Past Events

	Welcoming President Martti Ahtisaari 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former president of Finland Sunday, March 7, 2010
The Finnish community and Christ Church Lutheran invite you to … Peace Begins Locally: A Minneapolis Dialogue with President Martti Ahtisaari Holy Eucharist Service, 9:30 a.m. A service with peace themes and brief remarks by President Ahtisaari. Includes Finnish hymnody and music by Saana Ensemble and Osmo Vänskä. Church Coffee, 11 a.m. Welcome from Christ Church Lutheran Music by Saana Ensemble and Minnesotan Suomi-koulu children Remarks by Finland’s former UN ambassador Kirsti Lintonen Welcome from local peace organizations Questions-and-Answers with President Ahtisaari For information, contact Honorary Consul K. Marianne Wargelin, kmwargelin@comcast.net or 612-374-2718

Sunday September 27, 2009
Celebration of our National Historic Landmark designation.

Christ Church Lutheran held a public celebration to commemorate its designation by the U.S. Department of the Interior (Jan. 16, 2009) as a National Historic Landmark. World-renowned architects Eliel and Eero Saarinen designed the church. The celebration took take place on Sunday, September 27, 2009.

Festivities that day began with a worship service at 9:30 a.m., followed by a luncheon.  At 1:30 p.m., the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior made a presentation of the National Historic Landmark award, followed by comments on the building’s history and significance by Susan Saarinen, daughter of Eero Saarinen and granddaughter of Eliel; Thomas Fisher, Dean of the University of Minnesota College of Design; and others.

September 14, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

This exhibition was part of a comprehensive project that explored the work of one of the most prolific, unorthodox, and controversial modern masters of 20th-century architecture and design. For more information, click here.