State of the Church Meeting Highlights
Approximately 80 members were present for our annual State of the Church meeting on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. The meeting began with a review of the Visionary Goals for 2017–2022. read more
Closed Wednesday, Feb. 20; No Choir Rehearsal
The church office and building are closed due to the snow as of noon on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Evening activities, including choir rehearsal, have been canceled.
The Weekly Liberal Feb. 14: All In by March 13!
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The Weekly Liberal Feb. 7: State of the Church Meeting is Sunday!
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Feb. 7 Evening Activities Canceled; Church Office Closed
The church office and building will be closing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7 due to weather. All evening activities have been canceled.
The Weekly Liberal Jan. 31: Our Vision Remains True
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The Weekly Liberal January 24: Tell About It
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In this week’s issue, Rev. Justin writes:
Mary Oliver, of beloved memory, wrote these words:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
The Weekly Liberal Jan. 17: Exciting Accomplishments, and More to Come
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The Weekly Liberal: Winter Circle Registration Now Open
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New Exhibit: “Adrift” Paintings by Chris Willcox
A new art exhibit, “Adrift,” paintings by church member Chris Willcox, is on view in the Social Hall gallery space January 6 through February 10.
Chris’s Adrift paintings deal with human migration and, in particular, the global refugee and migrant crisis. She felt morally obligated to create work that might add to the compassionate and sympathetic viewpoint supporting refugees seeking asylum and safety. Media sources have provided a steady stream of now-familiar imagery showing groups of people kept behind chain link fencing, incarcerated children in detention centers or figures in life jackets crowded into flimsy, inflatable rafts. Chris has used media photographs as inspiration and in some cases, actually fixed them directly to the canvas, allowing her to work within the conversation that already exists. The large painting of the sea is meant to disrupt the picturesque ideal of ocean panoramas where the viewer is in the water as if swimming (or drowning.)
Chris was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She earned degrees from the Ontario College of Art and Design, a BFA from the University of Guelph and an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She moved to the Twin Cities in 2000 to accept a position at Macalester College where she is a tenured professor and chair in the Art and Art History department.
Chris’s exhibit will be on display January 6 – February 10. She will be available to discuss her work after the 11:15 a.m. service on Sunday, Jan. 13 at an Artist’s Reception.
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