

NURTURING CHILDREN THROUGH WORSHIP & PRAYER
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Praying in the Spirit: Nurturing Children in Three Communities, One Neighborhood
PROJECT:
Rev. Esther Sianipar
CONTACT:
LOCATION:
Minneapolis, MN
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church will carry out a shared venture with All Nations Indian Church and St. Paul's-San Pablo Lutheran Church, to nurture children in worship and prayer. The congregations will gather to pray, celebrate, and learn with and from one another in arts-infused, child-focused programs. Resources developed for faith formation will address the unique challenges of each congregation's children and will also be available to other congregations online. The congregations will create an annual retreat each Pentecost to plan four major shared events for the three congregations each year, with increasing access to the neighborhood over time. Learnings will be shared online throughout two neighborhood gatherings that look beyond these congregations, and in a Webinar for religious and educational leaders about faith formation in each culture and the benefit of grassroots collaboration across congregations and cultures.