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
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
Women’s Potluck Brunch: Sat, March 25, 9:30 am at Anne Tiller’s home,
Sunday Celebration
March 26, 2017
Greetings by Carole Megarry & Jan Werness
Communal Singing led by Greg Garman
Communal Reading: Our mission is to nurture spirituality, build caring community & work courageously for peace with justice and mercy.
Opening
Lao Tzu
Poetry by Howard Kranz
Welcome, Announcements & Offering
Special Performance by Anne Hamre
Scripture Reading by Jan Werness
Sermon by Pastor Walter Lockhart
Special Performance by the Walker Singers “On the Mount of Olives” by Anton Bruckner
The Circle with joys and concerns
and the sharing of bread & juice brought by Lou Tofte
Hospitality Time
Thanks to Linda Berglin for treats
Improvisation Movement & Reader’s Group: Sunday, March 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
Planning meeting for Walter’s 25 years of ministry celebration: Sun, March 26, 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.
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
Palm Sunday: April 9
Jewish Passover Seder: Friday, April 14, 6:30 pm. Hosted & led by Fred Glazer.
The Seder, a traditional family and community Jewish holiday observance and meal, recalls the liberation of the Jewish people from Egypt and the constant struggle to make a better world for all. Reservations are necessary; call the church office or sign up on Sundays. The cost is $16; bring your own wine or wine substitute. Please call if you have questions about the service or can volunteer to help with cooking and set-up. Fred Glazer
Easter Sunday: April 16
Rummage Sale Set up begins: Sunday, April 23
Please bring your good condition clean used items. We can use summer clothing, furniture, household items, jewelry, luggage, toys, books, linens, small appliances, and other items. We can’t accept computers, TVs, microwaves, mattresses, cribs, or child car seats. It’s our biggest fundraiser, and we made over $7,000 last year to support our mission.
Please bring rummage between 9 AM and 8 PM on Monday, April 24 and Tuesday, April 25. Volunteers will be at the church then to receive your clean, usable items.
Do not bring rummage after Tuesday evening! Starting Wednesday, the volunteers will be fully occupied in organizing and pricing, and will not have time to sort additional contributions.
Please do not bring any rummage before Sunday, April 23. If rummage is left in the church before then, we will have to discard it, which can cost the church money for an extra waste pickup. There is no space in the church that is not already being used for our activities.
Sale times are: Thursday, April 27, 5:30 to 8:30 pm (neighborhood preview night); Friday, April 28, 1:00 to 8:00 pm; Saturday, April 29, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; and Sunday, April 30, 12:30 to 3:30 pm (Sunday bag sale, $4 per bag)
Please let me know if you can help out, and what your time preferences are. Lulu Thank you!
Coming in May
Pandora: Fri, May 5, 7 pm. A CD release concert with Tony Wentersdorf & Mary Parker also featuring Sally Kuehn Suggested Donation $ 8
15 Now Unplugged: Sat, May 13, 7 pm. Performances by Mama Caught First, Gabriel, J-Sirrius and more
Other Announcements
Janet Skidmore is interested in hosting a potluck Easter meal at her house on Sunday, April 16. “Maybe mid afternoon or early evening. Music and jigsaw puzzles welcome. Let me know if you are interested.” Janet Skidmore
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.
Greetings, friends at Walker Church, from your friends and neighbors in Transition,
Knowing Walker’s commitments to a healthy environment, I wanted to be sure we invited you all. I hope folks can join us.
Leslie MacKenzie
Helping Our Community Transition to a Sustainable Future
With a theme of Climate Chaos | Climate Rising, we knew this year’s Northern Spark art event was the place to be with the message that the time to Transition away from our dependence on fossil fuels is NOW so Transition artists in the Twin Cities are creating a community-based art project and we’d like to invite you to join us.
There are several ways people can participate:
- Wear a T-Shirt @ Northern Spark
We are looking for 100 people who have taken some kind of action in their own life to reduce their carbon footprint. You can pick up a free TransitionNOW! t-shirt to wear to Northern Spark by coming to one of two Community Days (April 2, 2-5 pm or May 20, 6-9 pm @ Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Ave.). Customize your shirt by screenprinting onto it logos of actions you are taking. We’ve got screenprinting volunteers on hand to help with that. Then just wear the shirt to Northern Spark. T-shirt wearers don’t have to stay all night and don’t have to talk to anyone unless they want to. They can be doing other projects at Northern Spark and still wear the shirt.
This is a simple action but really important to our project. We are trying to make a visible statement that people DO know that climate change is real and many people are already taking lots of different action in their own life. By making ordinarily invisible actions visible, we are role modeling behavior change and beginning to create a community norm.
- Community Day Activities
We’ll be doing other things, too, at Community Day events. People can work with acclaimed book artist Regula Russelle on the creation of tiny books to be handed out at Northern Spark. You’ll have a chance to do some letterpress printing. And we’ll be cutting out leaves and attaching twist-tie stems to them so they can be attached to trees at the Grove of Life installation in Lowertown on the night of Northern Spark (June 10-11). This is a family-friendly event; kids are welcome.
- Help create – or greet people – at the Grove of Life
We will be installing a grove of trees in a parking lot in Lowertown, St. Paul on the night of Northern Spark. In this part of the project, we’re asking people to write on a leaf one action they are committing to take in the next year to reduce their carbon footprint. By the end of the evening we hope to have gathered on the tree branches 4,000 commitments to Life.
We can use volunteers at the Grove to engage the public in writing their action commitments and attaching leaves to the trees. We’ll have volunteer shifts – no one needs to stay all night.
Please feel free to share this invitation with any of your coworkers who you think would be interested in attending Northern Spark and joining in this project. that you can share.
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/
Ongoing Walker & Walkerite Groups
Circle Gathering: Sundays 9 to 10 am. The circle is 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 7 to 8 pm led by Jim McCreary
Initiates: 3rd Sunday of each month 8:15 to 10:15 am in the conference room. FFI Lou Tofte or Howard Kranz
Men’s Potluck Brunch: 2nd Saturday of each month at someone’s home.
Women’s Potluck Brunch: 4th Saturday of each month at someone’s home. FFI Lulu Philips
Open Flow Forum: 1st Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm. A group of artists with disabilities
FFI Tara Innmon or Kip Shane
Feminist Sci-Fi Book Club: Saturdays 1:30 to 3:30 pm. FFI Janet Court.
Health & Wellness Services by Walkerites
Alice Browne Music Lessons, Therapy & Sound Healing: Thursdays & Fridays by appointment. Lessons in beginning piano, guitar, fiddle, all levels of voice Sound healing–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 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, beginners welcome, bring a yoga mat. FFI https://www.facebook.com/starrhealthco/
Ecstatic Movement: Wednesdays 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm. Free style movement with music. Cost: $10-15. FFI Facebook Ecstatic Movement
Hoop Twin Cities: Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30 pm. 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. LGBTQ new parent group FFI Walker office
Private Transforming Families Group: 2nd Saturday of each 1 to 3 pm. Support for families with transgender children FFI Walker office.
Autoharp Jams: 2nd Sunday of each month 3 to 5 pm. FFI Tony Wentersdorf
Bluegrass Jam: Last Monday of each month 7 to 10 pm. Free, come to jam or listen. 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 for adults on the autism spectrum. Pljohnson46@yahoo.com
