Minneapolis Missions Ideas

Your response to the Minneapolis Missions was overwhelming and greatly appreciated.  For your information, here are Minneapolis charities to include in your resource information.  We've listed the source so that if you had specific questions you can contact the respondent directly with any questions:

Marie Sandvik center is a soup kitchen in downtown Minneapolis.  612-870-9617.  Youth Works does trips to Minneapolis as well and they have many contacts in the city.  612.729.5444, though their business is doing the mission trips, so they might be hard to get sites from.  Also, there’s a church that might have more contacts… http://www.stpaulsevlutheran.org/sum/home.shtml

They do a school of urban ministry and could be a better contact.  --Eric FEFC, Minneapolis (eric@firstfreechurch.org)

Feed My Starving Children.  – Dave Bostrom, First EFC (dbostrom@firstefc.org)

Here is one I highly recommend...for Missions in the city

www.sourcemn.org - 612.822.5200- Let me know what you think. -- Derek Wadsworth Thief River Falls EFC(trfkids@wiktel.com)

Try the Union Gospel Mission or the Salvation Army. -- David Brogan, Faith EFC, Austin (fcyouth@smig.net)

Loafs and Fishes in Minneapolis, Gospel Mission in St. Paul near 35E;

Steve Moen of Living Hope Ministries in North mpls. – Brent Waiwaiole, Grace EFC, Fridley (waiwaiole1@juno.com)

Tell them if they want a weekend trip to go to Urban immersion. It’s an incredible trip. They are right on Lake Street and run a great program. Or, if they want short term to go to Feed my starving children in Eagan. – Josh Sutherland, Crosspoint Bloomington (josh@cross-point.org)

Sharing and Caring Hands in Minneapolis

Simpson Shelter, a ministry of Simpson United Methodist Church Minneapolis.

House of Charity Soup Kitchen across from Hennepin County Medical Center.

Dorothy Day Center in St Paul.

Naomi Shelter in St. Paul.

Union Gospel Mission in St. Paul. – Gordon Gathright, Calvary EFC, Rochester (gordonyth@aol.com)

We worked last summer with the Union Gospel Mission (St. Paul), which has some opportunities.  We worked at their “Gospel Hill Camp” day camp.  It’s an outreach to kids from the city who can come basically for free (I think it’s  $1/week or $1/day).  It was a great experience for our students, and it has a big impact on the kids at camp.  If you need more details or contact info, just let me know.  --Tim Bubar, Five Oaks, St. Paul, (tbubar@fiveoakschurch.org)

The Dorothy Day Center which is run by Catholic Charities.  I believe they can almost always use a hand. --Scott Renstrom,

CrossCultural EFC - Saint Paul (scott.renstrom@ci.stpaul.mn.us)

Yes, we’ve had GREAT experiences at the Marie Sandvick Center in Mpls (kids ministry, homeless ministry, clean up, service).  Also, working with Salem EFC in Phillip’s neighborhood in Mpls,  Feed My Starving Children (packing food to be sent worldwide) and have worked some with Teen Challenge and Mary’s Place. -- Kenny King, Willmar EFC (kking@efreewillmar.org)

B.U.M.P. I’d check the EFCA website for info on that. – Jamie Buchanan, Lake Community Church, Alexandria (Jamie@lakecommunitychurch.com)