This week’s message shares a gift of music from our UUCM choir, “You Are the New Day”. In this season of hope and renewal, may it awaken us to beauty within and around us.
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UUCM Mid-Week Message 4/13/22
This week’s message reflects on what it means to awaken to history. Rev. Lisa shares how our awakenings can help us to create bridges between yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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UUCM Mid-Week Message 4/6/22
This week’s message introduces April’s theme of awakening by reflecting on what it means to greet the day with intention. Rev. Lisa shares what practices have helped her through the years, as a self-confessed night owl.
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Social Generosity Offering: April 2022
The Line 3 Legal Defense Fund provides support to people facing arrest, jail time, and state repression because of their opposition to Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline project. The fund is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization that is based out of the Twin Cities. They were founded in 2019 and will continue to operate for as long as is needed. Flexible and adaptable to the needs of defendants, they rely on community donations to help as many defendants as possible.
How to Donate: You can donate online using a credit card at bit.ly/giveuucm. You may also mail a contribution to UUCM at 2030 Wayzata Blvd E, Wayzata MN 55391. Simply make your check out to “UUCM” with “Social Generosity” in the memo line.
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From the Board: April 2022
Each month, a member of the board will share a reflection on the Soul Matters monthly theme and the state of the church. The theme for April is Awakening. This month’s post is offered by Jeff Adrian.
The movie “Dad” from 1989 stars Jack Lemmon as a retired man who has lived a very monotonous life as a factory worker raising a family. There’s a much more complicated back story, but his son (played by Ted Danson) has to come home to take care of him when Mom (Olympia Dukakis) has to be in the hospital. Through some life changes and a diagnosis of cancer, Dad decides to start living life. The specific line I remember him saying to his wife, “You know what I realized? We don’t speak Japanese!” And then he proceeding to have them learn Japanese. It’s a very good movie.
This bit from the movie is my “awakening” moment to stick my head up from the busyness and routines of daily life, to take a look around and enjoy things. Otherwise life will just pass me by. Continue reading →
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