Weekly Announcements
In chronological order: Walker Events & Meetings (all at the church unless noted otherwise) & Public Events organized by others that will be held at Walker
Sunday Celebration 10 am
July 12, 2015
Greetings by Margo McCreary, Jan Werness & Janet Court
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 Smudge
Lao Tzu # 3 Witter Bynner followed by 5 minutes of silence
It is better not to make merit a matter of reward lest people conspire and contend,
Not to pile up rich belongings lest they rob,
Not to excite by display lest they covet.
A sound leader’s aim is to open people’s hearts, fill their stomachs, calm their wills, brace their bones and so to clarify their thoughts and cleanse their needs that no cunning meddler could touch them:
Without being forced, without strain or constraint, good government comes of itself.
Poetry read by Anne Tiller
Welcome, Announcements & Offering
Discussion on “What do we want in the 10 am Sunday Celebration?” led by Pastor Walter Lockhart & Mary Parker
Special Performance
Circle with Joys & Concerns & sharing of bread & juice brought by Bonita Blumenauer
Thanks for
Hospitality set-up by Barbara Hager
Hospitality treats
Clean-up
Autoharp Jam: Sun, July 12, 3 pm to 5 pm. FFI Tony Wentersdorf
Block Club meeting: Mon, July 13, 5 pm. Organized by Tessa, one of our neighbors. Walkerites welcome.
Building Use committee: Tues, July 14, 5 pm
Community Meal: Tues, July 14, 5:30 to 6:45 pm. Head cook: Walter Lockhart
Finance committee meeting: Wed, July 15, 5 pm
Death Café: Thurs, July 16, 7 pm (and every Thursday evening through July 30.) Join us for stimulating conversations about death and dying. We will be playing the new card game The Gift of Grace, the question and answer game that will help clarify our individual thoughts and attitudes toward this rarely discussed subject. Bring paper or journal and pen. FFI call Dianne O’Donnell
Sunday Celebration: July 19 in the park. The Mary Magdalene group will lead the celebration. FFI Nancy Gehrenbeck-Miller
Community Meal: Tues, July 21, 5:30 to 6:45 pm. Head cooks: The Kitchen Cabinet
Celebration Cabaret! hosted by Carla Vogel & Margo McCreary: Wed, July 22, 7 pm to 9 pm. Live Music and Dancing with Judith Eisner Klezmer Music, Storytellers: Nicholas Pawlowski and Barry Nienstadt, Guest Poets, Singers and more! Please come celebrate! This is a Send Carla Vogel to College Fundraiser. Carla will be attending Iliff Seminary in Denver (Methodist Based Seminary) –FFI Margo
Death Café: Thurs, July 23, 7 pm.
Women’s Potluck Brunch: Sat, July 25, 9:30 am. Place to be announced.
Sunday Celebration: July 26 in church. Dallas Rising of the Twin Cities Animal Rights Coalition will speak. Treats will be vegan provided by the Animal Rights Coalition. Please don’t bring others
Bluegrass and Old Time Music Jam: Mon, July 27, 7 pm to 10 pm. For folks of all abilities. Everyone, who wants to, gets to choose and lead several songs. Listeners are also welcome.
Community Meal: Tues, July 28, 5:30 to 6:45 pm. Head cook: Walter Lockhart
Council meeting: Tues, July 28, 7 pm after the community meal
Death Café: Thurs, July 30, 7 pm. The last Death Café in this series.
Sunday Celebration: August 2 in the park led by Mary Buckley
Community Meal: Tues, Aug 4, 5:30 to 6:45. Head cook David Wet
Tony Wentersdorf’s 70th Birthday & CD Release Concert: Friday, August 7, 7 pm. An evening of songs, music & stories, also featuring the talents of Mary Parker, Doug Rosenquist, Sally Kuehn, Kent Eklund & Lynn Dosch. This will be a partial fund-raiser for Walker Church, the remaining proceeds going to help pay the cost of making the CD. The CD, entitled Classical Autoharp in Ragtime will contain classical music pieces arranged for autoharp. A free-will donation of $10 requested. Refreshments will be served during a brief intermission. FFI Tony
Landscape Planning Meetings: Tuesdays, 6 pm at the community meal. Please come if you are interested in helping with landscape planning. A green thumb is not necessary. We will meet every Tuesday eve until we get it going. Questions? Call Becky. Thanks! Becky, Alice, Ed Ed, etc. etc. We hope to see you there!
Other Announcements
Jim McCreary plays horn in Tarnished Brass and has composed and arranged music for these free performances:
“Tarnished Brass” performance: Saturday, July 11, 7 pm at Wayzata Depot, 402 Lake St E, Wayzata, MN 55391. Phone:(952) 473-3631
“Tarnished Brass” plays for Sunday Morning worship: Sunday, July 12 at 10:00 a.m. at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403
“Tarnished Brass” performance: Sunday, July 12, 3 pm at Chaska Community Center 1661 Park Ridge Dr, Chaska, MN 55318 Phone:(952) 448-5633
Peter Doughty and Margo McCreary’s annual St. Croix beach party: Sunday, July 19 at the usual place: the public beach in the village of Lake St. Croix Beach, MN — a few miles south of the I-94 bridge. (The street going east from St. Croix Trailf to the beach and (pay) parking lot is 20th St. Car-pooling is recommended — there’s no on-street parking.) We arrive close to 2 p.m. and usually stay until about sundown. We’ve had good luck over the years, weather-wise, so we’ve never had to outright cancel; once or twice, there’s been a brief shower, in which case we’ve hung out in the public shelter before going back to the beach. Bring something to eat or drink to share, bring a beach chair or blanket, and bring toys: there’s no lifeguard to bark at you. See ya there / then! FFI Peter or Margo.
The Fireroast Mountain Boys with Special Guest Howard Kranz: Friday, July 24, 7-9pm at Zeke’s Unchained Animal 3508 East Lake Street Minneapolis. Let’s Settle Down and Sing Each Other’s Songs. No cover. Tips appreciated. See Facebook Event for More Info or contact David West
HELP! HELP! HELP!
Patricks Cabaret 5th Annual Roots Rock and Deep Blues NEEDS YOU!! This is the big, annual fundraiser for the Cabaret and what makes it a success is the people willing to volunteer for a 3 hour shift. It’s only 3 weeks away and we need about 30 more wonderful people to step up and volunteer.
Here is a web link that will allow you to sign up with just a couple of clicks. Weather permitting, it will be a fabulous, fun, music and art filled day. And, if you don’t want to volunteer, please join us and support the cabaret with your dollars! http://patrickscabaret.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=9497
Volunteers needed for the Empty Bowls throwing booth at the Powderhorn Art Fair: August 8 and Sunday, August 9. At the Empty Bowls booth we throw bowls, people gather round because they’re so fascinated, and then we can tell them about the Empty Bowls event in November and ask them to come.
We need volunteers to help out — talking to folks about what Empty Bowls does and the event. We are hoping some folks could come from Walker — which means you can talk up your community meal and how we support you, really, how the whole neighborhood supports you. I think people would love to hear from the organizations that are benefitting and what that means.
The shifts are pretty short, and it’s best when we have more folks rather than fewer to talk to people and help out. Here’s the link for signing up for a shift: SignUpGenius
Soul4Soles foot reflexology by Steve Cobian offered by donation or free in July. Half the donation (if any) goes to Walker Church. Call Steve
Events held every week
Sunday Celebration Summer Schedule: Celebration is at 10 am and will be held in Powderhorn Park near the corner of 33rd Street & 14th Avenue on the following Sundays: July 19, August 2, 16 & 30. In case of rain it is held at the church.
Sunday Meditation Group 8:15-9:30 am. FFI Nancy Larsen,
Monday Morning Coffee Gatherings10 am at Lake Street Coffee, 3223 East Lake St.
Walker Singers rehearse during the school year. FFI Jim McCreary.
Community Meals Tuesdays 5:30 to 6:45 pm
Rosen Movement Class Wednesdays 9 am to 10 am. FFI Phyllis Weiner
