2nd Annual FREE YARD SALE

2nd Annual Free Yard Sale!
Saturday, June 19th, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

243 Bates Ave.
Saint Paul, Mn 55106

What: A free yard sale is, well, exactly what it sounds like. Its like any other garage/yard sale, except everything is free! We will be accepting donated “sale items” throughout the week prior to the event. Last year we had quite a spectrum of items. We are really looking for anything that you would otherwise sell in a garage/yard sale. Clothes (in good condition), books, furniture, music, kids toys, sports stuff, shoes, purses, electronics, appliances... anything that you don't need anymore, don't need anymore, or you really just think you could live without! (please bring any large items and furniture the morning of the sale)

We'll take all of the donations and spread them out on the lawn. Then, we'll spend the rest of the day making friends, hanging out, and sharing in the gifts we've been given. Bring some stuff to give away, bring a lawn chair, and come hang out!

Oh, and this year's Free Yard Sale is also the Love: St. Paul event for the month of June at the Gallery Covenant Church!

Why? A free yard sale is kind of an experiment in a lot of things. Ekklesiah is all about reconsidering the ways we live life. We like to get a little alternative. We're learning to love a little more radically. We're searching for ways to make how we live our lives every day look more like Jesus. Ekklesiah is also all about getting creative with how we understand “church”. What does it look like for a bunch of not-so-perfect, extremely ordinary, extremely human people to be the living breathing body of Christ? How do those people live together? What do those people do together? What does that mean for the world around us? (I mean, the gospel is good news, right? So shouldn't the church be the living gospel? Good news for the world?) Another reason we do the Free Yard Sale every year is because we believe in helping out our neighbors. Our neighborhood in Dayton's Bluff is home to many who are struggling to get by. Many of the people who came to our Free Yard Sale last year were people who took things that they actually really needed- clothes, a nicer pair of shoes, a decent couch. We like to imagine what the world would look like if we cared as much about our neighbor's wellbeing as much as our own.

Hope to see you there!