Adult and Youth Education Opportunity
Trans Inclusion in Congregations, a six-session course
This course was developed for UU congregations, but is relevant to all faith traditions. It is intended for everyone from those new to trans identity to those with years of life experience who want to … read more.
Dear Friends,
I feel such anticipation for the start of our new program year together, full of expectation about how our religious community can make a difference in our own lives and in the larger world. It is a very big weekend we have ahead of … read more.
Dear Friends,
Labor Day Weekend has always seemed like a misnomer for me. We celebrate labor and laborers by relaxing, by taking an extra day off, by spending one last long weekend of summer before another year—another school year; another church year; … read more.
Creating Ourselves: My Mother, Not Myself
By Barbara Keating
Homily for Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mankato
August 25, 2019
My mother’s official diagnoses for which she was hospitalized multiple times starting in her forties, included alcoholism, paranoia, and manic-depressive bipolar disorder. Unofficially, but going back as far as I … read more.
Aug 21
Dear Friends,
I sit Tuesday morning listening to this magnificent thunderstorm, the rain falling like gray sheets straight from the sky. Mercifully, I can leave open the windows of the sun porch and enjoy the still, cooling air, the … read more.
Aug 14
Dear Friends,
I am delighted to be back in Mankato, and in North Mankato where I am now living. My spouse and the bulk of our possessions journey from Buffalo, NY next week. Jeff will be working remotely as a contracted executive for his current … read more.
Update: Lights for Liberty Vigil –
Reverend Rita Capezzi
You may have seen in The Free Press that over 100 members of local communities rallied in solidarity with those detained at the border, especially with the children—those who lost their lives and … read more.
July 17
Minister’s Message
My life has been changing in many wonderful ways. Buying a house my husband and I hope to make a home. Letting go of a home that has provided complex memories and much joy for over 19 years. Embracing southwestern Minnesota … read more.
Dear Friends,
Last Sunday I preached on the diversity of the prairie and the requirement to love ourselves so that we can better love the earth and all our neighbors. Unless we know love within, it is almost impossible to sustain lasting love of and … read more.
Minister’s Message
Dear Friends,
Life has been very busy and very fulfilling for me in this first year of ministry with the Fellowship. And even more so in the last several weeks. In mid-July, my husband and I anticipate closing on a house in North … read more.
