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Spring Call 2013

By FieldDirector
Friday, February 1st, 2013

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Northeast UMC is a merger of the former Trinity and Grace United Methodist Churches in northeast Minneapolis. The church has been selected to be the Metro West Builder’s spring call.

The new congregation is passionate about caring for the Earth and addressing food insecurity in their community. The idea of a community garden emerged as a way to accomplish several goals:  an inviting church yard, stewardship of their land, and support of the church’s community meals and local food shelves.  In their outreach to the commmunity, their hope is to inspire community hope and recreate a doorway to God and Jesus.

The seeds of their vision have been planted and already borne fruit.  In 2012, in addition to providing fresh produce for their free community meals, the garden produced over 300 pounds of food which was donated to local food shelves.

With your help, they hope to continue the dream by adding more raised beds and making the gardens more accessible for physically challenged volunteers by raising a retaining wall that will allow them to sit on the wall to weed and pick produce or to wheel a chair alongside to access the bed.  Future plans include solar power lighting, and the addition of pathways, benches and aesthetically inspiring garden trellis and scultures.

To donate, send your check, marked ‘Spring Call 2013’ to:

Metro West Builders
122 W. Frankline Ave.  #400
Minneapolis, MN  55404

Categories : news
Tags : call, community, garden, meals, Northeast

Spirit River Community UMC

By FieldDirector
Sunday, March 25th, 2012

“Through the resources and support of the Metro West Builders, the ministries and missions of Spirit River Community have reach out to the Isanti/Cambridge community in ways that are touching hearts and changing lives.  The facility we were able to acquire makes it possible to hold free community dinners open to the public  twice a month. We feed an average of 125 people at each meal.  Every other Sunday evening we open the facility to the Children’s Safety Center who works with parents who have supervised visitation rights to see there children in a supervised and safe environment.  Also, we now have a Recovery Ministry meeting weekly to help those struggling with addictions.  These are some of the ways SRC is connecting and ministering to the needs of the community God has placed us in to be Christ to the world.”

– Rev. Jim Crecelius, Spirit River Community United Methodist Church

Categories : success stories
Tags : community, meals, recovery, safe environment

Minnehaha UMC

By FieldDirector
Friday, March 25th, 2011

“Every month, Minnehaha UMC’s food ministries help more than 1,500 of our neighbors in need. The Builder’s grant helped us renovate our entry, bathrooms, hallways and heating system to better support our members and our missions. It has been a real blessing. Thank you.”

– Dean Ammerman, Chair Building Committee

Categories : success stories
Tags : community, food, meals, success, testimonials

Minnesota United Methodist Builders
122 W Franklin Ave, #210, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Minnesota United Methodist Foundation: 612-237-3337
info@mnumf.org
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