In chronological order: Walker events & meetings (all at the church unless noted otherwise) & Public Events organized by others that will be held at Walker.
Forum on “Black America” with Bernie Sanders: Fri, Feb 12, 3:30 to 5:30 pm
We will live stream the forum on the big screen in the Walker sanctuary. All welcome!
Sassafras Stomp: Friday, Feb 12, 7 pm.
Touring artists Adam Nordell and Johanna Davis have toured the country with their folk inspired tunes-weaving together diverse fiddle traditions and evocative songwriting with a strong rhythmic sensibility.
YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THIS BOW FLYING- BOOT STOMPING CONCERT! www.sassafrasstomp.com
$10 suggested donation to keep these artists on the road!
Baked goods and sparkling beverages available $1-3 donation
This is a child friendly event, please bring the little ones they need music too!!!
Questions about the show contact Willow Cordes-Eklund
Willow is looking for Valentine decorations for the show including red, white and/or blue Christmas lights and real flowers. Please call her if you have any you could bring in.
Men’s Group Potluck Brunch: Sat, Feb 13, 9:30 am to noon in the conference room. FFI Jim Feldman
Women’s Prison Book Pancake Breakfast & Book Sale: Sat, Feb 13, 8 am to noon. The Hottest Event of the Winter. Hot Cakes for Warm Hearts! All you can eat buttermilk, vegan, and gluten-free pancakes, Southern style grits, Fruit salad, Coffee, tea, and juice. Adults $6-$10 sliding scale, Children: $3. After filling your belly, visit our book sale to fill your mind. Books in great condition $1-$3. Kid’s activities: Make a valentine for a political prisoner! FFI womensprisonbookproject@gmail.com
Walker Cabaret: Sat, Feb 13, 7 pm. New Acts! Lovely Treats! Beloved Community! Everyone welcome! Free FFI Mary Parker or Tony Wentersdorf.
Sunday Celebration
February 14, 2016
Greetings by Margo McCreary, Jan Werness & Janet Court
Communal Singing led by David West
Communal Reading: Our mission is to nurture spirituality, build caring community & work courageously for peace with justice and mercy.
Opening Smudge
Lao Tzu # 63 followed by 5 minutes of silence
Act without doing; work without effort.
Think of the small as large and the few as many.
Confront the difficult while it is still easy;
accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.
The Master never reaches for the great; thus she achieves greatness.
When she runs into a difficulty, she stops and gives herself to it.
She doesn’t cling to her own comfort; thus problems are no problem for her.
Poetry read by Debra Ramage
Welcome, Announcements & Offering
Scripture Matthew 6:1-6 read by Janet Court
Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.
But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.
But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Sermon by Pastor Walter Lockhart
Special Performance by Wayne Bailey
Circle with Joys & Concerns & sharing of bread & juice brought by Lou Tofte
Thanks for set-up by the Hospitality Committee
Celebration Committee meeting: Sun, Feb 14, after celebration. FFI Mary Parker
Community Meal free, all welcome: Tues, Feb 16, 5:30 to 6:45 coordinated by Kitchen Cabinet
Lenten Study Group on Power & Privilege: Wed, Feb 17, noon to 1:30 pm. Bring a bag lunch. The group meets Wednesdays through March 16. (And also at 6 pm at Simpson Church 2740 1st Ave–suggest parking on 28th St & entering the Red Door off 28th Ave. everyone is welcome at either group. FFI Walter
WAMM Community Sing: Sat, Feb 20, 7 pm. With songs of peace & love led by Bret Hesla and Mary Preus. A fundraiser for WAMM suggested donation $ 5 to $ 25.
Initiates: Sun, Feb 21, 8:15 to 10:15 in the conference room
Black Lives Matter Speaker Michael McDowell during Sunday Celebration, February 21.
Community Meal free, all welcome: Tues, Feb 23, 5:30 to 6:45 coordinated by Walter.
Council meeting: Tues, Feb 23, 8 pm
Lenten Study Group on Power & Privilege: Wed, Feb 24, noon to 1:30 pm. Bring a bag lunch. The group meets Wednesdays through March 16. (And also at 6 pm at Simpson Church 2740 1st Ave–suggest parking on 28th St & entering the Red Door off 28th Ave. everyone is welcome at either group. FFI Walter
Women’s Potluck Brunch: Sat, Feb 27, 9:30 to noon at a home TBA. FFI Lulu Philips
Church Conference to elect 2016 officers & Potluck: Sun, Feb 28, after Celebration. This meeting is for everyone, Please come!
Sanders Campaign Rawkus Caucus: Sun, Feb 28, 3 pm to 11 pm. With performances by Cactus Blossoms and more, art work for sale, treats. By donation.
Bluegrass Jam: Mon, Feb 29 7 to 10 pm. FFI Roy Vanderwerf
Café con Alondra Environmental Justice & Green Zones: Mon, Feb 29, 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
Other Announcements
Annual Minnesota Reconciling Congregations social gathering: Sat, Feb 13 at Richfield UM Church, 5835 Lyndale Avenue South. There will be a potluck meal beginning at 11:30 am. Following lunch we will view An Act of Love, the documentary about Frank Schaefer’s decision to officiate his son’s same-sex wedding and the trial that followed. And have updates from the national Reconciling movement and on preparations for General Conference. FFI Pastor Walter Lockhart.
Karen Branan, journalist and former Minneapolis resident will read from & discuss her newly published book, The Family Tree – A Lynching in Georgia, a Legacy of Secrets, and My Search for the Truth.
The book is about events in 1912 in Georgia: A white man is shot dead on the porch of a black woman. Days later, the sheriff sanctions the lynching of four African Americans–a woman and three men—all of them innocent.
Branan spent nearly 20 years combing through diaries and letters, hunting for clues in libraries and archives and interviewing community elders to piece together the events. During her research she discovered she is related not only to the sheriff, but to one of the four murdered African Americans.
The author will be reading and signing her book at the following events in the Twin Cities. All are free and open to the public. Books will be on sale at all events.
Saturday, February 13, 2:00 p.m. Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 3400 Park Avenue, 55407
Sunday, Feb 14, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Unity Church Unitarian, 733 Portland Avenue, St Paul, MN 55104
Monday, Feb 15, 7:00 p.m. Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 285 Dale St. North, Saint Paul, MN 55103
Tuesday, Feb 16, 7:00 p.m Magers & Quinn Bookstore, 3038 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Wed, Feb 17, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Birchwood Cafe, Community Room, 3311 E 25th Street Minneapolis, MN 55406 612-722-4474 call for reservations
On February 11, 2016, Branan will be interviewed by Don Olson live from Raleigh, North Carolina, on KFAI Radio, 90.3 and 106.7 FM, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
On February 15, 2016 Tom O’Connell will interview Branan on “Truth to Tell”, KFAI Radio, 90.3 and 106.7 FM,
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
For more information or interviews, you can contact Karen Branan through her website, karenbranan.com or locally, Kaia Svien, 612-722-2650 or Nikki LaSorella, 612-386-9151.
On-going Walker Events
Sunday Celebration & Children’s Sunday 10:30 am every Sunday.
Sunday Meditation Group 8:45 to 10 am every Sunday The first half hour is devoted to mindfulness meditation, next we check in with each other about our week followed by open discussion and ending with a brief “ohming” chant & hugs. All who come to Walker are welcome to join the group. FFI Tony Wentersdorf
Monday Morning Coffee Gatherings10 am at Lake Street Coffee, 3223 East Lake St. All welcome.
Community Meals free, all welcome are held every Tuesday 5:30 to 6:45
Walker Singers rehearse Tuesdays 7 to 8 pm. FFI Jim McCreary
Women’s Potluck Brunch the 4th Saturday of each month 9:30 to noon at someone’s home. FFI Lulu Philips
Men’s Group Potluck Brunch the 2nd Saturday of each month 9:30 to noon at Walker Church. FFI Jim Feldman
Initiates the 3rd Sunday of each month 8:15 to 10:15 am in the conference room. FFI Lou Tofte or Howard Kranz
On-going Wellness, Movement & Music held at Walker
Bluegrass Music Jams are held the last Monday of each month 7 to 10 pm. FFI Roy Vanderwerf revanster@gmail.com
Hoop Twin Cities meets Wednesdays 7 to 8 pm. Hoola hooping for all ages, free. FFI hoopjeans@gmail.com
Rosen Movement meets Wednesdays 9 am to 10 am in the sanctuary. FFI Phyllis Wiener wienerphyllis@gmail.com
Sarah Dagg Massage is usually scheduled for 2 to 4 days each month. sdagg@crosslake.net
Walker Community United Methodist Church
PO Box 7588, 3104 16th Avenue South, Mpls MN 55407
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 10 am to 2 pm. Office Phone: 612-722-6612. Office e-mail: office@walkerchurch.org
Website: www.walkerchurch.org The Calendar on the website shows all events so far scheduled for this year.
Facebook Page: Walker Community United Methodist Church
Facebook Group: Walker Church Arts & Performance.
Facebook Group: Walker Community UMC Peace with Justice
Pastor Walter Lockhart 651-646-3693 revwalt@juno.com
Children’s Education Coordinators: Jera & Olivia Peterson contactbelowzero@gmail.com
Administrator: Jennifer Gahnstrom 612-722-6612 office@walkerchurch.org
Bookkeeper & Office Assistant: Carrie Feldman Carolyn.a.feldman@gmail.com
Communications Coordinator: Deb Ramage deborama@gmail.com
Custodian: Ignacio Amigon 612-554-0483
