Tuesday Night Book Club Returns September 10! The next book is The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. Click here to join on Zoom or contact the office for more details on joining us. Other upcoming books include:
• October 8: Solito by Javier Zamora
• November 12: Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan C. Sclaght
• December 10: Nominations for 2025 books
Are you still looking to play a role in this year’s election? Do you believe that all people have a voice? Would you like to encourage them to use that voice? Yes? Great! Mike Elliott now has more packets of postcards available and will be distributing at church for the next few Sundays. As of this Friday, August 21, 4,600 postcards have been distributed so far in our congregation!
Keep it up Ridwell Recyclers!! Come help us prep Monday, August 26 at 2 p.m. The next featured item is plastic caps. Please drop off all items by noon on 8/26. Always bring CLEAN and dry threads (clothes & shoes), CLEAN white rigid styrofoam, CLEAN plastic film & multilayer plastic and any lightbulbs. Remember: Ridwell now accepts empty pill bottles, save them at home for future pick ups! Please call Kathy (612-590-9606) or Sue (612-703-2297) with any questions. We love questions!!
Do you want to see who is on your ballot this year? Aren’t sure what district you live in. The Minnesota Secretary of State website is a great resource. Click on “View my Ballot” and enter your address. Many candidates have links to their websites. District 45 will be the only State Senate race this year. The winner will determine which party controls the Senate. For those who live in District 45 your vote will be important.
Support exploited workers by attending the Minnetonka City Council meeting this Monday, August 26th at 6:30pm at 14600 Minnetonka Blvd. Allies from CTUL asked UUCM to help pack the room at the city council meeting in support of their efforts to get United Properties, the biggest developer in Minnesota, to meet with workers and seriously address worker rights violations like wage theft, labor trafficking, and safety hazards. This kind of exploitation is all too common in non-union construction where the people ultimately responsible for working conditions hide behind multiple layers of subcontractors. CTUL is short for Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha. In English that’s The Center for Workers United in Struggle. CTUL is a worker center based in Minneapolis best known for organizing with Spanish speaking construction workers.
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