Walker Community United Methodist Church
Our mission is to nurture spirituality, build caring community & work courageously for peace with justice and mercy.
Hello Walkerites, Friends & Visitors
Here are the announcements. Celebration is in the Park this Sunday, weather permitting. No one has signed up for poetry, special performance, or bread and juice so please consider if you can do any of these.
If you are bringing treats containing chocolate, whether homemade or bought, please be aware of our Peace with Justice commitment to boycott 95% of the chocolate sold (all major brand names, most bakery items) because it is literally produced by child slaves. Please use Fair Trade certified chocolate and cocoa in your baking and label it as you would gluten free or other factors.
Walker Events & Other Public Events at Walker
All meetings and events listed are at Walker Church unless noted otherwise See our website calendar www.walkerchurch.org for happenings further into the future. For more information office@walkerchurch.org
Sunday Celebration in Powderhorn Park
July 8, 2018
Greetings: Janet Court and Margo McCreary
Communal Singing led by Dianne O’Donnell and Conrad deFiebre
Communal Reading
Our mission is to nurture spirituality, build caring community & work courageously for peace with justice and mercy.
Opening by Al Hildenbrand
Lao Tzu followed by 5 minutes of silence
#57 Mitchell
If you want to be a great leader,
you must learn to follow the Tao.
Stop trying to control.
Let go of fixed plans and concepts,
and the world will govern itself. The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be.
The more weapons you have,
the less secure people will be.
The more subsidies you have,
the less self-reliant people will be. Therefore the Master says:
I let go of the law,
and people become honest.
I let go of economics,
and people become prosperous.
I let go of religion,
and people become serene.
I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.
Poetry if any
Welcome, Announcements & Offering
Reading Mark 6:1–13 by Jan Werness
1 He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
2 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!
3 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 offense at him.
4 Then Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house.”
5 And he could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them.
6 And he was amazed at their unbelief. Then he went about among the villages teaching.
7 He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
8 He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts;
9 but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics.
10 He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place.
11 If any place will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.”
12 So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent.
13 They cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.
Sermon by Pastor Walter Lockhart
Circle with Joys & Concerns & sharing of bread & juice brought by ?
Hospitality Time Thanks for set-up by the Hospitality Committee, Treats by Kay Seelhoff
Fair Trade Store by Walker Church Peace with Justice: Sun, July 8, noon to 2 pm at the church.
The Peace with Justice Committee is now selling fair trade coffee, tea, and chocolate as a fundraiser for the general support of Walker Church. We hope that this convenience will make it easier for Walker folk to follow our principles! The price of fair trade chocolate is about double the cost of chocolate harvested using enslaved minors, which seems to us to be a reasonable price to pay. We are partnering with the Equal Exchange Coop. Thank you to all those who purchased last Sunday. We will not be selling in the park next Sunday, but you can arrange to purchase from our inventory after church on Sunday by talking to Julie Atkinson. The list of stock and prices is attached to this email. We can also do special orders of anything in the Equal Exchange catalog if you want a case lot. FFI Lulu 612-281-3778
Community Meal & Food Giveaway: Tue, July 10, Doors open & food giveaway at 5 pm. Meal served 5:30 to 6:45. Free, everyone welcome. Volunteers are needed, please sign up!
Building and Grounds Committee meeting: Wed, July 11, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, in the conference room.
Free Community Meal by Focus: Sun, July 15. Meal served from 5:15 to 6:45 pm.
Community Meal & Food Giveaway: Tue, July 17, Doors open & food giveaway at 5 pm. Meal served 5:30 to 6:45. Free, everyone welcome. Volunteers are needed, please sign up!
Events Elsewhere
Haitian UMC Fundraiser: NOTE DATE IS CHANGED! Sun, July 22, 6:00 pm, Hamline UMC, 1514 Englewood Ave., Saint Paul. Our United Methodist Haitian fellowship, Rapha Tabernacle of Glory, meets weekly in St. Paul for worship, Bible Study and mutual support. They are led by Pastors Mickson Devronvil and Claudy Corvil, both Haitian born and U. S. educated. Services are in French, Creole and English. This fundraiser will give you a chance to get to know them. Dinner + concert, excellent band, great food! The event is free, but donations are desired.
Wesley Foundation 7th Annual Celebration Dinner: Wed, July 25, 6:00 pm. Methodist campus ministry is growing at the University of Minnesota and to recognize this success, the Wesley Foundation is throwing a Celebration Dinner on Wednesday, July 25. Are you interested in learning more about the Wesley Foundation that supports this important ministry? The Celebration Dinner is the perfect opportunity to meet the campus minister and students and hear Bishop Ough speak about “Campus Ministry in the Age of the Nones.” Visit the website: www.gopherwesley.com for online reservations or contact Jill Apple, Development Director, japple.wesleyumn@gmail.com
Walker Community Announcements
Roommate needed: From Janet Skidmore. I will have a bedroom in my home in south Minneapolis with a shared bath available July 1 for $450/month, women only. Background check, security deposit, and renter’s insurance required. Please pass the word if you know someone. Janet Skidmore, 612-965-3335, janetskidmore56@gmail.com.
Ongoing Walker & Walkerite Groups
Sunday Celebration & Children’s Sunday school: Sundays 10:30 am
Chalice Circle: Sundays 9 to 10 am in the Meditation Room. We listen to music, meditate, read a passage on spiritual growth, and discuss our thoughts and feelings using the circle method. All are welcome! Come once or many times!
Coffee Gathering: Mondays 10 to noon at a local coffee shop. FFI Pastor Walter Lockhart.
Community Meal & Food Giveaway: Tuesdays, Doors open & food giveaway at 5 pm. Meal served 5:30 to 6:45. Free, everyone welcome.
Walker Singers: Tuesdays 7 to 8 pm led by Jim McCreary
Initiates: 3rd Sunday of each month 8:30 to 10:15 am in the conference room. FFI Lou Tofte or Howard Kranz
Men’s Potluck Brunch: one Saturday of each month at someone’s home.
Women’s Potluck Brunch: 4th Saturday of each month at someone’s home. FFI Nancy Larsen
Open Flow Forum: 1st Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm. A group of artists with disabilities FFI Tara Innmon or Kip Shane
Health & Wellness Services at Walker by Walkerites
Alice Browne’s Music Therapy & Sound Healing: By appointment. 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 that are open to all
East Lake LOL AA: A mixed, open AA group that meets every Wednesday 6:30 to 7:30 pm
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
Aware Dance: Wednesdays 7:15 to 9:15 pm Free style movement with music. Cost $10-15 FFI Facebook Aware Dance & Movement
Hoop Twin Cities: Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30 pm Free hoola hooping for all ages FFI hoopjeans@gmail.com
Queer Birth Project: 2nd Saturday of each month 10 to noon. LGBTQ new parent support group www.queerbirthproject.com
Bluegrass Jam: Last Monday of each month 7 to 10 pm. Free, come to jam or listen. FFI Roy Vanderwerf revanster@gmail.com
Dance for Women: 2nd Saturday of each month 7 to 10 pm in the sanctuary.
Neurodiversity Group: 2nd Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm led by Paul Johnson. Free emotional support for adults on the autism spectrum and their family & friends. Pljohnson46@yahoo.com
Northern Mississippi Prisoner Support Group: 3rd Thursday of each month 6 to 8 pm. Write letters to build and sustain relationships with prisoners in Minnesota and beyond. Open to all. FFI Bailey Riley rileyb16@gmail.com
Norwegian Folk Dance: 1st & 3rd Monday of each month 7 to 9 pm in the Sanctuary. Rehearsals, open to all, free.
Stop Line 3 Climate Justice Group: Tuesdays 7 to 9 pm in the conference room. FFI Al Sherwood stopline3mpls@gmail.com
Transition Longfellow: 1st Fridays 6 to 9 pm in the dining hall or sanctuary. FFI Leslie MacKenzie, lesliemackenzie@gmail.com.
