Tuesday Open House
Tuesday Open House is Mindekirken's initiative outreach ministry to expand knowledge of persons with Norwegian interests and/or background about Mindekirken and Norwegian culture via five areas of interest. Areas are: Norwegian literature, historic/contemporary Norwegian life, music, theology/faith/life, and art. The program provides an opportunity for fellowship, a time for devotions, a time to eat a lunch and always interesting presentations.
Tuesdays, September-May, in Fellowship Hall
10:30 a.m. Doors open
11-11:30 a.m. Lunch is available
11:45 a.m. Welcome and Announcements
12-1:00 p.m. Program presentation
$15 donation per person upon entry includes lunch and program
WEATHER CANCELLATIONS
In case of a snow event, please check the homepage or call the office for any updates before coming.
Please include the number in your party and the date of the presentation you're registering for via email: reservations@mindekirken.org
Upcoming Presentations
Tue, Mar 03Joel is currently writing a novel about America that chronicles the lives of four families and their search for home. Titled, 'My Country 'Tis of Thee', it spans nearly 200 years and covers the challenges and courage of immigrants from Europe and Africa as well as Native families.
Tue, Mar 10There is a “use it or lose it” principle for cognitive ability—when we stimulate our brains, we continue to grow dendrites, even in old age. As an author, speaker and artist, Lucy Rose shows how we can create our lives as a work of art.
Tue, Mar 17Diane will share her life experiences, from pageant wins to serving as a missionary with her first husband Pr. John P. Hinderlie, to her ground-breaking work to institute the first training program for family childcare homes.
Tue, Mar 24The presentation will explore the larger theological, social, and ethnic influences upon design through the disappearance of altar-pulpits (prekestolalter) from Norwegian-American churches. The presentation will consider what makes a sanctuary "truly" Norwegian-American Lutheran.
Tue, Mar 31The journey of an object to Vesterheim. In this presentation Chris will talk about a piece of anchor chain from the German cruiser Blücher, that was sunk in the early hours of the invasion of Norway in 1940, and how it eventually ended up at Vesterheim.