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JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
Sundays
10:30 am Worship
11:35 am Coffee Hour
1st Sunday of Month - Communion
3rd Sun of Month Service at 8:30 am

See Below for the Following:

• Worship Highlights

• Journey of Faith

• Meetings - Events

• Groups

• Sacred Conversation on Race from our Conference Minister

*Communion 
GLUTEN-FREE COMMUNION WAFERS
Wafers free of gluten, wheat, dairy, egg, sugar, nuts, and corn are now available.
Look for them in the communion platter located in the center.

JOURNEY OF FAITH

Journey of Faith is a Christian Education program, offered each Wednesday evening.  Beginning at 6:00 p.m., a simple organic meal is served, followed by  learning sessions (6:30-7:30 p.m.) for children, youth, and adults.  We close with a song and a prayer.

WEDNESDAYS (6:00-7:20 p.m.)
Meal: 6 - 6:30 p.m. (Organic ingredients)
Learning Session: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

• Working Women -  1st Monday 6:00 pm

• Finance Committee - 2nd Tuesday at 5:30 pm

• Executive Committee - 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 pm

• Church Council - 3rd Tuesday at 7:00 pm

• Building & Grounds  - 4th Tuesday at 10:30 am

• Childhood Center Committee Steering Committee (4th Thursday at 6:00 pm)

• Worship & Continuing Ed. (Sunday July 13)                     

• Debtor’s Anonymous - Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
• Women's 12-Step Group - Thursdays at 5:45 pm
• Men and Women's AA Group - Friday at 6:00 am
• Men's AA Group - Saturday at 9:00 am
• Overeaters Anonymous - Fridays at 6:15 pm

Please read the letter  below from our Conference Minister.  This invitation to begin a sacred conversation on race was launched  Sunday, May 18th in worship.  Rev. Norma Rae Hunt read part of the Pastoral Letter on Race, written by our national UCC leaders, in addition to preaching on this topic.  (Look for future conversation on this important subject.)              

Dear Colleagues in Ministry,

The United Church of Christ, through its national office, has issued a call for congregations to begin a sacred conversation about race on Sunday, May 18, 2008.  The United Church of Christ is urging this national dialogue for the purpose of fostering a spirit of healing and unity in our churches and in our communities. Congregations are encouraged to “develop a months-long process in order to set aside the necessary time and attention needed to structure a sacred conversation about race.” www.ucc.org/sacred-conversation/.

We in Minnesota are especially fortunate to have the gifts of our Conference’s Emmaus Antiracism Team to support us in this critical work.  Over the four years of its existence, the Emmaus Team has developed resources that are truly transformative and healing, allowing congregations to engage openly the often-silenced reality of racism in a manner that creates a deeper sense of community and commitment by congregational members.  The Emmaus Team has agreed that all Team members will be available to help plan and facilitate sacred  conversations about racism in the upcoming months.  If you are interested in having two members of the Emmaus Team visit your congregation, meet with your clergy cluster, or otherwise be involved with you in this work, kindly contact Herbert Perkins at hperkins01@msn.com  or 612-558-0452.

The Emmaus Team has also   developed a packet of materials that may be used as a beginning point for these sacred conversations.  These have been posted on the website of the Minnesota Conference www.uccmn.org.  Additional   materials will be available in the weeks ahead and others can currently be found on the  national website: www.ucc.org/sacred-conversation/.

Let us enter into this work with the knowledge that our Conference seeks to be a place of extravagant welcome and evangelical courage.  Let us enter into this work grateful for the company we have in the Emmaus Antiracism Team.

 Sincerely,

Rev. Dr. Karen Smith Sellers
Conference Minister