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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 Updates
Details to the right and below
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THIS SUNDAY
April 10, 2016
10:30-11:30am
Service of Healing and Meditation
hosted by
Rev. Ron Moor with musician
Lynn O'Brien
and a
Community of Healers
Details at right.
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KIDS WITH SPIRIT
THIS SUNDAY
April 10, 2016
10:30-11:30am
Healing Service
READ THE INFO AT THE RIGHT.
Details at right.
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NEXT SUNDAY
April 17, 2016 10:30-11:30am
Practical Action as Spiritual Practice: On Earth Day
and Beyond
Details at right.
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LAST SUNDAY
April 3, 2016
Anywhere
I Hang My Hat
Is Home
with
guest speaker
and musician Claudia Schmidt
Details at right.
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Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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EVERY Monday
Yoga with Maria
Mondays
4:00-5:30pm
Details at right. ~~~~~~~~~
EVERY Wednesday
Wednesdays
10am-11:30am
Details at right.
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Spirit United's Healing Circle
Sunday, April 10 CANCELED
Details at right.
The Monks Are Coming!
Sunday, April 10 5:00pm-7:00pm
Details at right.
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Make Friends and Stay Connected to Our Community on Facebook
Facebook Class with Stephanie Siddiqui
Sunday, April 17 12:00pm-1:30pm
Details at right.
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A Special Movie Night featuring The Way hosted by Sue Arnold
Friday, April 22 7:30pm
Details at right.
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Save the Date
An evening
of fun and raising money for
Spirit United's move.
Friday, May 21
Details at right.
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A Variety of Quotes about Healing
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Spirit United's Relocation Update
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Spirit United is
on the Move...
The Search Shows Signs of Manifestation Plan to Join the Next Step in May What's Up with the Library? Details at right.
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Spirit United's Notification Process for Canceling due to the Weather
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Support is found within community.
Spirit Vine is here for you.
We listen.
We care.
Call Spirit United 612 378-3602
Say you want to speak to the Spirit Vine.
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Then, share your first and last name, telephone number and your email address.
We look
forward to sending you the weekly newsletter.
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Spirit United's Calendar
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Prayer Requests
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Contact Spirit United to submit a prayer request by clicking here.
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Make a pledge
to
Spirit United.
Send them to: Spirit United
3204 Como Ave SE Mpls, MN 55414
612 378-3602
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Newsletter Submissions
Anything for publishing in our e-newsletter must be submitted by 9:00am Tuesday of the week you want your promotion sent. It will be mailed by Thursday of that week. Click here to submit an item. Thank you.
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Stay Connected with Spirit United
while Connecting Others to Spirit United
You can support SU by getting the word out to others by liking us on Facebook, finding us on MeetUp and following us on Twitter.
Tell people about:
- Why you are connected to Spirit United
- Our amazing educational, experiential and social events designed to support growth.
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April 6, 2016
Greetings!
Healing can take many forms, from a physical cure to an emotional recovery, to a step away from struggle stepping toward peace, wholeness, and freedom.
~ Unknown
Spirit United 2016 Theme:
Living Our Spirituality
Through Presence, Practice and Play
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Updates about the Move!  Progress Report,
The Next Step of Moving
and
A Library Reminder
See the information below.
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Sunday's at Spirit United
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 THIS SUNDAY  April 10, 2016
10:30am-11:30am
Service of Healing and Meditation
hosted by
Rev. Ron Moor 
and musician
Lynn O'Brien
Would you like a little extra energy as we enter into Spring? Join us for a hands-on energy healing from our experienced community of healers with good hands and warm hearts. Lynn O'Brien will bring us her music and voice to enchant your soul and enhance the flow of energy. There is a new labyrinth to walk, the deep quiet of our meditation room and an altar for your prayer candles. This service offers a very special quality of energy and experience. See you there.
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Kids With Spirit 
THIS SUNDAY
April 10, 2016
10:30am-11:30am
The Healing Service
Children and parents will be given the hands on energy healing option first. After you are done with your process and as the children need, you are welcome to go into the KWS area. Be sure they are supervised and be sure to tidy up when you leave. The bus company shares their space with us. Shannon is out of town and it is unknown whether the teens will be there.
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
April 17, 2016
10:30am-11:30am
Practical Action as Spiritual Practice:
On Earth Day and Beyond
with guest speaker Claire Baglien
and community member Bob Gubrud
along with musicians
How do we respond to climate change in ways that are effective, life-giving and equitable? This Earth Day, and every other day, we can take action that is practical, structural and spiritual!
Claire Baglien, a former Kids With Spirit kid and Outreach Coordinator for MN Interfaith Power & Light (MNIPL) will lead a meditation and discussion on the collective power of faith communities addressing climate justice issues. She will share information about MNIPL projects, programs and ways faith communities can get involved.
Bob Gubrud will discuss initiatives from the Edina Energy and Environment Commission designed to engage residents in helpful actions on the issues of climate change. He will bring his knowledge as a Co-Chair Commissioner of the Edina Energy and Environment Commission's Education and Outreach Working Group and as a member of the Community Solar Subcommittee. He will share steps each of us can take to make a difference regardless of our lifestyle or where we live.
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 LAST SUNDAY
April 3, 2016 Anywhere I Hang My Hat Is Home with guest speaker & musician Claudia Schmidt. Through song, story, prose and deep knowing, Claudia spoke about the connection between time, truth and home. She led us on a dance around the free and easy of "I don't know." We explored the rising of the unknown as truth unfolding. Together we discovered the heart of change is a way to find or recover our spiritual center, our home. Listen again and again. Click here.
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 Upcoming Events
at Spirit United
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YOGA with Maria 
4:00pm-5:30pm
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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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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Spirit United's Healing Circle
 S unday, April 10, 2016 CANCELED
Watch for future offerings.
Contact Patti Gmeiner:
Call 651-600-7663 or Click Here.
A group of healing practitioners from Spirit United offer healing services monthly. The format will flow according to how many people are interested. Our current thought is to provide each person approximately 15 minutes of healing time with several practitioners working together. The synergy of many healers is amazing. We will have a sign up sheet available for you to claim a spot. You may choose to leave SU to have lunch and then return for your healing. As this evolves, we welcome your feedback.
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The Monks Are Coming!
The Monks Are Coming!
Sunday, April 10, 2016
5:00pm-7:00pm
$15 Donation (All proceeds go directly to their
Sera Jey Monastery.)
Six or Seven Tibetan Monks from India are coming to Spirit United. They are a different group from a another community from those who visited us in the fall.
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Make Friends and Stay Connected
with our Spirit United Community
on Facebook!
 A Facebook Class with
Stephanie Siddiqui
Sunday, April 17, 2016
12:00pm-1:30pm
$10 (proceeds go to SU)
 Bring a laptop or mobile device.
Bring a lunch, if you desire.
Wifi available.
Register please.
Contact Stephanie: Click here or call/text 651-851-0232.
Have you wanted to know more about Facebook? Come to learn or to review the use of Facebook.
Facebook is a social media tool that is interactive for communities like us. Come to create an account, customize the interface and go over the settings and questions.
Stephanie has 20 years of software experience and has a master of science degree in counseling psychology. She started her business Touching Worlds in 2012. Touching Worlds brings technology to a thoughtful social connection.
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A Special Movie Night 
featuring
The Way
hosted by Sue Arnold
Friday, April 22, 2016
7:30pm
$10 suggested donation for Spirit United
We will watch the feature film The Way staring Martin Sheen. Our host is Sue Arnold who made the same pilgrimage the movie portrays. She will add her comments during the movie, sharing her experiences along the way and particularly at the locations featured in the movie. All funds go to Spirit United as we together experience our community transformation in this time of change, challenge, and transition to our new home.
THE WAY is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. Martin Sheen plays Tom, an irascible American doctor who comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son (played by Emilio Estevez). Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage "The Way of St. James" to honor his son's desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn't plan on is the  profound impact this trip will have on him. Through unexpected and oftentimes amusing experiences along "The Way," Tom discovers the difference between "the life we live and the life we choose." Sheen's son Emilio Estevez wrote, directed and produced this film.
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Save the Date for a
Support Spirit United Event
Friday, May 21, 2016
Time to be determined, most likely early evening
$20 donation to raise funds
Silent Auction
Live Music Performances
Food available for purchase
More details to come!
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A Variety of Quotes about Healing
 Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come. ~ Henri Nouwen
 Transformation is my favorite game and in my experience, anger and frustration are the result of you not being authentic somewhere in your life or with someone in your life. Being fake about anything creates a block inside of you. Life can't work for you if you don't show up as you.
~ Jason Mraz
One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don't leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.
~ Osho
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
~ Buddha
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
~ Marianne Williamson
We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.
~ Max de Pree
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Spirit United's
Relocation Update
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Spirit United is on the Move!
Some Spirit United members went back to the potential site to look deeper at the possibilities!
Please hold the intention for right action
and for the right place to reveal itself.
Keep your eyes and ears aware of any possible site for our new home. Then let Ron know.
Keep visualizing our home finding us.
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Plan to Join the Next Step in May
The final tear-down, pack and move will be done in May. Make room in your schedule to support the next crew chief who will guide us through our departure from 3204 Como Avenue SE into our new home. We'll need you.
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 What's Up With the Library?
Many folks have books, CDs, DVDs checked out. Not to worry, just return them to the library shelf and they will be checked in and ready to join the other books in our new home. The new, streamlined library will have current, topical books of interest ready for you to check out for your studies and reading pleasure. In the meantime, let's find those books you know you have and return them.....please.
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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.
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