This week’s message reflects on the difference between a contract and a living promise, as we begin the March theme of commitment. Rev. Lisa invites us to think about how we hold and embrace commitments that grow with us through the years.
Click on the picture above to view Rev. Lisa’s weekly video message.
Our church has always sought to provide safe and nurturing programming for young people. Recently, we have revised and expanded our policies, to be even more proactive and strategic in ensuring a safe place for kids, as well as those who work with them. One bedrock of our policy is the Two Adult Rule: in all programs involving minors, there will be at least two non-related adult leaders, each of whom have been involved at UUCM for at least six months, at least one of whom has completed our Safe Church Training program. Check out these links to learn more about our Safe Church Policies and Training:
Link for the 47 minute Safe Church Training Session
Link to the Safe Church Training Packet
This week’s message explores Beloved Community as a collective spiritual practice that embraces our beautiful, yet imperfect humanity. Rev. Lisa shares the practice of “Ouch!” and “Oops!” as a way to call us into deeper relationship with one another.
You are also invited to view an introduction and link to this month’s UUConnectMonthly newsletter, below Rev. Lisa’s message.
Click on the picture above to view Rev. Lisa’s weekly video message.
We invite you to enjoy this month’s edition of UUConnect Monthly on Beloved Community. In this time, as we safely “social distance,” this newsletter aims to provide the threads of connection we are craving. It will include short interviews with members and friends of UUCM, along with a “gallery” of personal reflections and creative expressions based on our monthly Soul Matters theme. We invite you to contribute to future editions! More details are on the last page of the newsletter.
Grateful to connect with you,
Stephanie Siewert and Lori Arnold
uuconnectmonthly@uucmtka.org
“We don’t have to do it alone. We were never meant to.”
Brené Brown from her book Rising Strong
Minnesotans pride themselves on being hardy, strong, able to manage life without the need for much help, but in this pandemic year has shown us the importance of our connection to one another. As your Care Team, we are here to remind each of you, we are here to support – with a listening ear, a home-cooked meal, or a ride, and more. Please, reach out to us if there is some way we can help. We may find concrete solutions to a problem or we may simply be a touch stone with a “virtual” hug! Contact Marci Mueller Theisen, Chair of the Care Team, or Rev. Lisa if you would like to connect with UUCM’s caring ministry.
If you were unable to join Melissa Martinson last Sunday, here’s a link to the information and recipes she shared on what impact the food we eat has on climate, and how we can eat our way to a cleaner environment.
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