‘Miscellany’ Archives
Roland Wells: 30 of 45 years of ministry at Portland Av. St. Paul”'s Lutheran
Pastor Roland Wells, Senior Pastor of St. Paul”'s Evangelical Lutheran Church on Portland and Franklin Avenues for 30 years, will retire from that ministry to continue other ministry. By ST. PAUL”'S CONGREGATION For thirty years, Pastor Roland Wells has been pastor of St. Paul”'s Evangelical Lutheran at 1901 Portland. That will come to an end on April 30, as he retires, to continue his local and national work in cross-cultural ministry. He came to St. Paul”'s as our neighborhood was descending into the crack wars, which hit their peak in 1995-”'97. With open-air crack markets on their steps and bullets coming into the building, St. Paul”'s set about to help change things by training people to do holistic ministry through the School of Urban Ministry, now renamed “MissionShift Institute.” Since then, over a thousand people have attended the course in Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center, Houston, St. Louis and Kansas City. (more…)
What is the U of M”'s Wages Study about?
The minimum wage is scheduled to rise to $15 an hour in Minneapolis over the next 5 years. The Wages Study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, will evaluate the effects of this increase on the health of low-wage Minneapolis workers. The study will look at a number of health-related measures including food purchases. The aim is to enroll 450 low-wage workers in Minneapolis (earning $11.50/hour or less). Low-wage workers will also be enrolled in Raleigh, North Carolina for comparison because that State has passed a law preventing municipalities from raising the minimum wage. (more…)
