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Environmental Stewardship Commission
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Episcopal Church in Minnesota

 
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Upcoming Activities:

Next Meetings

We meet quarterly close to the solstice and equinox and we meet more frequently at Regional Chapter meetings.


 

 

 

 

 

Next Meeting:
Winter Solstice 2011

The next meeting is the Winter Solstice Meeting, to be held January 6-7, 2012 at St. Andrew's by-the-Lake Episcopal Church, 2802 Minnesota Avenue, Duluth, MN (map).

Meeting Schedule:

The meeting begins at Noon on January 6 and runs to about 1 PM on January 7.

Bring a sack lunch for Friday noon and pot-luck food to share for the rest of the meals (Supper on Friday, Breakfast on Saturday, and Lunch on Saturday), plus snacks to share.

Overnight housing with local members is available in the area. Please contact Tom Harries (952-884-7993) or Jill Peterman if you need a place to stay, if you will need a bed, and what food you will bring to share.

Tentative Agenda:

Tentative agenda of the Meeting as of November 30, 2011 (not necessarily in order):

  • Housekeeping details
  • Gospel Based Discipleship
  • Budget (Nelson)
  • Approve Minutes of September meeting
  • Results of Diocesan Convention workshops
  • Green Congregations Program
  • Creation Season in October 2012 (Wanda)
  • Episcopal Ecological Network report (Chuck)
  • Mary Brown Environmental Center (MBEC Steering Committee)
  • Spring Meeting Location Change
  • Website (Chuck)
  • Writings for the Website (Chuck)
  • e-mail List
  • Marketing
  • Fundraising
  • Budget
  • Future meeting times and locations

If you have additional agenda items, please e-mail them to Tom Harries or Jill Peterman or send them to the MEESC address at the bottom of this page. Additional details will be available closer to the date through the e-mail lists (to subscribe, click here)



Directions to St. Andrew's by the Lake:

When coming from the Northeast or Southwest:

  • Take I-35 to the exit for Lake Avenue
  • Turn South (away from downtown) and follow signs for Canal Park
  • As you enter Canal Park (at the traffic light), turn right and follow signs for Minnesota Point. The road will almost immediately have a left (Lake Avenue) to head across the Aerial Lift Bridge. (If you miss the right turn, turn right at the next all-way stop, go one block and turn left onto Park Point Road)
  • Cross the Aerial Lift Bridge and continue along the main road. Lake Avenue will zig right and zag left and become Minnesota Avenue.
  • St. Andrew's by the Lake is on the left side (2802) and parking is next to the church and along the roadside (check signage for proper side for parking).
When coming from the West
  • Follow US Hwy 53 past Miller Hill Mall.
  • Go straight past Miller Hill Mall, staying with Minnesota Hwy 194.
  • In about 2 miles (just past the studio of KBNW, 97.3 FM, Duluth's Christian Radio Station) is Mesaba Avenue (get in the right lane). The intersection has a Methodist Church (locally known as the Copper Top Church) on the far left side.
  • Turn Right onto Mesaba Avenue (a steep downhill)
  • Stay in the right lane and turn off at 2nd Avenue (it goes under Mesaba Avenue).
  • Follow 2d Avenue to Superior Street (foot of the hill)
  • Turn left onto Superior Street
  • Turn Right at Lake Avenue and cross over I-35 at the Lake Avenue Exit.
  • Follow the directions from I-35, above.

Church Phone is: 218-727-1262

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MEESC
c/o C. Morello
4451 Lakeside Drive
Eveleth, MN 55743-4400 USA

 

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This page last updated 2011-11-30.

 

 
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