We wanted to update everyone on the focus your Edjucation and Justice (EdJ) committee has chosen for this church year. Along with all of you, the Board and our minister, Rev. Rita, we will be elevating and evaluating the social justice initiatives of our congregational life, both historically and currently. What do we mean by … Continue reading EdJ UPDATE: A YEAR OF CELEBRATING AND TAKING STOCK
Since 2006 UUFM has been an open and Welcoming Congregation. Using publicity funds from their Education and Justice budget, the EdJ committee has signed up UUFM to be part of an online marketing campaign organized by MyOutSpirit and GLAAD to celebrate LGBTQ-affirming spiritual communities from Oct. 18-21. This turns GLADD’s Spirit Day (Oct. 18) into a week-long celebration of … Continue reading Spirit Day 2018
Stewardship Notes: Table Conversations On Sunday,October 7, 2018 we had 8 table conversations around the questions “What do we do together?” and “What do we do well together?” One table was heavily populated by children, who had plenty to say for themselves. And the results are in. I have lumped the responses in categories of … Continue reading Table Conversations – “What do we do together?” and “What do we do well together?”
Notes on the Start-Up Workshop Last Friday and Saturday, Rev. Phil Lund (Congregational Life Consultant for the MidAmerica Region of the UUA) came down to Mankato to help us get off on the right foot with our new minister. Friday evening was a congregational potluck, with a discussion of our hopes and visions for … Continue reading Start-up Workshop
Congratulations, One and All, from MUUSJA! Our Fellowship has been selected as the recipient of the Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance’s 2018 Beacon of Justice Award! The award honors a congregation that has made significant efforts to embody our Unitarian Universalist values through justice-making within its own walls and in deep partnership with movements for … Continue reading We Received the 2018 Beacon of Justice Award!
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)
