UPCOMING EVENTS
Lantern Ceremony at Lakewood Cemetery
Lakewood’s annual Lantern Lighting Celebration is an evening for all to gather with family, friends and community to honor and remember those we love and miss. If you’d like to go as a group, let Holly know (holly@spiritgarage.org) and we will meet at Bethlehem – Minneapolis (4100 Lyndale Ave S) and carpool from there together. Also be sure to get your ticket! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lantern-lighting-celebration-2026-tickets-1987359471678?aff=oddtdtcreator you can go for free, but the lanterns are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
Decorate a floating lantern in memory of a loved one with words of love and remembrance. Lakewood provides art supplies for you. You may bring loved ones’ pictures to use, but please know that lanterns will not be returned to you.
At dusk, we’ll light our lanterns together and release them onto Lakewood’s Jo Pond in a beautiful ceremony. The effect is breathtaking and magical, providing a unique connection to our loved ones. You are free to take photos of your lantern, as you will not be able to retrieve lanterns after the ceremony.
New Member Inquiry Group: Session 1
Every so often we run a new member group, when there seems to be a group of people ready to take a next step and learn more about Spirit Garage. Membership is never required, and affords you no rewards. But it is a way of spending some intentional time getting to know more about Spirit Garage and where we sit in this Christian identity, gives you a group of people to get to know, allows more space to ask questions, and maybe creates a moment when Spirit Garage becomes a place you belong to, rather than a place you go to.
There are two gatherings; we hope you can be at both. Both happen after church:
September 20th, after worship (light lunch provided)
September 27th, after worship (potluck lunch)
Then, if you decide to join, we’ll receive new members on October 18th (which also happens to be Spirit Garage’s 29th birthday, so we’ll also have lunch on this day.)
Book Discussion: It All Counts by Natalia Terfa
On Thursday, September 24th, we’ll gather in the Menagerie Room at Spirit Garage at 7:00 PM to discuss Natalia Terfa’s new book, It All Counts.
It All Counts is a fiercely compassionate and deeply personal exploration of faith, doubt, and the sacredness of everyday life. With humor, honesty, and theological insight, pastor and podcaster Natalia Terfa invites us to reimagine what it means to live a spiritual life--especially when it doesn't look like the version we were taught.
Through stories of grief, joy, digital ministry, nature, rituals, and rage walks around the lake, Terfa challenges the idea that faith only "counts" when it fits inside institutional boxes. Instead, she offers a liberating vision of spirituality rooted in authenticity, curiosity, and love. Whether you've been told your questions are too big, your worship too unconventional, or your body too broken, this book insists: You still belong. You are not alone. And yes--it all counts.
Open Streets Nicollet
On Saturday, September 26th, join us on Nicollet Ave for live music, food trucks, and a celebration of our great neighborhood!
Worship at Spirit Garage w/ Singing Resistance – Twin Cities
Join us for worship at 10:30 AM, onsite and online!
New Member Inquiry Group: Session 2
Every so often we run a new member group, when there seems to be a group of people ready to take a next step and learn more about Spirit Garage. Membership is never required, and affords you no rewards. But it is a way of spending some intentional time getting to know more about Spirit Garage and where we sit in this Christian identity, gives you a group of people to get to know, allows more space to ask questions, and maybe creates a moment when Spirit Garage becomes a place you belong to, rather than a place you go to.
There are two gatherings; we hope you can be at both. Both happen after church:
September 20th, after worship (light lunch provided)
September 27th, after worship (potluck lunch)
Then, if you decide to join, we’ll receive new members on October 18th (which also happens to be Spirit Garage’s 29th birthday, so we’ll also have lunch on this day.)
Spirit Garage Fall Retreat
Get away for a Fall retreat with your new and old Church friends. We’ll be spending the weekend at a lakeside resort, with time to learn something, laugh and play together, do a little singing around the campfire, kayak or canoe, nap, get artsy, open mic/talent show, worship and enjoy one another’s company.
Worship at Spirit Garage: 3rd RIC Anniversary and A Different Lens w/ Marta Smith
Join us for worship at 10:30 AM, onsite and online!
Second Sunday Brunch: Bruegger’s Bagels
After church, join a group for brunch at a neighboring restaurant to find your people, and find your neighbor and feed your belly. This month, it’s Bruegger’s Bagels!
Worship at Spirit Garage: 29th Birthday Party
Join us for worship at 10:30 AM, onsite and online!
Worship at Spirit Garage: Reformation Day
Join us for worship at 10:30 AM, onsite and online!
Community Open Mic Night x Meraki
Join us for another open mic night, hosted in collaboration with the good folks at Meraki!
Worship at Spirit Garage: All Saints’ Coffeehouse
Join us for worship at 10:30 AM, onsite and online!
Second Sunday Brunch: Brasa Premium Rotisserie
After church, join a group for brunch at a neighboring restaurant to find your people, and find your neighbor and feed your belly. This month, it’s at Brasa Premium Rotisserie!
Second Sunday Brunch: Pat’s Tap
After church, join a group for brunch at a neighboring restaurant to find your people, and find your neighbor and feed your belly. Pat’s Tap has a good patio!
Volunteering at Our Saviour’s Housing
Each month, a group of Spirit Garage volunteers provides and serves a meal at Our Saviour’s housing.
Worship at Spirit Garage, with Rev. Natalia Terfa
Join us for worship with Rev. Natalia Terfa at 10:30 AM, onsite and online!
Get-Together for Families with Young Kids
If you've got young kiddos, come gather with other families for some playtime, conversation, singalong songs, and light snacks. Contact Andy for more details.
Book Discussion: The Girl Who Baptized Herself
Pick up our next book to discuss! In this book, Watterson synthesizes scripture, memoir, and politics to illuminate a story that has been left out of the canon for far too long, one that follows a girl freeing herself from a life predicated on the expectations of others—a path that made her feel unworthy. Thecla’s story offers us a path to take back the power we often give to others and live based on the truth of who we are. You’ll also get some information about how the “canon” (the Bible as we know it) came to be, and some insight into the things that were left out.
Lutheran Night @ Target Field
Tuesday, 8/11, is Lutheran Night at Target Field. Game starts at 6:40 PM. You don't have to identify as Lutheran to participate! If you're interested in joining in on the fun, please get in touch with Pr. Holly ASAP.
Provide and Serve a Meal at Our Saviour's Housing
Each month, a group of 4-5 people from Spirit Garage serve a meal to the folks who live at Our Saviour's Housing (2219 Chicago Ave S), an emergency shelter space for adults providing three meals a day and daytime access. Volunteers are needed to buy and make food for that night (sign up here). Shelli is the contact person if you have any questions.
Create in Me with Timothy Frantzich
Timothy Frantzich is a singer-songwriter, leader of the Perfection Free Singing community, and a long-time friend of Spirit Garage. At the beginning of the summer, he led worship at Spirit Garage and performed at Open Streets Lyndale. On August 9th, Timothy will come back for a Create in Me service. This is one of our special occasional worship formats, in which a creative person shares about how they answer God's call to a life of art.
Spirit Garage Worship with Bethlehem at Lake Harriet Bandshell
Spirit Garage Worship with Bethlehem at Lake Harriet Bandshell
10 am on July 26, 2026
This week we will worship with the whole Bethlehem community!
Coffeehouse Worship at Spirit Garage
Join us for worship at the Meraki Building, 10:30-11:30 am. This summer we will explore the Spirit Garage mission statement and values. This week we have a Coffeehouse style worship, mixing poetry, music, sacred readings to notice God, our purpose, our people, and our neighbors.
The Lowbrow x Spirit Garage: Dine Out, Give Back
Come eat and hang out with your people at The Lowbrow on this Monday “Dine Out Give Back” night. That means that 10% of the sales will go back to Spirit Garage. Plus it’s an awesome local business in the neighborhood. Win/Win!
Worship at Spirit Garage
Join us for worship at the Meraki Building, 10:30-11:30 am. This summer we will explore the Spirit Garage mission statement and values. This week we focus on “Find Your People.”
Pastor Holly is preaching.
Neighborhood Open Mic with Meraki & Spirit Garage
Your neighbors, Meraki, and Spirit Garage invite you to a community open mic night!
10 minutes or less per performer
7:00-8:00 kid-friendly content
8:00-9:00 adult-friendly content
light snacks, sound system, & solidarity provided
limited spots; walk-ins welcome until space fills up
to sign up, email: bigdoor@spiritgarage.org
Check out Meraki here: https://merakiensouled.com
Worship at Spirit Garage
Join us for worship at the Meraki Building, 10:30-11:30 am. This summer we will explore the Spirit Garage mission statement and values. This week we focus on “Find Your Purpose.”
Pastor Holly is preaching.
You are Here! Worship at Spirit Garage
This summer we will explore the Spirit Garage mission statement and values. This week it’s Pride Sunday Worship!
Hope you can join us.
Spirit Garage Worship at Lake Harriet Bandshell
Today, worship will be at 10 AM at the Lake Harriet Bandshell.
Every year, different churches take over the bandshell on Sunday mornings to lead worship during the summer. We’ll be leaning into how Jesus answers “who is my neighbor” as we hang out at the neighborhood lake down the street.
Bring food to share in a potluck picnic after worship at 11 AM.
PorchFest at Meraki with Spirit Garage Band
Every year in Kingfield, there are about 40 stages that appear for an evening on porches, front lawns, garages, and more, for PorchFest. Spirit Garage will have a stage at Meraki! Come out to Meraki AND walk around the neighborhood to hear music everywhere! This is great neighboring.
Holden "Downlake" Retreat
This weekend retreat at the Christine Center in Wisconsin is a Holden Village offering “downlake.”
Step into Loving Kindness: Finding Treasures through Shared Practice, an in-person weekend retreat at the Christine Center in Willard, Wisconsin. Throughout the retreat, the teaching method emphasizes shared practice rather than expert instruction, inviting mutual discovery of gentleness, patience, and joy through compassionate awareness, meditation practice, and community support.
Worship at Spirit Garage
This summer we will explore the Spirit Garage mission statement and values. We begin with “Find God,” and go from there!
Pastor Holly is preaching.
“Gospel of Salome” Book Discussion
It is 38 CE in Alexandria, and Salome, a skilled physician with a past she's fought to suppress, struggles to navigate the complex landscape of first-century womanhood and the privilege of being Greek.
Moving from the Greek countryside to the Roman Forum, from the dusty hills of Nazareth to the wide boulevards of Alexandria, THE GOSPEL OF SALOME is a retelling of Biblical events set against the roiling backdrop of history's first recorded pogrom, an examination of ideology and motherhood, and a poignant argument for love and equality in today's world as well as its own context.
Kaethe Schwehn is an English professor at St. Olaf, and may be able to join us for part of the discussion on this night.
Spirit Garage at Open Streets Lyndale
Open Streets is back!
Come hang out on the long stretch of Lyndale, beginning at Bethlehem and experience Minneapolis in all it’s glory. Spirit Garage will have a stage on the steps at Bethlehem, and a table out front where we’ll be hanging out with people and probably giving out popcorn.
You can sign up for a shift to be at our booth! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0D4EACA72FA6FC1-64014643-open
Create in Me Worship at Spirit Garage
Spirit Garage member and artist Scott H presents his portrait project in worship.
Scott will be taking portraits of people from Spirit Garage and asking them questions about who they are and how they came to belong to Spirit Garage/ what they love about it, and then presenting this at worship on June 7.
Worship at Spirit Garage
Guest Preacher Natalia Terfa will be preaching today. Natalia is one of the voices behind the podcast and online community, “Cafeteria Christian” and also works for Church Anew.
Matt 28:16-20
SG Young Adult Meet Up
SG young adults (18-30ish) meet up at Silverbird Coffee after worship on 5/24. This is a great chance to enjoy delicious coffee and brunch, and keep those after-worship conversations going. Rachel is the point person for this outing.
Pentecost Sunday at Spirit Garage
It’s Pentecost, and that’s the day we celebrate that the Holy Spirit showed up in some brand new ways. Wear red!
Acts 2: 1-21