Driving Directions to St. Andrew

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From North of I-694:

Make your way to I-494 and go south on I-494. Take Valley View Road exit and go west (right). Go about 1 mile and turn left at Prairie Center Drive (Home Depot is on the right). Cross over Highway 5 and at the Ruby Tuesday Restaurant, turn right onto Technology Drive. The church is down the road just past the transit station on your right.

From the Northeast:

Make your way to US-169 and travel south. Take the 62W / US-212 W exit. Immediately move to the far left lane which is US-212W. US-212 then exits off to the right, but you want to remain in the left lane where 212 becomes MN-5 west. Travel west on MN-5, go under I-494 and take the next exit which is Prairie Center Drive. Take that exit and at the top of the ramp, turn right onto Prairie Center Drive. At the Ruby Tuesday Restaurant, turn right onto Technology Drive. The church is down the road just past the transit station on your right.

From the East (St. Paul) and South (Burnsville):

Make your way to I-494 and travel west through Bloomington. I-494 turns north once you cross US-169. Take the MN-5 West cloverleaf and remain in right lane. The first exit you come to is Prairie Center Drive. Take that exit and at the top of the ramp, turn right onto Prairie Center Drive. At the Ruby Tuesday Restaurant, turn right onto Technology Drive. The church is down the road just past the transit station on your right.

From the West:

Travel east on MN-312 for 8 miles as it merges onto MN-5. Take the Prairie Center Drive exit and turn right. Take the next right onto Technology Drive and go past the transit station on your right. The church is about a half mile down on the right hand side.

From Minneapolis:

Make your way to I-35W and travel south. Take Hwy 62 West. Move to the far left lane which becomes US-212W. US-212 then exits off to the right just past Shady Oak Rd, but you want to remain in the left lane where 212 becomes MN-5 west. Travel west on MN-5, go under I-494 and take the next exit which is Prairie Center Drive. Take that exit and at the top of the ramp, turn right onto Prairie Center Drive. At the Ruby Tuesday Restaurant, turn right onto Technology Drive. The church is down the road just past the transit station on your right.

Those who participate in our Job Transition group bring with them one or two names of companies where they would be interested in networking or interviewing. Each person leaves the gathering with a name of a company to contact.

Those who find employment during the week bring cookies to share. Coffee is provided by St. Andrew. You may also want to bring along copies of your resume for networking purposes.

It is not possible for St. Andrew staff to assist you at times other than Wednesdays, on the phone, or via e-mail. The task is simply too large and time consuming. You may do your networking at any time with others in the group using the roster that will be prepared and distributed each week.

This becomes a self–serve, self–help, self–select, self–support experience that happens quite naturally through networking. You are welcome to remain in the Fellowship Hall at the end of each sessions for additional networking with one another.

Please fax (952-937-2777)or e-mail ( ) your information on positions or employment opportunities of which you are aware or which you have to offer. These will be circulated every Wednesday from 11:30am to 12:30pm among those who attend on any given date.

Your opportunity will be kept available and circulated for 3–5 successive weeks. Make sure the information you have provided is clear and the contact person with whom they should be in communication is indicated.

St. Andrew Church staff cannot be available to assist you in this regard by telephone or by e-mail as the task is simply too large to accomplish. The use of our program is available to all and anyone may choose to attend with opportunity to give the same 30–second commercial as any other participant, whether job–seeker or employer.

The growing need for support ministry and grief processing related to unemployment and for networking might best be addressed by churches, multiplying the number of networking groups that exist. St. Andrew Church staff are not prepared to work individually with groups that are seeking to initiate new programs, but St. Andrew is happy to post locations and times of all Job Transition Networking or Support Groups on our web site. Please send information to .

Each week there will be small group discussion. Speakers are usually scheduled on the 1st & 3rd Mondays. The other weeks are large group information networking. Groups are facilitated by volunteers. There is no pre–registration required. So that you can get the full benefit of the program, we ask that you try to commit to attending 3 or 4 meetings in a row as each evening's presentation is unique. Dress is casual.