Donations are Welcome!

Donations are now being accepted! I spoke with a “nonprofits” banker at Bremer Bank this past week and will be opening an account for us there on Tuesday. On Saturday we made a couple key decisions: all checks will require two signatures (at this point we’ve identified two folks who will be on the “signature card” for the bank and I’ll be seeking another one or two more), and I’ll serve as the pro tem Treasurer and use my home address for the account for now. So if you’d like to make a contribution, we can accept it! I’ll put out a donation plate on Saturday, or if you’d like to send me a check and you don’t have my address, just shoot me an email at MplsAnglican@aol.com

Here are a couple photos of the Aldrich Church (3501 Aldrich Ave. S., Minneapolis), where we have our Saturday Morning Worship and planning meetings and where we’ll be worshiping on Sunday evenings.

We will be able to use the whole main floor (sanctuary, commons room, chapel and gym) plus the organ and grand piano, bibles, hymnals, etc.


I have obtained an IRS Employer Identification Number (EIN) and continue to work on the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation (I plan to have drafts for review at our meeting on 5/8). The next steps will be to file the IRS “Application for Recognition of Exemption” and the Minnesota incorporation paperwork.

We’ve identified 14 decision-making/task-doing teams – groups of people who can take responsibility for various ministry and logistical areas prior to the church having any actual paid staff. We still need additional workers for most of these teams, though, so let me know where you would like to plug in. They are:

• Liturgy
• Theology
• Vestments, Altar
• Music
• Education
• Nursery
• Fellowship
• Pastoral Care
• Missions, Outreach
• Communications, Publication, Technology
• Finance
• Administration
• Executive Committee
• Vestry

It’s thrilling to have new people find us and join the team! A few folks were out of town this past Saturday, but we had a couple new folks join us, so we had a wonderful worship time in Morning Prayer and a productive planning meeting. Please pray that God would continue to work through the wonders of interpersonal relationships and the Internet (!) to bring the people of His choosing to our planning team and to our little outpost of His kingdom. And tell your friends about it!