From Emily Peabody:
Are You Ready For Chinese New Year?
This Thursday (January 12) around 5:30 pm the moon is full. This is the last Full moon in the Year of the Monkey.
For the next two weeks as the moon is waning, people all around the world get ready for the Lunar New Year which will begin with the New Moon on Friday, Jan 27th at about 6pm in Mpls. It is the year of The Rooster.
While the moon is waning try to clean your house. Sweep out all the bad luck that has accumulated over the past year. You can dust, you can vacuum, you can even wash windows. Throw all those broken things away, they are bad luck, and they should be removed.
Heck, what else are you going to do in January? If you are like me, there may not be time to do everything, so choose your battles accordingly.
Then as the 27th approaches schedule a haircut, buy a new outfit, then order Chinese for a feast with friends and family.
Be at Walker’s Sunday Celebration on January 29 for a special performance to celebrate the Year of the Rooster!
Upcoming Events and Meetings
- Walker Church Events & Meetings all at Walker unless noted otherwise.
- Events & Meetings of other groups that will be held at Walker and are open to the public.
- The calendar on our website walkerchurch.org lists events & meetings further into the future.
- For more information on any of the events contact the Walker office office@walkerchurch.org
Women’s March Protest Signs Making: Sat, Jan 14, 3:30 to 6:30 pm & Wed, Jan 18, 6:00 to 8:30 pm.
Come make protest signs for the Women’s March, and the other marches happening on Jan. 20 and 21st.
We will provide paints, markers, poster board, lathe. There will be a chance to brainstorm and focus ideas with others. All are welcome;( children must be accompanied by an adult). Hopefully you will take signs with you to carry in the marches, but we can transport a limited number of signs to the Women’s March.
FFI Margo, 612-735-7296
Sunday Celebration
January 15, 2017
Greetings by Don Browne & Mary Burns
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
Lao Tzu # 39 Witter Bynner followed by 5 minutes of silence
The wholeness of life has, from of old, been made manifest in its parts: clarity has been made manifest in heaven, firmness in earth, purity in the spirit, in the valley conception, in the river procreation; and so in a leader the people made manifest for wholeness of use.
But for clarity heaven would be veiled, but for firmness earth would have crumbled, but for purity spirit would have fumbled, but for conception the valley would have failed, but for procreation the river have run dry; So, save for the people, a leader shall die: Always the low carry the high on a root for growing by. What can stand lofty with no low foundation? No wonder leaders of a land profess their stature and their station to be servitude and lowliness! If rim and spoke and hub were not, where would be the chariot?
Who will prefer the jingle of jade pendants if he once has heard stone growing in a cliff!
Welcome, Announcements, Offering
Gospel Lesson: John 1:35-42 (Common English Bible) by Nancy Larsen
The next day John was standing again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus walking along he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard what he said, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he asked, “What are you looking for?” They said, “Rabbi (which is translated Teacher), where are you staying?” He replied, “Come and see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon. One of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated Christ). He led him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).
Special Performance by Mary Parker, Anne Hamre & Cheryl Kamer
Sermon: “Meet up at 4:00 pm” by Mary Buckley
Circle with Joys & Concerns
& sharing of bread & juice brought by Lonnie Thompson & Cheryl Kramer
Hospitality Time:
Star Lake Dinner and Dave Hudson Concert: Sat, Feb 4, 5 pm to 9 pm at Walker Church
5 pm silent auction, 6 pm dinner, 7 pm concert. FFI Walter
Ongoing Walker & Walkerite Groups
Circle Gathering: Sundays 9 to 10 am. We welcome all who feel a need for a spiritual discussion group and are currently discussing meditations by Shakti Gawain. FFI Mary Parker & Tony Wentersdorf
Coffee Gathering: Mondays 10 to noon at Lake Street Coffee, 3223 E Lake St. FFI Pastor Walter Lockhart
Community Meal: Tuesdays 6 to 7 pm. Free, everyone welcome!
Walker Singers Rehearsals: Tuesdays 6:45 to 8 pm led by Jim McCreary
Initiates: One Sunday each month 8:15 to 10:15 am. FFI Lou Tofte or Howard Kranz
Men’s Potluck Brunch: 2nd Saturday of each month. FFI Jim Feldman
Women’s Potluck Brunch: 4th Saturday of each month at someone’s home. FFI Lulu Philips
Mama’s Group: Every other Thursday, 2-4 pm for new mothers. FFI Willow Cordes-Eklund
Open Flow Forum: 1st Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm. A free informal group for artists with disabilities. FFI Tara Innmon or Kip Shane.
Health & Wellness Services by Walkerites
Alice Browne Music Lessons, Therapy & Sound Healing: Thursdays and Fridays by appointment. Beginners piano, guitar and fiddle lessons and all levels of voice. Sound healing–a massage of sound vibrations. Contact Alice 612-860-6644 abmermaid@gmail.com
Sarah Dagg Massage Therapist: Two days each month between 9 am to 5 pm by appointment. Contact Sarah 218-831-9570 sdagg@crosslake.net
Other on-going groups meeting at Walker
Rosen Movement: Wednesdays 9 am to 10 am for simple and effective movement with music. Open to all, come any week, cost: $5 to $10. FFI Phyllis Wiener wienerphyllis@gmail.com
Yoga Flow Class: Wednesdays 6 to 7 pm taught by Julia Starr. Free, make a donation if you wish. Beginners welcome, bring a yoga mat. FFI https://www.facebook.com/starrhealthco/
NOTE: the class will not meet on January 11.
Ecstatic Movement: Wednesdays 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm. Free style movement inspired by music and conscious breathe. Cost: $10-15. FFI Facebook Ecstatic Movement
Hoop Twin Cities: Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the sanctuary. Free hoola hooping for all ages FFI hoopjeans@gmail.com
The Story Worship Celebration: 1st, 3rd (and sometimes 5th) Sunday of each month at 4 pm. FFI thestory.mn.
Private Queer Birth Project: 2nd Saturday of each month 10 to 11:30 am. An LGBTQ new parent group. FFI Walker office
Private Transforming Families Group: 2nd Saturday of each month 1 to 3 pm. Support gruop for families with transgender children. FFI Walker office
Autoharp Jams: 2nd Sunday of each month 3 to 5 pm. FFI Tony Wentersdorf
Bluegrass Jam Sessions Last Monday of each month 7 to 10 pm. Free, come to jam or listen. Sponsored by MBOTMA (Minnesota Old Time & Bluegrass Music Association) FFI Roy Vanderwerf revanster@gmail.com
Political Prisoner Letter Writing: 1st Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm. A small group meets to write letters to political prisoners.
Neurodiversity Group: 2nd Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm led by Paul Johnson. Free emotional support group for adults on the autism spectrum. Pljohnson46@yahoo.com
Other Announcements
MOVEMENT AND READER’S IMPROVISATION GROUP led by Janet Skidmore. Time to be determined, but 12:30 – 1:30 Sundays looks like a likely time, starting up in a few weeks. Bring a favorite poem, scripture, or other reading. You can either read or move, or do both if you want. If interested, contact Janet at 612-965-3335 or janetskidmore56@gmail.com
Amoke Kubat will soon start an intensive internship at Walker Community Church. She is completing her Masters in Religious Leadership at United Theological Seminary. Amoke is a” Northsider for life” Minneapolis resident that has been involved in empowering families since 1987. She is a teacher, artist and writer who partners with community artists, activists and organizations to bridge African/African American culture and cultural legacies for healing and building sustainable families and communities.
