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On Sunday, January 26 our congregation will engage in our
own take on the UU-wide “Create Climate Justice Revival: Reimagine Together - from an Extractive Age to a New Era”. We will have three parts:• Part 1 will start with the 9:30 forum hour, over breakfast treats, by envisioning the future we want for our community in images and words, and beginning to identify the resources and allies we have.
• Part 2 will be the worship service, sharing special music and reflections from the UUA Revival planners.
• Part 3, over a simple lunch after the service, will be more discussion based on the shared visions we created. We will take a look at the challenges we face at this unsettled time and then think about our skills, gifts, and connections, and how we most want to use our many resources to act together to build the world we envision - even in the face of the challenges.
It is our goal to find several pathways for our congregation to explore - doing what brings us joy while addressing what our community needs at this time.
We look forward to having you join in all, or part, of this special Sunday of imagining, thinking, singing, and eating together. We hope to find ways for our congregation to be part of creating a more just world for all life, in a time of climate crisis.
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Text of Rev. Karen Gustafson’s Sermon from January 12, 2025. Click here
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Forum - 9:30am
PM+ (Problem Management+)
This is a follow up from the Miller Dwan Project and UUCD connection. Learn more about this new program available through UUCD, and delivered by three church members who received extensive training to serve as non-clinical "helpers." PM+ is a free, personalized approach that teaches adults strategies to help with managing stress, worry and anxiety.
To join the Forum presentation on your computer or smartphone, click here. NOTE: this is a new link as of 12/8/24. You can also type in the following info to join: Zoom Meeting ID 985 3565 2576 Passcode 123 or to join by phone call 1-646-568-7788 then enter ID 985 3565 2576 (no passcode needed).
Worship Service - 10:30am
Who’s the King Now?
Presented by Amy G.S.A. Brooks
Amy will reflect on some of the social justice activists who are currently living into the legacy of Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.
ZOOM: To join on your computer or smartphone click here to start Zoom or enter Meeting ID: 966 3267 0535 then passcode: 712244. To join via your phone only: dial 1-646-568-7788 and enter Meeting ID 966 3267 0535, then passcode 712244. If you are from another region, find your local number. NOTE: This is a NEW Zoom link, ID number, and passcode in effect until the end of December 2025.
Woven Basket: To support our congregation's mission, please contribute to the Operating Fund and Woven Basket via SimpleGive. The Woven Basket recipient for January is NAACP. The NAACP is building community power to eliminate systemic racism in the Northland, to create a society where all people can truly be free. Our work includes civic engagement, systemically building racial equity, and supporting policies and institutions that prioritize the urgent needs of Black people, who are most impacted by race-based discrimination. In 2024, the NAACP Duluth Branch began a new endowment fund: Ignite. Empower. Transform (IET) which seeks to create an Economic Empowerment Center focused on affecting positive change that leads to a sustainable and thriving ecosystem for BIPOC communities.
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