December 12 So, did you take a moment last week? Did you pause to consider how an ordinary moment can suddenly unfold and offer a chance to consider deeper meaning? Or is everything just too busy—with shopping and wrapping, with re-calculating the costs and fretting the outcomes? Are you living amid grief, rather than joy, … Continue reading December 12, 2018 Minister’s Message
The Board took several votes online this month (when issues arise between meetings that require prompt attention, the Board has a procedure for addressing it). The first was a fairly straightforward request from Personnel to permit childcare applicants to start working- and only when with another person- pending completion of their background checks. This request … Continue reading Weekly Report of Board Actions
Friends, it’s another one of those weeks when I venture back to Buffalo. Gift shopping, Christmas tree chopping and decorating, symphony tickets, and friend-filled meals are what await me, and I am ever-grateful for this time away. One of you jokingly referred to me as your “flying minister,” which I guess I am. Oh that … Continue reading December 5, 2018 Minister’s Message
We have decided to cancel today’s Sunday Service due to the inclement weather. Stay safe and warm and we’ll see you next week. Food Not Bombs will not be canceled this evening.
It’s that time of year again when we may have to cancel a service due to poor weather. See below for our policy on cancellations. Inclement Weather Policy In case of Sunday morning inclement weather, the decision to cancel our church service will be made no later than 7:30 a.m. At that time, an e-mail … Continue reading Inclement Weather Policy
This advent calendar contains daily chalice lighting verses that are meant to be repeated weekly, culminating in the unique Christmas chalice lighting. Please download and begin using this weekend. Carrie RiceDirector, Children’s Faith Development507-779-9565cfddirector@uumankato.org
As I write, it is snowing in Mankato! Just a little, just enough. It’s gray, and the tree in front of my window is holding onto some brown leaves, rattling in the breeze. Winter is not my favorite season, but winter affords a time of pause that I do love. Nothing much needs to grow … Continue reading November 28, 2018 Minister’s Message
Sleep researcher Dr. Rosalind Cartwright writes that, “Memory is never a precise duplicate of the original… it is a continuing act of creation.” This idea resonances for me when I remember that some of the most valuable lessons I have learned in my life came in moments of crisis and trauma. I would not want … Continue reading November 21, 2018 Minister’s Message
It is good to be back in Mankato after my weekend in Buffalo, good to be home. It is good to be once again held within a religious community whose heart is open to the tragedy of another mass shooting and the horror of fires burning homes and destroying lives as people flee the devastation. … Continue reading November 14, 2018 Minister’s Message
Go to Spiritual Practice I travel back to Buffalo, NY this week, for a visit with friends and family. It’s a time of rest and respite for me, though the Fellowship will not be far from my mind. The weather in Southwestern Minnesota is not very different from that in Western New York, so I … Continue reading November 7, 2018 Minister’s Message
