Nourished

01/27/2026

Hi folks!

We're grateful to Ryan and Kristina Roth-Klinck for their role in leading the Nourished community. They are moving to a new role as pastors in another town, and they're doing well and getting settled there.

The new Nourished leadership team comes from the membership of Nourished. If you want to get involved, let us know! You can reach out to us here or at [email protected].

The new leadership team has planned a Centering gathering for this Friday, January 30th, at the St. Paul's Annex. We'll be discussing an introduction to Daoism and immigration / opposition to ICE. Sala will lead the discussion. We will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. for social time, and Centering will be held from 7:00–8:30 p.m.

12/18/2025

This year's solstice gathering will be at the Roth-Klinck's so we can bid them farewell. You are invited to bring cookies to share and an item related to your spatiality about the solstice. We will also hear an update from the Discernment Team at 7:30pm, which will share how Nourished plans to structurally move forward once the Roth-Klinck's are gone. Can't make it in person? Good news! We are doing this online as well. There is a video call link in Discord, so message Kristina is you need access or need help getting on Discord.

We hope you'll join us in saying, "See you later!"

12/02/2025

At the November discernment team meeting, we discussed 4 priorities that we want to focus on as we move into 2026. They are:

-Need for Community
-Social Justice/Advocacy
-New Perspectives and Diversity
-Spiritual Exploration

At our November Friendsgiving gathering, we presented these 4 priorities and have taken your feedback into our December discernment gatherings. The discernment team will meet a few times throughout December and present our findings and ideas at our December solstice gathering, Friday, December 19th from 7pm-9pm at Ryan and Kristina's.

12/01/2025

11/05/2025

Throughout this summer, we've participated in a listening campaign with Gamaliel Community Organizing. Now we are in the phase of discernment and reflecting on the conversations that we had over the summer. At our town hall/board meeting a few weeks ago, we decided that we would form a discernment committee of 5-6 people who will be reflecting over our data over the course of the next 3 months. We will be following the discernment model with Gamaliel, which will help us discern our priorities for 2026 with shifting leadership. Centering will shift a little bit in this time. In November, the committee will meet on the 2nd Monday in place of Centering, and then we will gather as a larger community to reflect on their work. For November, they will share their work so far at our Friendsgiving potluck.

11/01/2025

A Liturgy For Those Who Are Gone, in observance of All Hallow's Day, written by Ryan Roth-Klinck:
We begin by recentering ourselves, taking a deep breath in, and a deep breath out…and you are invited to let your mind bring forward and remember those who are no longer with us…

We remember those whom we have loved… who were part of our life and journeyed with us; who left lasting memories that make us smile when we think of them; who embraced us and made us feel loved; who are now gone and we miss more than we are often willing to admit. We offer our remembrance by lighting a candle…

We remember those who we wished we knew better…those who should have been in our life, but were taken away too early; those who we knew only for a short time; those who we heard stories about from our family; those whose names we know, but we don’t know their story. We offer our remembrance by lighting a candle…

We remember those who have been forgotten… those who we have wanted to forget because of harm that they have done; those who we haven’t thought of in a long, long time; those ancestors who we never knew and their wisdom was never passed down from generation to generation. We offer our remembrance by lighting a candle…

We remember those who lived on this land long before us… the people and creatures whose stories we will never fully know; the prairie and land that was harmed and hurt in the name of human progress; the names of those who are long gone and we will not get back. We offer our remembrance by light a candle…

We take a moment now to gaze upon the candles, giving thanks for the witness of those in the past. We ask through God’s mystery that they may help to guide us on our journey today and that they may let themselves be known as divine messengers, inner wisdom that pops into our heads, and even through simple, small nudges and gut feelings that lead us to the truth. May the love and wisdom of our ancestors radiate and shine through us. Amen.

10/30/2025

Cleo has chosen not to continue as Spiritual Cultivator of Nourished after Ryan and Kristina's parental leave is done. Cleo will be done with her interim position on November 9th, when Ryan and Kristina return from parental leave.

With shifting leadership, the way the community will be organized, and a lower financial overhead going forward, the board chose to discontinue the Nourished gluten free bakery. Our baker MaeElla, is finishing up orders for October while also discerning opening up her own gluten free bakery. As her decisions become finalized, we will share that information via email and on our social media pages.

10/16/2025

Throughout these next few months, we will hold gatherings to discern our future and our vision forward. This Sunday we are having an open town hall to begin this discernment. Join us at St. Paul’s UMC for a town hall this Sunday, October 19th from 2pm-4pm.

10/14/2025

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