Baptisms have been around for a long while in the Christian tradition. Yet, it might sound somewhat odd talking to a friend….”Ya, this Sunday I’m going to walk into a river with some other people….ya, not to swim, just to have someone hold me underwater, briefly, then they help me get back up….yes I’m OK,…
Neighborhood! We have an exciting opportunity for our community coming up this May. We have been sharing for the past year our discussions with Westminster Presbyterian and their generous offer to gift us their building. Our original plan was to have two locations for Neighborhood. One at Westminster and one in Cloquet. In the past…
I believe in this community. The amount of love, inspiration, and hope that exists in and through us is powerful. There is no possible way we could have gotten to where we are without your generosity. Through showing up to make coffee, sharing our stream online, and financially supporting Neighborhood—all of it adds value to this…
To belong is to be fully accepted exactly where you find yourself. Could be in a place of curiosity, grief, wonder, celebration, or “meh”, and all if it belongs. When you find belonging in a community, in God, and in oneself, the real you is never a threat. But what I observed is that way too…
Hello Neighborhood Church, wanted to share an update in regard to Neighborhood Kids. This coming Sunday, August 15, our grade school rooms will be closing for the next several weeks. We have not been able to secure enough volunteers due to summer schedules. We will be reopening our grade school rooms on September 12, the…
Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) —Jeff TweedyI will say this as we walk out the door with my family and feels very true to what we have been doing for the past 16 months. We remained distant from family and friends so that someday we could “get back.” Well, friends, we did it.June…
FRIENDS. WE’RE BACK!After 15 months of remote services, Neighborhood is ready to gather in person! We are opening at three stages to accommodate finding volunteers to execute services and to make the services safe. We’ll be updating our policies and guidelines on our website and social media as more information continues to come in. We…
Church in and of itself can be messy at times. Throw in a pandemic in the mix and that mess gets a little deeper and slightly wider. As a pastor I’ll get asked “Does so and so go to your church still?” and my answer most of the time is “I don’t know?” It’s true,…
As my good friend Drake says,“They sayin I’m back, I agree with that.”Well, friends, Kris Sauter is back for the weekly email…at least for this week. No longer do you need to cry yourself to sleep, shaking your fist to the skies screaming “Why God did you take Kris’s unquestioned intellect and complex puns from us!!!!!!!!!!!!!” And what…
