The Faith Group Collaboration for Community Emergency Response (FGC) is a collection of faith congregations in the south Minneapolis area working together to prepare for community emergencies such as pandemic influenza, natural disasters and terrorist events.  FGC partners with Hennepin County Public Health Emergency Preparedness and the state of Minnesota to develop a replicable model of community response engagement. 

The purpose of FGC is to create a network within the community that works together to prevent, prepare, respond and recover from crisis events.  FGC designs preparedness plans for our individual congregations, connects and networks to share ideas and information and creates enduring relationships with:

• participant congregations
• community groups and neighborhood associations
• local and state government agencies
• state and county emergency preparedness agencies, public health depts. and first responders

These relationships coordinate and implement systems of response for community support during crisis events.

Participating congregations currently include:

Annunciation Catholic Church	Lutheran Church of Christ the Redeemer
Bethlehem Lutheran Church	Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Bethesda Missionary Baptist	Lynnhurst Congregational
Christ the King Parish	Messiah Evangelical Lutheran
Church of the Holy Name	Minneapolis Friends Meeting
CrossPoint Church	Mount Olivet Lutheran
Edina Community Lutheran	Nativity Lutheran
First Universalist	Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Gethsemane Episcopal	St. Joan of Arc Church
Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist	St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
Holy Rosary / Santo Rosario	Temple Israel
Holy Trinity Lutheran	TRUST, Inc.
Judson Memorial Baptist	University Lutheran Church of Hope
Lake Harriet United Methodist

Click here to access FGC Member Contact information.

FGC meets the second Tuesday of each month, currently at

 Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis. 

Please join us!!  All are welcome!

When:  Second Tuesday of each month, 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Where:  Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4100 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis