Please join us on Sunday, March 8 immediately following worship in the Sanctuary at noon for a brief Congregational Meeting.
If you're new to Genesis and/or not yet feeling connected, we hope you'll join us for a Newcomers Social at Dave & Catie Schlenk’s on Monday, February 10th from 7-8:30 pm. Meet other folks from Genesis, chat with staff, enjoy appetizers & beverages and connect more about Genesis. If you can join us, please email hellowest@genesiscov.org and let us know so we can plan food.
Location: Parlor at Elim Church Center
Attenders of the Round Table Exploration will observe a conversation between several people with differing views on LGBTQIA+ inclusion, hosted by Jer Swigart, Co-Founding Director of The Global Immersion Project. They will explore how to respect each other while holding different views. Jer will be joined by thoughtful and articulate individuals, some who hold an affirming perspective and others who hold a traditional perspective on LGBTQIA+ inclusion. Time for question and response will follow the discussion. The Round Table Exploration is open to regular Genesis attendees and the wider community. Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP here.
Location: Bob & Geri Timperley’s home (Brooklyn Park)
These gatherings will provide an opportunity for regular Genesis attendees to connect with others at Genesis West in a more intimate environment as we listen to one another about our individual experiences of how our lives have intersected with and been impacted by LGBTQIA+ individuals. This will be a place for curious questions, honest dialogue, and space for fears and concerns because they will be guided by facilitators who understand how to create safe conversation. We’ll also have some group discussion guided by open-ended questions for our community to reflect with one another while members of the listening community and/or peacemaking cohort observe.
Clarifications of terminologies will be a part of each circle for the purpose of providing some common language. If you have more questions about listening circles, please feel free to contact anyone on the Listening Committee. These listening circles aren’t just for people who are undecided about what they believe about LGBTQIA+ inclusion; they’re for everybody to listen and learn together.
Please RSVP here.
Location: Josh and Deb Link’s home (Crystal)
These gatherings will provide an opportunity for regular Genesis attendees to connect with others at Genesis West in a more intimate environment as we listen to one another about our individual experiences of how our lives have intersected with and been impacted by LGBTQIA+ individuals. This will be a place for curious questions, honest dialogue, and space for fears and concerns because they will be guided by facilitators who understand how to create safe conversation. We’ll also have some group discussion guided by open-ended questions for our community to reflect with one another while members of the listening community and/or peacemaking cohort observe.
Clarifications of terminologies will be a part of each circle for the purpose of providing some common language. If you have more questions about listening circles, please feel free to contact anyone on the Listening Committee. These listening circles aren’t just for people who are undecided about what they believe about LGBTQIA+ inclusion; they’re for everybody to listen and learn together.
Please RSVP here
Join us for our Annual Christmas Party on Dec. 6th at 6pm in the Gym at Elim. Food (potluck style), activities, games, conversation and music. Our potluck suggestion: Last names A - I bring a side dish, J - M bring dessert, N - Z bring an entree. Church will provide paper products and beverages.
Location: Tom and Mary Nichols (near Lake of the Isles)
These gatherings will provide an opportunity for regular Genesis attendees to connect with others at Genesis West in a more intimate environment as we listen to one another about our individual experiences of how our lives have intersected with and been impacted by LGBTQIA+ individuals. This will be a place for curious questions, honest dialogue, and space for fears and concerns because they will be guided by facilitators who understand how to create safe conversation. We’ll also have some group discussion guided by open-ended questions for our community to reflect with one another while members of the listening community and/or peacemaking cohort observe.
Clarifications of terminologies will be a part of each circle for the purpose of providing some common language. If you have more questions about listening circles, please feel free to contact anyone on the Listening Committee. These listening circles aren’t just for people who are undecided about what they believe about LGBTQIA+ inclusion; they’re for everybody to listen and learn together.
Please RSVP here
Please join us on Monday, November 12th at 7 PM - 8:30 PM in the Parlor at Elim for a Congregational Meeting
REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW! Click HERE to sign up .
The Genesis Vacation is our annual three day gathering at Covenant Pines, in McGregor, Minnesota. It’s restful and fun: we relax together, play together, and rest. In the mornings, some people love to linger around their breakfast table until almost lunch, while others love to take walks together. In the afternoons, the kids love attacking the climbing wall, the gym, and the playgrounds. At night, we sit around bonfires eating s’mores, we play black light dodgeball, and some choose to go to bed early.
If you’re looking for a way to connect with others at Genesis, please join us for lunch and conversation in the Parlor following worship. Enjoy a tasty lunch, sign up to join an established Community Group, or learn about new group possibilities. Have an idea for a Community Group you’d love to start? We’ll have a gathering spot at the Open House to share that as well. Questions? Contact Kara VerHage at karav@genesiscov.org
If you're new to Genesis and/or not yet feeling connected, we hope you'll join us for the first Newcomers Social at John and Kristen Powell's on Monday, Sept. 23rd from 7-8:30 pm. Meet other folks from Genesis, chat with staff, enjoy appetizers & beverages and connect more about Genesis. If you can join us, please email hellowest@genesiscov.org and let us know so we can plan food.
Believers Baptism at Theo Wirth Park on August 20, 2017.
Please join the staff and elders for our first annual meeting.
Last community meal of the season! We’ll be outside on the lawn with walking tacos to eat and bounce houses for the kiddos to play in. Join us!
Are you interested in becoming a member at Genesis? If you’d like to learn more about Genesis and what membership means join Steve Wiens at our Membership Class on April 14th, after church 12:15-1:45p on the 5th floor. You’ll hear a little bit about how Genesis started, our mission, vision and values and what becoming a member looks like. Please RSVP by emailing hellowest@genesiscov.org.
Why in the world would anyone want to be a member of a church? What's the point? Great question. Since Genesis West is congregational in our polity, membership isn't a benefit, it's a responsibility to serve the congregation.
At Genesis West, we welcome anyone who affirms faith in Jesus to be a member. There are just two steps in the process of being received as a member.
Attend a membership class.
Fill out the online application; the elders will review your application and get back to you.
Members commit to participation in the life of Genesis West through:
Living as an apprentice of Jesus;
Attendance, sacrificial giving of talent and resources, and praying for the vision of Genesis and its leaders;
Praying for the vision of Genesis West and for its leaders.
Join Steve Wiens on Monday night, March 18th, from 7 pm - 8:30 pm for an interactive, conversational dialogue about what it means to cultivate attentiveness moment-by-moment. We believe God is actively at work at all times and places, always making all things new. Because we want to join that work, we’ll spend time praying for and seeking a restored way of seeing, hearing and sensing God, each other, and our own souls.
Join Steve Wiens on Monday, February 18, from 7:00 - 8:30 pm for an interactive conversation about how to practice restoration through mindfulness. Restoration is the idea that we are made new so we can join in God’s work of making all things new. But how are we made new? What role does the ego play to thwart restoration and how can you discover and live from your true self? We’ll cover these questions and more, and you’ll leave with a tangible practices that will lead to greater restoration in your actual life.
Community Meal happens on the first Sunday of each month, from 12pm - 1pm in the Parlor at Elim. Please join us!
Join us at Elim Church Center in the chapel on Thursday, January 10 at 7pm for a public forum on mass incarceration. We'll hear from a panel of various individuals who have been impacted first hand and those who are working to better the system. It will be a time to listen, ask questions, and engage together in this important topic.
Join us for our Annual Christmas Party on Dec. 14th at 6pm at Elim Church Center in the Gym. We will provide meat and beverages, last name A-M bring a sweet side and N-Z bring a savory side.
Please join the staff and elders for a space to listen and be heard as we navigate the future together.
Believers Baptism at Theo Wirth Park on August 20, 2017.
Starting August 2018, Genesis West will move our Sunday worship services from Sabes in St. Louis Park, to sharing space with Elim Lutheran Church in Robbinsdale.
Join us on the 24th for a chance to meet Elim's pastor, Pastor Dan Doerrer, who will lead us on a tour of the building. We’ll also leave plenty of time for Q & A. We hope you can join us! Kids are welcome.
For more information on our move to Robbinsdale, check out this FAQ. If you have any questions, please email Steve Wiens at stevew@genesiscov.org.
Advent's music and story, poetry and song.
We play and we eat and we sleep and we repeat.
Believers Baptism at Theo Wirth Park on August 20, 2017.
