Know­ing what is right or wrong on any issue is impor­tant. Yet is it enough from a faith per­spec­tive? When absolutely cer­tain, can any one of us be open to the truth as expressed and believed by our neigh­bor if dif­fer­ent from out own? Is there any­thing so cer­tain to me or you that noth­ing could change our minds? Can’t that be a fright­en­ing thought? Read the scrip­ture from Paul to the Corinthi­ans. You might think it is about what to eat. What else is it about?

At Hen­nepin this year, we are Prac­tic­ing Beloved Com­mu­nity. There’s almost no bet­ter way to prac­tice this than in inten­tional con­ver­sa­tions where we choose to lis­ten to one another around issues that are emo­tional to each one of us: in this case, whether to have Gay Mar­riage cer­e­monies within the church walls even though it is against the United Methodist Dis­ci­pline. We encour­age every per­son at Hen­nepin who is seri­ous about prac­tic­ing a Chris­t­ian faith, to par­tic­i­pate in a small group using the Dis­cern­ment Tool to dis­cern how as a church we want to respond to this issue.

Come and see “Love Notes,” sto­ries and songs about lov­ing and being loved. Make it a spe­cial Valentine’s date or a fun out­ing with fam­ily and friends. The show will have some­thing for every­one plus com­pli­men­tary appe­tiz­ers, desserts and childcare.

Feb­ru­ary 11th at 6:00 pm
Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 12th at 11:00 am