10:30 am Service - Flying Flags for Dissent, the Highest Form of Patriotism by Colleen Rowley. Coleen Rowley retired from the FBI in 2004 after nearly 24 years as an FBI agent and then Minneapolis Chief Division (Legal) Counsel for 13 years (a position she stepped down from after warning that the Iraq War was not justified and would prove counterproductive). In May 2002, Rowley wrote a memo about the FBI’s various lapses in the Moussaoui case which spurred more extensive investigations and reports finding that 9-11 could have been prevented. She writes and speaks on ethical decision-making and the issues of civil liberties/dissent. She is a past Humanity Series and Sunday speaker.

Our services begin at 10:30 am Sunday mornings. Children join the first part of the service and then continue their Religious Education (RE) downstairs. Nursery service is available before and during the services. Coffee and fellowship follow the service in the lower level.

Sermon: The Embodied Self by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Meditation: Meditation June 21st by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Dr. Steven Miles text on Torture: Interrogating Ourselves (June 28th)

Sunday, July 5th

10:30 am Service - Flying Flags for Dissent, the Highest Form of Patriotism by Colleen Rowley. Coleen Rowley retired from the FBI in 2004 after nearly 24 years as an FBI agent and then Minneapolis Chief Division (Legal) Counsel for 13 years (a position she stepped down from after warning that the Iraq War was not justified and would prove counterproductive). In May 2002, Rowley wrote a memo about the FBI’s various lapses in the Moussaoui case which spurred more extensive investigations and reports finding that 9-11 could have been prevented. She writes and speaks on ethical decision-making and the issues of civil liberties/dissent. She is a past Humanity Series and Sunday speaker.

Sunday, July 12th

10:30 am Service - Sufism: the Way of Opening the Heart by John Hakim Bushnell. Having been initiated for over nineteen years in the western Sufi order, the Sufi Ruhaniat International, John Hakim Bushnell will discuss this spiritual practice, particularly as it is practiced in the US today. He will include some of the teachings of the popular 13th century poet, Rumi, and present the meditative practice of the Zikr.

Sunday, July 17th

10:30 am Service - Living at a Cultural Intersection by Kuma Takamura Currently a Prejudice Reduction Facilitator with the Greater Mankato Diversity Council, and independent consultant for Japanese electronics companies, Kuma Takamura came to this country in 1980 as a biology researcher in behavior genetics at Stanford University, moving to North Mankato in 1985 to work at Thin Film Technology for many years, He will speak about traditional Japanese culture, and the experience of living between that culture and this one.

Sunday, July 26th

10:30 am Service - The 5 R’s of Religion by Rev. Lisa Friedman I was reading an article recently on the 5 C’s of journalism, the criteria that makes a story worth covering. It made me wonder about the 5 R’s of religion, or what makes a religion worthy of our time and exploration. This morning we will welcome those who have joined our congregation this past year.

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New Photos! Hanska and UU Mankato Choirs - A secret photographer sent in these photos from the combined choirs of Hanska UU and UU Mankato. There's a link at the top of this page or you can click here. (Posted 6-18-09 - 7-18-09)

New Photos! Eco Event - Solar Cooking - Check out the great photos that Jean Lovett took of the Solar Cooking demonstration on June 14th. There's a link at the top of this page or you can click here. This Eco Event was presented by the women from EarthlyGoods.com (Posted 6-15-09 to 7-15-09)