Images of the Sacred: Cultural Symbols, Evolution and Diffusion Barbara Keating Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mankato Sunday, June 3, 2018 Sacred.Images.talk.June’18 The slides referenced in the previous document are from the this power point.
On Sunday, April 29, the congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mankato called Dr. Rita Capezzi to be our first settled minister! With ¾ of the congregation present, the vote was unanimous. Rita will be ordained in June from her home congregations of Buffalo and Canandaigua, NY, and will begin in Mankato in August.”
UUA General Assembly this year is June 20-24 in Kansas City, MO; early registration closes April 30. Attendees worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. Anyone may attend; our congregation can send 3 delegates to vote at the Annual Business Meeting. If you are planning to attend, or … Continue reading UUA General Assembly 6/20-24
Because of the blizzard conditions today and the forecast for more of the same through out the night, we have made the decision to cancel the Sunday service and other activities tomorrow morning, April 15, 2018. Best wishes to stay dry, safe, and warm. Wishing you a happy and restful Sunday. Happy Spring!
From the Board: Congregational Vote to Call a Minister On Sunday, April 29, immediately following the regular Sunday service, we will hold a brief Congregational Meeting to vote on calling Rita Capezzi to be our minister. She will arrive here on Saturday, April 21, and in the intervening week there will be many opportunities to … Continue reading Congregational Vote to Call a Minister
Rita Capezzi’s Schedule (4/21-29) Rita Capezzi, candidate for our settled minister, will be here for a week so we can get to know each other better. We have scheduled a number of open meeting times (listed below), so as many of us as possible get to have some time with her. Her husband, Jeffrey Lowry, … Continue reading Rita Capezzi’s Schedule (4/21-29)
THE CARE AND FEEDING OF A NEW MINISTER – Tony Filipovitch Reading: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince. Selections from Ch. XXI Intro Reminded of the story told about Ben Franklin, leaving Independence Hall in Philadelphia just after the Convention adopted the new Constitution. A bystander asked, “What did you give us?” “A democracy,” Franklin … Continue reading The Care and Feeding of a New Minister
It is with great pleasure that the Ministerial Search Committee introduces our Ministerial Candidate!! Dr. Rita Capezzi is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo, NY and is serving in her second year as the Interim Intern Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Canandaigua, NY. She has entered into Preliminary Fellowship with … Continue reading We Have a Ministerial Candidate!!
