Mendota Heights United Church of Christ Congregational
Mendota Heights MN
55118-4344
Who we are
Welcome! Worship 9:30 am Sunday
If you are visiting with us, and you are looking for a friendly church… where you will be loved and accepted regardless of your age, class, race, ethnicity or orientation… where you will be challenged to reflect on your beliefs, acknowledge your doubts, ask your questions, and grow in your faith… where God’s desire for compassion, healing, reconciliation, justice and joy is preached… where you are given the opportunity to put your faith into action through effective outreach ministries… then we hope to get to know you as a friend.
No matter who you are, or where you are in your life journey… you are welcome here!
Our Mission
We are a healing community. Most of us know what it’s like to be broken or wounded in our relationships, in our personal lives, in our connections with churches and other religious communities. We are finding healing for ourselves and from difficulties in the past in our congregation.
If you are searching for a safe place to find healing from your wounds – no matter what the source – you will find in us a community that cares, supports and walks with you on your journey toward wholeness.
Our outreach into the community grows out of that commitment to healing. We support a women’s shelter, local food shelf, “Feed My Starving Children,” Crop Walk, and other programs that help people we may be suffering. You will find plenty of opportunities for short term service projects that make a difference in the lives of others.
We are an open and affirming community, providing a safe space to individuals from all races, spiritual backgrounds or sexual orientations.
If you are visiting with us, and you are looking for a friendly church… where you will be loved and accepted regardless of your age, class, race, ethnicity or orientation… where you will be challenged to reflect on your beliefs, acknowledge your doubts, ask your questions, and grow in your faith… where God’s desire for compassion, healing, reconciliation, justice and joy is preached… where you are given the opportunity to put your faith into action through effective outreach ministries… then we hope to get to know you as a friend.
No matter who you are, or where you are in your life journey… you are welcome here!
Our Mission
We are a healing community. Most of us know what it’s like to be broken or wounded in our relationships, in our personal lives, in our connections with churches and other religious communities. We are finding healing for ourselves and from difficulties in the past in our congregation.
If you are searching for a safe place to find healing from your wounds – no matter what the source – you will find in us a community that cares, supports and walks with you on your journey toward wholeness.
We are an open and affirming community, providing a safe space to individuals from all races, spiritual backgrounds or sexual orientations.
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Leadership
Leader Name:
Lanny Kuester
Leader Position:
Pastor
Phone:
Fax:
651-905-0360
Leader Email:
Click here to contact Lanny Kuester
Leader Bio:
Lanny become an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ after serving in the army, including a tour of duty in Vietnam. He has served a wide variety of progressive churches as a settled and interim pastor. He is dedicated to helping individuals, families and churches find relevance, meaning and renewal.
His background includes a doctorate in family systems therapy and a lifelong passion for indigenous folk tales, initiation stories and mythologies. As part of his own healing process, Lanny has hiked the Grand Canyon many times. His book, Secrets of the Grand Canyon, reflects his fascination with the history art, people and healing properties of the Grand Canyon. He recently published his first children’s book called “The Story of Little Turtle.”
He has a passion for peace and justice issues and has worked with restorative justice circles, veterans with PTSD, peace circles that promote racial healing and conflict transformation. He lived in Palestine for three months as a volunteer with the World Council of Churches to promote peace and justic
His background includes a doctorate in family systems therapy and a lifelong passion for indigenous folk tales, initiation stories and mythologies. As part of his own healing process, Lanny has hiked the Grand Canyon many times. His book, Secrets of the Grand Canyon, reflects his fascination with the history art, people and healing properties of the Grand Canyon. He recently published his first children’s book called “The Story of Little Turtle.”
He has a passion for peace and justice issues and has worked with restorative justice circles, veterans with PTSD, peace circles that promote racial healing and conflict transformation. He lived in Palestine for three months as a volunteer with the World Council of Churches to promote peace and justic
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Driving Directions to Mendota Heights United Church of Christ Congregational
Travel/Direction Tips
The Mendota Heights United Church of Christ is located just off Highway 110, between Dodd Road and Delaware Avenue. You will not see a sign for the church (the property is owned by Sonshine Learning Center) but there is a cross on the building! Our parking lot is located behind the only white fence on Highway 110.
Mendota Heights United Church of Christ Congregational Service Times
Worship 9:30 am Sunday
We offer a warm welcome to ALL people! Our worship is designed to strengthen your connection with God, to connect you with others and to encourage meaningful involvement in the community. You will discover a service based on both a progressive theology of social justice and support for personal spiritual development for individuals and their families.
We are small but growing community. We are learning from our past, honest about our present and looking forward to our future with hope. We are actively involved in a year-long program of renewal and revitalization called Crossroads.
When you attend you might discover us engaged in dialogue about who we are today, how we can engage in our community or participating in a conversation about events in our world that matter to us. Feel free to join in. We’re small enough that your voice will make a difference; we are open enough to change. Your ideas and opinions matter to us at Mendota Heights United Church of Christ!
We offer discussion groups, spiritual healing circles, church school activities, a women’s fellowship and a variety of community outreach activities.
Mendota Heights United Church of Christ Congregational service times last updated on the 4th of January, 2024
We offer a warm welcome to ALL people! Our worship is designed to strengthen your connection with God, to connect you with others and to encourage meaningful involvement in the community. You will discover a service based on both a progressive theology of social justice and support for personal spiritual development for individuals and their families.
We are small but growing community. We are learning from our past, honest about our present and looking forward to our future with hope. We are actively involved in a year-long program of renewal and revitalization called Crossroads.
When you attend you might discover us engaged in dialogue about who we are today, how we can engage in our community or participating in a conversation about events in our world that matter to us. Feel free to join in. We’re small enough that your voice will make a difference; we are open enough to change. Your ideas and opinions matter to us at Mendota Heights United Church of Christ!
We offer discussion groups, spiritual healing circles, church school activities, a women’s fellowship and a variety of community outreach activities.
Mendota Heights United Church of Christ Congregational service times last updated on the 4th of January, 2024
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Mendota Heights United Church of Christ Congregational History
Make me stand out
Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.
Mendota Heights United Church of Christ Congregational listing was last updated on the 4th of January, 2024
