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Adult and Youth Education Opportunity:Trans Inclusion in Congregations, a six-session course
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 learn and create a fully-inclusive and affirming congregation. … Continue reading Adult and Youth Education Opportunity:Trans Inclusion in Congregations, a six-session course
September 4, 2019 Minister’s Message
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 us, and I look forward to seeing as many … Continue reading September 4, 2019 Minister’s Message
August 28, 2019 Minister’s Message
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; in Jewish tradition, THE new year—begins. But the time of extended rest marking … Continue reading August 28, 2019 Minister’s Message
Creating Ourselves: My Mother, Not Myself
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 can remember into my childhood, she … Continue reading Creating Ourselves: My Mother, Not Myself
August 21, 2019 Minister’s Message
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 fresh smell of water on grass and ground. Watching my weather app, feeling the … Continue reading August 21, 2019 Minister’s Message
August 14, 2019 Minister’s Message
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 employer. My household will expand by two more, … Continue reading August 14, 2019 Minister’s Message
Liberty Lights Vigil, July 12th St. Peter MN
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 their families suffering and traumatized. Several from our UUFM community were able to … Continue reading Liberty Lights Vigil, July 12th St. Peter MN
July 17, 2019 Minister’s Message
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 as our home. Moving a couple of cats, literally, halfway … Continue reading July 17, 2019 Minister’s Message
July 10, 2019 Minister’s Message
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 robust healing engagement with a hurting world. And as we … Continue reading July 10, 2019 Minister’s Message