Events

Sparking Peace Book Launch & Live Blacksmith Demonstration

Join other misfits and friends for a Children’s Book Launch event for Sparking Peace by Teresa Kim Pecinovsky & Hannah Rose Martin and a Live RAWtools Blacksmith Demonstration! Sparking Peace provides a springboard for those seeking to discuss gun violence and trauma with children in a safe way that highlights help rather than harm. This picture book helps children learn about conflict while also carefully addressing gun violence and peacemaking.” RAWtools is an organization committed to proliferating peacemaking. We are…

Comfort Ye: Longing for Consolation – Advent 2024

Comfort Ye: Longing for Consolation This Advent, you’re invited to join other misfits as we explore the themes of hopeful waiting, prophetic comfort, and fulfillment in Christ, using the story of Simeon in Luke 2 and the beloved hymn, “Comfort, Comfort Ye My People.” In a season marked by anticipation, this series will delve into the ache of longing and the assurance of God’s promised consolation, offering hope and peace amid personal and communal suffering and challenges. This series will…

Ben McBride: Troubling the Water

Book Discussion with Ben McBride Join others at SPNN, Saturday the 23rd at 7:00pm, for a very special presentation by author Ben McBride about his new book, Troubling the Water. About the Author Ben McBride is a visionary leader of radical belonging. The co-founder of the Empower Initiative, a capacity building firm devoted to empowering organizations and communities, he is a leading expert in fostering belonging and public safety reform. Through his dedicated work as an internationally recognized peacemaker, faith…

October Calendar

Some big transitions are on the horizon for Roots. So this month Roots will not be gathering in the Prior Works building for worship. Mark your calendars this month for these Fellowship, Rest, and Journey Group Sundays!   October 16th – Journey Groups Sunday Join other misfits in your Journey Groups. Gather together at a time and location you choose. There will be no combined worship gathering this week. Pastor Osheta will also be serving as Co-Leader of Spiritual Care for…

Good Friday

We’re also very excited to invite you a combined worship gathering with our sisters and brothers in Christ at Faith City Church in East St. Paul (781 7th Street East) for Good Friday. There will be a worship service as well as a contemplative Visio Divina experience of “Graffiti Stations of the Cross” by Pastor T. C. Join with other disciples as we follow in the footsteps of Jesus @7:00pm