Announcements February 15, 2017
Upcoming Events and Meetings
- All meetings and events listed are at Walker Church unless noted otherwise
- See our website Calendar walkerchurch.org for happenings further into the future.
- For more information please contact the Walker office office@walkerchurch.org
Cabin Fever Song Circle: Fri, Feb 17, 7 to 9 pm in front of the Walker fireplace. We’ll go around the circle. You can play or sing a song, request a song, (and we’ll play it if anybody knows it), or pass and just listen. We should be able to go around the circle several times. Bring your instruments and any snacks or beverages you might want. FFI Janet Skidmore
Pancake Fundraiser for Standing Rock: Sat, Feb 18, 8 am to noon. Event ends promptly at noon!
Blueberry pancakes, wild rice pancakes, vegan options available. Fruit salad and pork sausages on the side.
Come eat pancakes and talk about what’s next for the DAPL fight and ongoing resistance to colonialism and environmental destruction. Speakers from Honor the Earth and Native Lives Matter (but don’t worry, we won’t yap at you the whole time you’re eating! We want folks to mingle and talk about what comes next.)
$10-20 suggested donation to benefit the Water Protector Anti-Repression Crew, one of the groups on the ground at Standing Rock supporting the movement’s legal defense. The WP Anti-Repression Crew supports grand jury resistance and holds regular workshops to educate water protectors about security culture and legal rights when encountering federal agents or law enforcement. FFI Carrie Feldman
Sunday Celebration
February 19, 2017
Greetings by Don Browne & Mary Burns
Communal Singing led by David West
Communal Reading: Our mission is to nurture spirituality, build caring community & work courageously for peace with justice and mercy.
Opening: A Service of Welcome (Walker Songbook page iv) by Brent Bender
Lao Tzu # 21 followed by 5 minutes of silence
The surest test if a person is sane is if they accept life whole, as it is, without needing, by measure or touch, to understand the measureless untouchable source of its images, the measureless untouchable source of its substances.
The source which, while it appears dark emptiness, brims with a quick force farthest away and yet nearest at hand from oldest time unto this day, charging its images with origin:
What more need I know of the origin than this?
Poetry by Jesse Watkins
Welcome, Announcements & Offering
Scripture Reading: Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 by Nancy Larsen
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
You shall not strip your vineyard bare, or gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the alien: I am the LORD your God.
You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; and you shall not lie to one another.
And you shall not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God: I am the LORD.
You shall not defraud your neighbor; you shall not steal; and you shall not keep for yourself the wages of a laborer until morning.
You shall not revile the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind; you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.
You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.
You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit by the blood of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself.
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Sermon by Pastor Walter Lockhart
Special Performance by Cheryl Kramer
Circle with Joys & Concerns
& sharing of bread & juice brought by Kay Seelhoff
Hospitality treats
Council Meeting: Sun, Feb 26, 12:15 pm. FFI Lulu Philips
Mardi Gras: Tues, Feb 28. Tuesday, February 28th is Mardi Gras and the night of our regular community meal. For the 3rd year in a row we’re offering Fat Tuesday pancakes and New Orleans Style Jazz by Store Bought Hair– a traditional 6 piece band featuring our own Joe Hesla on clarinet and David West on tenor banjo. Meal service is at 6 (often earlier for the lucky and hungry) upstairs and the music starts at 6:30 downstairs with a parade. Bring your beads, parasols and masks. Dancing, singing and all manner of indulgences are encouraged. FFI David West
Coming in March
Science Fiction Book Sale: Saturday, March 18, 10 am to 4 pm at Walker Community Church, 3104 16th Avenue South, Mpls 55407. Sale includes paperbacks, magazines & hard cover from the 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s and newer. Almost 2000 books! If you have books to donate to the sale or questions contact Ed Ed Mueller 612-205-6352.
Walker Work Day: Sat, March 25, 9 am to noon. We will clean the kitchen and do other projects to prepare and clean the interior of the church. FFI Ed Ed Mueller, Wayne Bailey, Al Hildenbrand
Rapid Response Team
The Peace with Justice Committee has formed a Rapid Response Team monitoring Congressional activity. If you are interested in being part of a coordinated group effort committed to calling and emailing their Federal and State Senators and Representatives on key legislation, hearings, and other congressional business contact Allyson Hayward or Deb Ramage
Ongoing Walker & Walkerite Groups
Circle Gathering: Sundays 9 to 10 am. The circle is currently discussing meditations by Shakti Gawain. FFI Mary Parker & Tony Wentersdorf
Coffee Gathering: Mondays 10 to noon at Lake Street Coffee, 3223 E Lake St. FFI Pastor Walter Lockhart
Community Meal: Tuesdays 6 to 7 pm. Free, everyone welcome!
Walker Singers Rehearsals: Tuesdays 7 to 8 pm led by Jim McCreary
Initiates: One Sunday each month 8:15 to 10:15 am. FFI Lou Tofte or Howard Kranz
Men’s Potluck Brunch: 2nd Saturday of each month. FFI Jim Feldman
Women’s Potluck Brunch: 4th Saturday of each month at someone’s home. FFI Lulu Philips
Open Flow Forum: 1st Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm. A group of artists with disabilities
FFI Tara Innmon or Kip Shane
Feminist Sci-Fi Book Club: Saturdays 1:30 to 3:30 pm. FFI Janet Court.
Health & Wellness Services by Walkerites
Alice Browne Music Lessons, Therapy & Sound Healing: Thursdays & Fridays by appointment. Lessons in beginning piano, guitar, fiddle, all levels of voice Sound healing–massage of sound vibrations. Contact Alice 612-860-6644 abmermaid@gmail.com
Sarah Dagg Massage Therapist: Two days each month between 9 am to 5 pm by appointment. Contact Sarah 218-831-9570 sdagg@crosslake.net
Other on-going groups meeting at Walker
Rosen Movement: Wednesdays 9 am to 10 am for simple movement with music. Open to all, come any week, cost: $5 to $10. FFI Phyllis Wiener wienerphyllis@gmail.com
Yoga Flow Class: Wednesdays 6 to 7 pm taught by Julia Starr. Free, beginners welcome, bring a yoga mat. FFI https://www.facebook.com/starrhealthco/
Ecstatic Movement: Wednesdays 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm. Free style movement with music. Cost: $10-15. FFI Facebook Ecstatic Movement
Hoop Twin Cities: Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Free hoola hooping for all ages FFI hoopjeans@gmail.com
The Story Worship Celebration: 1st, 3rd (and sometimes 5th) Sunday of each month at 4 pm. FFI thestory.mn.
Private Queer Birth Project: 2nd Saturday of each month 10 to 11:30 am. LGBTQ new parent group FFI Walker office
Private Transforming Families Group: 2nd Saturday of each 1 to 3 pm. Support for families with transgender children FFI Walker office.
Autoharp Jams: 2nd Sunday of each month 3 to 5 pm. FFI Tony Wentersdorf
Bluegrass Jam: Last Monday of each month 7 to 10 pm. Free, come to jam or listen. FFI Roy Vanderwerf revanster@gmail.com
Political Prisoner Letter Writing: 1st Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm. A small group meets to write letters to political prisoners.
Neurodiversity Group: 2nd Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm led by Paul Johnson. Free emotional support for adults on the autism spectrum. Pljohnson46@yahoo.com
