In the last few months, sev­eral of the church staff were trained in a fun, inter­ac­tive Bible study. Kalei­do­scope wel­comes peo­ple wher­ever they are in their faith jour­ney and teaches a small group to enter scrip­ture with open­ness as they mutu­ally invite one another to reflect on the text.

A 3-Week Advent Bible study will be offered to read and dis­cuss the Scrip­tures that will be in wor­ship the fol­low­ing Sun­day (no mat­ter what ser­vice you go to!) No prepa­ra­tion is needed. We will meet in the par­son­age (right next door to the church at 425 Grov­e­land Ave. Come to any door.)
All are always welcome!

Join facil­i­ta­tor Bob Janssen every fourth Sun­day at 11:00 for con­ver­sa­tion on themes of con­tem­po­rary Chris­tian­ity. Using the writ­ings of such 21st cen­tury the­olo­gians as Bishop John Shelby Spong, Mar­cus Borg, John Dominic Crossan and oth­ers, the group will have the oppor­tu­nity to dis­cuss what it means to be a per­son of faith in a post­mod­ern world. Read­ings will be avail­able at the class and no prepa­ra­tion is required.

Speak­ing Chris­t­ian: Why Chris­t­ian Words Have Lost Their Mean­ing and Power– And How They Can Be Restored A New Book by Mar­cus Borg “‘Speak­ing Chris­t­ian’ is in a state of cri­sis. For many, Chris­tian­ity has become an unfa­mil­iar lan­guage. Even for… (keep read­ing…)

Sun Novem­ber 6th, 2011 11:00 AM Sun­days, Novem­ber 6,13 & 20 at 11:00 Led by Janet Bucher and Anne Buchanan As a com­mu­nity, it is clear that there are ways that more help­ful than oth­ers in how we live our com­mon… (keep read­ing…)

Sun Octo­ber 23rd, 2011 11:00 AM INTRODUCTION TO GROUP SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Come join us at 11:00 AM on Octo­ber 23rd or Octo­ber 30th for an intro­duc­tion to Group Spir­i­tual Direc­tion. In keep­ing with our theme for this year, “Prac­tic­ing Beloved Com­mu­nity,”… (keep read­ing…)

Wel­come to Open Yoga. Begin­ning Octo­ber 5 and 9 Open your heart, your mind, your body – and wit­ness the open­ing in your daily life. Whether you’re an expert yogi – or some­one who has never believed they could prac­tice yoga… (keep read­ing…)

Sat Novem­ber 19th, 2011 9:00 AM Soul Care is an neces­sity for every­one. It involves liv­ing from our essen­tial selves,honoring our true nature, lis­ten­ing for our allure­ments, resist­ing the social pres­sures to con­form, and giv­ing our soul expres­sion in the world.… (keep read­ing…)

Tue Novem­ber 1st, 2011 6:00 PM Bar­bara Brown Taylor’s book An Altar in the World is an invi­ta­tion to see the world through sacred eyes. Tay­lor, an Epis­co­pal priest, pro­fes­sor and gifted writer, is one of the fore­most voices for Chris­tian­ity… (keep read­ing…)

Sun Octo­ber 30th, 2011 9:00 AM Hen­nepin Church will cohost, along with Cross­winds UMC and Wis­dom Ways Cen­ter for Spir­i­tu­al­ity, a week­end fea­tur­ing vision­ary thought leader and award-winning author, Jan Phillips. On Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 29th, Jan will present “The Word, the… (keep read­ing…)