This Week at UBC

Updated every Monday

Hello Friends: 

 

Many of us awoke this morning to more news of trauma in our community. North of Minneapolis, a man was run over by a neighbor in an apparent anti LGBTQ hate crime.  A few hours later another driver drove through a protest vigil in Uptown killing one and injuring three.  Trauma building on trauma, sadness on sadness, anger on anger. As the prophet Habakkuk wondered, “How Long?”  Thoughts and prayers need to move toward peace, justice, accountability, and safety for everyone. 

 

Thanks to all who attended the annual meeting on Sunday. We celebrated a momentous year, passed a budget and elected a slate of officers. 

 

If you have not done so already, please sign up for a survey of congregation members and friends involved in the Alliance of Baptists initiative of Thriving Anti-Racist Congregations. Here's the link to that survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEo7vSE9BXDnnj5babJjuaYDyIESsLC6itbRVXg5gQvm3NfQ/viewform It takes less than a minute to sign up.  Those who sign up will get a more thorough survey in the fall. 

 

Here is the schedule for the week: 

 

Tuesday—7pm Memoirs Group 

Meeting ID: 810 6944 9838 passcode: 244380 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81069449838?pwd=ZWNIUmMzNXRSYlFYaHJUczk2ZmRoUT09 

 

Thursday—10am Garden Team 

 

Saturday—9am Bible Study Focusing on Galatians 4. 

Meeting ID: 886 6992 0103 passcode: 613038  

 

Sunday - UBC Joys and Concerns / Worship 9:00-9:30 Joys and Concerns 

Meeting ID 839 4725 7444 password 257750 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83947257444?pwd=cFZCWEdqUkR0RDgwT0JwT3hrQ3FpUT09 

 

As always, if you can’t attend in person, there will be a prerecorded service available on the church web site, YouTube channel and Facebook page. 

 

The UBC Council will meet at 11:30am. One of the topics we will discuss is amending our COVID protocols. 

 

Blessings and Peace, 

 

Doug Donley