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Schedule
At a Glance
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All Events
are sponsored by
and/or take place at Spirit United
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THIS SUNDAY
December 23
10:30am
Celebrating Love's ArrivalwithEllen Swanson Details at Right ~ NEXT SUNDAY December 30 10:30am A SCHOOL SUNDAY... The Time is Now. Living our Future with
Ron Moor
Details Next Week
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ADDITIONAL
SPECIAL SERVICES
THIS WEEK
December 21
Winter Solstice Service
with
James Schattauer
7 - 8:00pm
Details at Right
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December 24
Christmas Eve Service
with
Kathleen O'Donovan
Brenda Adams
4:30 - 5:30pm
Details at Right
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COMING EVENTS
MEN'S GROUP
December 20
7-9:00pm
Details at Right
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NEWSLETTER FEATURES
MEMBERS' CORNER
Whirling Moment
by
Ellen Swanson
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THE BULLETIN BOARD
Three Announcements
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If the weather outside is frightful, and you want to know if the service is cancelled, please :
* Call our office at:
612-378-3602 &
listen to the out-
going message:
* A confirmation
email will be sent.
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Spirit United Church
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3204 Como Av SE
Minneapolis, MN
55414
Contact Us
Prayer Requests
or
November
Office Hours:
Wednesday
10:00am-1:00pm
We check our voicemail at least every other day and return calls
in a timely manner.
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Rev. Moor's
December
Office Hours
(Dec 17 - 21)
Tues and Thurs: 10am-4pm
Wed and Fri:
1pm - 4pm
CHRISTMAS WEEK
(Dec 24 - 28)
Thurs & Fri only
10am- 4pm
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For an appointment,
call Rev. Moor at
952.929.1559
or email
Rev. Ron Moor
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See Spirit United's
full Calendar
of events
by clicking here. here!
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Spirit Vine Biographies.
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To Submit Items for the Members' Corner:
All items must be properly attributed to the actual author or creator of the entry. Your original items are encouraged and may contain an electronic picture, if available. All items MUST be short - no more than 300 words. You may submit items to be considered for publication in the Members' Corner by Clicking Here. Please Put "Members' Corner" in the subject Line.
Submitted Items are not guaranteed publication.
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December 19, 2012
Greetings!
It's almost here. Winter Solstice 2012. The big event. I know I am feeling more than a little challenged this year. How about you? I have had enough change for awhile, yet I know more is coming. That simply is what "is" these days.
I am so very grateful for our community of United Spirits. It is a place, a very good place, to go when I need to share, when I need to morn, when I need to find some loving kindness and when I need to hear other perspectives that help me make a reality check. It feeds me, and I hope it does the same for you.
Our schedule is extra full through for the rest of this year. We will be gathering for THE SOLSTICE this Friday, 7:00 PM, when we will drum and chant and pray and wonder together...wonder what Spirit has in store for this little blue green planet of ours. Whatever that might be, we have a community with whom to share and process it.
On Sunday the 23rd our own Ellen Swanson, supported by James Schattauer, will grace us with movement and meaning as we explore the power and presence of Love on our last Sunday of Expectancy. You will be touched. We gather again on Christmas Eve at 4:30, when Brenda Adams, Kathleen O'Donovan, and Bettie and Dale Seitzer lead our candlelight service through carols and story.
There is more, so much more. Our last School Sunday of the year will happen on the 30th and we have arranged a special Saturday presentation on the first weekend of the New Year. So keep watching the calendar and this newsletter. Together we not only survive, we thrive.
Holiday Blessings,
Ron
Spirit United 2012 Theme:
Reclaiming Our Past, Living Our Future.
Love Wisdom and Our Spiritual Journey
Through 2012 and Beyond.
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 THIS SUNDAY'S SERVICE
December 23, 2012, 10:30 am
CELEBRATING LOVE'S ARRIVAL WITH WORD, SONG AND DANCE
With Ellen Swanson, Supported Musically by James Schattauer
Ellen will offer content from St. Mary Magdalene's Gnostic Gospel as well as from Meister Eckhart, Sullins Stuart, Hafiz, Khalil Gibran and Alice Bailey on the Advent topic of Love. She will also perform beautiful interpretative dance and invite the community to dialogue on the meaning and the movement. A moving message on Love. |
 LAST SUNDAY'S SERVICE
THE TIME IS NOW...JOY
Carol McCormick, supported by James Schattauer, shared stories and spiritual practices of faith, hope, gratitude, service and forgiveness. To hear her uplifting message....CLICK HERE.
A poem was read as a group to honor the fallen in the Connecticut shootings, and many of those present remained after church to process their feelings together in Community.
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Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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Spirit United Men's Group
Led by Community Member James Schattauer
Thursday, December 20, 7:00pm-9:00pm
The Spirit United Men's group is a soulful, safe and confidential circle for men to be heard and speak from their hearts about what is going on in their lives. The group is open to all friends and members of Spirit United.
Freewill donation is requested.
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12-21-12
THE WINTER SOLSTICE SERVICE
December 21, from 7 - 8:00 pm
Join us for the long anticipated 2012 Winter solstice. Bring your drums and rattles. We begin drumming at 7:00 with the ceremony through song, poetry and special music beginning at 7:30. We will also be a Solstice Labyrinth to walk and a burning bowl. The Time Is Now |
CHRISTMAS EVE
CANDELIGHT AND CAROL SERVICE
December 24th, 4:30 - 5:30pm
Facilitated by: Brenda Adams, Kathleen O'Donovan, and Betty and Dale Seitzer
We will gather in sacred community to hear and share a luminous Christmas message, weaving mystical messages and music into a rich tapestry that honors our human journey from darkness to light. All are welcome to celebrate this special service with us, to enjoy the familiar Christmas message in a universal light.
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WHIRLING MOMENT
© Ellen E. Swanson 1995
Once upon a time, long long ago,
For a fleeting moment
I knew.
I knew
For a fleeting moment,
That creating was sacred -
A Process.
I knew for a fleeting moment,
That my body was a privilege
Not a commodity.
I knew
For a fleeting moment,
The Divinity of the Feminine...
Whirling humanity back to Source.
I glimpsed
For a fleeting moment,
The consciousness of an ascending Union...
Whirling humanity back to Source.
I fathomed the depth
I soared to the height
In that fleeting moment.
Then - Along came "Jones".
Big walking, big talking
Jones.
The Jones of my father and forefathers
Burned
The bones of my mother and foremothers
Whirling humanity away
Away from the depth
Away from the height
Away from the sanctity of the Union.
The lost has been found.
Oh tears! Through you
The tainted has been cleansed.
Oh anger! Through you
The external has been purged.
Oh persistence! Through you
The internal has been recognized.
Oh Love! Through you
The Eternal has been born
Again
Whirling humanity back to Source.
Whirling humanity back to Source.
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Spirit United Matters
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- School Sunday for the month of December will be on the 5th Sunday of the month (Dec.30th) and not the typical 4th Sunday.
- Effective January 6th, we will be sounding the tone 5 minutes before the start of the service to call people into the sanctuary for seating during the prelude.
- Beginning with the January School Sunday (Jan. 27th), there will be no verbal announcements from the floor during that, and all subsequent, School Sundays. Announcements for that day must be submitted to the Spirit United office Joan by 9am on the Wednesday prior to the School Sunday. A handout containing all announcements will be provided. To submit an announcement, CLICK HERE
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