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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 Relocation Needs and Updates
Details to the right and below
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THIS SUNDAY
Feb. 14, 2016
10:30am-11:30am Sharing Our Gifts: SU's Talent Show hosted by Robert Dunn Details at right.
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KIDS WITH SPIRIT
THIS SUNDAY
February 14, 2016
10:30-11:30am
Sharing Our Gifts.
Details at right.
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NEXT SUNDAY
February 21, 2016
10:30-11:30am
Stepping Into Largeness
with
Rev. Ron Moor
and musician
Lynn O'Brien
Details at right.
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LAST SUNDAY
February 7, 2016
Walking My Spirituality: Insights of a Pilgrim in Spain with community member Susan Arnold and musician Lynn O'Brien Details at right.
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Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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EVERY Wednesday
Wednesday Mornings
10am-11:30am
Details at right.
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Wednesday Evenings
7:00pm-8:30pm
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EVERY Monday
Yoga with Maria
Mondays
4:00-5:30pm
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Ecstatic
Drum Circle with Gabriel & Patrice
Fri, Feb. 12, 2016 7:30pm-9:00pm
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Windigo Con Healing Ceremony
hosted by The Anishinabeg Great Lakes Ogichida,
Old Bald Eagle Society, Sat, Feb. 20, 2016
Grand Entry is 4:00pm Details at right. ~~~~~~~~~
New Member Orientation and General Information Class with Rev. Ron Moor Sun, Feb. 21 2016 12:00-12:45pm
Details at right.
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A Mandala Workshop: A "Know Thyself" Experiential
with
Ellen Swanson
Sun, Feb. 21, 2016
1:00pm-4:00pm
Details at right.
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Spirit United's Relocation Update
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Spirit United is
on the Move...
An Update of the relocation process
Sunday, Feb. 14
after the service about 11:45am
Details at right. ~~~~~~
Engage in the Process with Welcomed Help and Needed Items Details at right.
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Spirit United's Notification Process for Canceling due to the Weather
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3204 Como Ave SE Mpls, MN 55414
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February 10, 2016
Greetings!
E raka te mauď, e raka te katau
E iti noa ana, na te aroha
A community can use all the skills of its people.
Though my present be small,
my love goes with it.
- Maori proverb
Spirit United 2016 Theme:
Living Our Spirituality
Through Presence, Practice and Play
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 Spirit United's Community Meeting Update of the Relocation Process Sunday, February 14, 2016, after the Sunday service, about 11:45am.
For more details about the move and our community's needs, see the
SU's Relocation Updates section below.
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Sunday's at Spirit United
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THIS SUNDAY 
February 14, 2016
10:30am-11:30am
Sharing Our Gifts:
SU's Talent Show
hosted by Robert Dunn
Plan to come to celebrate individuals of our Spirit United community. Support, encourage and applaud. Revel in the joy and the honor of being witness to intimate spiritual moments between Creator and human.
Stay afterwards for the community meeting to hear an update about SU's Relocation Process.
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Kids  With Spirit 
This Sunday
February 14, 2016
10:30am-11:30am
Sharing Our Gifts. The children will be in the service celebrating the gifts of our community members. 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 21, 2016 10:30am-11:30am Stepping Into Largeness
with Rev. Ron Moor and musician Lynn O'Brien
Our community, Spirit United has had thrust upon us a huge  challenge. We have to move. How we respond, the decisions we make, the actions we take, will carry consequences far into our future. Together, we will explore the pitfalls and possibilities. Together we will explore the potential for communal and individual growth. We have been called out. How do we step into largeness, how do we meet our higher destiny? Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. ~ Kierkegaard
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(L to R) A friend, Ellen Swanson,
Susan Arnold, Lynn O'Brien
and Karen Greer
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LAST SUNDAY
February 7, 2016
Walking My Spirituality: Insights of a Pilgrim in Spain
with Susan Arnold and musician Lynn O'Brien
Susan shared her pilgrimage experience. "She was amazing. She did an awesome job." "I was honored to be witness to her story." To listen click here.
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 Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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EVERY WEDNESDAY  The Tao of Meditation Class with Rev. Ron Moor EVERY Wednesday, except holidays 10:00am-11:30am $10-$15 suggested donation Deepen your meditative practice, or begin one by joining us on Wednesday mornings. Our weekly gathering is to read, meditate and dialog on the profound wisdom found in the 2500 year-old text of "The Tao TeChing." These 81 short, poetic sayings have offered relief, gentle guidance, and a pathway to inner peace for countless millions of people.
Each week we will begin with a few minutes of breath work to deepen our focus, read one of the sayings, and then bring these ancient words into a 30-minute silent meditation. Following the meditation we will join in an open discussion of the meaning as it relates to our lives today. Part of our discussion will also be about how to deepen our practice of silence and stillness.
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Blossoming Hearts: Meditations of Peace and Healing Ourselves and Our World
EVERY Wednesday, except holidays
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 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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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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Please join us....we hope to see you there!
Dance in the great mystery and awaken the heart alchemy, joy and healing power within.
 Ecstatic Sacred Drum Circle Ceremony
with
Gabriel & Patrice
Fri, Feb. 12, 2016
7:30pm-9:00pm
$10 suggested donation
Join Gabriel and Patrice from Gardeners of the Heart™ in Sacred space for this powerful ecstatic drum circle ceremony. Set aside any doubt or possible preconceived ideas formed by the title, let go of old energies and enter the mystery allowing the Divine Spirit to move, shake, heal and awaken the heart alchemy within. Please bring along your drum (hand drum, djembé, drum box, etc.) rattles and noise makers. Don't let the lack of an instrument stop you from joining in as we will also provide some fun things. Whether you have experience or not come play, celebrate and make some noise, but most of all let us heal and be uplifted together! All are welcome!
With celebration, gratitude and inspiring LOVE
on behalf of all life,
please pass this information
on to your family and friends!!!
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Windigo Con Healing Ceremony
Our Annual Mid-Winter Healing Ceremony
hosted by
The Anishinabeg Great Lakes Ogichida,
Old Bald Eagle Society,
The "WIndigo Con" is also referred to as the "Clown or Contrary Ceremony." It helps us connect with our healing gifts we share as human beings. We refer to it as "getting in touch with your inner clown." One of our healing gifts and perhaps the most important is... the use of humor and laughter to promote healing.
Saturday, February 20, 2016  4:00pm to Midnight Come early stay late, or not!
Free will donation.
Open to the public.
 Bring a pot luck item to share. Bring your clown self!
Clown gear & dressing up encouraged.
Questions: Call Al Baker at 715-699-6348.
Grand Entry: 4 pm
Singing, dancing to 11pm
Pot Luck Feast to follow ceremony
Have fun dancing, singing, eating and visiting with all of the clowns you haven't seen in a while! Furthermore, we should learn how to laugh at ourselves and never take ourselves too seriously.
This ceremony allows us to recognize the Contrary Nature of our human experience. So, with that being said, and being in the spirit of the contrary, I ask you to read the following and get a little laugh. The "Windigo Con Ceremony" is not the place to bring you or your family. You won't have any fun. Don't bring any of your Sacred items, because they won't be blessed and certainly don't bring any food to share. Hahaha.
We really hope to see you there.
Miigwech to our sponsor-The Spirit Walkers
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New Member Orientation
and General Information Class
with Rev. Ron Moor
Sunday, February 21, 2016
12:00pm-12:45pm
Interested in being a member of Spirit United? Want to better understand this community?
Stay after the service for a short meeting.
New members will be received
Sunday, March 27, 2016.
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Mandala Workshop: 
A "Know Thyself" Experiential
with Ellen Swanson
Sunday, February 21, 2016
1:00pm-4:00pm
$35, which includes  materials
RSVP to Ellen by clicking here
or calling 952-929-1142
The word 'mandala' comes from a Sanskrit root word meaning "enclosing the essence." I also like to think of it as embracing the essence. It is difficult to visualize the circular embrace of your own essence in this linear society. This model invites us to balance our seemingly singular focus on the linear with the contributions of the circular. Each person will be given a template and some fundamental principles on how to apply the template to yourself. There will be individual work and group discussion.
Certificates of attendance available upon request.
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Spirit United's
Relocation Update
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Spirit United is on the Move!
COMMUNITY MEETING this
Sunday, February 14, 2016
immediately following
the Sunday service at about 11:45am
Engage in the Process.
Afternoon Packing "Parties" EVERY MONDAY in February 1:00 to 3:30 pm.
RSVP to 612-378-3602
Evening Packing "Parties" Thursdays February 11th and February 25th.
6:00pm (Doors open at 5:30pm)
RSVP 612-378-3602
Come for a couple of hours of work and fun.
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Donations Needed.
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
Office boxes that hold reams of paper, sometimes called book boxes, or any sturdy box with a strong cover like a bank box is very welcomed.
Put any of the donation items under the coat rack
in the west foyer.
Thank You.
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 The Book Nook Bring a bag on Sunday and listen to which books call to go home with you.
Books are now $0.50 each.
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SPIRIT UNITED IS ON THE MOVE...
An Update of the relocation process
COMMUNITY MEETING this
Sunday, February 14, 2016
immediately following
the Sunday service at about 11:45am
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Engage with the Move.... See the block above for specific details of tasks currently being done.
Dear Members and Friends of Spirit United, 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.
These are the identified tasks thus far that require people to engage. Look at the list. Determine where you will provide your skills and time. Then, contact Patti Gmeiner by clicking here. (Below is information Patti needs to connect you with the task. Be sure to see the last paragraph.)
1. Cleaning and sorting. People are needed to go through the entire space to get rid of things that have accumulated that are unnecessary for Spirit United to hold onto. These things must be thrown out, given away or sold, depending upon their nature.
2. The library sorting and packing. People are needed to go through the entire library, eliminate duplicate copies and those books which may be ancient and no longer of relevance or of great interest to the community. The remainder need to be packed in boxes labeled.
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 everything 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.
When you decide to volunteer for one or more of these tasks, 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'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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If love is universal, no one can be left out.
~ Deepak Chopra
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