• inclusive communities,
• relatable leadership,
• an emphasis on relationships,
• an emphasis on spirituality, and
• an emphasis on social justice,
• alongside an ambivalence towards the Christian label.

This mini-course is beneficial for church groups, youth ministers, and anyone invested in young adults. It features Garrett-Evangelical alums, friends, scholars, and practitioners. It highlights their approach, rooted in deep listening to young adults’ experiences through ethnographic research.

Each module includes a recorded video conversation, reflection questions, and next steps for engagement.

You will earn a downloadable certificate of completion once you have finished all the modules.

Funded by a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and produced by the Young Adult Initiative at 91PORN.

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This 6-part series will invite participants into embodied practice (somatics) that support returning to the wisdom of our body for the sake of our own healing and the healing of the world.

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How widening the circles of spiritual & practical care can reconnect us to the Earth and one another.

Date & Time: Saturday, April 18^th, 9am-3pm

Location: Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave, Minneapolis

The ongoing climate catastrophe isn’t just an ecological crisis—it’s a spiritual crisis, too. If we wish to turn away from the life-degrading systems harming creation and treating humans and non-human kin as disposable, we must reconsider and reimagine the theological worldviews that have driven that history. How might we cultivate regenerative beliefs and practices for inter-belonging to repair our fraying social and ecological fabric? This April, join a landmark gathering at Hennepin Ave. United Methodist Church in downtown Minneapolis, MN, where we will explore how widening the circles of spiritual & practical care can reconnect us to the Earth and to one another for the sake of a more life-sustaining and just future. The gathering will meld body, mind, and heart, offering space to worship, learn, dialogue in small groups, and break bread together. We’re delighted to host three transformative educator-practitioners — Dr. Matthew Fox, Dr. Kelly Sherman-Conroy, and Will Allen — who will inspire us to reimagine how we might think, pray, and act on our way to the restoration of our shared planetary home. Mary Plaster and Timothy Frantzich will weave their gifts of art and music throughout the day.

Please, bring your fullest self and join this remarkable convening.

**This event will be both in person or you can join a livestream**

Schedule

• 8:30 – Continental Breakfast
• 9:00 – Welcome
• 9:15 – Matthew Fox: A Christianity for All Creation
• 10:45 – Break
• 11:00 – Kelly Sherman Conroy: The Dakota Way for All Creation
• 12:30 – Catered Lunch
• 1:30 – Will Allen: Growing Food for All Creation
• 3:00 – Closing/Blessing

Dr. Matthew Fox holds a doctorate in spirituality from the Institut Catholique de Paris and has authored 40 books on spirituality and contemporary culture that have been translated into 60 languages. Fox has devoted 45 years to developing and teaching the tradition of  and in doing so has reinvented forms of education and worship.  His work is inclusive of today’s science and world spiritual traditions and has awakened millions to the much neglected earth-based mystical tradition of the West. Among his  a���� Original Blessing, The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, The Reinvention of Work, A Spirituality Named Compassion a�Ի� Meister Eckhart: A Mystic-Warrior for Our Times. Fox founded the  in Oakland, California in 1996 where he was President and professor until 2005.

Dr. Kelly Sherman-Conroy, a proud member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is a dynamic storyteller, poet, lover of all forms of art, dedicated mom, and scholar. As the first Native woman to earn a PhD in theology within the ELCA, she offers a groundbreaking blend of Indigenous spirituality and Christian teachings, opening paths to healing and reconciliation across cultures. Kelly teaches at Augsburg University and St. Olaf College, guiding students in social justice, spirituality, and racial reparations through an Indigenous lens. As a pastor at All Nations Indian Church, she provides spiritual leadership, creating a safe space for growth and community. She is also a convener of the Twin Cities Interfaith Movement, where she has trained over 400 chaplains since the George Floyd uprisings. A nationally and internationally sought-after speaker, Kelly’s wisdom on healing, justice, and spiritual connection resonates with diverse audiences. Her life and work inspire real, lasting change, empowering others to embrace the sacredness of every person and every part of creation.

Will  Allen is an urban farmer who is transforming the planning, cultivation, production and delivery of organic, healthy food to urban and rural populations.  As the son of a southern sharecropper and former professional basketball player, ex-corporate sales leader and longtime farmer, he is recognized as a national/international leader in urban and rural agriculture and food policy.  After a career in professional basketball and a number of years in corporate sales and marketing at Proctor & Gamble, Will returned to his roots as a farmer in 1993 and purchased the last remaining registered farm in the City of Milwaukee, where he established and functions as farmer, Founder and CEO of the world’s preeminent urban farm and for-profit organization: Will’s Roadside Farms & Markets. In 2008, Allen was a John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow and “genius grant” winner.  In 2010, Time Magazine named Allen to its list of 100 World’s Most Influential People. Will Allen continues to do his work at Will’s Roadside Farms and Markets in Milwaukee, WI to bring Good Food to people all over the world to help end poverty.  Many people call Will Allen the modern-day George Washington Carver.

is a world-traveled, trans-disciplinary artist/activist who has blended studio/theatre art and world spirituality/activism for several decades within diverse communities. She employs mostly up-cycled materials to create in an impressive range of scale, most recently at the international Parliament of the World Religions. Mary is founder/artistic director of Duluth All Souls Night (since 2008), a multicultural November arts festival transforming grief.

as been making music in Minnesota for the last four decades, believing that common folk singing together is the most powerful and beautiful sound in the universe. He’s played on the stages of 1st Ave and the Uptown Bar. He’s made vinyl records. He’s traveled to the UK four times with his brother. He has sung on A Prairie Home Companion, and for the last seven years he has been most passionate about community singing. He leads a free weekly song Circle on Saturday mornings in Minneapolis called “,” where all are welcome. He writes: “These last months in Minnesota have been so meaningful because we share songs that allow us to collectively grieve, feel vulnerable, express joy, and love on each other. I’m ecstatic to join this gathering to lift our voices together.”

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Location: Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave, Minneapolis, Art Gallery

We’ll discuss why white people struggle with the “what to do?” about racism and explore the significance of grief and anger—as well as the harmful role of shame.

We’ll reckon with the needed transformation to become the partners in justice Black communities and other communities of color need and deserve. Such transformation isn’t only vital to the well-being of U.S. democracy, it’s vital to the freedom and wholeness of white people too.

Rev. Dr. Jennifer Harvey is a writer and education working in racial justice and white antiracism. Her books include the New York Times bestseller Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in Racially Unjust America and Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation. Dr. Harvey has written for the New York Times and CNN, and appeared on CNN’s Town Hall on Racism with Sesame Street and Good Morning America.

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Revolutionary Power of Art

APRIL 23-24

The Catédra Paulo Freire at Garrett Theological Seminary is hosting an event titled The Revolutionary Power of Art, an interdisciplinary gathering that explores art as a transformative force in spiritual life, community healing, political struggle, and public pedagogy. Inspired by the emancipatory vision of Paulo Freire, this event centers art not as ornament or entertainment, but as a vital site of consciousness, dialogue, and liberation. In a time marked by social fragmentation, racialized violence, economic precarity, and spiritual dislocation, art emerges as a radical practice of remembering, healing, and collective reimagining.

You are warmly invited to this special celebration marking our 10th Anniversary- a milestone made possible by a decade of shared vision, commitment, and community. To commemorate this occasion, we are honored to welcome Dr. Antonia Darder as our guest speaker. She is an international scholar, activist, and artist known for her intellectual depth and unwavering commitment to justice.

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Date: April 28th
Time: 12-1:00 PM CST
Location: Main 205 and Online (link sent after registration)

Please RSVP by April 21st through the link below!

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Do you believe that God is doing a new thing within and beyond the walls of the church? Are you a pastor/preacher, musician, choir director or member, a sacred dancer, or a children’s ministry leader who wants to be part of God’s game-changing work?

If so, plan now to join us in Dallas, April 29-May 2, 2026, for a first-ever collaborative coaching event co-lead by Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century, an initiative of the United Methodist Church Discipleship Ministries.

Registration is open for this worship and ministry leaders’ event, “Shifting the Atmosphere. Where Worship Ignites and Leadership Fuels Revival.”

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