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Annual Meeting is THIS week!
Going Deeper: Trusting in Sacred Conversations
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We can't wait to see you this weekend (June 12-14) at the College of St. Benedict for the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Conference of the United Church of Christ! Registration begins at 11 a.m. on Friday and the weekend is packed with worship, exhibits, resolutions, food, fellowship, budgets, and learning. We look forward to seeing you there! Walk-in registrations will be available for those that have not registered.
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Join us next Tuesday!
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Come celebrate with us at....
Wade's Farewell Open House
June 16th from 11-2PM at the Minnesota Church Center
 Wade Zick's ministry among us has brought leadership and innovation in Faith Formation across the state. Many lives have been touched; whether through camp, Conference Youth Events, Fourth Thursday gatherings, Taize trips, or the multiple ways in which he served as a resource for churches by phone calls, emails and visits. Please come and celebrate Wade with a Farewell Open House at the Minnesota Church Center (directions) on Tuesday, June 16th from 11am-2pm. ALL are welcome to come give Wade a great send-off to the next step in his ministry. Food and drink provided!
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Annual Meeting Notices
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- Annual Meeting Weekend Worship Resources: Each year the Annual Meeting Planning Work Group creates resources, tied in with the theme of Annual Meeting, that local church can decided to use while their pastor and other congregation leaders are away at Annual Meeting. These resources include a worship outline and sermon for the weekend of Annual Meeting. We hope these will be helpful and meaningful to congregations.
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White Fragility
The theme of this year's Annual Meeting is "Going Deeper: Trusting in Sacred Conversations." The keynote presenter, Dr. Jennifer Harvey, will be inviting us into conversations about racism and what it means to be white.
The question is how does one have a sacred conversation when, as for many of us, our first response is to feel defensive or guilty about having whiteness named and racism addressed? Robins DiAngelo's article on "White Fragility" helps us understand some of those reactions that can keep us from going deeper with conversations that are truly sacred.
- Social Media
Let's share the important work we're doing here in the Minnesota Conference UCC and at Annual Meeting. Follow us on Twitter, tweet the event and post your thoughts on Facebook - On Twitter - @uccmn
- On Facebook - MN Conference UCC
- Consider packing:
* Your own mug - to save paper, plastic and dishwashing
* A yoga mat - if you're going to the yoga workshop
* An extra blanket - it can get cool in the dorms
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Pre-Annual Meeting Vitality Event
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Dreams of a Vital Church
Friday, June 12 | 9am to 11:45am
College of St Benedict, St Joseph, MN
The Vitality Team presents: "Dreams of a Vital Church." Join us immediately before the 2015 Annual Meeting for a morning of panels, discussion groups and presentations that will focus on:
- Weaving tradition and innovation in worship
- Listening to the dreams of young pastors and lay leaders
- Power is not a dirty word. Thriving by the Power of the Spirit
- Embracing what makes a community of faith quirky or distinctive congregation
Bring This Form & Register at the Door!
Registration is $25/team member. Bring a team of five and your fifth joins
for free! All participants will be served a light continental breakfast and
leave with a vitality goodie bag.
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Notices
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- Press coverage of Peace United Church of Christ in Rochester Fox 47 in Rochester did a feature story on a new preschool that will have lessons taught in both English and Spanish and when it opens at Peace UCC.
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Joys & Concerns
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- Soren Hallberg, son of Rev. Victor Hallberg, died June 3. Funeral services were held on June 8. Soren is survived by his parents, Victor and Susan, wife, daughter, and 3 brothers and their families. Our sympathies to the Hallberg family.
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Upcoming Events
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- Pilgrim Point Camps & Retreat Events
- Summer Youth Camp, Pilgrim Point Camp, Alexandria MN
- Wayzata Children & Youth Camps | June 6 - July 8
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- Save the Date: Women's Retreat | September 25-27, 2015
- National UCC Events
- Unexpected Places! General Synod 30, Cleveland, OH, June 26-30, 2015. Stay in touch with the Conference Delegation on social media. Stay tuned for more information
- National ONA Gathering,Cleveland, OH, June 24-25, 2015
- Widen the Welcome Conference hosted by UCC Mental Health Ministry + UCC Disabilities Ministry, Hartford, CT, Sept 24-26, 2015
- Regional Opportunities
- More than a Story: Summer Institute in Spirituality and the Arts will be a four-day retreat for clergy and church leaders to vitalize creative ministries and for artists to encounter the sacred in their work. June 23-26, 2015 at United Theological Seminary. CEUs are available. More information here.
- Messy Church helps brand churches as welcoming places for children and families who are unchurched or unable to attend regularly on a Sunday morning. This Inspiring Models of Ministry Event will be held at McFarland United Church of Christ in McFarland, WI on November 8, 2015.
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122 W Franklin Ave, Suite 323, Minneapolis, MN 55404
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