Shepherd Of The Hill Church

Shepherd Of The Hill Church We welcome all. Open and Affirming. We believe every human is sacred and is created in the image of God. Everyone can come to our Communion Table. during Lent.

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linktr.ee/Shepherd.Chaska We are a progressive congregation. No one is turned away from our communion table: Divorced, LGBTQQIA, members of other faiths and un- affiliated can all take part in Communion. We celebrate this the first Sunday of every month. We also have a Roundtable Talkback session after each Sunday service. It starts at 9:15 and goes for about a

n hour. You can listen, or speak. We watch videos and talk about the current areas of concern in today's world. We also have a Monday Morning Bible study at 10:00 a.m. We are reading the various Passion stories of the arrest of Jesus, his trial and ex*****on. Pastor Dean teaches religion at Augsbuirg College and is well versed at training newcomers on how to interpret a sacred text. We also have public events. On March 24th there will be a Tuesday Conversation about Forgiveness. It will feature a therapist, Mona Gustafson Affinito; a Muslim Augsburg Graduate from Eden Prairie, Amineh Safi; and Pastor Dean Seal, who ws ordained to Interfaith Dialogue. Tune in for more info!

09/06/2026

Shepherd of the Hill Sunday Worship Sept 6 2026

09/01/2026
09/01/2026
In our world of hustle and bussle it is easy to rush past the fact that we share this world with other intelligent and l...
09/01/2026

In our world of hustle and bussle it is easy to rush past the fact that we share this world with other intelligent and loving beings.

Everyone thought the elephant was trying to destroy the car… but 23 minutes later, they discovered what she was really fighting for. 🐘💔

A security camera captured something that left an entire neighborhood stunned.

A massive female elephant stood beside a parked silver car and began pushing it sideways across the road.

She pushed with her trunk.

Then with her powerful body.

The car slowly scraped and rolled several feet toward the curb.

People watched from inside their homes, afraid to go near her.

But the strangest part was this:

There was nothing around the car that she seemed to want.

No food.

No person.

No obvious reason for what she was doing.

She would push…

Stop…

Look around…

And then push again.

For several minutes, nobody understood.

Why would a wild elephant risk moving a heavy vehicle like that?

Then, 23 minutes later, everything became clear.

Behind the car was a drainage ditch.

And deep inside it was a tiny elephant calf.

The baby had become trapped between the muddy ditch wall and fallen branches. It was wedged so tightly that its mother couldn’t reach it.

She hadn’t been attacking the car.

She had been trying to move the only obstacle standing between her and her baby. 💔

Wildlife rescuers rushed in.

They carefully brought machinery to open the side of the ditch, removing the heavy soil that was blocking the trapped calf.

Throughout the rescue, the mother never left.

She stayed beside the ditch, reaching her trunk toward her frightened baby again and again…

as if telling the little one,

“I’m here. Don’t give up.”

Finally, the opening became wide enough.

The tiny calf struggled upward.

Then climbed out.

And the very first thing it did was move straight toward its mother.

She reached down with her trunk.

The baby pressed close.

And suddenly, the mystery of the “elephant destroying a car” disappeared.

She wasn’t destroying anything.

She was a mother desperately trying to reach her child.

Sometimes, what looks like destruction from a distance…

is actually love fighting its way through every obstacle. 🐘❤️

08/30/2026

Shepherd Of The Hil Sunday Worship Aug 30 2026

08/23/2026

Shepherd Of The Hill Sunday Worship Aug 23 2026

08/16/2026

Shepherd Of The Hil Sunday Worship Aug 16 2026

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145 Engler Boulevard
Chaska, MN
55318

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