Announcements August 31, 2016

Events & Meetings at Walker Church

  • Walker Church Events & Meetings are open to all and are at the church unless noted otherwise.
  • Events & Meetings of other groups are open to all unless noted as private.
  • Private events and meetings of other groups are listed to show what is happening at Walker each day.
  • The calendar on our website WalkerChurch.org lists events & meetings further into the future.
  • For more information on any of the events contact the Walker office office@walkerchurch.org

 Rosen Movement:  Wed, Aug 31, 9 to 10 am.  FFI below

Yoga Flow Class: Wed, Aug 31, 6 to 7 pm. FFI below

Ecstatic Movement:  Wed, Aug 31, 7:30 to 9:15 pm.  FFI below

Open Flow Forum:  Thurs, Sep 1, 7 to 9 pm.  A free informal group for artists with disabilities that meets the 1st Thursday of month.. FFI Tara Innmon.

Radical Mycology:  Sep 1, 6 to 8 pm.  A free program about mushrooms part of the Radical Mycology Book tour by Peter McCoy.  https://radicalmycology.com/2016-tour/  https://www.facebook.com/events/245436449159122/

Fungi (i.e. mushrooms, yeasts, lichens, molds) are everywhere around us, forming symbioses with all plants and animals, and performing critical roles that keep complex ecological webs intact. And yet, most people are completely unaware of the incredible and ubiquitous nature of the Fungal Kingdom. In this part presentation, part mushroom roadshow, author Peter McCoy will present many means for dispelling this paradox. From the ecological importance of mushrooms and other fungi, to their rich history with human cultures around the world, to the increasingly profound potential for mushroom cultivation to address a range of pressing global issues, this special event will take you deep into the fungal realm. The result just may change the way you look at fungi, and the world at large.

Private family celebration:  Sat, Sep 3, 1 pm to midnight.

Walker Sunday Meditation Group:  Sun, Sep 4, 9 am to 10 am.  FFI below

 

 

Sunday Celebration 10:30 am

September 4, 2016

Greetings by Jan DeNoble & Greg Garman

Communal Singing led by Conrad deFiebre & Dianne O’Donnell

Communal Reading:  Our mission is to nurture spirituality, build caring community & work courageously for peace with justice and mercy.

Smudge

Lao Tzu # 45 followed by 5 minutes of silence

A traveler’s work, however finished it seem,
Continues as long as they live;
A person, however perfect they seem,
Is needed as long as they live:
As long as truth appears falsity,
The seer a fool,
The prophet a dumb lout,
If you want to keep warm keep stirring about,
Keep still if you want to keep cool,
And in all the world one day no doubt
Your way shall be the rule.

Welcome, Announcements & Offering

Scripture Mark 6 read by Brent Bender

He left that place and came to his home town, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, ‘Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his hands! Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?’ And they took offence at him.

Then Jesus said to them, ‘Prophets are not without honour, except in their home town, and among their own kin, and in their own house.’ And he could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And he was amazed at their unbelief.

Sermon by Pastor Walter Lockhart

Special Performance by Conrad deFiebre & Dianne O’Donnell

The Circle with Joys & Concerns and the Sharing or Bread & Juice brought by Kay Seelhoff

Closing Song

Hospitality Time:  Thanks to the Hospitality Committee for set-up

 

The Story Worship Celebration:  Sunday, Sep 4, 4 pm.

Walker Morning Coffee:  Mon, Sep 5, 10 am to noon.  FFI below

Community Meal:  Tues, Sep 6, 6 to 7 pm.  Cook: Pastor Walter Lockhart

Walker Singers rehearsal:  Tues, Sep 6, 6:45 to 8 pm led by Jim McCreary

Rosen Movement:  Wed, Sep 7, 9 to 10 am.  FFI below

Involvement Committee meeting:  Wed, Sep 7, 4 pm.  FFI Walter

Yoga Flow Class: the group will not meet on Sept 7

Ecstatic Movement:  Wed, Sep 7, 7:30 to 9:15 pm.  FFI below

Neurodiversity Group:  Thurs, Sep 8, 7 to 8 pm.  The group meets the 2nd Thursday of every month and is a free emotional support group for adults on the autism spectrum as we learn our identity and how to live with autism and is also open to those who don’t have autism but want to learn more about it.

Private Ace in the City event:  Fri, Sep 9, 6:30 to 8:30 pm

Walker Men’s Potluck Brunch:  Saturday, Sep 10, 9:30 am to noon.  The brunch is held the 2nd Saturday of each month in the conference room.  FFI Jim  Feldman

Private Queer Birth Project:  Sat, Sep 10, 10 am to 11:30 am.  This LGBTQ new parent group meets the 2nd Saturday of each month.  FFI Walker office.

Private Transforming Families Group:  Sat, Sep 10, 12:30 to 3:30 pm.  This private support group for families with transgender children meets the 2nd Saturday of each month.  FFI Walker office.

Los Angelos de Ayudan event:  Sat, Sep 10.  Details to follow

Walker Sunday Meditation Group:  Sun, Sep 11, 9 am to 10 am.  FFI below

Walker Homecoming Sunday Celebration and Potluck:  Sun, Sep 11

Celebration Committee informal meeting: Sun, Sep 11, during the potuck.  David West, the new chair of our Celebration committee will be holding an informal meeting of ideas about celebrations during the potluck at a corner table in the dining hall.   David West

Autoharp Jam:  Sunday, Sep 11, 3 pm to 5 pm.  Jams are held the 2nd Sunday of each month from 3 pm to 5 pm.  FFI Tony Wentersdorf

Walker Morning Coffee:  Mon, Sep 12, 10 am to noon.  FFI below

Community Meal:  Tues, Sep 13, 6 to 7 pm.  Cook: TBA

Walker Singers rehearsal:  Tues, Sep 13, 6:45 to 8 pm led by Jim McCreary

Rosen Movement:  Wed, Sep 14, 9 to 10 am.  FFI below

Finance committee meeting:  Wed, Sep 14, 5 to 6 pm

Trustees meeting:  Wed, Sep 14, 6 pm to 8 pm

Yoga Flow Class: Wed, Sep 14, 6 to 7pm

Ecstatic Movement:  Wed, Sep 14, 7:30 to 9:15 pm.  FFI below

Twin Cities Anti-Repression meeting: Wed, Sep 14, 7:30 to 9:30 pm. A organizing meeting for supporters of arrestees from all the different Philando Castile protests.

Faith for 15 Concert;  Fri, Sep 16, 7 pm  A concert and dance to raise public awareness and financial support for the worker-led movement to raise the minimum wage to $15 anhour in Minneapolis this November. Some of the bands that will perform include:  The Wayniacs Rock & Roll led by Wayne Bailey, Storebought Hair New Orleans Jazz with Joe Hesla, David West, Pat Gefre, Dan Lew, Aaron Rosener, Alicia Kay, and Steve Sandberg and the Fireroast Mountain Boys https://www.facebook.com/events/276712769380784/

 

Private Family Baptism:  Sat, Sep 17, 1 pm to midnight

Walker Initiates:  Sunday, Sep 18, 8:15 am to 10:15 am.  The group meets the 3rd Sunday of each month in the conference room.  FFI Lou Tofte or Howard Kranz

Walker Sunday Meditation Group:  Sun, Sep 18, 9 am to 10 am.  FFI below

Walker Initiates:  Sunday, Sep 18, 8:15 am to 10:15 am.  The group meets the 3rd Sunday of each month in the conference room.  FFI Lou Tofte or Howard Kranz

Walker Sunday Celebration and Children’s Sunday School:  Sunday, Sep 18, 10:30 am to noon.

The Story Worship Celebration:  Sunday, Sep 18, 4 pm.  Worship celebrations are held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month.  For more information: thestory.mn.

Walker Morning Coffee:  Mon, Sep 19, 10 am to noon.  FFI below

Community Meal:  Tues, Sep 20, 6 to 7 pm.  Cook: TBA

Walker Singers rehearsal:  Tues, Sep 20, 6:45 to 8 pm led by Jim McCreary

Rosen Movement:  Wed, Sep 21, 9 to 10 am.  FFI below

Yoga Flow Class: Wed, Sep 21, 6 to 7pm

Ecstatic Movement:  Wed, Sep 21, 7:30 to 9:15 pm.  FFI below

Sarah Dagg Massage Therapist:  Thursday & Friday, Sep 22 & 23, 9 am to 5 pm by appointment in the meditation room.  Contact Sarah for appointments:  218-831-9570 sdagg@crosslake.net

Private Ace in the City event:  Fri, Sep 23, 6:30 to 8:30 pm

Twin Cities Zine Fest:  Sat, Sep 24, 11 am to 5 pm.  The 12th annual celebration of self-publishing in the Twin Cities.  Free & open to the public.

Walker Sunday Meditation Group:  Sun, Sep 25, 9 am to 10 am.  FFI below

Walker Sunday Celebration and Children’s Sunday School:  Sunday, Sep 25, 10:30 am to noon.

Kent Eklund’s Retirement Party:  Sun, Sep 25, 5 pm to 8 pm

Private Family Partnership Board Retreat:  Mon, Sep 26, 12:30 to 7:30 pm

Walker Morning Coffee:  Mon, Sep 26, 10 am to noon.  FFI below

Community Meal:  Tues, Sep 27 6 to 7 pm.  Cook: TBA

Walker Singers rehearsal:  Tues, Sep 27, 6:45 to 8 pm led by Jim McCreary

Rosen Movement:  Wed, Sep 28, 9 to 10 am.  FFI below

Yoga Flow Class: Wed, Sep 28, 6 to 7pm

Ecstatic Movement:  Wed, Sep 28, 7:30 to 9:15 pm.  FFI below

Private LGBT Therapists workshop:  Fri, Sep 30, 8 am to 6 pm

 

Announcements

 

We welcome two new groups that will begin meeting monthly at Walker in September:  Open Flow Forum, a free informal group for artists with disabilities; and Neurodiversity Group a free emotional support group for adults on the autism spectrum.  See above for more information on them.

 

 

Weekly Groups

Walker Sunday Meditation Group meets every Sunday 9 am to 10 am in the meditation room.  Everyone is welcome and you can come any week.  FFI Tony Wentersdorf

Walker Morning Coffee Gathering is held every Monday 10 am to noon at Lake Street Coffee.  3223 East Lake St.  Everyone is welcome and you can come any week.  FFI Pastor Walter Lockhart.

Walker Singers rehearse every Tuesday, 6:45 to 8 pm led by Jim McCreary

Rosen Movement meets every Wednesday 9 am to 10 am for simple and effective movement with music. It costs $5 to $10 and is open to everyone and you can come any week.  The first time you come it is free.  FFI Phyllis Wiener wienerphyllis@gmail.com

Yoga Flow Class is held every Wednesday from 6 to 7 pm taught by Yoga Alliance certified instructor, Julia Starr.  No charge, make a donation if you wish, your presence is truly enough. Beginners are welcome! Please arrive 10 minutes early, bring a yoga mat and any other props you would like to incorporate into practice. FFI https://www.facebook.com/starrhealthco/

Ecstatic Movement meets every Wednesday 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm.  Free style movement inspired by music and conscious breathe.  No previous dance experience is necessary. Class starts with a centering, followed by 80 minutes of incredible music, and ends in stillness with an option to stay for a closing circle. Cost: $10-15. Arrive at 7:15 to check in and warm up. FFI Facebook main page:  Ecstatic Movement