Hello Friends:

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We had a great service hosted by our friends at First Congregational Church on Sunday, with a great turnout of UBCers. We even had some visitors who found the signs on the UBC doors and still made their way to FCC. I’m preaching there this Sunday. I’ll be exploring abolitionism in the 1860s and how our little church had a hand in supporting Pilgrim Baptist Church in St. Paul. There is a haunting story of the journey to create that movement of free Black believers in Robert T. Jones’ book, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy. There will not be a pick-up choir this week. I hope to see you at FCC on the corner of 8th Ave and 5th St. SE on Sunday.

 

The Worship Planning Team will be meeting on Thursday from 4:30-8:30pm to start making plans about our worship services for the coming year. We’ll meet in the UBC lounge. Feel free to bring a snack to share.  If you have an questions, please contact Violet Butler at violetbutler77@gmail.com.

 

I look forward to sharing with you about the incredible work of peacemakers and justice seekers that I met at the Baptist Peace Fellowship’s summer conference in Mexico City. Suffice it to say, that there are thousands of creative thinkers and activists who imagine a more just and peaceful world. I feel much better following their lead than I do many of our elected officials in this country. I keep asking myself what Jesus would say about our world. Maybe it would be a contemporary version of John 11:35.

 

The Newsletter deadline is Friday, July 25th. Please send your announcements, pictures and stories to Chris Follett at chrisf2828@yahoo.com. 

 

Check the schedule below for more of what’s happening this week.

 

​Blessings and Peace,

 

Doug Donley