Spirit of Truth Newsletter

Spirit of Truth newsletter 9/28/10

Our Conviction: God is Love, Love is the center of all creation, and Justice is the public expression of that Love.

Our Vision: The vision of Spirit of Truth is a Minnesota and world where love and justice are at the center of our community and society, and where people, through spiritual nourishment, real relationships, dignified work, and public voice, live valued, meaningful lives.

Our Mission: The mission of Spirit of Truth is to be central to realizing that vision. To be a community of people that through spiritual practices, community relationships, action for justice and faith live into the belief that love and justice are actually at the center, and to create a society that lives up to that belief as well.

What’s up next: This Sunday, October 3rd, at 11am, we’ll gather for our fourth Sunday gathering. We’ll share stories and experiences, and explore and celebrate our faith in love and justice through prayer and song.
After the celebration, we’ll have our first all-community co-creation meeting. We’re going to talk about what steps we’ve taken so far to live out our vision in the world, and what steps we want to take next. We have nothing but opportunity in front of us: In what new ways do we want to pray, and to reenergize ourselves? How do we want to build community with our neighbors in the Twin Cities? How will we act for justice in the world?
Join us for the celebration, and stay after to be part of waling this exciting path!

What’s been going on: We’ve had some really moving powerful stories and experiences in our first few weeks of gathering as a community. Our first week, Spirit of Truth leader, Cirien, shared her story. She told us about her experience, as a Jordanian-American, of becoming Arab the day after the September 11th attacks. She said that people started to look at her differently, and consequently, she started having to be different in the world as well. Out of this new way of being, she’s been part of a community of Arab Americans working for peace in the world. Others have shared their stories as well – about faith, about life, looking for meaning, and working for justice.
We have also been exploring music with Twin Cities artist Donna Pena, singing songs about justice and the promise of a new way of living together and of a God of love. At each gathering we try different prayers of silence or speaking, to ground ourselves in our faith.
While these gatherings have been happening, we’ve continued to build relationships with each other, and to build new relationships, and invite people to join us on path of Spirit of Truth.


Spirit of Truth
www.spiritoftruthtwincities.org
651-336-6726
pete@spiritoftruthtwincities.org
701 N Lexington Parkway
St Paul, MN 55104