As millions of Americans anxiously wait to learn if and how the newly adopted federal budget cuts may impact them and their families, I can't help but reflect on how many vulnerable Minnesotans - the disabled, the elderly, the poor, refugees and immigrants, and those requiring mental health or addiction treatment - many of them veterans - will be left without their basic or special needs met.
There are few sights more beautiful than children lifting their voices in prayer together. In those sacred moments—full of quiet hope and nervous anticipation for a new school year—they are talking with God in innocence and trust. This morning, at Annunciation School, that holy space was pierced by violence, and our community is left heartbroken and shaken.
MCC celebrates Co-DIrector of Racial Justice Jim Bear Jacobs' participation in "Sacred Spaces: Racial Justice and Spirituality in Action," a cohort program of National Cathedral for faith leaders committed to racial equity and healing.
From Washington Episcopal National Cathedral's website:
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Ojibwe scholar Dr. Anton Treuer will deliver a prophetic truth-telling message on “Moving Toward Healing" in partnership with MCC Racial Justice Truth & Reparations on October 21.
Clergy Across Traditions Call for Peace, Civil Discourse, and the Protection of Constitutional Freedoms
"Things are going to get worse—but in every other place where they’ve eventually gotten better, it’s been because people could see where their country was going, they looked for an alternative, and people like you could show them one.”
by Elder Suzanne P. Kelly, CEO, Minnesota Council of Churches
Our CEO Elder Suzanne P. Kelly shared with the MCC Board of Directors in October that "we are celebrating the pastoral ordination of our Chief of Staff, Elder Chrissie Carver. Chrissie has faithfully served MCC for over six years while also ministering as assistant pastor at Potter’s House Apostolic Ministry in Burnsville. In Apostolic/Pentecostal tradition, ordination is not merely ceremonial; it is a sacred act that validates a divine calling, bestows spiritual authority, and affirms accountability within the church.
As people of faith, we are called to speak clearly when the dignity of our neighbors is under attack. Recent statements by the President about Somali immigrants in Minnesota compel such a response—not from a place of partisanship, but from a place of scriptural and moral conviction.
