Events in Northfield
April 21
Regaining Focus in Turbulent Times:
Pastoring and Preaching
It is easy to grasp onto the wrong thing when we are driven by fear and anxiety. Rev. Alan Storey, who grew up in Apartheid South Africa, has seen first hand what it can mean when we hold on to the wrong thing. But when we hold close to the One True Thing - God's abundant love for us and for all - it shapes everything we do. Join us as Alan helps us to reflect on this and how it focuses our pastoring and preaching.
10:00-10:30 Gathering and Introduction
10:30-11:30 Alan on the topic of pastoring
11:30-12 Q&A on pastoring
12-12:30 lunch
12:30-1:30 Alan on the topic of preaching
1:30-2 Q&A on preaching
This event is open to all clergy.
Please RSVP to Laura Aase: aase@gustavus.edu
Event location: First UCC Northfield, 300 Union St. Northfield, MN 55057
April 21
Note: This event is taking place in Minneapolis, but there is a special welcome for Northfielders to attend.
Courage, Integrity, and Faith in Action:
A Fireside Chat with Alan Storey and Kathryn McElveen
Music and refreshments at 6:30pm; Program from 7:00-8:30pm
Free and open to the public. Register here.
Twin Cities location only: Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403
What are the bells we want our lives to ring?
What are the banners we are called to raise?
Join Alan Storey, South African minister, activist, and author of The Bell, Banners, and Blasphemy, in conversation with Kathryn McElveen, Executive Director of the Center for Courage & Renewal, for an evening exploring what it means to live and act with integrity at a time when moral questions of justice, truth, and courage are pressing into our daily lives, our communities, and the institutions that shape our lives.
April 22
Northfield Youth Gathering with Alan Storey
Local church area youth are invited to gather for an evening of conversation with Rev. Alan Storey. Considering what is on the hearts and minds of young people, Alan will help us to reflect on what it means to be a young person of faith in these uncertain times.
For more information contact: Rev. Jonathan Davis: jdavis@stjohnsnorthfield.org
April 23
Called as Community in Fractured Times
6:30: Gathering for music and light snacks; 6:45 - 8:00 event
Free and open to the public. Registration not required.
Location: St. John’s Hall, St. John's Lutheran Church, 500 third Street West
Recent events in our community have revealed fractures in our lives together and also demonstrated the depth and breadth of our care for our neighbors. Each of us lives from a theology of what we value and believe. What can stories from resistance movements in this country and in South Africa teach us about the calls to continued courage and healing in this present moment? Prompted by questions from Northfield community members, Alan Storey - South African activist, preacher and story-teller - will engage with us in conversation about how we might live into our commitments to community wholeness.
April 24
Speaking in St. Olaf College classes.
April
24-25
Northfield Manna & Mercy retreat
South African pastor Alan Storey takes a fresh look at scripture through the interpretive lens of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection and God’s overall call for each one of us to partner with God in mending this fractured world. The hope is that after we have done so, our interpretations and use of the scriptures will be truly liberating and life-enabling for all of creation.
Open to all. Sliding fee scale. Cost includes dinner at 5:15pm on Friday, and lunch on Saturday. Childcare will be provided for those who need it.
April 26
A Look at the Book of Revelation
Alan Storey leads the adult education time at First United Church of Christ
This is an optional close to the Friday/Saturday Manna & Mercy retreat, but also open to the public.
Alan will also preach at the 10:30am worship service preceding the 12 noon session.
Noon-1:00pm
Location: First United Church of Christ, 300 Union St, Northfield, MN 55057.