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 scripture reading or treats, so please consider if you can do any of these.
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
Puppet Show! Thurs, July 19, 7:00 pm, front lawn of the church. The show is called “The Sleeping Child” and is about a child who is so discouraged that she falls asleep for a long time because her family has been displaced. She is helped by a magical Sprite who travels with her in her dreams, and incites her to wake up and help her family find home. The show’s script is written by Marya Hart, and original music and songs composed by Marya. Puppets created by Margo McCreary. The show is performed by Zoe Hollander, Emma Mingo, Margo McCreary, with music by Marya Hart and Bruce Wintervold. The show is directed by Leif Jurgeson. Please come to see a beautiful, magical show…..world premiere! This show is weather dependent! Donations benefit Walker Church.
Nick Connel’s (Lucky) 13th Annual Mid Summer Vinyl LP Dance Party: Fri, July 20, 7:00 pm at his house. Family friendly, but expect drinking and of course dancing! There will be food and drink; feel free to bring items to share. All are welcome.
Sunday Celebration in Powderhorn Park
July 22, 2018
Greeters: Carole Megarry, ?
Communal Singing led by Dianne O’Donnell and Conrad deFiebre
Communal Reading
Our mission is to nurture spirituality, build caring community & work courageously for peace with justice and mercy.
Opening by Al Hildenbrand
Lao Tzu followed by 5 minutes of silence
# 41 Witter Bynner trans., abridged & adapted by H Kranz
Stupid men, knowing the way of life
And having once laughed at it, laugh again the louder.
If you need to be sure which way is right, you can tell by their laughing at it.
To such laughers a level road looks steep,
Top seems bottom,
‘White appears black,
‘Enough is a lack,’
Endurance is a weakness,
Simplicity a faded flower.
But that person has Eternity who goes straight round the circle,
That person has Foundation who can feel beyond touch,
That person has Harmony who can hear beyond sound,
That person has Pattern who can see beyond shape:
That person has Life who can tell beyond words
Fulfillment of the unfulfilled.
Poetry read by Howard Kranz
Welcome, Announcements & Offering
Reading: Ephesians 2:11-22, by ?
11 Don’t forget that you are Gentiles. In fact, you used to be called “uncircumcised” by those who take pride in being circumcised. 12 At that time you did not know about Christ. You were foreigners to the people of Israel, and you had no part in the promises that God had made to them. You were living in this world without hope and without God, 13 and you were far from God. But Christ offered his life’s blood as a sacrifice and brought you near God.
14 Christ has made peace between Jews and Gentiles, and he has united us by breaking down the wall of hatred that separated us. Christ gave his own body 15 to destroy the Law of Moses with all its rules and commands. He even brought Jews and Gentiles together as though we were only one person, when he united us in peace. 16 On the cross Christ did away with our hatred for each other. He also made peace between us and God by uniting Jews and Gentiles in one body. 17 Christ came and preached peace to you Gentiles, who were far from God, and peace to us Jews, who were near God. 18 And because of Christ, all of us can come to the Father by the same Spirit.
19 You Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens with everyone else who belongs to the family of God. 20 You are like a building with the apostles and prophets as the foundation and with Christ as the most important stone. 21 Christ is the one who holds the building together and makes it grow into a holy temple for the Lord. 22 And you are part of that building Christ has built as a place for God’s own Spirit to live.
Sermon by Rev. Mary Buckley
Special Performance: If any.
Circle with Joys & Concerns & sharing of bread & juice brought by Jan Werness
Hospitality Time Thanks for set-up by the Hospitality Committee, Treats by ?
Free Community Meal by Focus: Sun, July 22. Meal served from 5:15 to 6:45 pm.
Community Meal & Food Giveaway: Tue, July 24, Doors open & food giveaway at 5 pm. Meal served 5:30 to 6:45. Free, everyone welcome. Volunteers are needed, please sign up!
Walker Women’s Brunch: Sat, July 28, 10:00 am, home of Dianne O’ Donnell. FFI Nancy Larsen. Potluck – bring a dish to share.
Bluegrass Jam: Mon, July 30, 7:00 pm in the sanctuary. All are welcome, musician-participants as well as listeners. FFI Roy Vanderwerf revanster@gmail.com
Events Elsewhere
Open Streets Lake+Minnehaha: Sun, July 22, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Lake Street from Midtown Global Market to 27th Avenue plus Minnehaha Avenue from Lake Street to the entrance to Minnehaha Falls State Park. Free bus pass available at the website: https://www.openstreetsmpls.org/lake_minnehaha
Haitian UMC Fundraiser: Sun, July 22, 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.
Wesley Foundation 7th Annual Celebration Dinner: Wed, July 25, 6:00 pm. Methodist campus ministry is growing at the University of Minnesota and to recognize this success, the Wesley Foundation is throwing a Celebration Dinner on Wednesday, July 25. Are you interested in learning more about the Wesley Foundation that supports this important ministry? The Celebration Dinner is the perfect opportunity to meet the campus minister and students and hear Bishop Ough speak about “Campus Ministry in the Age of the Nones.” Visit the website: www.gopherwesley.com for online reservations or contact Jill Apple, Development Director, japple.wesleyumn@gmail.com
Community Singing of Indian Melodies: July 28, 9:00am – 3:00pm All Nations Church, Minneapolis. The Brothertown Indian Nation and the Twin Cities Shape Note Community present a community singing of Indian Melodies (1845) by Thomas Commuck, a Brothertown Indian of Narragansett descent. Commuck is thought to be the first Native composer to publish in “Euroamerican” notation. Songs from Indian Melodies will be interwoven with stories and histories of the Brothertown Indian Nation. All are welcome — singers and non-singers alike! Questions? Contact indianmelodies1845@gmail.com.
Walker Community Announcements
Red Cross Blood Emergency: The Red Cross is dangerously low on blood supply after a tough 4th of July. They especially need Type O. You can make an appointment to donate blood at the website RedCrossBlood.org. Or visit our nearest donation center at Third Floor, 1201 W River Parkway, Minneapolis.
Roommate needed: From Janet Skidmore. I will have a bedroom in my home in south Minneapolis with a shared bath available July 1 for $450/month, women only. Background check, security deposit, and renter’s insurance required. Please pass the word if you know someone. Janet Skidmore, 612-965-3335, janetskidmore56@gmail.com.
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. 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.
