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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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A Call to Service for SU
On the Move--
Our Relocation
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Welcomed Donations of Things and of Time Details at right.
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THIS SUNDAY
Jan. 31, 2016
10:30-11:30am
Living Our Spirituality: Presence, Practice and Play
with
guest speaker Bernie Saunders
Details at right.
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KIDS WITH SPIRIT
THIS SUNDAY
January 31, 2016
The gift of Bravery
Details at right.
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NEXT SUNDAY
February 7, 2016
10:30am-11:30am
Walking My Spirituality: Insights of a Pilgrim in Spain with Susan Arnold Details at right.
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LAST SUNDAY
MYSTERY SCHOOL SUNDAY
January 24, 2016
Spirit United Emerging through Presence, Practice and Play
with
Rev. Ron Moor
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Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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Get the Word Out!
SU's Talent Show: Sharing Our Gifts is coming
VERY soon!
Prepare Now
Details at right.
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Blossoming Hearts ~Meditations of Peace and Healing Ourselves and Our World
EVERY Wednesday
7:00pm-8:30pm
~~~~~~~~~Spirit Walkers Within Workshop
with
Jorge Villanueva Castillo
and his team
Sat, Jan. 30, 2016
9:30am-4:00pm
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Book Gathering
The Grace
of Ordinary Days
with photographer and author
Bernie Saunders
Sun, Jan. 31, 2016
after the
Sunday Service 12:00pm-1:00pm
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Yoga with Maria
EVERY Monday
4:00-5:30pm
Details at right.
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Building a Movement with Energy Solutions- The UN Climate Change Talkback
Sat, Jan. 30, 2016
CANCELLED Details at right.
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An Image to promote peacefulness
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Thank you from the Trautner Family & Friends
Details at right.
Spirit United's Notification Process for Canceling due to the Weather
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January 27, 2016
Greetings!
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even
spiritual satisfaction.
~ E. O. Wilson
Spirit United 2016 Theme:
Living Our Spirituality
Through Presence, Practice and Play
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Spirit United's
Relocation Update
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A CALL TO SERVICE  FOR SPIRIT UNITED ON THE MOVE
- OUR RELOCATION
Dear Members and Friends of Spirit United,
On January 6th, we were given a 90 day notice to vacate the present space. We were delighted that approximately 45 - 50 people participated in the second forum on January 17 to discuss the next steps for our relocation.
As we all know the success of Spirit United's move depends on the engagement of the people in our community. We hope you will be one of those who helps make the change.
So far, these are the identified tasks with which people need to engage. Look at the list and please determine where you will provide your skills and time.
1. Cleaning and sorting. People are needed to go through the basement and every cupboard, closet, file, etc. throughout the entire space to get rid of junk which may have accumulated, old items without value or those which may be otherwise unnecessary for the community to hang onto. These things must be thrown out, given away or sold, depending upon their nature. (We may already have enough volunteers for this item, but let us know of your interest, if you have one).
2. The library sorting and packing. People are needed to go through the entire library, eliminate duplicate copies or those books which may be ancient and no longer of very relevant or of great interest to the community. The remainder need to be packed in boxes and the boxes labeled so that we know generally what types of books are in each.
3. Administrative Office. We need a person(s) to help Joan go through her office, eliminate that which may be disposed of, then, sort, pack and clean when the time comes to do so. (Joan has the last say on this one...that is how who, how many and when).
4. Packing. We need people, when the time is right, to help pack up everything within the entire space and get it ready for transport.
5. Moving. We need people (unless we can find a reasonable commercial mover) to help move all items within the space either to the new home or to storage, depending upon the situation.
6. Unpacking. People will be needed to help unpack and place items in the new space to ready it for use.
7. Initial Weeks of Operation. We will need people to help get all done in a timely fashion, during the first few weeks, to make sure that operations continue without missing a beat and to help while we are putting all of the persons needed to run the new space into position.
If you are willing to volunteer for one or more of these needs, please send an email to council member, Patti Gmeiner. Click here to share your information: Your name, telephone number, email address and the task(s) you are willing to volunteer. After Patti receives your interest, she will send the names of others you will contact to plan and accomplish the task within the timeline needed.
Please let us hear from you soon to keep things moving forward. 
Thank you,
Rev. Ron Moor
and the Council of Stewards
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Spirit United is on the Move!
Welcomed Donations
of Things and Time
Things:
Do you have any of these things at home that you would be willing to pass on for us to use in our move?
 Packing Tape Bubble Wrap Boxes with Covers
(We could especially use office boxes that reams of paper come in. They are also called book boxes. They are sturdy and have a good cover. Bank boxes, too.)
These Donations can be left under the coat rack in the west foyer.
Time:
Packing "Parties" every Monday afternoon from 1:00 to 3:30 pm.
RSVP to 612-378-3602
Packing "Parties" Thursday evenings: January 28th, February 11th and February 25th.
RSVP 612-378-3602
More information will come as it evolves.
 The Book Nook Bring a bag on Sunday and help yourself to the book(s) that call to you. Books are now $0.50 each.
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Sunday's at Spirit United
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 THIS SUNDAY
January 31, 2016
10:30am-11:30am
Living Our Spirituality: Presence, Practice, Play
with guest speaker
Bernie Saunders
 Being one with nature provides exciting and challenging opportunities to explore our inner self in ways never considered before. Bernie Saunders will share with us one of his out-of-the-ordinary and revealing photographic experiences, and invites us to explore how we discover the power and reward of living our spirituality, by trusting our vulnerability.
After the service Bernie will be having a book gathering where you can hear his story about creating the book,
The Grace of Ordinary Days.
Details below in the
Upcoming Events at Spirit United section.
Bernie Saunders is the founder of The Center for Living Art, acclaimed professional photographer, with 40 years working in the human development field. He has a Masters of Applied Theology degree, and is the author of three books.
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Kids  With Spirit
This Sunday
January 31, 2016
10:30am-11:30am
The gift of Bravery.
This year's theme: 
We create beauty in our lives and our world with Love, Wisdom, Respect, Honesty, Bravery, Truth and Humility.
The foundation for the theme comes from the Seven Grandfathers' Teachings of the Ojibwe people.
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 NEXT SUNDAY
February 7, 2016
10:30am-11:30am
Walking My Spirituality: Insights of a Pilgrim in Spain
with Susan Arnold
Susan will share with us her experience walking the pilgrimage this past fall. |
LAST SUNDAY
Mystery School Sunday
January 24, 2016
Spirit United Emerging Through Presence, Practice, and Play
with Rev. Ron Moor
Forces are all around and within each of us. They are calling us to change. Fear, lethargy, anxiety, ambiguity, ambivalence, depression...are some of the forces Ron talked about. How we respond to these forces can bring meaningful, positive growth and affect our destiny. As an example Ron spoke of the change Spirit United is facing. He explained spiritual practices can support us as we embark on our journey toward meaningful growth.
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 Upcoming Events
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Get the Word Out!
Spirit United's Talent Show:
Sharing Our Gifts
is coming VERY soon!
Prepare and Sign-Up at SU
Sunday, February 14, 2016, is the date!
Rather than waiting until August, we are having it now. So, rosin up your bow; brush the dust off your favorite poetry book; warm up your voice; take out your paintings. Look into your life and find a joy you'd like to share.
Plan to support and watch with delight in your community's many hidden or not so hidden talents. This is a day of joy and hearts connecting.
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Blossoming Hearts:
Meditations of Peace and Healing Ourselves and Our World
EVERY Wednesday
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Suggested donation $10-$15
All are welcome!
Deepen your spiritual practice. Each session will begin with breath and movement practices to help deepen our meditation. Then we will embark on a series of guided and silent meditations designed to bring greater peace and healing to ourselves and to our world. The focus will always be on peace and healing. Each week will vary according to the current needs of the world and of the group itself. We will do world work and we will do a group meditation for the collective individual needs.
Our guide for month of January is Ron Moor. He has been an adventurer of meditation for almost 40 years and has led and taught meditative practices across the country.
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Spirit Walkers Within WorkshopSaturday, January 30, 2016  9:30am-4:00pm $125
To Register for the workshop:
Join us for a workshop of exploring, discovering, and investing in your inner source of spirit. This workshop will provide you with tools and sources of support to take with you as you learn to ride the current wave of energies. We will provide you with an experience to find within what is of use to your greater good.
This workshop is for you if:
* You're trying to release old patterns of thought, discordant energies, and worries.
* You desire to create more self love, self awareness, and a deeper connection to source.
*You would like tools to help stay more aligned with your higher vibrational self.
Topics include:
*Breaking the patterns of reality
*Journey with the self through planes of existence
*Navigating the waves of emotion
*Weaving Spirit
The workshop will begin with an opening ceremony to raise the vibration. There will be small group sessions with time to practice what is learned. We will finish the day with Ceremony. Because of time limits and to stay in the vibration, we ask you to bring your lunch & water bottle. Water & Snacks available.
The Spirit Walkers Info: Jorge Villanueva Castillo, the Sol Fire Shaman is a gifted healer, powerful shaman, Channeler, and spiritual teacher, born into a lineage of Mayan shamanic healers in Progresso Yucatán Mexico. www.solfireshaman.com Guillermo Luebbert - Shamanic Healer. Jeanne Lecher- Cosmic Channeler & Healer. Gina Ferrell - Channeler, Life Coach & Shamanic Healer, NLP. Michelle Thelen - Cosmic Light Worker, Intuitive Artist. Virginia Sundin - Master Astrologist. Brandi Bakken, Medium
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A BOOK GATHERING
The Grace of Ordinary Days by Bernie Saunders
and his poet mother Kay Saunders Sunday, January 31, 2016
12:00pm-1:00pm
From Bernie Saunders, you hear his first-hand account of collaborating with his poet mother, Kay Saunders, in writing the book, The Grace of Ordinary Days. It has been described as "Tuesdays with Morrie meets Georgia O'Keeffe," their story is a rare glimpse into the separate but inseparably linked lives of a mother and son.
The Grace of Ordinary Days story is the perfect preparation for family celebrations. Kay's and Bernie's story may resonate with your own relationships and may prompt you to recount, with a loved one or by yourself, the grace of your own ordinary days.
To see more of Bernie's photography click here to go to his online galleries. You won't be disappointed.
Bernie Saunders is the founder of The Center for Living Art, acclaimed professional photographer, with 40 years working in the human development field. He has a Masters of Applied Theology degree, and is the author of three books.
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YOGA with Maria
4:00pm-5:30pm
$10 suggested donation (Half the proceeds goes to Spirit United.)
Only park on the street please.
Join Maria for a Gentle Yoga Practice. It will be a gentle class, rich in tradition. Give yourself the gift of yoga, your mind body and spirit will thank you. Please bring a yoga mat, blanket or towel and dress comfortably.
Maria is a certified Hatha instructor through the Freehold Yoga Center with extra studies in Restorative Yoga from the Himalayan Institute. Maria also has knowledge in the uses and benefits of breathing techniques.
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CANCELLED.
Building a Movement with Energy Solutions-The United Nations Climate Change Talkback
Sat, Jan. 30, 2016
at The Carondelet Center
CANCELLED
Due to low numbers of pre-registrations.
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The Trautner family and friends
thank you, the people of Spirit United,
for your thoughts, prayers and support given
to us these past weeks.
Judy and we felt your love presence.
Continue to keep Judy Trautner, her husband Richard, daughter Marcia and her family, her sister Joan Johnson, her nieces and nephews, other family
and friends in your hearts and prayers as she begins her new journey. Judy died peacefully with her family at her side on Thurs, Jan. 14, 2016.
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 Spirit United's Notification Process
for Canceling due to the Weather If Spirit United closes due to cold, ice or snow, a voice message will be put on the Spirit United phone and an email blast will be sent to those on our newsletter email list.
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