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House of Mercy
Gospel / Country / Blues

You should come; it's not that bad.



St. Paul, MN
United States

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Member Since7/27/2007
Band Websitehouseofmercy.org
Band Members
InfluencesRemember when you were 10 years old and you started that after school club in your parents' garage? That's just what we did. Sort of...

It all began in Russell's kitchen in St. Paul, Minnesota on a bitter cold Saturday morning in February of 1996. Debbie, Mark, and Russell–frustrated by contemporary Christian popular culture and saddened that so many of their old friends apparently wanted nothing to do with the Jesus story–asked each other: "What if we started our own church, what would it look like?"

Then came the now famous "St. Paul Blessing" of '96. After consuming some extremely hot Thai food and spending some time in their respective isolation tanks, the three young ministers simultaneously presented each other with three identical sketches of Theresa of Avila on a cocktail napkin. In each of the sketches there appeared five glyphs, which, when deciphered, yielded five identical principles that each of the pastors wanted to follow in inventing their own church.

The three of them agreed that their new church would have to be...

-Christian and not religiously generic

-Intellectually honest and rigorous

-Beyond the bounds of popular free church forms of worship and open to "liturgical eclecticism"

-Evangelical in the broad sense of being grounded in the good news of God's grace and not the bad news of shame and religious manipulation

-A stimulus for social justice, consciousness-raising, and acts of mercy.

Record LabelMercy Recordings
Type of LabelIndie


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   About House of Mercy
Every Sunday, 5:00pm

House of Mercy Music Player!!!

How to Find Us: Two blocks South of Grand at 104 Snelling Ave. South Saint Paul Minnesota 55105

houseofmercy.org

Here's our BookingCollective.com page... more music!

Founded in the spring of 1996, House of Mercy offers a discriminating blend of high church and low, of tradition and innovation, sincere worship and healthy skepticism.

Although the roots of the House of Mercy are in the free church tradition--we are affiliated with the American Baptist Churches in the USA--we are committed to the diverse and rich theology and worship of the Christian church worldwide and historical. While we draw different elements of worship from many Christian ritual traditions--Lutheran, Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox, and the free churches--at House of Mercy we seek to create a place where questions are encouraged, where you will not be handed a checklist of orthodoxy, where ambiguity is not the enemy of faith but its partner. You may occasionally be led to suspend your intellect. But you will not be required to sacrifice it.

The Vision

To build a church through the recovery of grace-based theology, the practice of liturgical eclecticism, and active service in the world.

The Pastoral Staff

Rev. Debbie Blue

Rev. Russell Rathbun

Mr. Mike "Razz" Russell

More Sounds,

2007 Sermons

2006 Sermons

2005 Sermons

some more music, CP Larson with the House of Mercy Band and at House of Mercy (including Mark Olson, The Incredible Banjos, Andru Bemis, Baptism River Ramblers, Crush Collision Trio, and much more!)

and books!

Sensual Orthodoxy and From Stone to Living Word: Letting the Bible Live Again by Rev. Debbie Blue

Post-Rapture Radio: Lost Writings from the Failed Revolution at the End of the Last Century by Rev. Russell Rathbun


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House of Mercy has 417 friends.
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The Poor Nobodys

The Poor Nobodys



Aug 25 2009 8:49 PM

RICHARD W. HONOSKI A/K/A MR. RICHARD

RICHARD W. HONOSKI A/K/A MR. RICHARD



Aug 25 2009 8:49 PM

JUS' STOPPED BY TO SAY HEY & ALWAYZ, "THANX", FOR THE MOST GRACIOUS ADDITION TO YOUR PAGE .....

GREATEST RESPECTS FOR YOUR WORK .....

ROCK ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MR>
                                RICHARD
The Music Rhino

The Music Rhino



Aug 25 2009 8:48 PM

We seem to be on the same side...House of Mercy radio plays a lot of your best friends, we play Americana, Gospel, Country, Blues and loads of Bluegrass....
Gabe Barnett

Gabe Barnett



Mar 23 2009 5:13 PM


Lonesome Dan Kase, The Boys N' the Barrels & Gabe Barnett @ the KCK this Wednesday! 9pm.21+.
FREE!!!
Angel

Angel



Feb 21 2009 3:45 AM

House of Mercy Presents...
LIVE @ the TURF CLUB:
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Meg Ashling
Glen Hanson
House of Mercy Band

Doors@8 Music@9 $5
debbie flowers

debbie flowers



Mar 4 2009 12:36 AM

Howdy!

Twangfully yours,

Debbie Flowers
Clap Mitchet y Las Biblias de Gideón

Clap Mitchet y Las Biblias de Gideón



Oct 14 2008 9:33 PM

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Greetings from the south land
Clap & Biblias
Oh Johanna

Oh Johanna



Sep 29 2008 2:50 PM

Thank you for your friendship!

kate knives. deputy.

Katie Murray



Sep 21 2008 7:05 PM



It was lovely to make your acquaintance on such an all-around beautiful evening! See you soon.

kate
Nate Kellen

Nate Kellen



Aug 20 2008 7:46 PM

hey!

thanks fer addin'
Rom

Rom



Aug 21 2008 4:52 PM

Thanks for adding me to your friends.
God Bless,
Bluegrassrom
dalton art

dalton art



Aug 12 2008 4:12 AM

Lord Have Mercy
People Family

People Family



Jul 10 2008 10:15 PM





come listen to the song << BORN TO PRAISE YOU >>

Lane

Lane



Jul 8 2008 1:58 AM

Barbara

Barbara MacLean



Jul 1 2008 8:28 AM

http://cyberthing. net/video-play. php?id=105

This is soooooooooo COOOOOOOOOOL!
It's about these guys who visit a lion cub that they had released back into the wild the previous year.
612 CREW

612 CREW



Jun 19 2008 2:17 AM

Visit Minnesota

Visit Minnesota



Jun 5 2008 7:19 PM

Thanks for being a friend of Minnesota!

Join My Community at MyBloglog!
The Dad Horse Experience

The Dad Horse Experience



Jun 1 2008 10:58 AM

thanks for pulling me out.
these is a cool place apparently and i would like to stop by one day--- dad
LOUDRAY

LOUDRAY



May 11 2008 8:31 PM

LOUDRAY with Cadillac Kolstad and the Flats!!!

Lee's Liquor Lounge

Thursday May 15th
9pm $5

Nikki Matteson and her Ruemates open!!

Be there!!



Welcome,
LOUDRAY
Visit Minnesota

Visit Minnesota



May 8 2008 4:38 PM

Celebrate Minnesota’s 150th birthday.

Visit Minnesota!
Jennifer Markey and the Tennessee Snowpants

Jennifer Markey and the Tennessee Snowpants



May 4 2008 3:35 AM

Thanks for the great recordings!
612 CREW

612 CREW



Apr 18 2008 11:18 PM

LOUDRAY

LOUDRAY



Apr 12 2008 11:08 PM

Here it is, again, and again, and again!!

Hamline Avenue Spring Folk Festival

Saturday May, 3rd 12 noon
J& S Bean Factory
1342 Thomas ave.


St.

Paul, MN 55104
651-645-6466

Appearing, but not limited to,

OUTSIDE
1pm LOUDRAY
2pm Pop Wagner
3pm Charlie Parr
4pm The Townhall Stompers
5pm The Bitter Spills
6pm Nikki and Rich
7pm The Roe Family Singers
INSIDE
12:30- banjo camp
1:30-clogging demo
2- songriters forum
4:30- Ellen Stanely aka Mother Banjo
5:30- Eliza Blue
6:30- "Sneaky" Pete Bauer
8pm Sans Souci Quartet
9pm LOUDRAY

there will be plenty of coffee and food provided by Alexander Dixon of the late great Zander Cafe!!!

We are asking for a donation of somewhere between $5 and $10, with most of the money going to the LOUDRAY community development scholarship.



Tell your friends, tell your family, and tell your neighbors!

Thank you and happy spring!
LOUDRAY
LOUDRAY

LOUDRAY



Mar 27 2008 8:24 PM

Hey there,

A little update from the band. our neighbor and washtub player Kurt recently was hospitalized with apendicitis, and will be out of work for THREE WEEKS!! So, we are going to host a fundraiser for him at the 331 club on Friday April 4th. The show is already on the books, but we are gonna ask for extra assistance and donations to help him out. We appreciate it if everyone would come out, and even if you don't tip us or contributr to the "Tubbs Fund" directly, the busier the bar is, the bigger our bonus.

We appreciate your help!

LOUDRAY
LOUDRAY

LOUDRAY



Mar 22 2008 10:18 PM

COME ON OUT!!!!

FRIDAY 4+4=8 (that's 4/4/08)
AT THE 331 club!!!

9pm Brett Larson

10pm Jon Rodine

11pm LOUDRAY!!!!

free, free, free!!!

be there!!

LOUDRAY
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