National performing Christian artist Rachel Kurtz will perform along with the Redeemer Jump Crew (in photo), pianist Kent Goodroad, the Breakfast Club spoken word/drum troupe and others. Traditional movie snacks will be served along with a fabulous silent auction and live auction.

The proceeds from the fundraiser go to support Redeemer Center for Life’s activities: affordable housing, youth development, community development and jobs.

The Capri Theater is located at 2027 West Broadway in North Minneapolis.

They’re all about the neighborhood!

They’re…P.O.B.  People on Bikes!

An original music video created by the usual Redeemer suspects – Dave, Chelsea, Manny, and William – and feat. P.O.B. in the Harrison neighborhood.

Harrison agency leaders gathered in June 2009, to cultivate relationships and common vision for our neighborhood and networks.  Exciting.

[More great photos by Bryan Thao Worra, Lao Assistance Center at http://laoassistance.blogspot.com]

Find more photos of this historic celebration of Redeemer Lutheran Church‘ s first – and next – 100 years on the Redeemer Center for Life Facebook page…

We’re anticipating one exciting year of celebrating Redeemer’s first 100 years…and dreaming about the next 100 years, beginning this Sunday, June 7 – worship at 10:30 am,  community celebration afterward.

Itasca, IL – Wheat Ridge Ministries recently approved six grants to assist new ministries of health and hope throughout the world.

“We are very pleased to fund these six very different models of new ministry,” said Mr. Brian Becker, Vice President for Ministry Programs. “These projects will address important issues such as helping impoverished senior citizens step out of isolation, providing care and counseling for immigrants, developing needed services for at-risk youth, supporting individuals affected by cancer, and offering key parenting and life skills for adults.”

• The Living Room, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Redeemer Center for Life, Inc. is launching The Living Room, a community center that will provide a variety of adult life skills (parenting, interviewing, etc.) while promoting holistic health and facilitating stability in the diverse surrounding community.

Wheat Ridge Ministries is “Lutherans seeding ministries of health and hope in the name of the healing Christ.” Through grant making, connecting and equipping activities, Wheat Ridge is committed to assisting and encouraging new and innovative human care ministries as they are developed by congregations and other faith-based organizations in the United States and around the world. For more information about how you can participate in the seeding of new ministries of health and hope, go to www.wheatridge.org.

A splendid end-of-summer celebration with over 550 neighbors and friends. Gospel music & break dance. Faces painted & corn roasted. Good food & great neighbors. Connecting, celebrating. And looking forward to the next opportunity to get together.

Thanks for joining us to make the 2008 Redeemer Block Party an evening to remember. We’re grateful for your participation & hope to reconnect in 2009. 

*View the full photo review courtesy of Pat Carney at The Carney Group, our neighbors down the street on Glenwood Avenue. www.carney.com/redeemer

Wednesday, August 20th, 6-8 pm.
In the Redeemer backyard.
1800 Glenwood Avenue, Mpls, 55405

612.374.4139
redeemercenter.org

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Chelsea Forbrook

Though this is a hard race, it has to be run
And all us people together are powerful, so don’t stop till it’s done
We’ll follow Jesus, Buddha, and Gandhi until this battle is won
Because we know by now that nothing’s ever been solved with a gun

We gotta mix a little new revolution in with the old
One that treats all bodies, minds and souls like they’re the purest gold
But revolutions can’t be bought, you see, they’ve got to be sold
So don’t sit back, get on your feet, and help this unfold

Because with your Push and mine and his we’ll build something new
And like JD Steele we’ll find strength in singing notes that are blue
And if we sing it together than we can never come unglued
Take comfort in hearing harmony, because that’s the only hope that’s true

Our song is about salvation manifesting here on earth
And it will spread around this world length, height, depth, and girth
And when people hear it, they’ll realize the Push and pull is really worth
All your sweat, blood, and tears if it brings about unity’s second birth

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Steffon Ware

This is a soulspadition a soulspirament
More than just a song more like an experience
Allow yourself to dive deep into my mental wonderland
Lily pads and ponder ponds in the palm of my hand
Magnificent mental mountains intellectual light
Burning bright in the sky for crystal clear insight
Reach up and pick from the tree that sprouted from the bitter roots
That was watered by the clouds that only rained with the truth
Get a cup and quench your thirst in the stream of consciousness
There is no purer stream in the whole continent
Run wild with my thoughts on plush passionate plains
Explore the deep valleys of pain down memory lane
Breathe in hope swim in the sea of dreams
Promises sprinkled on the night sky watch ’em gleam
Visit the largest promise that reflects intellect
Become enlightened and levitate if you ever make the quest
Soulspadition.

We dodge bullets from close range we cope with most pain
Heavy coats in the winter and umbrellas for when it rains
Got the blood of a warrior born with scriptures in my brain
But the skin of a sinner with desires I can’t explain
Poetic Picasso painting a picture of my pain
With these abstract patterns of sunshine and rain
I was born deep within the belly of the beast
When my heart beats my veins fill with concrete
I’m a product of the street and a lot of oppression
But instead of getting a glock I use my brain as a weapon
Hoping I can make an impression on the soul of the youth
Those who grew up out of control ’cause no one told them the truth
And their parents confused living in stupidity too
The yelling do as I say but don’t do as I do
So them parents ain’t really true cause a parent is a leader
It don’t make you a parent just cause you whoopin ’em and feedin ’em

I am the grenade my dimensions don’t matter
If you see me pull the pen you people better scatter
I’m what happens when hunger turns into starvation
When oppressed neighborhoods turn into a whole nation
When running after hope turns to running out of patience
Running drugs on the block chopping rocks like a mason
Stressed smoking sess looking like a black Asian
Plus selling dope to cope with low wages
Raging against systematic poverty and pain
I wish I could be your umbrella when it rains
Young Nelson Mandela’s trapped inside your own brain
Born a felon ’cause your melanin is like a ball and chain
Said to have a speech impediment ’cause they don’t get your slang
In reality they’re scared of it so they want it to change

Hands reaching out for freedom but it never seems close enough
Before I touch it police tell me take my hands and hold ’em up
Guns out the holster that’s how they say hello to us
If you’re a young black male it’s hard to find hope for us
Hands through the clouds and reaching for the stars
If you close your eyes and listen to these sixteen bars
You might find out why the caged bird cries
’Cause they clipped my wings before I had a chance to fly
I look in the sky the only thing that I can do is dream
I figured I’d flip the script so I started to sing
About how good the wind felt under my wings
How beautiful I looked when the sun shined on me
You can put shackles on my hands but my mind is free
Your definition of freedom wasn’t designed for me
But I don’t know what freedom is ’cause I’ve never been free
So I just sing a song about what freedom means to me.