Adult Faith Formation: The Branches
All are invited to Normandale’s Adult Faith Formation Hour: The Branches
Sundays • 10:10 a.m.
Every Sunday between worship services, we gather to continue growing together.
The Branches is our weekly adult faith formation series, offering thoughtful conversations on Scripture, theology, Christian life, and the questions shaping our communities and our world.
Throughout this fall, topics will include:
- Homelessness and housing instability
- Caregiving, mental health, and flourishing
- Death, dying, grief, and Christian hope
- Racial justice and equity
- Biblical and theological studies
- Guest speakers and special forums
Like the branches of a tree, these conversations reach in many directions while remaining rooted in the same gospel.
UPCOMING at The Branches:
-Sunday, 10/11: Guatemala Experience by our Normandale Youth
This summer, the Normandale Lutheran Church Foundation supported 10 high school students to travel to and learn from those living in the Cloud Forest of Guatemala! Come and share Banana Cream Pie, and MORE this Sunday at the Branches!
-Sunday, 10/18: Death, Dying & Doing it Well: Part 1
-Sunday, 10/25: Death, Dying & Doing it Well: Part 2
-Sunday, 11/01: Death, Dying & Doing it Well: Part 3
-Sunday, 11/08: Meals on Wheels: Empty Bowls Event
You’re invited to Crosstown Meals on Wheels’ Empty Bowls Community Lunch to enjoy soup, bread and dessert donated by local restaurants and handmade bowls donated by local potters. Select a bowl, make a donation and keep your bowl as a remembrance that many people are in need of food assistance.
-Sunday, 11/15: Death, Dying & Doing it Well: Part 4
-Sunday, 11/22: Sandwich Generation Podcast, sponsored by the Normandale Center for Healing and Wholeness
-Sunday, 11/29: Intergenerational Arts Experience
-Sunday, 12/06: Swimming in our Culture: Part 1 – with Olivia Mastry
Swimming in Our Culture: a Reflective Examination of Values Our faith and an increasingly diverse world draw us into greater connection with people of differing cultural norms, perspectives and ways of navigating life. This three-session series led by Olivia Mastry explores the invisible norms and perspectives in which many of us were raised and swim daily, examines their impact, and helps us intentionally choose how we show up in the world with others.
-Sunday, 12/13: Understanding Homelessness (Part 1 of 4) with Lutheran Social Services
-Sunday, 12/20: Art Presentation
-Sunday, 12/27: Christmas Carol Sing-a-long
-Sunday, 1/3: Building Relationships (Part 2 of 4) with Lutheran Social Services
-Sunday, 1/10: Swimming in Our Culture: Part 2 – with Olivia Mastry
-Sunday, 1/17: Frameworks (Part 3 of 4) with Lutheran Social Services
-Sunday 1/24: Dust & Color: Why Art in Church Matters
-Sunday, 1/31: Next Steps (part 4 of 4) with Lutheran Social Services