Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative

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Let’s Reconnect!

It’s been almost 18 months since we’ve been together as a congregation. We have a lot of catching up to do with friends we knew well and a lot of missed opportunities to make up for to build relationships with those we haven’t gotten to know yet.

The Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative Leadership Team at Plymouth would like to participate in this community rebuilding.

We invite you to gather with us via Zoom on Sunday, October 10th at 12:15

We’ll give you a brief history and an update on what Beacon has in mind for the year and then hope each of you will arrange with one of us for a time to have a one-on-one conversation over coffee – or over the phone – at some mutually convenient time. This conversation will not be a Beacon hard sell: on the contrary, the hope is that lots of pairs of people will get acquainted or reacquainted and in so doing will help rebuild some of the ties that bind us at Plymouth.

If you’re willing to join us in this project, please use this link to join us after the 11:00 worship service on Sunday, October 10th: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81936113234.

If you have questions, please contact Linda Jones at lindafred93(at)gmail.com.

Introducing: The Presence Team

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How full our days are: so many responsibilities, commitments, and distractions too. How do we make time to genuinely engage with critical issues in our community? Yes, we can send a donation or learn more about an issue, but in our hearts we may feel that we’d like to be truly present for issues that have a serious moral and spiritual dimension.

If you’re like me, you also sometimes feel anxious or uncertain about participating in a demonstration or joining a march or vigil if you need to do it alone. I know I’d like to be a presence, but it would feel easier if I had a friend or two with me.

Being present—in a particular place, and fully focused or involved in an issue or action—is a powerful way to live out our faith and convictions. Presence can be a truly affirming experience for us as well as those whose needs or rights we’re supporting.

In order to encourage more of us to be a living presence, Plymouth is creating a Presence Team, and you as well as any friends of the Plymouth community are invited to join us. Become part of an informal group where you can easily learn about marches/vigils/demonstrations in the Twin Cities, and join in with other Plymouth folk to participate. Many of these experiences would be appropriate to attend as a family or as a grandparent with grandchild.

The Presence Team will have event information relating to several issues: race, immigration, climate and more. Your suggestions for events to be included are welcome!

Please contact Judy Takkunen (judyptakkunen@gmail.com) or Peter Eichten (pjeichten@hotmail.com) for more information.