Board of Deacons meeting today at 1p in Parlor
All active deacons please attend.
Fellowship Lunch
Please donate as able to help cover costs & help with clean-up from time to time to keep our lunches working. Questions? See Liz Keeler [elizabethakeeler@gmail.com].
Fall Play Dates for Moms & Kids, Thursdays from 10-11:30a
A chance for kids to play and moms to connect. Meets in CAN nursery. For details, see Deacon Felise Park [felise.park@gmail.com].
Women’s Circle Series: “In Pursuit of Health & Wellness” by Pastor Ebony
Pastor Ebony Adedayo leads this series for CAN women on healing and wellness. Grounded in healing justice, we’ll explore our own histories of trauma, resiliency, & how to heal from the past, centering wellness in family, church & community. Sundays, Sept 10, 24 & Oct 1; from 12-1:30p in Chapel. [ebony@cando.org]
Karibu Parish Potluck at Chepsiror home, Sat. Sept 30 from 5-8p
For details, see Lucy [lmungai@luthersem.edu].
‘Decentering Whiteness’ discussion group, Sundays Oct 8 & 22, from 1-3p
White supremacy has become more overt & now actively stoked by the highest political office. How do we have a loving, real, compassionate conversation, esp those of us from a white context, about this rising threat? Why do we give “the system” the benefit of the doubt against the testimony of people of color? Why do we blindly obey the law rather than questioning the justice of the legal system? How do we hear the pain of the oppressed, rather than first sympathizing with white fragility? How do we decenter our own whiteness, so that we can live in kinship and community? Pastor Jin will moderate; special thanks to Melody Johnson for organizing – please sign up with her. All welcome.
Trip to Bruderhof Communities, Thur Oct 12 to Fri Oct 20 (travel inclusive)
Our church & Underground Seminary have been invited to visit the communities in PA and upstate NY to learn how they do Christian life together. If interested, cost is $150 (or what you can afford). Questions/signup with Pastor Jin [jin@cando.org].
Encouragement to give through Bill Pay – a free service
Please consider giving your tithes/offerings through bill pay service – free of charge at most banks. Once you set the amount, your bank will generate a check each month. Info needed is: CAN, 4301 Benjamin St NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421.