Upcoming Events and Meetings
- All meetings and events listed are at Walker Church unless noted otherwise
- See our website Calendar walkerchurch.org for happenings further into the future.
- For more information please contact the Walker office office@walkerchurch.org
Science Fiction Book Sale: Saturday, March 18, 10 am to 4 pm at Walker Community Church, 3104 16th Avenue South, Mpls 55407. Sale includes paperbacks, magazines & hard cover from the 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s and newer. Almost 2000 books! If you have books to donate to the sale or questions contact Ed Ed Mueller 612-205-6352.
Anne Tiller’s 60’s Birthday Bash! Sat, March 18, 6 to 11:30 pm. Potluck 6 to 9, Dance to the Wayneiacs 8 to 11:30 pm. Everyone Welcome! Please Come and Celebrate with Old Friends and New! $10.00 minimum suggested donation to Walker Church appreciated–no one turned away. Celebrate Anne’s Birthday in your favorite 1960’s clothing style (Optional) See her Pieceful Quilts Show. (The Quilt Show will be up in the dining hall March 13-24. Please make arrangements with Anne if you want to see the quilts and can’t make it to the party.) R.S.V.P. Anne Tiller
Initiates: Sunday March 19, 8:15 to 10:15 am in the conference room. FFI Lou Tofte or Howard Kranz
Sunday Celebration
March 19, 2017
Greetings by Don Browne & Mary Burns
Communal Singing led by Howard Kranz
Communal Reading: Our mission is to nurture spirituality, build caring community & work courageously for peace with justice and mercy.
Opening by Brent Bender Communal Reading of A Service of Welcome (Walker Songbook page iv)
Lao Tzu #8 Mitchell followed by 5 minutes of silence
The supreme good is like water,
which nourishes all things without trying to.
It is content with the low places that people disdain.
Thus it is like the Tao.
In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don’t try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present.
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don’t compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
Poetry by Cheryl Kramer
Welcome, Announcements & Offering
Scripture Reading Exodus 17:1-7 by Steve Gehrenbeck-Miller
From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?”
But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?” So Moses cried out to the LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
The LORD said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.”
Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Sermon by Pastor Walter Lockhart
Performance by Tony Wentersdorf
The Circle with joys and concerns
and the sharing of bread & juice brought by Linda Berglin
Hospitality Time
Thanks to Cheryl Kramer for treats.
Planning meeting for the Walter’s 25 years of ministry celebration: Sun, March 19, 12:15 pm. Our pastor Walter will be celebrating 25 years of ministry this year, and Garrett Evangelical (his seminary) would like to acknowledge and celebrate his ministry at our celebration on Sunday May 21st. If you would be interested in helping to plan this celebration, please join us for a brief meeting and/or contact Lucy Slater.
Cabin Fever Song Circle: Fri, March 24, 2017, 7 to 9 pm in front of the Walker fireplace. We’ll go around the circle. You can play or sing a song, request a song, (and we’ll play it if anybody knows it), or pass and just listen. We should be able to go around the circle several times. Bring your instruments and any snacks or beverages you might want. FFI Janet Skidmore
Walker Work Day: Sat, April 1, 9 am to noon. We will clean the kitchen and do other projects to prepare and clean the interior of the church. FFI Ed Ed Mueller, Wayne Bailey, Al Hildenbrand
Really Free Market: Sat, April 1, 2 to 4 pm in the Walker lobby.
Holy Fool Storytelling, Musicians, Baffoons: Sat, April 1, 7 pm. Let’s laugh at the fool in all of us! FFI Mary Parker.
Thank you Walker Community for all the love and support this past month—keep it coming! Physical therapy is my nemesis! That’s a nice name for it and I know it’s good for me! Big hugs and thanks! Mary Burns
Improvisation Movement & Reader’s Group: Sundays, March 12, 19 and 26, 12:30 to 1:30pm in the sanctuary. The group will be led by Janet Skidmore. Bring a favorite poem, scripture, or other reading. You can either read or move, or do both if you want. FFI Janet
Help Squash Hunger! Walker is participating in the FoodShare March Campaign and collecting donations for Community Emergency Service on 19st and 11th Av., The collection box will be in the Walker lobby through Sunday, April 2. Donations of the following are needed:
Non-perishable Food : Cooking oil, Flour 4 lb. bags, Sugar 4 lb. bags, Beef stew, Chili, Canned meat (chicken, tuna, salmon), Canned fruit, Canned pasta meals, Canned tomatoes, Coffee in small bags, Jelly, jam, 100% fruit juice
Hygiene: Toothbrush/paste, Bar soap, Shampoo, Conditioner, Deodorant, Shaving cream, Razors, Feminine products,Adult diapers (men’s and women’s) Toilet paper, Laundry soap, Dishwashing soap
Please Do: Give generously and donate your favorite foods.
Please Don’t: Give expired items or use this opportunity to clean out your cupboard.
Other Announcements
A documentary film “Doctrine of Discovery”: Thurs, Mar 16, 6:30 – 9 p.m. (optional meal at 5:30) at St. Anthony Park UM Church (a few blocks east of Luther Seminary just off Como Ave). After viewing the film there will be discussion with the director, Sheldon Wolfchild. The doctrine of discovery refers to church-related roots of mistreatment of native cultures around the world. The bishop of the local UMC Conference is expected to attend. (Co-sponsored by the Native American Ministry Action Team of the Minnesota Annual Conference.)
LUNAFEST Women’s Film Festival: Wed, April 26, 7 p.m. at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis
You are invited to the LUNAFEST Women’s Film Festival. Come join us for spring fun and inspiration to support transforming psychological trauma into nonviolent power. Enjoy nine short films by, for, about women with festivities, raffles, and the VIP after Party with great conversations, music, appetizers and drinks! Info and tickets www.lunafest.org/minneapolis0426. Sponsored by the MN Peacebuilding Leadership Institute www.mnpeace.org.
From Debra Ramage: Host Families Needed for Exchange Students for 2017-18 School Year
Sid Pranke, the local coordinator for World Link, an organization based in Kalona, Iowa, that places foreign exchange students across the United States, is seeking host families for exchange students. They need families in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Eagan, Roseville and other Twin Cities suburbs, starting for the fall 2017 school year. These students are high academic achievers from a range of countries who have earned a scholarship, but host families would be responsible for food & transportation costs.
World Link’s program ensures that participants are fully engaged in the school and program objectives to share their culture, learn leadership skills, and learn the values of community service. World Link works with the FLEX program, including 16 former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, and with the YES program, including 40 countries with significant Muslim populations, to help students achieve a better understanding of each other and develop ties and bonds between the people of their nations. Here is World Link’s website:
http://worldlinkinc.org/
