ON-YOUR-OWN PODCAST TO GO Life U January, LIFEU, Storytelling Short on time? Sign up to receive weekly podcasts via email and grow deeper in faith and you listen and learn to live in faith everyday by tending to scripture. Dr. Michael Chan and special guests explore why scripture matters in a world with so many voices. What makes for a good story? Why is storytelling... Continue Reading Faith and Trials: Re-Authoring Your Life Story THURSDAYS 7:00 PM Life U January, LIFEU, Storytelling Each of us tells a story of our lives to ourselves that can limit and define us. How can we re-author and share a more faith-filled and life-giving story? Each week we will weekly practice ways to enlighten the story God has for our lives. Join Pastor Brian Norsman and receive practical tools that... Continue Reading Immersed in Verse WEDNESDAYS 6:00 PM Life U January, LIFEU, Storytelling Telling our own stories can feel a little more manageable when we do it a verse at a time. Grab your favorite pen and join Intern Pastor Amy Mihelich Smith as we immerse ourselves in the poetry of our past, present, and future. We’ll read great poetry from the Bible and from contemporary authors.... Continue Reading Click and Share with Pastor Jenny Sung TUESDAYS 7:00 PM Life U January, LIFEU, Storytelling Do you wonder how to use social media to share your faith? This class is for beginners up to pros. Join Pastor Jenny Sung for some tricks and tips that make sharing your faith easy, and accessible. Continue Reading Story Telling Workshop MONDAYS 7:00 PM Life U January, Storytelling Anderson and Rev. Andrea Roske-Metcalfe, Twin Cities Moth GrandSLAM storytelling champion, to learn tips and tricks for upping your storytelling game. These hour-long sessions will be workshop-based, as we offer and receive feedback from one another from a place of compassion and vulnerability, and will culminate in an (optional) open-mic night later on in... Continue Reading Telling Your Family’s Story with Mark Jackson SUNDAYS 6:30PM Life U January, Storytelling What are the stories that shape who your family is? Interactive conversations will give your family time to discuss what makes your family’s experience its own, including birth stories, how your names were given and what they mean, and the daily routines and practices that are important to you – and what those quirky things... Continue Reading Spiritual Practices that Speak Scripture Into Daily LIFE LIFEU, Scripture God's word is LIFE-giving. Come experience God's word in new and experiential spiritual practices that will move your soul into deeper contemplation. Though the ancient practices of the Breath Prayer, Lectio Divina, Visio Divina, Guided Meditations, and more, you will tap into an ancient- future faith that will set your heart on fire. Continue Reading Is Everything I Know About The Bible Wrong?! LIFEU, Scripture A lighting-quick overview of the Old and New Testaments through the lens of common misconceptions, assumptions, and outright blunders. For many people the Bible is just a little bit scary; it's big, it's long, and it's serious business. Even for many of us raised on the Bible there are ways we think about the... Continue Reading Young Adults: Surprised by Scripture LIFEU, Scripture Young adults (ages ~19-35) are invited to join Deacon Stephanie Anderson-Telschow and Intern Pastor Amy Mihelich Smith as we explore scripture's purpose as both an ancient roadmap for charting the wilderness and as God's way of speaking to us right here, right now. If you're curious to learn more about the basics of making... Continue Reading NOVEMBER LARGE GROUP- TENDING TO SCRIPTURE LIFEU, Scripture Why does Scripture matter at all? There are so many voices in culture right now: Musicians, artists, politicians, activists, thought leaders, entrepreneurs. Why should Scripture be given more weight than all of these? Continue Reading Family Bible Story Time LIFEU, Scripture Join these interactive conversations with actual Bible studies your family will get to do together during a Sunday evening devotion time -- between dinner and your bedtime routine! Try out different ways to explore God's Word, including shared reading, dramatic readings, puppets, and using simple objects from around your home to help Bible stories... Continue Reading Now Registering LIFEU Join us this fall for speakers/classes/podcasts/events that will help us all bring the healing power of Christ’s love and be that healing love in the world through the study of four life-giving practices.    Be transformed in faith and through faith as together we seek to Proclaim Jesus Christ, Live in Christ and Serve!... Continue Reading Ready, Set, Go! LIFEU, Prayer This interactive half-hour experience between your Sunday dinner and bedtime routine will get your family emotionally and spiritually ready for the week ahead. The guided conversation invites your family to pause from a busy weekend, share "highs and lows," try out a new family faith practice, and close by blessing each other. Connect with... Continue Reading The Pilgrimage Within: Cultivating Spiritual Practices that Nurture Your Soul for LIFE LIFEU, Prayer There is a pilgrim’s journey in all of us. As we journey through life’s travels, we realize the more substantive way is the deeper pilgrimage into sacred space within us. How do we become more self-aware of our interior self and let our true self deep within us shine? The answer is simple: By... Continue Reading Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others LIFEU, Prayer Barbara Brown Taylor in her book, "Holy Envy" tackles the questions, worries, and concerns that arise when we encounter "other" religions. She nudges us away from spiritual appropriation and comparison, and toward challenging discernment of our faith and the faith of others. Join us as we discuss her book and discover the spiritual riches... Continue Reading

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