First Lutheran Church - Love Grows Here

Located on the EastSide of St. Paul, MN in the Historic Swede Hollow Neighborhood

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Love Grows Here

Wellness Center

Mission Statement

 Community
Possibility
Acceptance
Wellness



Thursday Evenings
September 20, 2012 -
May 9, 2013
 4:30pm to 7:30pm


About Us
The Love Grows Here Wellness Center is a place where all are welcome and we ask you to come as you are! We hope that those who participate feel a sense of welcome where they can rest and play, socialize and meet new people, and receive much needed wellness services that will be an ongoing source of holistic healing and wellness in your life from week to week.

As part of our mission of First Lutheran Church on the East side of Saint Paul, Minnesota, we ask that at the Love Grows Here Wellness Center that you come as you are, bringing your gifts and your brokenness to a place where you may find wellness, rest, and relationships. By offering pragmatic services like, free mental health counseling, pastoral care, alternative healing modalities, community education courses, food assistance, social justice organizations, activities for children and youth, we seek to be in relationship. In the true spirit of discipleship, we provide sacred space for nurses who come each week to wash and care for the feet of those in our community. We encourage everyone to call each other by name and take time to tell and acknowledge each other’s stories.

Each week we carve out time in silence, reflecting with gratitude about one another coming together in community, about the hands that have grown and prepared the food, for the opportunity to find respite and wellness in a safe space, and for everyone who plays a role.


What does the wellness center mean to you?
"It means people who can come together for the good of fun, love, and health." ~TA

What does the Love Grows Here
Wellness Center offer?


Health/Healing Services
  • Foot care
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Blood Pressure Checks
  • Health Teaching
  • Medical Triage and Referrals
Mental Health/Human Services
  • Professional Walk-In Counseling
  • Life Coaching
  • Resume Building/Financial Counseling Referrals
  • Community Education Classes (St. Paul Public Education)
  • Minnesota Brain Injury Association
Holistic Healing/Reiki
  • Spring Forest Qi gong Energy Work and Healing Exercises
  • Chair Massage
  • Healing Touch Therapy
  • Reiki Healing
  • Accupuncture
  • Chiropractic Care
Clothes Closet/Transportation Services
  • Ministering Angels Clothes Closet and Household Goods
  • Transportation Opportunities/Drivers
  • Regular Pick Ups at Neighborhood Community Programs
  • $.50 Bus to Downtown St. Paul #61, #74
CLICK HERE FOR FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF
EACH OF OUR SERVICES!


How may I volunteer?

Volunteer Policy & Application Form

How may I help?

LGH Wish List

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Love Grows Here
Wellness Center
Community Partnerships


First Lutheran Church
www.lovegrowshere.net

Metropolitan State University
College of Nursing & Health Services

www.metrostate.edu

Dayton's Bluff Block Nurse Program
www.daytonsbluffseniors.org

Spring Forest Qigong
www.springforestqigong.com

St. Paul Public Schools
www.spps.org


~Articles and Publications~
Love Grows Here: Finding Human Connection in a Community Wellness Center, by Wendy Evans

Love Grows Here Wellness Center Enriches Congregation and St. Paul's East Side by Kate Penz


INCOMMONS: Love Grows Here Community Wellness Center by Brenda Olson

Health is on the Way: Voices of Change


The Uninsured and Homeless find Wellness Care at a Weekly St. Paul Clinic By Patrick B. Anderson Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.








Thoughts On Wellness...By Allie Tunseth



Community Design Center of Minnesota
www.cdcmn.org

Walk In Counseling Center of Minneapolis
www.walkin.org

Ministering Angels Clothing Closet
www.ministeringangels.webs.com

Twin Cities Community Voicemail
www.tccvm.org

Second Harvest Heartland
www.2harvest.org/site/PageServer

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First Lutheran Church | 463 Maria Avenue | Saint Paul, Minnesota 55106

Contact Us: 651-776-7210
office@lovegrowshere.net

A congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, ELCA
www.elca.org

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