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Schedule At a Glance
All Events
are sponsored by
and/or take place at Spirit United
unless otherwise noted.
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Spirit United's Men's Group
with
James Schattauer
7:00pm-9:00pm
Details at right.
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THIS SUNDAY
Dec. 22, 2013
"The Miracle
of Love"
with
Rev. Ron Moor
Details at right.
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Kids With SpiritTHIS WEEK
Dec. 22, 2013
10:30-11:30am
Spirit Lives In Me (And Everywhere)
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NEXT SUNDAY
Dec. 29, 2013
10:30am-11:30am
Spiritual Vision
And Our
Shared Journey:
A Labyrinth Adventure
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LAST SUNDAY
Dec. 15, 2013
"Joy is a
Special Wisdom" with
Rev. Elizabeth
St. Angelo
Details at right.
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Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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Spirit United's Men's Group
with
James Schattauer
7:00pm-9:00pm
Details at right.
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 Winter Solstice CelebrationFri, Dec. 20, 2013
7:00pm Drumming
7:30pm Ceremony
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 Celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve
Tues, Dec. 24, 2013
4:30pm-5:30pm
Details at right.
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Coming Events
At Other Venues
None to list this week.
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Members' (and Friends') Corner
Photos of the Swans of Monticello submitted by
Clara Grace James
Details at right.
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The Bulletin Board
Review of Last Week's Sunday Community Forum
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Community
Details at right.
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Thanks for understanding.
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 Support is found within community; Spirit Vine is here.
Details at right.
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3204 Como Av SE
Minneapolis, MN
55414
Contact Us
Prayer Requests
10:00am-1:00pm
We check our voice mail at least every other day and return calls
in a timely manner.
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Spirit United's Calendar
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Rev. Ron Moor's
Office Hours
Fridays,
Dec. 20 & 27
11:00am - 2:00pm
Call Ron to schedule an appointment.
(952) 929-1559
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PRAYER REQUEST
Please, hold Barbara Bobrowitz in your prayer space. She is recovering from surgery.
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Spirit
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Send them to:
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3204 Como Ave. SE
Mpls, MN 55414
Want to talk to us?
Call 612-378-3602
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Thank you.
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Click here to submit something. On the subject line type "Newsletter Submission"
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December 18, 2013
Greetings!
Best of all Christmas means a spirit of love,
a time when the love of God
and the love of all beings
should prevail over all hatred and bitterness,
a time when our thoughts and deeds
and the spirit of our lives
manifest the presence of God.
From home to home,
and heart to heart,
from one place to another.
- Shinzoo.com
Spirit United 2013 Theme: Living the New Paradigm December: World Soul & The Emerging Consciousness |
This Sunday's Kids With Spirit Program
December 22, 2013 
Topic: Embodying the elements of Expectancy: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.
Theme for the Year: Living My Story
Mantra: To know God, I must know myself;
To see God, I must see myself;
If I want to love God, I must love myself.
~ Nahko Bear, Medicine for the People
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 NEXT SUNDAY
December 29, 2013 10:30am-11:30am
"Spiritual Vision And Our Shared Journey: A Labyrinth Adventure"
with Community Member, Tom Vetter
and musician James Schattauer
Cosmology is basic to how we "see" and how we choose to act in the world. We can promote the paradigm shift by understanding the nature and symbolism of sacred geometry, sacred space, and labyrinths as a tool for raising individual and group consciousness. Being conscious of this process is essential for spiritual vision and freedom.
This day will also include sharing the path together in an intuitive, experiential group labyrinth walk.
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LAST SUNDAY 
December 15, 2013
"Joy is a Special Wisdom"
with Rev. Elizabeth St. Angelo
We regret that technical difficulties left us without a recording this week.
Joy is one of the Soul's fundamental qualities. When we feel joy we touch a deeper reality and actually become a strand in the bridge that links humanity with the higher kingdoms. Thank you, Elizabeth for sharing a gentle and joyful experience.
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Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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Spirit United's
Men's Group
facilitated by
James Schattauer
Wed, December 18, 2013
7:00pm-9:00pm
Free-will donation suggested.
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.
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Winter Solstice Celebration
Join us for
drumming, meditation and pipe ceremony.
Friday, December 20
7:00pm drumming begins
7:30pm ceremony begins
Free will donation suggested.
We will honor the longest night and the return of the light, the dance of the dualities in sacred union. Be ready to sing, drum, chant, walk the labyrinth and welcome the light. Bring your drums and rattles.
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 Christmas Eve ServiceTuesday, December 24, 2013
4:30m-5:30pm
with Ron Moor and musicians,
Bettie and Dale Seitzer
Celebrate Christmas with Spirit United on Christmas Eve.
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Members' (and Friends') Corner
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LOVE FLIES WITHIN FOWL AND HUMAN ALI
Clara Grace James visited Monticello where the swans are fed along the Mississippi River. A woman in love with the swans began to feed the birds. As she fed them, the flock grew. Unexpectedly, she died a few years back. Today because her husband loves her and she loves the swans he continues to feed them. So their love continues to fly to all those the swans "touch". The swans stay in the open river water in Monticello from November 'til about February or March.
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Spirit United Community Forum
People gathered last Sunday to discuss the website for Spirit United. We are reconstructing it because it is broken. It is so broken that it is best to rebuild. Which is exciting!
The group gathered talked about the purpose of our website, the possible audiences we are wanting to serve, the needs and wants of these audiences and what ought to happen to best create and maintain the website.
Community member Laura D'Ambrosio is the web master whose skill and knowledge not only about technology but also about our Spirit United community a true gift.
Thank you.
Laura integrate the ideas and thoughts brought forth at the forum to design a proposal. Those who indicated interest in supporting SU website will be contacted to become involved with the next steps.
If you have technical skill in building and maintaining websites and want to be part of the team, let us know. Talk to Laura, a Council of Stewards Member or the office staff.
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Commit to Community
As 2013 comes to a close, remember you can make a year end donation to Spirit United.
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THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
A temporary website page has been created on the internet for Spirit United while we rebuild.
Some links in the e-newsletter have been removed until the new site is created. Be sure to look carefully in this newsletter for contact information.
Click here to visit the page.
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Support is found within community. Spirit Vine is here.
We listen. We care.
Call Spirit United (612) 378-3602
Say you want to speak to the Spirit Vine.
Due to website rebuilding, the biographies are unavailable.
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 Morihei Ueshiba(1883 - 1969)
He is mostly known of being the founder of Aikido.
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"Universal love has no expectation of reciprocation or reward. It is entirely selfless and looks for nothing in return. Universal love is when we treat all of God's creatures with caring, compassion, patience, kindness and the feeling of complete oneness with them all."
http://theheartofthesun.com
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