|
Merging Waters Unitarian Universalist Congregation Annual Meeting will be held on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6:30 pm.
The annual meeting can be attended in-person at 1000 Long Lake Road, New Brighton MN, 55112, or via Zoom by using the “Our Zoom Room” button on the MWUUC web page, or this link: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/6827547240
Link: Official Call to Annual Meeting
| | |
Sunday Service, 12:30pm
In Person: UCCNB, 1000 Long Lake Road
Online: Merging Waters Zoom Room
Rev. Krista will lead us in a contemplation of "Revolutionary Imagination" as well as a celebration of mothers. Kathy Burek will be our Service Participant.
| | Rev. Krista's Office Hours | | |
Thursday, May 15, 9:30-11am (In Person)
Friday, May 16, 9-11am (Zoom)
| | Chad Snyder Graduation Party | | |
Conversations at the Edge of Hope: Collapse –
Why Climate is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
May 13
| | Led by MW member David Weiss, these conversations reflect Merging Waters’ commitment to bring our values of mindful interdependence, authentic curiosity, and courageous love to the very challenging topic of climate crisis. This month David will discuss the “Bio-Physical Drivers of Collapse”: the natural forces (much larger than simply a warming climate) that are now conspiring to make Collapse inevitable. Our work “at the edge of hope” goes far beyond this, but it begins from this place. The text from last month’s presentation, “Collapsing … Toward Joy?” is a good introduction to this month’s challenging discussion. “Conversations at the Edge of Hope” meets second Tuesdays from 6:30-8pm in Room 7 (lower level) at UCCNB. Join us on May 13, on site or online in our Zoom room. Contact David (drw59mn@gmail.com) with questions. RSVPs are welcome, but not required | | Volunteer at SACA on May 17 | | |
Saturday May 17th
8:00 am till as long as noon
3905 California Street NE
Columbia Heights 55421
We need a minimum of 8 people to select food depending on an individual’s preferences into banana boxes on carts. As of today, 5 more volunteers are needed!
Must be able to stand/walk. This food feeds the very most needy clients, who otherwise cannot come to the food shelf. Elderly, disabled physically and mentally persons in Columbia Heights, Fridley, and NE Minneapolis. All who have volunteered in the past report how awesome this is. Please email Polly if you can volunteer.
pollybangdrums@gmail.com
| | |
From Fork to Forest: A MUUSJA Webinar on Greener Eating
May 27
| | Our current system of animal agriculture generates as much greenhouse gas as the entire transportation sector. This lively presentation will discuss our food system's under-appreciated climate and environmental impact. You’ll learn actions you can take at your very next meal to start changing things for the better. Online, Tuesday, May 27, 6-7:30pm. Info and registration at From Fork to Forest. | | UUA General Assembly Delegate | | |
Would you like to take part in shaping the future or our Unitarian Universalist denomination? The annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association is coming up June 18-22 and Merging Waters has spots for 2 delegates to participate in the General Business Sessions and vote on behalf of the congregation. Delegates can attend in person or virtually.
General Sessions, guided by co-moderators Rev. Meg Riley and Charles Du Mond, are where the essential business of the Unitarian Universalist Association unfolds. Open to all via live streaming, these sessions provide a platform for discussing, shaping, and advancing the shared mission and values of the UUA. From voting on key issues to hearing reports from Association leaders, the General Sessions reflect a spirit of
collaborative leadership and commitment to Unitarian Universalist principles. Join us in witnessing and participating in the impactful work that drives our faith forward.
Would you like to learn more about being a delegate for Merging Waters? Please contact Katie Johnson, Kathy Burek, or Rev. Krista.
| | Annual Big Back Yard Party - August 2, 4pm | | This will be the August's Coffee House. Picts below from last year's party. Photo Credit: Katie Johnson | | Support for Social Justice Teams | | |
Nico Van Ostrand (they/them) is interning with MUUSJA through August 31 providing spiritual care connected to social justice work. They are available for 1:1 convos about anything in a person's life related to, hindering, or impacting social justice work. They can also meet with social action or justice teams for group sharing and practice using spiritual care tools. Check out this page with more details.
In addition to individual sessions and group sessions with social justice committees/groups, I am also offering several themed Group Spiritual Support sessions that anyone can participate in. Check out the schedule and details here. The first session is on Spiritual Disconnect on May 3rd.
| | May Worship Theme: Imagination | | |
"Imagination’s great gift is improvement. At least that is what we’re taught. Its deep magic lies in the way it can reshape our reality. We are urged to imagine the world we dream of. A world with more justice. More peace. More love. From that, a mysterious magnetism arises, a
magnetism that pulls our imperfect present into an improved future. Imagination moves usforward. It makes our world - and us - better.”
from Soul Matters Curriculum
| | May Special Donation: Honor The Earth | | |
Vision
Honor the Earth is creating a world where Indigenous Sovereignty is recognized, respected, and upheld. We envision a future where communities thrive with honor, abundance, and in right relationship with Mother Earth.
Mission
Honor the Earth is committed to protecting the lifeways and sovereignty of our Indigenous Relatives across Mother Earth. We do this by investing in our communities and a new generation of organizers through campaigns, research, training, reclaiming our narrative, and providing capacity support in service of all land and life.
https://www.honorearth.org/
| | Merging Waters Wormen's Book Group | | |
June 7, 9:30am
Online: Our Zoom Room
BOOK: Non-Fiction-A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II, by Sonia Purnell
The Merging Waters Women's Book Group is a gathering of female (identifying as female/feminine, LGBTQ+ inclusive)) members and friends who meet the first Saturday of each month to discuss books written by female identified authors. The group alternates between fiction and non-fiction works recommended by one or more of the group members. Contact Pat Ferrian (ferri004@gmail.com) to be added to the email list.
Meetings are held online via ZOOM, 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Unless otherwise noted, use the “Our Zoom Room” (Yellow Button) on the mergingwatersuu.org home page.
| | Sunday Evening Book Group | | |
Sunday, May 11, 7pm
Norma and Marilyn
BOOK: The Last Girl : My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad. Published in 2018. 320 pages.
“The Last Girl” is the story of Nadia Murad, a young Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by ISIS and forced into sexual slavery. The terror that ISIS brought to Murad, her family, and her community is barbaric. Murad educates readers about Yazidi history, and how it is defined by its values, community, and its traditions. Unfortunately, it was those same values left the insular Yazidis so vulnerable to an ISIS attack. Murad isn’t just “telling” readers her story, but she is narrating a genocide that she happened to be a part of. Murad never lost her will or her strength, which allowed her to be a Nobel Prize-winning activist.
| | | | |
