St Johns Housing Ministries

St. John’s is committed to building homes in low-income neighborhoods of Minneapolis and on the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. We partner with Urban HomeWorks and Habitat for Humanity. Work days in the Twin Cities occur in the summer and on weekends throughout the year. Every other year we send a group to the Gulf Coast.

Urban HomeWorks
Not Just Rebuilding Homes, but Rebuilding Neighborhoods
St. John’s is partnered with Urban Home Works, an agency dedicated to affordable housing by renovating existing structures and making them available to people with household income of $17,000-20,000. Their recent efforts have been focused in North Minneapolis, an area of the city where St Johns has a deep sense of call to serve and be in relationship.

St Johns works over 75 days a year on Urban HomeWorks sites; more than 40 people have volunteered their time and skill. Volunteers of all skill levels are welcome to do general carpentry and housing renovation, supervised by a Urban Homes Work staff. To learn more about the great work that Urban Homeworks does, visit www.urbanhomeworks.org.

Upcoming 2012 Work Dates: Days start at 8:30 am and end at 3:30 pm
Feb 11, Mar 10, Apr 14, Apr 28, May 12, June 8 & 9, July 13 & 14, Aug 10 & 11, Oct 13, Nov 10, Dec 8

To volunteer, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 612-825-9208. No building skills required! Open to ages 16 through adult.

Intergenerational Work Trips

Habitat for Humanity   June 16 - 24, 2012
Every other summer, we travel to Baldwin County, AL to work with Habitat for Humanity. On Monday morning we start with a slab and by Friday we will try and have a finished exterior and be sheetrocking the interior! Then we finish it all off with a dinner at Lulu’s on the coast. It is a remarkable week of sweat, work, fun, pure exhaustion and deep satisfaction. We gladly take all levels of experience.

Work Trip to Guatemala   July 29 - August 6, 2012
Open to high school age and up, we will work in the vallage of Nueva Providencia re-building a footbridge.  Limited to 15 people.  Contact  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .