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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:
1. April 17th – Palm Sunday pot luck and vigil in support of workers that clean Cub Foods – each of you is invited! As many of you know, Spirit of Truth has been organizing with the members of the Justice in Retail Cleaning campaign (click here to learn more about the campaign). On Sunday, April 17th, we are going to take action to move the campaign forward. First, we’ll gather together at St Matt’s for a pot luck meal. We’ll eat together, meet each other, and talk about the campaign. Then we’ll all go together to hold a vigil near a local Cub Foods. The vigil will highlight our faith values and what Palm Sunday has to do with this campaign for justice. This will be a powerful event if all of you join us to make a real, values-based statement to Cub foods, and to the people who clean the stores and have put their jobs on the line to speak up. Please come join us! You can RSVP by clicking reply to this email and letting us know. You also might get a call or individual email from another leader at Spirit of Truth. See you on April 17th!
2. Receipt Collection – As part of this same action, we will be launching a period of collecting grocery receipts, and asking people to sign a card that pledges to use our money to follow our values, including the value of dignity for workers. Why are we doing this? We want to show Cub Foods that we are people who have strong values for justice, and that collectively, we spend a lot of money on groceries. It will help Cub understand how important it is to sit down and talk with the workers leading the campaign. We’ll be collecting receipts all through the month of April, and into May, so start saving them now! Not a Cub shopper? That’s ok. We are collecting all kinds of grocery receipts, not just Cub receipts. The point is to show how much economic power we have as a group, regardless of where we get our groceries. Interested in joining us? Reply to this email, and we’ll make sure to get you the pledge card and figure out how to get the receipts.
We continue to meet every Sunday morning at 11:15. Please join us to learn more about the people involved, and what Spirit of Truth is all about!
Thanks,
Peter Marincel
651-336-6726
www.spiritoftruthtwincities.
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:
1. April 17th – Palm Sunday pot luck and vigil in support of workers that clean Cub Foods – each of you is invited! As many of you know, Spirit of Truth has been organizing with the members of the Justice in Retail Cleaning campaign (click here to learn more about the campaign). On Sunday, April 17th, we are going to take action to move the campaign forward. First, we’ll gather together at St Matt’s for a pot luck meal. We’ll eat together, meet each other, and talk about the campaign. Then we’ll all go together to hold a vigil near a local Cub Foods. The vigil will highlight our faith values and what Palm Sunday has to do with this campaign for justice. This will be a powerful event if all of you join us to make a real, values-based statement to Cub foods, and to the people who clean the stores and have put their jobs on the line to speak up. Please come join us! You can RSVP by clicking reply to this email and letting us know. You also might get a call or individual email from another leader at Spirit of Truth. See you on April 17th!
2. Receipt Collection – As part of this same action, we will be launching a period of collecting grocery receipts, and asking people to sign a card that pledges to use our money to follow our values, including the value of dignity for workers. Why are we doing this? We want to show Cub Foods that we are people who have strong values for justice, and that collectively, we spend a lot of money on groceries. It will help Cub understand how important it is to sit down and talk with the workers leading the campaign. We’ll be collecting receipts all through the month of April, and into May, so start saving them now! Not a Cub shopper? That’s ok. We are collecting all kinds of grocery receipts, not just Cub receipts. The point is to show how much economic power we have as a group, regardless of where we get our groceries. Interested in joining us? Reply to this email, and we’ll make sure to get you the pledge card and figure out how to get the receipts.
We continue to meet every Sunday morning at 11:15. Please join us to learn more about the people involved, and what Spirit of Truth is all about!
Thanks,
Peter Marincel
651-336-6726
www.spiritoftruthtwincities.
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