Neighborhood Church Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Messages from Neighborhood Church in Cloquet, MN. Visit our website: https://neighborhoodchurchmn.org for more information about our services, times and our church.
Next in our series on identifying green flags on where we can invest the best of ourselves, we have sacred wisdom. Sauter’s post presidential election message.
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“We need to uphold biblical marriage!” A statement that comes with multiple people eye rolling or doing it mentally as they hear this. What marriage in the Bible are you hoping to emulate? What is the context those marriages existed and how does that shape our ideas of relationships today? Sauter breaks down myths of what a sacred relationship can be and ways we move forward in relationships that are life giving.
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We launch our new series on processing those nudges to pause, pivot or keep going on our journeys.
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Join Sauter as he shares tips on accessing hope through the sacred art of prayer.
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Kris continues on our series on hope where he talks through Luke 5 and the crew of folks who put a man through a roof and why it continues to shape us today.
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Celebrating incremental growth is a wild and at times, unattractive, when we sit around hoping for the huge monumental experiences that occur here and there in our lives. What we see in the teachings of Christ is an invitation to step into a flow of this breath, this moment, and trust that it’s enough to continue to be good and beautiful.
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Rebecca Rick shares her story of being forced to slow down and the lessons that come with waiting…intended and intended lessons mind you.
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We explore what makes God so beautiful and what does it look like to embody and extend that to others.
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We delve into the world of God’s manifest destiny, God’s perfect will or what some call God’s providence. We explore bias, privilege and ego and the way it can shape our view of what God is doing (or not doing).
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Third installment of our values series.
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Sauter launches our new series centered on Values and how when they are named, embodied and expressed it can help us get to who we have always wanted to be.
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Food matters. It can bring people together to clink a glass, remember your dads cinnamon rolls or your cultures special meal on your favorite holiday. Paul talks on how food matters in Romans 14 and how to see people at the table and believe them when they share their own preferences. Where he lands is to choose people over our beliefs and when we do that, we’re embodying and extending love.
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We celebrate the grads and talk on all things being new.
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The fullest you is not a threat to God or the community. When we believe and operate that who we are and the things we find passion and belonging in add value every where we go. Let those freak flags fly, meaning, move in your authentic self and let love lead.
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Romans 12 is a banger of a chapter. Paul shifts to sharing his thoughts on creating a Jesus looking culture through using our bodies and minds.
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We continue our series in Romans to Chapter 10. Sauter shares how the idea of the rapture is wildly irresponsible to share with 11 year olds and how we read/process the Bible matters. Learning that this faith is in our breath and when we can name what we love it can make room for even more people.
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Mike Valdez shares his story of losing people he loved and how to walk with and through grief.
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Rebecca shares her story of messiness, pain and grief and how we can navigate through it and tell better stories.
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Bodies can be easily left out when thinking about sacredness and holiness. Our bodies are more than a “flesh bag” that houses our spirit. We see this in John 20, where Jesus reveals what a holy body can look like.
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A story about rockets on books, insane conversation at Perkins, some dude asking women why they’re crying and why all of this points to resurrection.
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With Holy Week approaching, Sauter shares several ways of thinking about Christ and the cross. Did God need their son to die? How to process a brutal death and call it good?
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Rebecca Rick is back! For some of us, returning to the Bible after deconstruction is exciting; it feels like a return Home. For others, returning to the Bible can be me…complex. This week Rick talks about one of the methods she uses when reading the Bible- a method she describes here as Finding The Jim. Listen as she walks us through spotting “The Jim” in tales from the Bible, St. Urho, and the patron St. Patrick.
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Romans has a high priority on how a community is flourishing with one another, the earth and the communities around them. When everything is in the right place everyone and everything flourishes. Also Sauter talks on Romans 8:28 and how you interpret that verse deeply matters.
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The way you think about God matters. It informs how you show up in a room, how you sleep, how you engage with people different than yourself and especially how you think about sin. Kris shares how we can reimagine the idea of sin and similar to Paul, not be enslaved to it, but live a flourishing life.
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Neighborhood gathers to have an open mic where anyone can share what they are grateful for. We had stories of the importance of family, coming out and getting married and the celebration of living a sober life. It was a sacred and holy time.
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Gratitude is an essential practice to a good and beautiful life. Nikki Sauter shares some practical tips to prepare us for the following gratitude Sunday.
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We continue our series on the book of Romans where we process chapter 5. We talk about the reality that life is not easy and that we can do hard things. The importance of having hope and how the toxicity of original sin and why in the world Paul would even allude to such a shady view. We end in a place where love always wins and the power hope can bring.
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Stories matter. Stories can create new ways of thinking and being. They can inform how you show up in a room and what values to hold. Paul is pointing to an ancient story that was very familiar and then reimagines what those stories could mean. He tells a better, more inclusive story and invites people to possibly believe in this God and that this God could be that good.
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We process the magic of 90’s country music and how Paul is inviting us to live flourishing lives while inspiring others to do the same. Secondly, process the difference between faith in Christ and faith of Christ and why it matters.
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Trigger Warning: Content of sexual abuse as a child
Mike Valdez shares his story of growing up in an Evangelical space and how it created an us/them culture. He shares on his joinery of following Jesus and toxicity of white power structures within spiritual communities that exclude people unlike themselves.
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Join Kris Sauter as he mines the passage that has been used to bring violence on Queer peoples bodies and existence for way too long. Kris walks through the passage and invites the listener to be open to the possibility that there is a better story to be told than the church has historically told.
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Kris Sauter introduces the new series on Paul’s letter to the Romans. We explore the major themes and why this letter has brought hope (and an immense amount of violence to Queer peoples bodies and lives) to us today.
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Kris Sauter shares the story of the Magi can inspire us to move towards the light and find transformation.
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Week two of our Wild Night Advent series. Kris Sauter walks through the story of Joseph looking for a divorce lawyer and how God spoke directly to his fear and why that is good news.
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Kris Sauter kicks off the Wild Night series and talks on Mary’s song.
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Dear Neighborhood Church,
On behalf of the Minnesota Immigrant Movement (MIM), Jovita, Kay, Angelica, and I, I want to say THANK YOU for allowing us to speak at your church. You blessed our hearts and were a balm to our souls. This work of telling our stories and letting folks know about the issues is often met with opposition and disdain. But your caring, open hearts were such an encouragement for us to keep on.
We went to Pedro’s after church and a wonderful, wonderful person paid for our entire meal. It was such a delightful surprise and uplifted us even more. Thank you to this kind soul.
It is an urgent matter that you take a quick five minutes now to write to your legislators. Below (after my signature) is a list of the ones in your area. If you do not know what district you are in, please look it up first, as the legislators want to hear directly from their own constituents. You can find your state legislators here: https://www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/iMaps/districts/
The bills we are asking our state legislators to support are HF 4 in the House and SF 27 in the Senate. If you hear from your legislator that they are for or against the bill, please email to let me know. We are keeping track of these responses. My email is carey.melissa@gmail.com . Unfortunately, some legislators have fabricated some narratives that do not truly represent the situation. And we can answer any of your questions as they come along.
If you are in District 3 and willing to meet with Senator Hauschild and us via Zoom, we have a meeting in the works and would love for you to join us. Please still email him right away to express your support. This link will give you talking points and facts about the bill. https://www.ilcm.org/latest-news/fact-sheet-drivers-licenses-for-all-2/ But, you don’t have to be elaborate in your email. You can say something along the lines of, “I support the Driver’s License for All legislation and I’m asking you to support it too.”
You can follow every step of this legislation on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067390212148
And please pray for us too. The next committee it needs to pass is the House Ways and Means Committee. And we will update our page with the outcomes.
Lastly, regarding donating to our cause– because we are a grassroots movement, we each take turns collecting funds and as a group, we distribute them to our folks who cannot afford gas but still come to the Capitol and all our planning meetings. Some of them are missing hours from work and we try to compensate them the little we can, so that their activism doesn’t affect their families too much. Any love offerings that you would like to send will go directly to cover these costs of gas and missing work. You can send funds to my paypal and I will make sure that Jovita gets them.
My paypal account email is twincitieserrands@yahoo.com
My Venmo is @Melissa-Carey-35
My Cash App is $MelissaCarey18
If you have any questions, please feel free to email Jovita or me. Our emails are below. Saying thank you does not express how much your friendliness and your eagerness to love your neighbors touched our hearts. Many blessings to you!
Sincerely,
Melissa Carey and Jovita Morales
Minnesota Immigrant Movement
Carey.melissa@gmail.com, jovis4525@gmail.com
Senate
Hermantown and surrounding area- Senator Grant Hauschild, District 3
sen.grant.hauschild@senate.mn
Cloquet and surrounding area- Senator Jason Rarick, District 11
sen.jason.rarick@senate.mn
Duluth and surrounding area- Senator Jennifer McEwen, District 8
sen.jennifer.mcewen@senate.mn
House
Cloquet 11A, Rep. Jeff Dotseth
rep.jeff.dotseth@house.mn.gov
Hermantown 3B, Rep. Natalie Zeleznikar
rep.natalie.zeleznikar@house.mn.gov
Duluth 8A Rep. Liz Olson
rep.liz.olson@house.mn.gov
8B Rep. Alicia Kozlowski
rep.alicia.kozlowski@house.mn.gov
Industrial Township, New Independence Township 7B Rep. Dave Lislegard
rep.dave.lislegard@house.mn.gov
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Here are some resources from Mike! Books: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho Simply Jesus by N.T. Wright Brene Brown—read all her books! Podcasts: The Bible Project The Gospel Series The Parable Series Scene on Radio Seeing White Series
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Jennifer Lien shared an inspiring message on the APIDA community and how we can move forward as peacemakers. Here are several of the resources she shared: University of Minnesota professor Erika Lee’s book “The Making of Asian America” Important conversation between Dr. Lee and veteran journalist and activist Helen Zia Join Minnesota’s Asian organizations at…
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A panel discussion in response to the insurrection on the Capitol.
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And Traditional Ojibwe Teachings
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Dr. Heather shares a message on tips/practices on walking through hard times and anxiety.
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We’re in a brand way new of doing life. New things can be good, and they can also be scary. How do we learn to operate in newness?
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Happy Easter, friends. Christ is Risen. And it is good.
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Jesus models for us what it looks like to love. And it’s all about getting low, quiet, still. And everything we need is all already in us. And it is good.
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God sees us even when we’re walking through the shadows and wilderness. Ang God is inviting us to bring our darkness into the light.
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Kris shares about engaging with God and the cost of surrendering.
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What happens when our lives are disrupted and exposed? Kris and Nikki share helpful ways to find light in our first live online service.
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The universe is flooded in light and Easter is a time for us to intentionally take time to recognize there is a light and to let it shine and expose all the beautiful things we love and hold true. This week Kris begins our Lenten series: Light.
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There is always room for more generosity. Where will you start?
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Nita shares her story and shares hope of a big God who always pursues us and who is always inviting us into living fully alive.
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By keeping an open mind and being willing to learn, even in the cold, we can see God and see good and see beauty.
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