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Schedule At a Glance
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All Events
are sponsored by
and/or take place at Spirit United
unless otherwise noted.
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THIS SUNDAY
SCHOOL SUNDAY
August 28, 2013
10:30am - 11:30am
"Heavenly Signs for Right Relationships"
with
Community Member Dennis Acrea
Details at right.
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NEXT SUNDAY'S
EARLY SERVICE
September 1, 2013
9:00am -9:30am
Wags and Worship
facilitated by
Sage Lewis
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LATE SERVICE
September 1, 2013
10:30am - 11:30am
"My Kingdom
is Not
of This World"
with
guest speaker
Bill Torvund
Details at right.
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LAST SUNDAY'S SERVICE
August 18, 2013
"Technology and Health: A Balanced Perspective"
with community member
Dr. Kara Parker
Details at right.
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Coming Events At Spirit United
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Healing Circle
Tues., August 27 7:00 - 9:00pm
Details at right. ~ Spirit United's Men's Group facilitated by James Schattauer Thurs. August 29 7:00pm-9:00pm Details at right. ~ Our NEW... Playing By Heart: Concerts with Conversation featuring Mary Louise Knutson Sat. September 14 7:00pm Details at right. ~ Guest
Gloria Karpinski
Sunday, Sept. 15
"Joy in the Morning" for Sunday Service and "Doing Well While Doing Good" after the service 1:00pm-5:00pm Details at right. ~ "Death, Dying and the Magic Beyond"
with
Sage Lewis and Glenda Huston
October 19, 2013
9:30am-5:30pm Details at right.~
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Coming Events
At Other Venues
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Special
Newsletter Features
MEMBERS' CORNER:
Our Relationships with Grace
by
Gregg Erlandson
~ BULLETIN
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"Growing Spirit Sunday"
Details at right.
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Kids With Spirit
Details at right.
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Contribute to the Member's (and Friend's) Corner
Details at right.
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Spirit United Church
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3204 Como Av SE
Minneapolis, MN
55414
Contact Us
Prayer Requests
or
and click on Resources
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. Ron Moor's
Office Hours
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Ron is on sabbatical. He will not have office hours during August.
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See Spirit United's
full Calendar
of events
by clicking here.
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August 21, 2013
Greetings!
"Just think of the trees: they let the birds perch and fly, with no intention to call them when they come and no longing for their return when they fly away. If people's hearts can be like the trees, they will not be off the Way."
~ Langya
Spirit United 2013 Theme:
Living the New Paradigm
August: Technology
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This Sunday's
School Sunday  August 25, 2013
10:30am - 11:30 am
"Heavenly Signs for Right Relationships"
with community member, Dennis Acrea
Each of us has a purpose which is largely inherent in the set of relationships we have over a lifetime. Some relationship are short, others are long-term. Whether or not we judge them to be positive, we (and they) are invited to grow in conscious awareness. The astrological signs give us clues to key areas of learning wherein we can gain insight and understanding.
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Next Sunday's Early Service:
September 1, 2013
Facilitated by:
Sage Lewis and James Schattauer
Join us on this first Sunday of September when Spirit United hosts "Wags and Worship" ... a celebration of All Beings, where pets are welcome.
To attend the second service, as well, and hear Bill Torvund, we ask that you drop your pets back home before returning to Spirit United.
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Next Sunday's Late Service ~
September 1, 2013
10:30am - 11:30am
"My Kingdom is Not of This
World"
with guest speaker Bill Torvund
Many seekers often contrast the question of the meaning and value of temporal life with the nature of spiritual life. The passage in the New Testament (as written as a quotation of Jesus) - "the Kingdom of Heaven is here, it is simply that people do not see it" is often misunderstood and has been for the basis for severe (and often inhumane) treatment of Christians and others. It is also used as a justification for the total disregard of the Earth and the physical realm.
In this school Sunday format, quoting from the original Aramaic, Bill Torvund will clarify the meaning of this passage and offer a unitive perspective on the nature of the sacred in all realms of existence, and the statement (as Jesus states in the Logia of the Thomas) "the Kingdom of Heaven is here, it is simply that people do not see it."
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Last Sunday's Service
August 18, 2013
"Technology and Health: A Balanced Perspective"
with Dr. Kara Parker, holistic practitioner
 The message began with an amazing story read by Micah White, Dr. Kara's son. You won't want to miss it! Then, she shared her process for being able to put the concepts of technology and health together, rather than separate them from one another. She spoke of personal experiences, questions, curiosities and realities she has observed in health care, patients, and society today. Dr. Kara brought a new technological tool she uses in her healing work to explain how it works and demonstrate its use. She engaged us in a dialog from which participants shared thoughts and experiences.
Click here to listen to a very thought provoking and masterful discussion about technology and health.
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Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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Tuesday Evening Healing Circle
facilitated by Patti Gmeiner
August 27
September 10, 17, 24
7:00 - 9:00pm
A Love Offering is suggested.
Spirit United is offering a Circle of Healing. We will bring together members with healing experience and those feeling a need for healing energy. This is an open, flowing gathering bringing together those desiring to give and those needing to receive.
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Spirit United Men's Group
Thursday, August 29, 2013
~ 7:00pm-9:00pm
Led by community member James Schattauer, 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.
A freewill donation is requested.
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Spirit United's
NEW
Playing By Heart:
Concerts With Conversation
Saturday, September 14, 2013
7:00pm
We are honored to begin the series
with Mary Louise Knutson, Jazz pianist
$15 at the door
Reservations suggested
(Mark the subject line "Concert Sept. 14".)
Or call James at 651-402-1288
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"Joy in the Morning"
with guest speaker Gloria Karpinski 
Sunday, September 15, 2013
for Sunday Service
with Catherine Wilson as a musician
And then, a workshop
"Doing Well While Doing Good"
1:00pm to 5:00pm
$40.00 ($45 sat the door) by August 30
Register by signing-up on sheet at church or printing a registration form from Spirit United website.
The purpose for the workshop is to deepen our understanding of our relationship with time, money, energy and resources in our work and in our lives. Even though we theorize about abundance, many of us need to reconcile deep ambivalence about our desires for the good life with one's spiritual values. Sometimes making peace with teachings of renunciation as well as awareness of the needs on our planet seems hard to balance with the demands and choices of modern life. When is enough, enough? Many carry karmic memories of poverty; others equate godliness with lack; still others think wealth of all kinds indicates blessings from above. Part of the intention of this workshop is to face without blinking the hard questions that arise on this complex subject. The ultimate goal is for each of us to find our inner peace about all our resources and then consciously choose how we will use them.
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Death, Dying and the Magic Beyond
with Sage Lewis and Glenda Houston
October 19, 2013
9:30am - 5:30pm
$125
In every moment we are dying small deaths - moving through fear and deeper into love. If we are able to fully embrace life, we can easily and gracefully embrace all of the small, medium and larger deaths that appear.
Sage and Glenda will facilitate safe and simple group and individual experiences that will give you a magical glimpse into the afterlife and allow you to connect more deeply with yourself, loved ones and Great Spirit.
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Upcoming Events
At Other Venues
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Members' (and Friends') Corner
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Our Relationships with Grace
by Gregg Erlandson
Our relationships are essential and imperative.
More often than not, they reflect the relationship that we have with ourselves.
For better or worse, or like it or not, all behavior that we see and feel
resonates this, with truths about us.
The truth is we are our relationships.
If we feel dissatisfied, or want improvements through change, make sure that change starts with us.
With our own willingness to treat ourselves with kindness,
that expresses and expands our inner joy of being, through goodness in the present moment.
Without feeling that need to defend or justify the past or future.
The human heart's natural state of being has the infinite ability to love,
only our own resistance, of our unconscious minds, restricts this natural flow.
Now in this present moment, we are the captains of our ships, and our compasses are set to true north, in life's infinite seas of possibilities.
Relationships are that vessel in that sea, which Grace celebrates love, through Spirit.
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Celebrate Spirit United
on
Sunday, September 8, 2013
"Growing Spirit Sunday" 
We welcome Rev. Ron Moor's return
and celebrate our community.
Don't miss it!
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Planning for Kids With Spirit is underway.
We begin September 8, 2013
during "Growing Spirit" Sunday.
KWS details to come!!!
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