• What: Love the wilderness? Fishing? Canoes? Being in God’s great outdoors with your friends making s’mores around a fire? We will be taking 3 groups (9 person maximum) into entry point #16 (Nina Moose).
• Who: Students currently in 8th Grade is minimum age.
• Where: Ely, MN and Entry Point 16 to Canadian Border.
• When: July 27th, Tuesday we will drive up after dinner and get to Ely and spend the night. 28th we head out on trail and then get off the water the morning of August 1st and head home (arrival around 5pm).
• Why: Awe. Wonder. Beauty. Creation. Fellowship. Adventure.
• Cost: TBD $40 deposit and Youth Release Form required to hold your spot.  Please register by May 31st!
• Bring: Full pack list will be coming but you will need your own sleeping bag & pad, canoe pack, clothes, tent, personal plate/spoon/cup set, and lifestraw water filter bottle.
• Provided: ASLC will provide (through outfitting) kevlar canoe, paddle, all food and camp kitchen, maps, permits and legal documents, and leaders/canoe guides with a combined 50+ years of experience. We will also provide spirituality content, first word, bible study, prayer and more.

COVID NOTICE as of March 2021:
We don’t have, and don’t feel like we can provide, all the answers yet as to how some of the details will work (Especially around transportation). We are hopeful that all adults going on this trip will be fully vaccinated. We will keep you informed as we get closer and feel like we better understand the situation this summer (and/or if we need to cancel this trip). We have 3 permits for these dates and mostly wanted to make sure everyone knows that we HOPE to do this trip IF AND ONLY IF it is safe. The nature of these trips is 100% outdoors and groups no larger than 9 people (27 Total people, 3 groups of 9) which is great – our biggest question now is transportation. Each family unit (siblings, spouses, etc) will be in their own tents (no group tents).

Interested? At this time we are simply asking that you send an email to Brad@abidingsavior.org letting us know you want to be put on the sign up list. You are not obligated by doing this to anything!  All deposits are refundable.

Abiding Savior is joining with several area churches to offer an excellent series of grief support called Growing Through Loss. These sessions will be on Tuesday evenings, April 6th through May 11th from 7:00— 9:00pm here at Abiding Savior. Each session begins in the Sanctuary with a speaker on an aspect of grief. Then there will be an opportunity to meet in a small group with those experiencing a similar loss (loss of parents, loss of spouse, loss of child, separation or divorce, suicide loss, and transitional loss (empty next, moving, job loss, broken relationship, financial setbacks). The sessions will also be posted on YouTube (search for the GTL North Suburban channel). For more information feel free to speak with Pastor Lisa.

Registration: 6:45 – 7:00pm
Speaker: 7:00 – 7:45pm
Small Groups: 8:00 – 9:00pm

• April 6:  Understanding Grief and Loss
  • Adaire Lassonde, SSND, Funeral Service Coordinator, Catholic Charities
•  April 13:  Emotions and Self Care While Grieving
  • Adaire Lassonde, SSND, Funeral Service Coordinator, Catholic Charities
•  April 20:  Coping with Grief:  A Personal Story
  • Deacon John Cleveland, Guardian Angels Catholic Church, Chaska MN
•  April 27:  Grief as a Family Affair
  • Janice Winchester Nadeau, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, Marriage and Family Therapist
•  May 4:  Complicated and Cumulative Grief
  • Jack Hinrichs, M.A., L.M.F.T, Psycho Therapist, Nystrom & Assoc.
•  May 11:  Where is God in Our Suffering
  • Pastor Lisa Richardson Engen, Abiding Savior Lutheran Church, Mounds View MN

2020 was a year like no other. A pandemic that killed over half a million Americans, racial tensions and inequalities were exposed, and the Presidential election exposed deep divides in our nation. IN the midst of this, we also saw great love for neighbors and great hope for our futures.

This spring we are feeling refreshed and hopeful and ready to reflect on the changes in our society this past year. What does it all mean? Where was and is God in the midst of these movements and conversations and the pandemic?

Join Pastor Ryan and Deacon Brad for this three-session class (April 14, 21 & 28 from 6:30 – 7:30pm) blending Bible stories, discussion questions, and time for sharing thoughts, feelings, fears, and hopes as we reflect on where we have been in the past year as a nation and where God is leading us into the future. Contact Pastor Ryan or Deacon Brad with any questions.

To join the Zoom Meeting, click:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89975274255

• Week 1 Session Guide
• Week 1 Video
• Week 2 Session Guide
• Week 3 Session Guide

All Sunday morning services are now open to in-person worshipers and streamed online through Facebook Live. At these worship services strict COVID compliance will be followed including mask wearing, social distancing, assigned seating areas in the pews, and a 125 maximum occupancy in the Sanctuary for worship services. The decision to reopen for in-person worship was made using the current COVID-19 data which shows the number of new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths has been steadily declining. If the numbers start to trend in the opposite direction, we will adjust our policies accordingly. Our reopening guidelines meet with Governor Tim Walz executive order for occupancy at public events.

Although no one is discouraged from attending in person worship, we encourage those who are content with online worship to continue worshiping in that way in order to keep our in person worship numbers within a safe range. One factor in deciding to reopen for in-person worship was to allow those who do not have adequate access to the internet to be able to join in the worship experience of their congregation. Please click HERE to sign-up and reserve your spot for Sunday worship.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Pastor Ryan via email at pastorryan@abidingsavior.org.

Thank you for your understanding as together we navigate this pandemic living in God’s love!

Abiding Savior is excited to begin serving free hot meals to go each Wednesday.  It is available for anyone in the Mounds View/New Brighton Community experiencing food insecurity or needing a home cooked hot meal. You must register for a meal ahead of time (see the link below).

Meals are free of charge and can be picked up in the parking lot of Abiding Savior between 4:30pm and 5:30pm on Wednesday. Please pull up to the assigned area of the church parking lot, stay in your car, and someone will check you in. Your meals will be brought out to your vehicle.

The meals are all home cooked in the kitchen at Abiding Savior. Examples of meals include tater-tot hot dish, spaghetti and meat sauce, scalloped potatoes and ham, goulash and other wonderful recipes. Dinners will include a side dish and vegetable.

• Sign up to reserve a meal