Walker Community United Methodist Church
Our mission is to nurture spirituality, build caring community & work courageously for peace with justice and mercy.
Hello Walkerites, Friends & Visitors
Here are the announcements. No one has signed up for bread and juice, or hospitality treats, so please consider if you can do this. NOTE: Please see the notice under “Events Elsewhere” relating to Twin Cities Pride and sign up with the link if you can volunteer.
If you are bringing treats containing chocolate, whether homemade or bought, please be aware of our Peace with Justice commitment to boycott 95% of the chocolate sold (all major brand names, most bakery items) because it is literally produced by child slaves. Please use Fair Trade certified chocolate and cocoa in your baking and label it as you would gluten free or other factors.
Walker Events & Other Public Events at Walker
All meetings and events listed are at Walker Church unless noted otherwise See our website calendar www.walkerchurch.org for happenings further into the future. For more information office@walkerchurch.org
Finance Committee Meeting: Wed, May 23, 5:30 pm, conference room.
Sunday Celebration
May 27, 2018
Greetings: Carole Megarry, Jan Werness
Communal Singing led by Conrad deFiebre, Dianne O’Donnell
Communal Reading
Our mission is to nurture spirituality, build caring community, and work courageously for peace with justice and mercy.
Opening by Al Hildenbrand
Lao Tzu followed by 5 minutes of silence
#26 Mitchell translation
The heavy is the root of the light.
The unmoved is the source of all movement. Thus the Master travels all day
without leaving home.
However splendid the views,
she stays serenely in herself. Why should the lord of the country
flit about like a fool?
If you let yourself be blown to and fro,
you lose touch with your root.
If you let restlessness move you,
you lose touch with who you are.
Poetry: read by Deb Ramage
Welcome, Announcements & Offering
Reading from Isaiah 6:1-8 by Greg Garman
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple.
2 Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.
3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.”
4 The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke.
5 And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”
6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.
7 The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.”
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”
Sermon by Walter Lockhart
Special Performance: Surprise!
Circle with Joys & Concerns & sharing of bread & juice brought by ?
Hospitality Time Thanks for set-up by the Hospitality Committee Treats by ?
Blackbird Music Recital: Sun, May 27, 1:30 to 4:30 pm, in the Sanctuary. Open to the public.
Bluegrass Jam: Mon, May 28, 7:00 to 10:00 pm, Sanctuary.
Community Meal & Food Giveaway: Tue, May 29, Doors open & food giveaway at 5 pm. Meal served 5:30 to 6:45. Free, everyone welcome. Volunteers are needed, please sign up!
Fundraiser for M’bana Cultural School in Ghana: Thurs, May 31, 6:30 to 8:30 pm. In the Sanctuary. Food, drum and dance performance, information about the school.
Community Meal & Food Giveaway: Tue, Jun. 5, Doors open & food giveaway at 5 pm. Meal served 5:30 to 6:45. Free, everyone welcome. Volunteers are needed, please sign up!
Events Elsewhere
Taking Heart Iftar Meal Open Houses for Ramadan: Co-sponsored by MN Council of Churches. Go to http://www.mnchurches.org/respectfulcommunities/interfaithprogramming/takingheart/registration.html to RSVP for any of the below events and more. (This is just a selection.)
Masjid Al-Ihsan Friday, May 25, 7:00 pm 955 West Minnehaha Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104
Islamic Community of Bosniaks Saturday, May 26, 7:30 pm 668 Broadway St NE, Minneapolis
Masjid Dar Al-Hijra Thursday, May 31, 7:30 pm 504 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis
Imam Hussein Islamic Center Saturday, June 2, 7:30 pm 6120 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Center
Abubakar As- Sadique Thursday, June 7, 7:00 pm 2824 13th Ave S, Minneapolis
House Concert with Tony Wentersdorf and Mary Parker: Fri, June 1, 7 pm, Mary’s place 7444 17th Ave S Richfield. FFI Mary at 612-598-3128
Haitian UMC Fundraiser: Sun, Jun. 10, 6:00 pm, Hamline UMC, 1514 Englewood Ave., Saint Paul. Our United Methodist Haitian fellowship, Rapha Tabernacle of Glory, meets weekly in St. Paul for worship, Bible Study and mutual support. They are led by Pastors Mickson Devronvil and Claudy Corvil, both Haitian born and U. S. educated. Services are in French, Creole and English. This fundraiser will give you a chance to get to know them. Dinner + concert, excellent band, great food! The event is free, but donations are desired.
Twin Cities PRIDE is June 23 & 24. It’s time to make plans for the weekend! MN Reconciling Congregations will have a booth in Loring Park and we will participate in the parade on Sunday. The booth will be open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm on Saturday and 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Sunday with take down at 6:00 pm. The parade is on Sunday at 11:00 am. The booth sign-up sheet is at ttsu.me/tm5y2p The sign-up form can be accessed from your computer or mobile device. When viewing on a Smartphone, hold the phone in portrait position for the “user friendly” display.
Ongoing Walker & Walkerite Groups
Sunday Celebration & Children’s Sunday school: Sundays 10:30 am
Chalice Circle: Sundays 9 to 10 am in the Meditation Room. We listen to music, meditate, read a passage on spiritual growth, and discuss our thoughts and feelings using the circle method. All are welcome! Come once or many times!
Coffee Gathering: Mondays 10 to noon at a local coffee shop (for now, Sisters’ Sludge, 3746 23rd Ave.S.) FFI Pastor Walter Lockhart.
Community Meal & Food Giveaway: Tuesdays, Doors open & food giveaway at 5 pm. Meal served 5:30 to 6:45. Free, everyone welcome.
Walker Singers: Tuesdays 7 to 8 pm led by Jim McCreary
Initiates: 3rd Sunday of each month 8:30 to 10:15 am in the conference room. FFI Lou Tofte or Howard Kranz
Men’s Potluck Brunch: one Saturday of each month at someone’s home.
Women’s Potluck Brunch: 4th Saturday of each month at someone’s home. FFI Nancy Larsen
Open Flow Forum: 1st Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm. A group of artists with disabilities FFI Tara Innmon or Kip Shane
Health & Wellness Services at Walker by Walkerites
Alice Browne’s Music Therapy & Sound Healing: By appointment. 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 that are open to all
East Lake LOL AA: A mixed, open AA group that meets every Wednesday 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Rosen Movement: Wednesdays 9 am to 10 am for simple movement with music. Open to all, come any week, cost: $5 to $10. FFI Phyllis Wiener wienerphyllis@gmail.com
Aware Dance: Wednesdays 7:15 to 9:15 pm Free style movement with music. Cost $10-15 FFI Facebook Aware Dance & Movement
Hoop Twin Cities: Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30 pm Free hoola hooping for all ages FFI hoopjeans@gmail.com
Queer Birth Project: 2nd Saturday of each month 10 to noon. LGBTQ new parent support group www.queerbirthproject.com
Bluegrass Jam: Last Monday of each month 7 to 10 pm. Free, come to jam or listen. FFI Roy Vanderwerf revanster@gmail.com
Dance for Women: 2nd Saturday of each month 7 to 10 pm in the sanctuary.
Neurodiversity Group: 2nd Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm led by Paul Johnson. Free emotional support for adults on the autism spectrum and their family & friends. Pljohnson46@yahoo.com
Northern Mississippi Prisoner Support Group: 3rd Thursday of each month 6 to 8 pm. Write letters to build and sustain relationships with prisoners in Minnesota and beyond. Open to all. FFI Bailey Riley rileyb16@gmail.com
Norwegian Folk Dance: 1st & 3rd Monday of each month 7 to 9 pm in the Sanctuary. Rehearsals, open to all, free.
Stop Line 3 Climate Justice Group: Tuesdays 7 to 9 pm in the conference room. FFI Al Sherwood stopline3mpls@gmail.com
Transition Longfellow: 1st Fridays 6 to 9 pm in the dining hall or sanctuary. FFI Leslie MacKenzie, lesliemackenzie@gmail.com.
