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06/04/2026

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06/04/2026

Border CrosSing performs tonight!

So exited to perform on a concert with our friends at National Lutheran Choir and The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists at the Chorus America conference in Minneapolis this week!
2026 Chorus America Concert: Border CrosSing, National Lutheran Choir, and The Singers

Join us this Thursday at 7:30pm at Central Lutheran Church. This concert is free and open to the public, however, tickets are required for admission into the concert venue.
🎟️: nlca.com/ca2026 ¡Nos vemos pronto!

06/02/2026

Free tomato, pepper and kale plants at the corner of Portland and Grotto, courtesy of a friend from . Please help yourself!

05/31/2026

A Good Goodbye
Sunday, May 31 | 10:00 a.m.​
Sanctuary and livestream: https://youtube.com/live/Gn800nnLnI8?feature=share

Amy Brunell | Dick Buggs, Worship Associate
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How do we leave well when it’s time to say goodbye? Life is filled with transitions, and not all of them give us the closure we need. Sometimes goodbyes are rushed or incomplete, leaving us to gather the quiet pieces of grief left behind. As I offer my final service at Unity Church, I feel called to honor this moment with intention and grace. Together, we will create space for reflection, gratitude, and love that continues beyond parting. Come ready to see differently.​​ ​​

Make a donation to our Sunday offering in support of Unity's Indigenous Justice Community Outreach Ministry Team: https://bit.ly/sundayoffering

After the service visit Parish Hall to join the celebration of Amy Brunell’s internship. We will share cake, gratitude, and good wishes as she embarks on the next steps of ministry!

05/30/2026

Singing with Love
Celebrating 20 Years of Music Ministry with Unity Singers
Sunday, June 7 | 7:00 p.m.
Sanctuary and Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/cEUrjgdXuIA?feature=share

Unity Singers is offering an anniversary concert as a thank you to Unity Church for the honor and joy of participating in its music ministry. The concert will feature a range of selections that have been significant in the Singers' history, and meaningful to the congregation. Please join us for this celebration of music’s role in the spiritual life of our church -- and join us afterwards for a festive reception. A freewill offering will be taken in support of Walker West Music Academy. See you there!

Founded in 2006, Unity Singers is Unity's auditioned chamber choral ensemble. Each singer’s involvement is built on a passion for singing and for ministry through music. Unity Singers’ contributions to the world of choral music include commissions and premieres of works by world-renowned composers, professionally produced recording projects, collaborations with other ensembles and community organizations, and appearances at conventions of the American Choral Directors Association.

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05/30/2026

Year-End State of the Church Gathering
Saturday, June 6 | 10:00 a.m.
Sanctuary

On Saturday, June 6, after a congregational breakfast in Parish Hall beginning at 8:30 a.m., join the Executive Team for a review of the program year just ended and a look forward to what’s next. The Annual Program Report provides excellent background on the themes emerging from this program year: https://bit.ly/2526programreport. Come consider what we’ll build next together!

Send us your pictures and videos! If you have photos or videos of the people in Unity's community living lives of integrity, service and joy this year, please send them by email to [email protected].

05/29/2026

Crosby Farm Picnic
Sunday, May 31
2:30-7:00 p.m. | Potluck dinner at 5:00 p.m.
RSVP requested but not required: https://bit.ly/afesummer26

Join Unity’s Act for the Earth Team along the Mississippi for birding, biking, walking meditation or just playing in the sand. Bring yard games and food to share! Hot grills will be available for cooking. Bring your own beverages (alcohol is prohibited in St. Paul Parks).

Schedule:
2:30-4:00: Walk up the river path (paved) towards Hidden Falls (2-5 miles, depending) with Richard Arey, birding along the way
3:00: Walking meditation with Sarah Cledwyn
3:00: Children’s nature activities with Anna Newton
5:00: Potluck dinner

05/29/2026

Students at Barack and Michelle Obama Elementary School are presenting a play in the Sanctuary at Unity Church today. Follow the yellow brick road to an abundance of talent, teamwork, and joy!

05/28/2026

It's my honor to announce that the recipients of the 2026 Volunteer Service Award are Minnesota Unitarian Universalists, for their tremendous dedication and faithful commitment to justice in organizing UUs from around the country to join in training, worship, and historic anti-ICE protests last January. We are grateful for their activism, community care, and resistance ministry.

The Volunteer Service Award will be given to Minnesota UUs during General Assembly, as part of the General Session on Tuesday, June 16. Please join us in celebrating at GA. Learn more and register at the link in the comments below.

05/28/2026

Our weekly newsletter includes a link to our June spiritual practice packet with opportunities to reflect on Transformation.
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Image: Maria Blanchard, 1918 (María Blanchard, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons).

In cubist art, not only are subjects transformed, but Cubism itself transformed art, as Impressionism did earlier. During her lifetime, Blanchard (1881-1932) was celebrated by her fellow Cubists. She shared studios with Juan Gris and Diego Rivera, the latter of whom described her as producing Cubism’s “finest works, apart from our master, Picasso.” From Wikipedia: Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement which began in Paris. It revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and sparked artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture. Cubist subjects are analyzed, broken up, and reassembled in an abstract form. Instead of depicting objects from a single perspective, the artist depicts the subject from multiple perspectives to represent the subject in a greater context. Cubism has been considered by some the most influential art movement of the 20th century.

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