Community Ministries 

• Wildfire - Cross of Glory is part of Wildfire, a group of 8 ELCA churches that join together for ministry in our shared geography: the Robbinsdale School District. We believe that we get to glimpse a fuller expression of the body of Christ when we are the church together!

• Community Quilters - For over 50 years, quilters of all abilities from across faith tradition and across the Brooklyn Center community gather at COG on Monday mornings to make quilts and baby blankets that are all donated to CEAP, our community emergency assistance program. 

• Community Gardening - We work to be a place that welcomes not only our human neighbors, but also our neighborhood's bees, bugs, and butterflies. We tend a pollinator gardens and community garden plots on the corner of Admiral and Ewing, where we also grow (and share!) fruit, veggies, herbs, and flowers. *Neighbors are welcome to garden in the community garden plots located in the back of the church building (Admiral St. and Ewing St). Please call the office for more info. 

• Mutual Aid - As a community of faith, we continue to grieve the killing of Daunte Wright that took place in our neighborhood in April 2021, and we continue to hold his loved ones in prayer. As we lift up prayer with our mouths, we also work to live out these prayers with our hands and our feet, offering mutual aid to the ongoing needs of our neighbors. To that end, Cross of Glory has joined together with CAPI and other Brooklyn Center community members to form to host seasonal community gatherings that include free food, health resources, food distribution, music, dancing, and more. Stay tuned for our next gathering!

Education & Faith Formation 

• Bible Study - All are welcome to gather for weekly Bible Study on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am, onsite or online, where we explore the texts for the upcoming Sunday. 

• Table Talks - Around a big wooden table in Wittenberg, Germany, Martin Luther, along with friends, strangers, and neighbors, would gather for lively discussions about faith in everyday life. We do the same at “Table Talks,” our monthly education hour following worship on the 4th Sunday of the month.

• Godly Play - On the first Sundays of the month, children and youth are invited to join one of our Kids Ministry Leaders during a portion of our worship service and hear God's story told anew through Godly Play--an engaging, imaginative, questions-based way of learning about God and God's love!