Merging Waters UU

04/14/2026

Come enjoy the jazz sounds of Delphi this Saturday, April 18, 7pm at Merging Waters shared space -- United Church of Christ in New Brighton, 1000 Long Lake Road. Free to Attend!

04/04/2026

The Merging Waters 2026 Auction is next Saturday, April 11 -- just a week away! This year, as in past years, there's a myriad of wonderful items, events, and services donated. We want you all prepared to bid on auction night, so we're releasing an early bird version of the auction catalog. View items in the online catalog at mergingwatersuu.org/auction-cat. (There is no online bidding this year, the catalog is simply for preview.)

04/03/2026

Saturday, April 4 Potluck & Coffee House
5:30pm (Potluck), 6:30pm (Coffee House)
In Person: Pilgrim House
Online: mergingwatersuu.org/zoom

A reminder to come to the monthly MW pot luck and coffee house tomorrow night, April 4, at Pilgrim House. Come and perform or just come and enjoy!

03/13/2026

Zoom Only This Sunday

Merging Waters will not be gathering at the church building this Sunday, March 15, due to the predicted Severe Winter Weather. Please join us via Zoom for both the Sunday Service and the Budget Forum following the service.

Sunday Service begins at 12:30pm. The Budget Forum will be held after the Sunday Service.

mergingwatersuu.org/zoom

03/12/2026

This Sunday we explore Paying Attention in the ways we live out live. You're invited to help create this service by sharing how you've experienced love at Merging Waters through this form (https://forms.gle/iTeCkea2SE67YdKd8) or in person on Sunday. We'll also be welcoming new members during the service!

Sunday, March 15, 12:30pm
In Person: UCCNB, 1000 Long Lake Road
Online: mergingwatersuu.org/zoom

Read this week's Thursday Update at mergingwatersuu.org/thursday-update

03/03/2026

The January 25 Call for clergy to come to Minneapolis to witness for immigrant justice and protest ICE and Border Patrol violence was organized by MARCH—Multifaith Anti-Racism and Healing.
The federal government is lying about Minneapolis. Through carefully managed public relations, they are attempting to convince the country that conditions have changed. They have not. Despite promises of a drawdown, Minneapolis remains under federal occupation. Brutal force continues to be enacted on communities, and terror is still being used to suppress resistance. Our neighboring communities, Columbia Heights and Fridley, have been particularly hard hit.
What was happening when Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered is still happening. The regime told us that we did not see what we all plainly saw. In response to the lies, the Rev. Thomas Keesecker, a Lutheran pastor, wrote this song, “Believe Your Eyes”, which the band and choir performed this past Sunday.

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02/27/2026

UU congregations across the nation have been "paying attention" to what's happening in Minnesota with the ICE raids and subsequent resistance movements. Many cards with messages of care and encouragement have been sent to the MW congregation. To see images of all those individual cards go to mergingwatersuu.org/cards

02/05/2026

Rev. Krista will continue our exploration of Embodying Resilience in a homily titled "Grounding in This Moment." More about Sunday service and other upcoming activities can be found in this week's newsletter at mergingwatersuu.org/thursday-update

01/15/2026

Rev. Krista shares a message about love and pluralism -- an encouragement to live out our faith with an "understanding of pluralism that calls us to stand with our neighbors. It doesn't matter where they've come from. What matters is how we are in relationship with one another, how we are supporting one another...Let us live in our own faith. Whether you are Unitarian, Universalist, Islamic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, atheist, pagan, whatever faith may call to you -- may we in this time deepen and root ourselves in our own traditions and then come together collectively."

Watch and listen to her entire message here: https://www.mergingwatersuu.org/home

12/27/2025

Due to the risk of deteriorating driving conditions through the day tomorrow, we are changing to a Zoom only Sunday service for Sunday December 28.
We'll meet in our usual Zoom Room at 12:30 to explore hope as we move into the new year. Kevin and Katie will be leading the service. We invite you to bring and share your own reflections, or a poem or reading that speaks something of hope for you. mergingwatersuu.org/zoom