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On Pentecost, we celebrate the presence of the Holy Spirit who shows up in a variety of ways in our lives; sometimes like a violent wind, and other times like a whisper. Rachel Barth and her sister will be making some music, and so will Andi!

The next book we are reading is called “Being Mortal” written by surgeon Atul Gawande,

Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should.

Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients’ anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them. And families go along with all of it.

In his bestselling books, Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Now he examines its ultimate limitations and failures – in his own practices as well as others’ – as life draws to a close. And he discovers how we can do better. He follows a hospice nurse on her rounds, a geriatrician in his clinic, and reformers turning nursing homes upside down. He finds people who show us how to have the hard conversations and how to ensure we never sacrifice what people really care about.

Riveting, honest, and humane, Being Mortal shows that the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life – all the way to the very end.

Celebrate the start of the summer season in Minnesota at Spirit Garage with Pancake Church. Find a seat with someone who could become a new friend around a Table in the Family Room. We’ll do some of the normal parts of worship and we will have conversations at the table as we feast on pancakes and other yummy bites.

All the fun begins at 10:30. See you there!

Serve/Share a Meal!

Spirit Garage volunteers will be providing and sharing an evening meal to the 21 individuals who are staying at Our Saviour’s Emergency Shelter. It’s super low-key. We need about 4 people to serve, and others are welcome to donate food. Sign up options can be found here. Shelli Bakken is the main contact for this event. If you need her info, you can write to [email protected].

Written by Rose McGee, Kumbayah the Juneteenth Story is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history. A time when the news that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country was deliberately withheld. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes. Although tragedy is depicted, this play within a play is tremendously uplifting.

Get your free tickets to join Pastor Holly at the play: https://www.mnhum.org/event/minneapolis-kumbayah-the-juneteenth-story/

Rose McGee started the Sweet Potato Comfort Pie Organization. Learn more at https://www.sweetpotatocomfortpie.org.

This is the day when Spirit Garage leads worship at The Lake Harriet Bandshell. Our musicians will lead music, and we’ll hang with the neighbors who worship at the Bandshell with us. After, expect to stay for a grill-out or brunch outside at the lake.

Today Spirit Garage will worship with Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities (our founding and supporting church) at The Lake Harriet Bandshell. Excellent music and hanging with the neighbors who worship at the Bandshell with us. After, expect to stay for a grill-out or brunch outside at the lake.