Hennepin Avenue UMC | Reconciling & Inclusive Faith Community in Minneapolis

Morning Coffee
2027-05-21 08:00 - 08:30 (America/Chicago) | Hennepin Avenue UMC, 511 Groveland Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Weekday Mornings | 8-8:30am | Zoom

Morning Coffee is a chance to check-in, engage in lively discussion about short scripture passage or topics, and then pray our way into the day. All are welcome!

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Meeting ID: 810 9070 8142

Notice: Zoom Passwords Have Changed!

If you are a zoom regular or are just interested in checking out one of our events via zoom, our passwords have changed as of May 15, 2026. Please contact your ministry leader, or HAUMC reception by email (reception@haumc.org) or by phone (612-871-5303) to receive the new password for your event!

Friday Men’s Bible Study
2027-05-21 08:00 - 09:00
Fridays | 8-9am | Longfellow Room & ZoomAnyone who identifies as male is welcome to join our Men’s Bible Study, conversation, and fellowship! A year-long study with weekly lessons. Each week, we will explore a new lesson, as outlined in the Standard Lesson Commentary (NIV) edition.

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Meeting ID: 840 0993 5180

Notice: Zoom Passwords Have Changed!

If you are a zoom regular or are just interested in checking out one of our events via zoom, our passwords have changed as of May 15, 2026. Please contact your ministry leader, or HAUMC reception by email (reception@haumc.org) or by phone (612-871-5303) to receive the new password for your event!

The Dignity Center
2027-05-21 09:00 - 11:30 | The Ministry House, 425 Groveland Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
The Dignity Center is currently open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9-11:30am.

The mission of The Dignity Center is to welcome and support people dealing with financial and housing insecurity on their path to stability. Through a committed team of trained volunteers, The Dignity Center works one-on-one with people to build relationships, helps them to set goals toward greater self-sufficiency and stability, and develops and implements a plan to reach those goals.

Our name says it all, and when one walks through our doors they are welcomed with dignity and respect. Hospitality is at the heart of everything we do at The Dignity Center.

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The Dignity Center needs volunteers!

Advocate | 9-11:30am (or later as available)Greeter | 9-11:30am (or later as available)Hospitality Volunteer | 8:45am-12:15pmKitchen Supervisors | 8:15am-12:45pm

Visit the Dignity Center website to read more about volunteer roles and ways you can help!

Friday Coffee and Connection with Pastor Elizabeth
2027-05-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Hennepin Avenue UMC, 511 Groveland Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Friday Mornings | 10-11:30am | Longfellow Room & Zoom

Join Pastor Elizabeth for a weekly time of sharing conversation, coffee, and topical study! Come for an opportunity to find your unique path to spiritual growth led by Pastor Elizabeth. We meet on Friday mornings in the Longfellow Room—there is coffee and a fine group of humans to enjoy!

Find our current book below! *We start a new book on Friday, May 29!

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Meeting ID: 851 6038 4661

Notice: Zoom Passwords Have Changed!

If you are a zoom regular or are just interested in checking out one of our events via zoom, our passwords have changed as of May 15, 2026. Please contact your ministry leader, or HAUMC reception by email (reception@haumc.org) or by phone (612-871-5303) to receive the new password for your event!

An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown TaylorStarted on May 29, 2026

In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church (“a beautiful, absorbing memoir.”—Dallas Morning News), Barbara Brown Taylor wrote about leaving full-time ministry to become a professor, a decision that stretched the boundaries of her faith. Now, in her stunning follow-up, An Altar in the World, she shares how she learned to encounter God beyond the walls of any church.

From simple practices such as walking, working, and getting lost to deep meditations on topics like prayer and pronouncing blessings, Taylor reveals concrete ways to discover the sacred in the small things we do and see. Something as ordinary as hanging clothes on a clothesline becomes an act of devotion if we pay attention to what we are doing and take time to attend to the sights, smells, and sounds around us. Making eye contact with the cashier at the grocery store becomes a moment of true human connection. Allowing yourself to get lost leads to new discoveries. Under Taylor’s expert guidance, we come to question conventional distinctions between the sacred and the secular, learning that no physical act is too earthbound or too humble to become a path to the divine. As we incorporate these practices into our daily lives, we begin to discover altars everywhere we go, in nearly everything we do.
