Join your voice to the resounding "Hallelujah" that has echoed through centuries of Easter joy. Childcare will be provided!
Join in the Celebration of love, hope, and the promise of resurrection
Holy Week worship services 2024
Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 10am | Sanctuary
Join us for Palm Sunday as we remember how it was Jesus entered the gates of Jerusalem. As we gather for worship we will give voice to our own deeply felt desire for social and religious systems advocating justice for all. We will have palms for everyone, a procession to begin worship, psalms to sing, and a reminder that Jesus came in order that God’s vision for lived compassion is offered to all.
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 7pm | Art Gallery
Maundy Thursday commemorates the new commandment taught by Jesus at the Last Supper: Love one another. Grounded in the Jesus story of service and embodied love, Maundy Thursday moves us into the pain and complexity of Good Friday. Join us for worship in the Art Gallery. There will be opportunity to participate in a variety of prayer forms and practices.
Friday, March 29, 2024 at 7pm | Sanctuary
One must first move through the dark to reach the light. Good Friday is one of the most meaningful services for understanding the power of the Jesus story.. On this day, the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary is remembered. Join us in the Sanctuary for worship where we do not look away from the crucifixion as experienced by Jesus. Choral meditations and solo music will weave us together before the Cross.
Special Easter Offering
This year 100% of our Easter offerings
are going to the Dignity Center.
Created in 2002, The Dignity Center is an interfaith outreach of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church. The Dignity Center operates in partnership with Align MPLS and other organizations throughout the city. Embedded in the Loring Park Neighborhood, the Dignity Center provides safety, resources, and dignity to folks who are struggling with housing and financial insecurity.
Executive Director Rev. Margaret Kelly is a trained social worker who brings a wealth of case management experience to her faith-based approach to the Dignity Center's programming.
In an environment of respect, community is built through fellowship and listening. Working with an advocate, real steps are taken on the path to stability.
One of the little understood obstacles on the path to housing stability is the fact that the systems that offer crucial support are so complex that they require literal experts to navigate them.
- In the first two months of 2024, more than 80 individuals have been served at the Dignity Center.
- 20 men have been supported while in shelter at Higher Ground and stabilizing. Support includes transportation, budgeting, mental health, physical health, and legal resources.
- The Center has been able to navigate more complicated needs around medical care, as they now have a physician one day a week as an advocate. This expertise also provides clearer coaching on navigating healthcare systems.
We are committed to supporting neighbors as they navigate intersecting and complex systems in a more nuanced, long-term, and effective way.
Lent Events
