Gloria Dei gathers at Berne Pizza for community and music together

Wednesday, June 19 @ 5 - 8pm

Find out more information:

www.bernepizza.org

How to meet up:

- Find the stage with the music

- Look left and you will see the wood fire pizzas being made

- Continue to look left where there is open space before the trees / woods in the background

- Walk all the way by the trees: you will find Kristelle and a group of Gloria Dei people

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WELCOME TO BERNE WOOD-FIRED PIZZA & SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Admission is free. Please order a pizza to support our fundraiser!

Pizzas are served in a box. If you prefer plates, bring your own. Garbage must be carried out when you go. There is no dumpster. Please bring plastic bags to pack out any waste.

Pop, water, ice cream, and chips are sold on the grounds, but you are welcome to bring your beverage of choice, including beer or wine.

Bring your own lawn chairs. Seating is not provided.

Pizzas are cooked rain or shine unless weather is severe and cost between $20-25. Sorry, but we do not have gluten-free crusts.

No pets please.

We have portable bathrooms on the grounds, including a handicapped accessible bathroom and a handwashing station.

Volunteers work diligently to serve hundreds of pizzas within 3 hours each week. Come ready to relax and enjoy the atmosphere - not just the pizza! Please know we pride ourselves in serving you as quickly as possible, but we are not a traditional restaurant, and serving times will vary based on crowds.

Check out our Facebook page! For regular information updates, photos, and customer comments, "Like" us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram!

Berne Wood-Fired Pizza is a fundraiser for the Zwingli United Church of Christ, Berne, MN. All profits go to support the church and chosen charities. We thank-you for your support!

Looking Within Center:   Art and Spirituality Session: “HeARTful Meditations”

Date:  Tuesday, June 18

Location:  Looking Within Center and Garden Lounge at Gloria Dei

Time:  6:30 - 8:30pm

Registration deadline:  Friday, June 14

Facilitator: artist Lavonne Lovstad

Welcome to our first session of HeARTful Meditations!  This is a unique and enjoyable opportunity to combine Art and Spirituality as a means to deepen one's awareness with the inner, connected self and as a form of meditation if one chooses. Have no fear, no art experience necessary!! Led by our facilitator Lavonne Lovstad, join others in a safe place of guided "silent viewing", music, brief written and shared reflections, creative expression and inner spiritual discovery. You just might be back for more at a future art and spirituality event! 

Lavonne Lovstad’s professional background includes Art Education, Art Therapy, Spiritual Direction and Energy Healing. Her passion is the exploration of Sacred Mystery in all of life.

There is no cost for this event.

Contact Julie Stevens with questions (julies@gloria-dei.com)

You are invited to share a supper called Abide with others who are also on the journey of grief after the death of a loved one. As a community grounded in God’s love for all of us, we are called to comfort, strengthen and walk with one another through life’s ups and downs, just as God walks with each of us.

Sign up by June 2

When: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 from 6-8 pm

Where: The Garden Lounge at Gloria Dei

What: A meal shared between people on the journey of grief

Cost: No charge; a freewill offering will be taken at the meal

We hope this shared meal will be a time for you to relax and enjoy the company of others. There is no program except the shared conversation and good food prepared by Gloria Dei member Randy Jones.

June 4, 2024 2-4 pm

Tour of Maynard Jones’s Toaster Museum

Gloria Dei member Maynard Jones has been collecting toasters for many years and has been active in a national toaster collector’s association as well. He’ll share his considerable knowledge about these collectibles as we tour his museum. Then we’ll enjoy a special farm style treat!

Sign up at link below or by calling the church office by June 2.

Senior Generation Worship and Lunch

Wednesday, May 29

10 am to Noon

Join other members of our Senior Generation for worship in the Sanctuary at 10 am, followed by a special lunch in the Garden Lounge.

Rochester Pride Fest is coming to town May 18 and Gloria Dei Lutheran Church is proud to be a part of the celebrations!

Join us at Soldier’s Field on Saturday, May 18, from 12:00-5:00 pm to celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community. There will be food from local restaurants and food trucks, live entertainment, and plenty of local vendors to explore.

How can you show your support? GREAT QUESTION!

In addition to stopping by our booth, we have designed shirts that you can order! A portion of the proceeds will go directly towards a local LGBTQIA+ organization. Click the image to the left or click here to order shirts!

Wear your Pride shirt to Rochester PrideFest to showcase the welcome that Gloria Dei is all about!

Want to help out at our booth? GREAT!

Tuesday, May 7 • 2-4pm

Looking Within Center

RSVP by May 5

Ice Cream Social with music by the RavensFire Band. (Looking Within Center)

The RavensFire Band plays and sings their unique collection of originals and fun covers of many popular varieties of music, including pop, golden oldies, soft rock, traditional blues and jazz, folk and world, vintage country, bluegrass, Irish, and more!

Dates: Wednesdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22

Location: Looking Within Center at Gloria Dei

Time: 6:30 - 7:30pm

Registration deadline: Friday, April 26

Presenter: Winston Janusz, licensed mental health counselor

Are you curious about mindfulness and meditation? In our fast paced, constantly distracted world, mindfulness is gaining a lot of attention as a way to bring more peace and well-being into our lives. Mindfulness meditation can become a part of your spiritual practice, but has also been shown to promote mental health though countless scientific studies. In this course, participants will learn about the basics and foundations of mindfulness meditation practice, common misconceptions about meditation, how to work with difficult thoughts and emotions, how to improve focus, start a meditation practice of your own, and apply mindfulness skills in your own life and bring them to the world.

This 4 week course is taught by Winston Janusz who is a licensed mental health counselor, an ordained pastor, and is currently in training to become a certified mindfulness meditation teacher.

There is no cost for this event.

Registration Link:

JOIN US AT 7:00PM AT WHISTLE BINKIES ON THE LAKE!

Theology Pub is a bunch of guys who connect over some beverages and food every few weeks and talk over the big questions of life. On a good week we solve more problems than we create. Bring friends, neighbors, coworkers, and we'll see you there!

Join our Facebook Group to stay up to date!

THEO PUB FACEBOOK GROUP

DATES FOR 2023-2024

September 25

October 16 + 30

November 20

December 4

January 15 + 29

February 19

March 4

April 15 + 29

Please join us for the Gloria Dei Meetup. We’ll have some lunch and connect. Other new(ish) people to Gloria Dei will be around, staff will be there, and we’ll simply enjoy some face to face time and a meal together. We hope this is a time when some new connections can be made, others can grow deeper, and we can all enjoy a good Sunday meal!

Date:  Sunday, April 21, 2024
Time:  11:45 am (after EpicOneEight Worship)
Place:  Looking Within Center (downstairs from the Sanctuary)
There is no cost for this event.

Please sign up by Thursday, April 18 so we can plan for food.

Questions?  Contact Kristelle Behle (kristelleb@gloria-dei.com) or call the church at 507-289-1841

JOIN US AT 7:00PM AT WHISTLE BINKIES ON THE LAKE!

Theology Pub is a bunch of guys who connect over some beverages and food every few weeks and talk over the big questions of life. On a good week we solve more problems than we create. Bring friends, neighbors, coworkers, and we'll see you there!

Join our Facebook Group to stay up to date!

THEO PUB FACEBOOK GROUP

DATES FOR 2023-2024

September 25

October 16 + 30

November 20

December 4

January 15 + 29

February 19

March 4

April 15 + 29

Location for April: TBD

All women 21+ are welcome for faith conversation over some good beer or beverage of your choice. Every third Monday of the month. Bring a friend!

Objectives:

To give women an outlet to explore new areas of their spirituality/faith life

To show that the church is not a building

To foster community among women at Gloria Dei

Date: Saturday, April 13

Location: Looking Within Center

Registration deadline: Wednesday, April 10

Time: Design a Reset that best fits your needs! Register below for one, two, or all three parts of the morning:

Reset-Quiet: 8:15-9am (Fireside Room)

Alone and small group time provides a wonderful start to the morning guided by Cheri Dirksmeyer.

Reset-Breakfast: 9:00-9:30am (Garden Lounge)

Community time while enjoying a light breakfast.

Reset-Exploration: 9:30-11:00am (Looking Within Center)

Explore a topic to help you on your spiritual journey.

Exploration Presenter: Melissa Schultz

This month’s theme: “Dreams As Spiritual Encounters: Navigating Divine Presence”

In this Reset Exploration, we will delve into the mysterious realm of dreams. Discover how dreams can be a powerful medium for God to communicate with us, reveal God’s presence, and impart wisdom for your life journey. Learn the language of symbolic imagery to interpret your dreams' messages and deepen your relationship with the Divine. Participants may bring a dream to share and practice discernment.

Melissa Schultz, acupuncturist, herbalist and spiritual director, enjoys exploring the intersection of Christian mysticism and integrative medicine. With a heart devoted to Christ and a mind open to diverse wisdom traditions, Melissa draws on God’s promise of restoration and insights from the Asian healing arts to offer guidance for those seeking spiritual growth, mental clarity, and a healthier body. The Christ principles of transformation and healing, and joy and abundance, underscore her belief in the boundless possibilities that arise when faith, mindfulness, and well-being converge. (Melissa will be joining us via Zoom from Spain, where she is currently laying the foundations for establishing a holistic Christian contemplative retreat house along the Camino de Santiago.)

There is no cost for this event.

Contact Julie Stevens with questions (julies@gloria-dei.com)

Have you ever had the chance to read a book and experience its insights and practices through in person contact with the author?  Now is your chance to do just that!  (And if you were part of this experience last fall, this is one more opportunity to enjoy the journey with Charles and his book.)

During our 40 day journey with the daily readings in Charles’ book, we’ll have the chance to meet in person for four Wednesday evenings, providing the chance to visit with Charles and fellow book study members as we apply his insights and practices to our own spiritual journey.

From the book jacket:  “Our inner life of thoughts and feelings can make life so sweet, or so challenging . . . we can be overwhelmed with feelings of anger, anxiety, or fear that just won’t go away. In this book, Charles Ortloff offers us a path through these challenging times with our inner life. He uses simple language, compelling stories, and easy to follow practices to guide us into making friends with our inner life. We all can find that soft landing after a bumpy ride.”

Dates of Book Reading (on your own):  April 1 through May 10

Book Study In-Person Gatherings: Wednesdays – April 3, 10, 17, 24 

Time: Choose either 9-10am – OR – 6-7pm

Location:  Looking Within Center

Leader: Author Charles Ortloff Host: Looking Within Center Director Julie Stevens

Registration Deadline:  Sunday, March 31

There is no cost for this experience. If you have not yet purchased the book, you can find it at your favorite bookseller for $16.99.

Contact Julie Stevens with questions (julies@gloria-dei.com)  

Looking Within Center: “I Am Anxious, Now What?”: Finding Calm in Chaotic Times

Date: Thursday, March 21

Location: Looking Within Center at Gloria Dei

Time: 6:30-8:00pm

Presenter: Karen Ortloff, retired licensed psychologist

Anxiety disorders are among the most pervasive in our culture today. The reasons are multifaceted, and the solutions equally complicated. Crisis, speed of change, and impending doom reported daily can have an overwhelming impact on our mental and physical health. This presentation will look at the sources of our anxiety, ways to work through our worries, and also how to manage the many conflicts/polarities that affect our daily lives.

Retired licensed psychologist Karen Ortloff will lead us in a discussion of how we might respond to the epidemic of anxiety and restore some calm in these chaotic times.

Registration deadline: Monday, March 18

There is no cost for this event.

Contact Julie Stevens with questions (julies@gloria-dei.com)

Check out our other offerings on the Looking Within webpage at: gloria-dei.com/looking-within

FEBRUARY 14, 21, 28, MARCH 6, 13, 20

LUNCH TO FOLLOW

Lent is always a good time to experiment with worship, and this year the Looking Within Center will host Wednesday Midday Prayer Around the Cross at 11:30 a.m. Each week we’ll gather around the cross to pray, hear Scripture, consider a reflection, light candles, and savor reflective music (including Taize). Then, we’ll eat lunch together! Hosted by Julie Stevens, Hayden Kvamme, and Chris Roberts.

We will also have midday worship on Maundy Thursday

and Good Friday at 11:30am in the Looking Within Center.

Location for March: TBD

All women 21+ are welcome for faith conversation over some good beer or beverage of your choice. Every third Monday of the month. Bring a friend!

Objectives:

To give women an outlet to explore new areas of their spirituality/faith life

To show that the church is not a building

To foster community among women at Gloria Dei

Date: Saturday, April 13

Location: Looking Within Center

Registration deadline: Wednesday, April 10

Time: Design a Reset that best fits your needs! Register below for one, two, or all three parts of the morning:

Reset-Quiet: 8:15-9am (Fireside Room)

Alone and small group time provides a wonderful start to the morning guided by Cheri Dirksmeyer.

Reset-Breakfast: 9:00-9:30am (Garden Lounge)

Community time while enjoying a light breakfast.

Reset-Exploration: 9:30-11:00am (Looking Within Center)

Explore a topic to help you on your spiritual journey.

Exploration Presenter: Melissa Schultz

This month’s theme: “Dreams As Spiritual Encounters: Navigating Divine Presence”

In this Reset Exploration, we will delve into the mysterious realm of dreams. Discover how dreams can be a powerful medium for God to communicate with us, reveal God’s presence, and impart wisdom for your life journey. Learn the language of symbolic imagery to interpret your dreams' messages and deepen your relationship with the Divine. Participants may bring a dream to share and practice discernment.

Melissa Schultz, acupuncturist, herbalist and spiritual director, enjoys exploring the intersection of Christian mysticism and integrative medicine. With a heart devoted to Christ and a mind open to diverse wisdom traditions, Melissa draws on God’s promise of restoration and insights from the Asian healing arts to offer guidance for those seeking spiritual growth, mental clarity, and a healthier body. The Christ principles of transformation and healing, and joy and abundance, underscore her belief in the boundless possibilities that arise when faith, mindfulness, and well-being converge. (Melissa will be joining us via Zoom from Spain, where she is currently laying the foundations for establishing a holistic Christian contemplative retreat house along the Camino de Santiago.)

There is no cost for this event.

Contact Julie Stevens with questions (julies@gloria-dei.com)

FEBRUARY 14, 21, 28, MARCH 6, 13, 20

LUNCH TO FOLLOW

Lent is always a good time to experiment with worship, and this year the Looking Within Center will host Wednesday Midday Prayer Around the Cross at 11:30 a.m. Each week we’ll gather around the cross to pray, hear Scripture, consider a reflection, light candles, and savor reflective music (including Taize). Then, we’ll eat lunch together! Hosted by Julie Stevens, Hayden Kvamme, and Chris Roberts.

We will also have midday worship on Maundy Thursday

and Good Friday at 11:30am in the Looking Within Center.

A monthly mini-retreat with topics and insights that provide a transformative lens to see the Divine in all things and all people. “Reset” your journey as you grow closer to God, others, and yourself.

Date:  Saturday, March 9
Location: Looking Within Center
Registration deadline:  Wednesday, March 6
Time:  Design a Reset that best fits your needs! Register below for one, two, or all three parts of the morning:

Reset-Quiet: 8:15-9am in the Fireside Room
Guided by Cheri Dirksmeyer, this quieter time provides alone and small group time for remembering and reconnecting with the Divine Light and Love that we hold within ourselves.

Reset-Breakfast: 9:00-9:30am in the Looking Within Center
Community time while enjoying a light breakfast.

Reset-Exploration: 9:30-11:00am in the Looking Within Center
Explore a topic to help you on your spiritual journey.

Exploration Presenter:    Dr. Dawn Jacobson, M.D.

This month’s theme: “Contemplative Self-Care”

Our bodies, minds, and souls experience an abundance of information daily. We hear stories and interact with others in ways that are of personal, community, global, and cosmic significance. Have you made time for yourself, your true Self, in this ocean of activity?

Contemplative self-care offers a body-mind-spirit approach for health and well-being. This interactive workshop provides an overview of daily self-care practices and how contemplative self-care expands these practices to include care of your spirit/soul. Through self-care practices, we can optimize physical energy, mental clarity, emotional balance, intuitive decision making, and spiritual awakenings. (Note: Please bring a journal as there are several times during the day when you are invited to reflect and write down your experiences.)

About the Presenter: Dr. Dawn Jacobson is a board-certified physician and innovative leader in Integrative, Lifestyle, and Functional Medicine. Her medical practice is located at Rochester Clinic where she offers in-person consultations and online telemedicine visits. She offers a series of Abundant Living SM programs that provide transformative experiences to support self-reflection and spiritual growth. (Dawn is also a singer/songwriter who believes music is a powerful healing force, and shares her original music through local performances and online streaming platforms.)

There is no cost for this event.

Contact Julie Stevens with questions (julies@gloria-dei.com)

Mark your calendar and watch for sign-up information for the final Reset of the season on Saturday, April 13.

Check out our other offerings on the Looking Within webpage at:  gloria-dei.com/looking-within 

FEBRUARY 14, 21, 28, MARCH 6, 13, 20

LUNCH TO FOLLOW

Lent is always a good time to experiment with worship, and this year the Looking Within Center will host Wednesday Midday Prayer Around the Cross at 11:30 a.m. Each week we’ll gather around the cross to pray, hear Scripture, consider a reflection, light candles, and savor reflective music (including Taize). Then, we’ll eat lunch together! Hosted by Julie Stevens, Hayden Kvamme, and Chris Roberts.

We will also have midday worship on Maundy Thursday

and Good Friday at 11:30am in the Looking Within Center.

JOIN US AT 7:00PM AT WHISTLE BINKIES ON THE LAKE!

Theology Pub is a bunch of guys who connect over some beverages and food every few weeks and talk over the big questions of life. On a good week we solve more problems than we create. Bring friends, neighbors, coworkers, and we'll see you there!

Join our Facebook Group to stay up to date!

THEO PUB FACEBOOK GROUP

DATES FOR 2023-2024

September 25

October 16 + 30

November 20

December 4

January 15 + 29

February 19

March 4

April 15 + 29

FEBRUARY 14, 21, 28, MARCH 6, 13, 20

LUNCH TO FOLLOW

Lent is always a good time to experiment with worship, and this year the Looking Within Center will host Wednesday Midday Prayer Around the Cross at 11:30 a.m. Each week we’ll gather around the cross to pray, hear Scripture, consider a reflection, light candles, and savor reflective music (including Taize). Then, we’ll eat lunch together! Hosted by Julie Stevens, Hayden Kvamme, and Chris Roberts.

We will also have midday worship on Maundy Thursday

and Good Friday at 11:30am in the Looking Within Center.

FEBRUARY 14, 21, 28, MARCH 6, 13, 20

LUNCH TO FOLLOW

Lent is always a good time to experiment with worship, and this year the Looking Within Center will host Wednesday Midday Prayer Around the Cross at 11:30 a.m. Each week we’ll gather around the cross to pray, hear Scripture, consider a reflection, light candles, and savor reflective music (including Taize). Then, we’ll eat lunch together! Hosted by Julie Stevens, Hayden Kvamme, and Chris Roberts.

We will also have midday worship on Maundy Thursday

and Good Friday at 11:30am in the Looking Within Center.

Location for February: TBD

All women 21+ are welcome for faith conversation over some good beer or beverage of your choice. Every third Monday of the month. Bring a friend!

Objectives:

To give women an outlet to explore new areas of their spirituality/faith life

To show that the church is not a building

To foster community among women at Gloria Dei

JOIN US AT 7:00PM AT WHISTLE BINKIES ON THE LAKE!

Theology Pub is a bunch of guys who connect over some beverages and food every few weeks and talk over the big questions of life. On a good week we solve more problems than we create. Bring friends, neighbors, coworkers, and we'll see you there!

Join our Facebook Group to stay up to date!

THEO PUB FACEBOOK GROUP

DATES FOR 2023-2024

September 25

October 16 + 30

November 20

December 4

January 15 + 29

February 19

March 4

April 15 + 29

Looking Within Center’s Forty Days of Seeking “A Soft Landing after a Bumpy Ride”

Dates:  February 14 (Ash Wednesday) through March 24

Format: 40 daily emails containing a short audio recording

Guided by: Julie Stevens, Looking Within Center Director and Charles Ortloff, Spiritual Director and retired pastor

Registration deadline:  Monday, February 12

The season of Lent, the 40 days before Easter, is a special time to walk more closely with Christ. How might you plan to do just that this Lent? What are some of the practices you might try? Consider joining Julie Stevens and Charles Ortloff during the 40 days of Lent as they walk with us through the practices of Charles’ book, “A Soft Landing after a Bumpy Ride.”

Each time we walk through this book, we experience that soft landing in new ways because our lives have moved on from the last time we entered into the book’s practices. We invite you to go back, again and again, and find all that is there for you in these practices. 

There is no cost for this experience.

Note:  If you have not yet purchased the book, please order it online from your favorite bookseller in time so that you will be able to follow along in the book with our conversations.

Contact Julie Stevens with questions (julies@gloria-dei.com)  

Looking Within Center Reset:  February 10, 2024

A monthly mini-retreat with topics and insights that provide a transformative lens to see the Divine in all things and all people. “Reset” your journey as you grow closer to God, others, and yourself.

Date:  Saturday, February 10
Location: Looking Within Center
Registration deadline:  Wednesday, February 7
Time:  Design a Reset that best fits your needs! Register below for one, two, or all three parts of the morning:

Reset-Quiet: 8:15-9am in the Fireside Room
Guided by Cheri Dirksmeyer, this quieter time provides alone and small group time for remembering and reconnecting with the Divine Light and Love that we hold within ourselves.

Reset-Breakfast: 9:00-9:30am in the Looking Within Center
Enjoy a continental breakfast and community time.

Reset-Exploration: 9:30-11:00am in the Looking Within Center
Explore a topic to help you on your spiritual journey.

Exploration Presenter:   Pastor Marla Rotman

This month’s theme: “Getting Mad At God: The Role of Lament”

Is it okay to be honest with God when we are sad, angry, or disappointed? Is it okay to be mad or disappointed with God? If these are questions you’ve asked, you are not alone. The Psalms of Lament have provided us with a blueprint for when we are sad, angry, or disappointed with life or even with God. Join us as Gloria Dei’s Pastor Marla Rotman helps us explore why it's okay to feel this way and what we can do about it.

There is no cost for this event.

Contact Julie Stevens with questions (julies@gloria-dei.com)

Mark your calendar for the upcoming Resets, all on Saturdays with separate sign ups:

• March 9

• April 13

Check out our other offerings on the Looking Within webpage at:  gloria-dei.com/looking-within 

JOIN US AT 7:00PM AT WHISTLE BINKIES ON THE LAKE!

Theology Pub is a bunch of guys who connect over some beverages and food every few weeks and talk over the big questions of life. On a good week we solve more problems than we create. Bring friends, neighbors, coworkers, and we'll see you there!

Join our Facebook Group to stay up to date!

THEO PUB FACEBOOK GROUP

DATES FOR 2023-2024

September 25

October 16 + 30

November 20

December 4

January 15 + 29

February 19

March 4

April 15 + 29