Cherokee Park United Church

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Adult Forum Update

The Adult Forum is meeting at 9 am each Sunday morning except on holiday weekends and in the summer. These insightful and relevant sessions focus on many modern day topics and use diverse resources.  Anyone high school age or older is welcome to attend in the Parent’s Room, near the Manomin Street entry. Please contact Pastor Matthias if you are interested in joining the discussion group, he will point out or possibly give you a copy of what the group is presently discussing.

Highlights of what the group has read (or watched) and discussed recently include;

  • Enjoying Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • Read and discussed Dusk, Night, Dawn by Anne Lamott
  • Read and discussed The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
  • Read and discussed We Keep Us Safe by Zach Norris
  • Watched an discussed the video series The Next Question
  • Read and discussed the book Almost Everything; Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott
  • Read and discussed the book Jesus Before Christianity by Albert Nolan.
  • Study of the Eight Points of Progressive Christianity
  • Waking Up White by Debbie Irving. Irving describes her mid-life realization of her white privilege. She revisits her own transformation and efforts to the unfair racial, cultural, and systemic ramifications of privilege.
  • The TPT documentary OutNorth, the history of LGBTQI+ people and advocacy in Minnesota.
  • The Listen Up!” Bible Study Series encouraged participants to read and discuss many books of the Bible in a 21st Century context.  Most recently we studied the Book of Genesis.

Upcoming Events

Cherokee Park United offers hybrid worship.  You are welcome to view the live-stream service or contact the church for details to attend in-person on Sundays at 10:15 am.  Our summer schedule runs from the second Sunday in June to Labor day.  During that that time service is at 9:30 and Adult Forum does not meet.  May we pray and act to spread God’s love in hearts, homes, and between people and nations. 

Vision, Mission, and Values

Vision Statement:  Fierce justice, Radical love, Abundant grace.

Mission Statement:  We are an inclusive faith community, joining our neighbors, boldly living God’s love in a world of beauty and brokenness, as Jesus did.

Values:

  • Extravagant welcome…
  • Theological elbow room…
  • Engaging worship and heartfelt prayer…
  • Children and families of all sorts…
  • The uncompromising pursuit of justice…
  • Each other…

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