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The Weekly Liberal, November 13, 2025
"This is who we are, not simply what we do." | Weekly News for Families | Daytime Connections | Saturday Sprouts
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November 13, 2025
This is who we are, not simply what we do.
The Sanctuary and Resistance Team began during John Cummins’ ministry at First Universalist, focused then on asylum seekers and immigration. The threat is higher now, and we’re experiencing trans refugees seeking shelter and services across state lines in Minnesota.
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November 10, 2025
The resources we need to provide sanctuary at First U
Our board of trustees has issued a challenge: They will match, dollar for dollar, the first $3,000 raised through Give to the Max.
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November 7, 2025
The Weekly Liberal, November 6, 2025
"How we are at the small scale is how we are at the large scale" | Weekly News for Families | Strike Camp | Child Dedication | Give to the Max
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November 6, 2025
“How we are at the small scale is how we are at the large scale.”
Author and activist adrienne maree brown compares fractals to change-making for a better world. She encourages us to “see our own lives and work and relationships as a front line, a first place we can practice justice, liberation, and alignment with each other and the Planet.”
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October 31, 2025
The Weekly Liberal, October 30, 2025
The Table We Build | Weekly News for Families | BIPOC Gathering | Smorgasboard | Sanctuary & Resistance Program Awarded Grant
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October 30, 2025
The table we build
This is our throughline for November: a people who set a table large enough for truth—truth about wages and benefits, land and lineage, the Earth seated with us as a permanent guest.
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October 30, 2025
Gathering for Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color
November 19, 6-8 p.m. This is a gathering and a homecoming, the start of a circle of joy, support, and possibility.
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October 30, 2025
Weekly News for Families | October 30, 2025
See what's happening for children and youth at First Universalist Church of Minneapolis!
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