Announcements – May 16, 2018
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 hospitality treats, so please consider if you can do this.
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 informationoffice@walkerchurch.org
Initiates: Sun, May 20, 8:30 am, in the Conference Room. FFI – Howard Kranz.
Sunday Celebration
May 20, 2018
Greetings: Mary Burns, Don Browne
Communal Singing led by Conrad deFiebre, Dianne O’Donnell
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
#1 Witter Bynner translation
Existence is beyond the power of words
To define:
Terms may be used
But are none of them absolute.
In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,
Words came out of the womb of matter;
And whether a person dispassionately
Sees to the core of life
Or passionately
Sees the surface,
The core and the surface
Are essentially the same,
Words making them seem different
Only to express appearance.
If name be needed, wonder names them both:
From wonder into wonder
Existence opens.
Poetry: read by Roberta Cullen
Special Performance: Cheryl Kramer
Welcome, Announcements & Offering
Reading from Romans 8:22-27 by Roberta Cullen
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now;
23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen?
25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.
27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Sermon by Walter Lockhart
Special Performance: Walker Singers – “Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown” words by Charles Wesley
Circle with Joys & Concerns & sharing of bread & juice brought by Cheryl Kramer
Hospitality Time Thanks for set-up by the Hospitality Committee Treats by ?
Walker Church Book Discussion Group: Sun, May 20, 12:30– 2ish (after service) in the Meditation room.
Book for discussion is The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler. All are welcome whether you’ve read the book or not! We’ll have handouts available for our conversation. Please bring your lunch and your inquiring mind. Contacts: Nancy Gehrenbeck-Miller 612-715-0354 Sally Keuhn 612-219-1836.
Community Meal & Food Giveaway: Tue, May 22, Doors open & food giveaway at 5 pm. Meal served 5:30 to 6:45. Free, everyone welcome. Volunteers are needed, please sign up!
Finance Committee Meeting: Wed, May 23, 5:30 to 6:30 pm. In the conference room.
Walker Women’s Brunch: Sat, May 26, 10:00 am, home of Dianne O’Donnell.
Blackbird Music Recital: Sun, May 27, 1:30 to 4:30 pm, in the Sanctuary. Open to the public.
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.
Events Elsewhere
Fireroast Mountain Boys perform: Fri, May 18, 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Minneapolis Underground Music Café, 408 3rd Avenue N, Minneapolis. No cover.
The Man of LaMancha: May 18 and 19, 7 to 9 pm, May 20, 2 to 4 pm, Prospect Park UMC. Admission is free.
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.)
Niagara Foundation/TASMN
Friday, May 18, 8:00pm 999 50th Avenue NE, Minneapolis, MN 55421
Ja-afari Islamic Center
Saturday, May 19, 8:00 pm, 10301 Jefferson Highway, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445
Masjid Al-Iman
Saturday, May 19, 7:00 pm, 1429 2nd Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Umatul Islamic Center
Monday, May 21, 7:15 pm, 3015 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Masjid Al-Ihsan
Friday, May 25, 7:00 pm 955 West Minnehaha Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104
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
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 Rileyrileyb16@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.
