‘Miscellany’ Archives
Words of inspiration and photos of this year”'s MayDay Workshops
Mayday Parade, Sunday May 4th at NOON! Photos and Back Page design and layout assistance by Clarasophia Gust, Junior, South High School “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.” ”“ Rachel Carson BYI Rebirthing Community CHAT and Communities of Light Coop member, Raymond Jackson, rose at the first May Day community brainstorming meeting and said, “What do we want?---SOLAR POWER!” That led to wonder-full, joyful thinking about “SOUL-ER POWER”. A combination of Sun Energy and Heart Energy. Next came the idea of Soul Train! (more…)
Two Pointy Sticks and a Piece of String: Knitting Exhibit at Ingebretsen”'s ”“ Latvian and Norwegian Inspirations
This Mitten Display on an Ingebretsen Classroom wall is one example of Diane Thomson”'s Textile Art that makes the room so charming and inspiring By Carstens Smith Two Pointy Sticks and a Piece of String: The Knitted Art of Diane Thomson is an exhibit of intricately made mittens and hats that will be on display in the Ingebretsen”'s classroom until the end of April. Diane Thomson is a knitter and an instructor at Ingebretsen”'s. She focuses on creating mittens and hats in the tradition of Latvian and Norwegian knitting; her work is multi-colored with lively geometric designs throughout. The exhibit”'s title comes from a comment Diane made regarding the art of knitting: “It”'s amazing what you can do with two pointy sticks and a piece of string.” It”'s certainly amazing to see what Diane does with those tools. Surprisingly, Diane is not a life-long knitter. She had to knit for a high school class and found it to be [...]
St. Paul”'s History: by Pastoral Eras and Anecdotal Notes of Growth and Change
Rev. O. A. Bergh 1872-1873 St Paul”'s Congregation was organized July 6, 1872. Rev. Chr. O. Brohaugh 1874-1880 The church property at 4th Street and 15th Avenue was purchased from “The First Congregational Society of Minneapolis” for $2,500. Rev. F. H. Carlson 1880-1884 StP”'s on April 9, 1883 decided to move the old church to the rear of the lot and erect a new house of worship. A 1927 newspaper clipping says when the old church was sold, the new church was built, “just before the first horse-car line between Mpls.& St. Paul on Washington and University Ave.” “Mpls”' population was only 50,000.” StP was the City”'s third Scandinavian Lutheran church. Rev. I. Eistinson 1884-1893 1887 membership was “330 souls” with 80 voting members. The choir began in 1890, continuing without interruption to today. Rev. K. C. Holter 1894-1897 The congregation continued to experience steady growth [...]
