Church of the Risen Savior

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Adult Faith Formation

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Adult Faith Formation at Risen Savior is looking for people who feel nudged to share their gifts through the following ministries:

  • Hospitality at baptisms: this would involve setting up for infant baptisms before Mass, greeting families and their guests, & putting items away afterwards. Training and mentoring provided! Commitment is 3-4 times/year on Sundays when we have baptisms; typically during 9 or 11am masses. People who are gifted at making people feel welcomed and comfortable would be great fits for this role!
  • RCIA Sponsors: RCIA is the process through which adults receive sacraments of initiation into the Catholic church. Sponsors journey with their candidate through the process by attending RCIA sessions at least once/month and checking in with their candidate via phone, text, email, or in person as works for their relationship. They also attend the RCIA Rites throughout the year. We never know who will present themselves to be an RCIA candidate each year, so right now we are compiling a list of interested potential sponsors! The RCIA process typically runs Sept-Pentecost the following year. Sponsors must be fully initiated Catholics. People who enjoy forming meaningful relationships, sharing their faith, and mentoring others would be great fits here!
  • Baptism Catechists: this role would lead the baptism preparation class for parents and godparents. Training and mentorship provided. Commitment is 4-6 times/year on the first Monday/monthly from 7-8:30pm. Currently the class is on Zoom. People with gifts for teaching and facilitating small groups would be great fits!
  • RCIA Team: RCIA is the process through which adults receive sacraments of initiation into the Catholic church. They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it takes a village of disciples to mentor a person into the faith! Team members assist in facilitating the RCIA sessions; curriculum and lesson plans with training and mentorship provided. Team members should be fully initiated Catholics. Commitment will vary based on the response. Most likely will involve 1 Sunday/month September through Pentecost from 10-11:30am and 1x/month team meeting. People with gifts for teaching, facilitating, and who have a mature faith would be great fits!

If you are interested in exploring any of these roles, please contact Grace Koleczek at grace.koleczek@risensavior.org or 952-698-1724. If you know a friend who you think would be a good fit…encourage them to consider it!

Hacer Voluntariado con Risen Savior y Habitat for Humanity

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¿Qué?: Nuestra parroquia se une con Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity para ayudar a construir una casa nueva para una familia que la necesita. Habitat es una organización sin fines de lucro y su visión es un mundo donde todos tienen un hogar decente.

¿Cuándo?: El 1, el 2, y el 3 de agosto, 2022

¿Dónde?: 145 Engler Blvd, Chaska MN

Las maneras de involucrarse son:

  • Participar en el equipo de construcción
    • Uno, dos, o tres días
    • De 8:15 por la mañana hasta 3:30 por la tarde
    • No tiene que tener experiencia en la construcción
    • Meriendas y almuerzo incluidos
    • Tiene que tener 16 años o mas y estar comod@ recibiendo instrucciones en inglés por nuestro coordinador de construcción
  • Donar y servir el café, las donas, y la merienda de la mañana
    • Uno, dos, o tres días
    • De 8:00 a 8:30 de la mañana
    • Ud. tendría que comprar cafe y donas y llevarlos al sitio de construcción para servir a los voluntarios
  • Recoger y servir el almuerzo
    • Uno, dos, o tres días
    • De 11 de la mañana a 1 de la tarde
    • La gente de Risen Savior va a donar las comidas y la iglesia va a pagar el almuerzo, pero los voluntarios de servir el almuerzo tienen que ir al restaurante y traerlo al sitio de construcción.
  • Donar meriendas
    • Necesitaremos donaciones de galletas saladas, chips, pretzels, bebidas, y frutas para servirles a los voluntarios de la construcción cada día.
  • Donar financieramente
    • Como asociado de fe, nos comprometimos a recaudar $4500 para Habitat para sufragar el costo de la construcción.
  • Ser el/la fotografo/a en el sitio de construcción
    • Cada día necesitaremos un voluntario para tomar fotos. No tiene que ser parte del equipo de construcción.
    • Puede llegar a la hora que quiere dentro de las 9am y las 2:30pm
  • Ser parte del equipo de oración
    • Se compromete orar para nuestros voluntarios, el staff de Habitat, y la familia que va a mudarse a la casa donde trabajaremos.

Apuntese!

Registro de Habitat for Humanity

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Fotos de nuestro trabajo con Habitat en 2021:

Habitat for Humanity: Faith Builds

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August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2022

This summer we once again partnered with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity to help construct new homes in Chaska. The site we were building on is called the Faith Builds site because the volunteers each week come from various faith communities around the Twin Cities Metro! It is the same site of the project last year but we are now working on new homes in the cul-de-sac “Niskanen Circle.”

We are extremely grateful to everyone at Risen Savior who supported this partnership, whether by volunteering as part of the construction crew, meal team, food/beverage donor, prayer team, financial donor, and/or photography volunteer.

Here are just a few photos from our 2022 Build!

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity shared this video message with all those involved with the build we were a part of in August 2021. Thank you!

Last summer in July 2021, we welcomed Anne and Julia of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity for a presentation and discussion titled, “There’s no place like home!” The Transformational Power of Homeownership.

Some of the key learnings we took away included:

  • Habitat for Humanity was originally imagined as Koinonia Farm by a biblical scholar/farmer named Clarence Jordan in Georgia in 1942.
  • Twin Cities Habitat was first started by a Lutheran congregation in South Minneapolis in 1985.
  • Affordable, safe housing is linked to many other needs: quality education, stability, better health, access to transportation and jobs, and more! We heard one Habitat homeowner’s story of how her home is her “sanctuary.” It has meant family, community, security, and thriving together.
  • Habitat not only builds new homes but also purchases and rehabs homes, provides mortgages for clients to buy on the open market, helps clients make repairs so they can stay in their homes, does advocacy work, and more.
  • Historically because of racist policies and structures in place, affordable housing has been denied to People of Color. Despite many progressive social programs, Minnesota is one of the worst states for racial disparities in housing. The experience of searching for and securing housing for a Person of Color is much harder than for whites.
  • Habitat has extensive financial and homeowner coaching for their clients, which ensure that their homeowners are ready for the challenge of owning a home! They learn skills for financial planning, home repair, and being part of a neighborhood. Habitat families receive post-purchasing support as well.

Learn more about Twin Cities Habitat at this link.

Ready to get involved or have questions? Fill out the form below and Grace Koleczek, Risen Savior’s Social Justice & Adult Faith Formation Coordinator, will get back to you.

Social Justice Interest Survey

Once you submit this survey it will be emailed to the Social Justice and Adult Faith Formation Coordinator, who will be in touch shortly thereafter!

  • Please include first and last name.
  • Please check all of the items that you'd like to learn more information about.
  • If you selected "I am interested in something else" for the above question, please elaborate here. You can also use this space for other questions or comments.
  • We are using the platform Flocknote to create an email newsletter that will go out once/month with updates and opportunities to get involved in Social Justice and Charity. There will be some occasions when you may receive a "special issue" if there is an important topic or event that is time-sensitive.
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Prison Ministry: At-Home Video Project Team

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Our brothers and sisters “on the inside” (those who are currently incarcerated) are in need of connection and spiritual nourishment.

Their lives, like each of ours, have been affected by COVID-19 with restrictions on visitors and programming as well as fear of contracting the virus while in an enclosed area. Risen Savior’s Prison Ministry is working with Twin Cities Prison Ministry to produce 30-Minute Weekly Meditation Videos that get sent to the Minnesota Department of Corrections Facilities for distribution to those on the inside. The hope is for a variety of people to participate so that those on the inside see they are supported by many on the outside, in our communities. This is something you can do from home!

“I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.”

Matthew 25:36

Thanks to the generosity of the Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative and Fr. Miguel Kennedy and Rob Garcia, Twin Cities Prison Ministry is using their texts from their 4-hour retreat programs in California prisons to create weekly 30-minute videos based on the Gospel reading each week. Here is an example of one of the videos the TCPM team created:

Commitment as a Risen Savior Volunteer: It can require as little as 10 minutes to film a reading one time, or longer if you are able to create music or help process the DVDS. A script is provided for all recordings; you are not asked to create you own content! You’ll receive instructions no matter what you sign up for! You do need access to a device with a camera/microphone (like an iPhone or computer with a webcam/microphone) and access to internet.

Interested in signing up or learning more? Fill out the form below or reach out to Grace Koleczek, grace.koleczek@risensavior.org, (952) 698-1724. She will put you in touch with our lead volunteer for this project.

Prison Ministry Video Project Interest Form

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Open Door Pop Up Produce Stand Volunteers

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The Open Door Pantry has exciting news! They have worked with ISD 191 to use Metcalf Middle School (on the Burnsville/Eagan border; address 2250 Diffley Rd., Burnsville) to be able to serve the local community with a drive-thru food distribution option during the winter pandemic months.

Every Tuesday, The Open Door we will be at Metcalf Middle School from 3:00-6:00 pm making fresh and healthy food available for up to 500 families. They are in need of 20+ volunteers each Tuesday to help make this possible for families in need. Click here to go directly to the Open Door’s Pop Up Produce Volunteer sign up.

Questions? Contact Gabby Steinhoff, The Open Door Pantry’s Operations Assistant, at 651-358-1217 or at gabby@theopendoorpantry.org. For other information on volunteering with Open Door, click here.

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Monday through Thursday

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Friday

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday

OFFICE CLOSED

Mass Times

Saturday

3:30-4:00 pm - Reconcilation
5:00 p.m.

Sunday

9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m. Confessions (Spanish)
1:00 p.m. (Mass in Spanish)

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Burnsville, MN 55306

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