News of Unidos en Cristo, formerly United Cursillo Community of Minnesota Vol. 23, No. 1 January 2006

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1 Palanca Press News of Unidos en Cristo, formerly United Cursillo Community of Minnesota Vol. 23, No. 1 January 2006 Support Unidos en Cristo #213 and #214 COLONIAL CHURCH OF EDINA 6200 COLONIAL WAY, EDINA Men s Unidos en Cristo #213 will be January 19-22, Te weekend scripture is: "Wen I am afraid, I will put my trust in you." Psalm 56:3 Women s Unidos en Cristo #214 will be January 26-29, Te weekend scripture is: Trust in te Lord wit all your eart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge im and e will make your pats straigt." Proverbs 3:5-6 Sunday morning serenades are open to Sponsors only. Sunday dinner serenades, open to te entire Fourt Day Community, will be at 4:30 p.m. Sponsors: Please arrive by 4:00 p.m. DIRECTIONS: Our ost curc is visible from Hwy 62. Take 62 to Tracy Ave. (Tracy is west of Hwy 100, east of Hwy 169). Go nort on Tracy; turn left (just past te fire station) onto Colonial Way. Follow 4 t Day signs. Joy of Giving Since you get more joy out of giving joy to oters, you sould put a good deal of tougt into te appiness tat you are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt Please contact te appropriate person to coordinate your palanca wit team needs. Offer to elp cook, serve, or was dises for Kitcen Teams. Be in prayer for te weekend: for te community supporters, te team, te weekenders, and God s will. Help 4t Day Teams Tursday afternoon, before or after te Agapé dinner, or on Sunday morning or evening. Men s Weekend #211 Gordy Nagel Rector Jim Adsem Kitcen Rector** Dan Bostrom 4t Day Rector Paul Lorenz Palanca Rector Women s Weekend #212 Kerry Mantei Rectora Marsa Touey Kitcen Rectora** Rita Varner-Otness 4t Day Rectora Debra Wieland Palanca Rectora ** Te Men s weekend requests: 120 baking potatoes, pork loins for te Agapé dinner (again, please call for guidelines) and continued prayer. **Te Women s weekend requests: Folgers coffee, 25 pounds ground turkey, 24 bottles of wite catawba juice, 120 commercial boneless cicken breasts, fres fruits and veggies. Cas donations also welcomed. Marsa may be reaced by pone (above) or at iam2e@aol.com. PALANCA NOTE: We anticipate SIX tables at te men s weekend and SEVEN at te women s. Please include 56 items wen sending palanca for distribution in te men s Rollo Room, and 64 for te women s Rollo Room.

2 j Attention 4 t Day Community Hundreds of letters from Cristian walks around te country and te world arrive for eac UEC Weekend! Please prayerfully consider te palanca you could send: write an encouraging note, onor te weekenders wit a contribution to a food self, selter, or a favorite carity, or send a note wit a ceck (made out to Unidos en Cristo #213 or #214) to elp cover expenses. jjdfkj Address your palanca to: Men of Unidos en Cristo #213 or Women of Unidos en Cristo #214 Mail to: Tod Paulson, 1206 Riverview Court, Sauk Rapids, MN paulson@unidosencristo.com Please mail your palanca one week prior to te weekend so tat it is received in time to be delivered to eac weekend. jdfkj We all know ow critical prayer is. Tose wo cannot pysically support te weekend are encouraged to pray werever tey are. Brief arrow prayers may be made wenever God brings te weekend to mind. If you can, join te UEC Weekend Prayer Vigil. Click te Palanca button on te left side of our website ome page and coose te time you would like to pray (weekends troug 2006 are posted). Prayer tips are also available. jjdfkj RECTOR GORDY NAGEL, Crist Community, Excelsior ASSISTANT RECTORS BRUCE PERKINS, Eden Prairie Presbyterian RICH SCHMID, Crist Community, Excelsior PHIL TOUHEY, Minnetonka UMC SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS GREG BESTLAND, Anoka Covenant TRACE JAMES, Fait Covenant, Burnsville MUSIC DIRECTORS DUKE LUNDEN, Colonial Curc of Edina MARK MAGNUSON, Colonial Curc of Edina ROLLISTAS TODD BADER, Grace Fellowsip, Brooklyn Park JOHN DOYLE, Wayzata EFC TOM KLEIN, Wooddale, Eden Prairie GLENN SONNEE, BridgePointe Covenant, Eagan STEVE TASLER, Eden Prairie Presbyterian TABLE LEADERS PETE BENJAMIN, Crist Community, Excelsior WALT COHEN, Eden Prairie Presbyterian DICK HAMBLIN, Crist Community, Excelsior JOE NOBLE, Minnetonka UMC DALE SWANSON, SoutCross Community, Burnsville STEVE TYCAST, St. Stepen s Episcopal PALANCA RECTOR PAUL LORENZ, Curc of te Open Door, Maple Grove Unidos en Cristo #213 Men s Team Roster ASSISTANT PALANCA RECTOR TODD BAKKE, Curc of te Open Door, Maple Grove PALANCA SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR TIM OLSON PALANCA MUSIC DIRECTOR MATTHEW WYATT, Crist Community, Excelsior PALANCA TEAM JONATHAN HOBBS, Colonial Curc of Edina CHUCK MARSTERS, St. Croix Valley UMC JOHN McDANIEL, Crist Presbyterian, Edina ALEX PLECHASH, Crist Presbyterian, Edina JOHN RUSS, St. Croix Valley UMC BRUCE STEADMAN, Excelsior Covenant CHRISTOPHER STONE, Brooklyn UMC, Br. Center FRANK WEILAND, JR, C of te Open Door, Mpl Grv LARRY WESTBROOK, C of te Open Door, Mpl Grv KITCHEN RECTOR JIM ADSEM, Excelsior Covenant ASSISTANT KITCHEN RECTOR RICH CARLSON, Glendale UMC KITCHEN TEAM LARRY BELL, Hope Presbyterian, Ricfield DAVE CLAWSON, Excelsior Covenant AL DIRKS, Excelsior Covenant RICHARD DORFNER, Excelsior Covenant STUART EDEAL, BridgePointe Covenant, Eagan ALAN PLOETZ, Crist Community, Excelsior SCOTT SAUTER, Rosemount UMC STEVE SCHMALZ, Hope Presbyterian, Ricfield BILL SLACK, Fait Presbyterian, Minnetonka ANIBAL VELARDY, Glendale UMC 4TH DAY RECTOR DAN BOSTROM, Hope Presbyterian, Ricfield ASSISTANT 4TH DAY RECTOR PETE WELCH, Colonial Curc of Edina 4TH DAY TEAM STEVE DAMMANN, Nort Branc UMC NICK FOLWICK, Excelsior Covenant ED GRINVALDS, Plymout Covenant GREG HARMS, Hope Presbyterian, Ricfield DAVID HOWE, Hope Presbyterian, Ricfield CARY JOHNSON, Nort Branc UMC TOM KRAUS, Hopkins UMC CHRIS MARSHALL, Colonial Curc of Edina JON OTTO, Wayzata EFC RICK SAFFRIN, Westwood Community, Excelsior

3 Unidos en Cristo #214 Women s Team Roster RECTORA KERRY MANTHEI, Arlington Hills UMC ASSISTANT RECTORAS JULIE COURNTEY, Excelsior Covenant KAREN MALMSTROM, Minnetonka UMC DARLA O FLANAGAN, Buffalo UMC SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS SHARON MILLS, Wyoming UMC RUTH PHELPS, Pine Island UMC MUSIC DIRECTORS JOANIE MEYER, Betleem Luteran, St. Cloud JANET WALTERS, Hastings UMC ROLLISTAS NANCY FIELDS, Hopkins UMC ELMA HAMERSMA, Fait Presbyterian, Mtka CAROLE MORTER, Eagle Brook, Wite Bear Lake SARAH RICE, Fait Presbyterian, Mtka LUCIA STAMP, Riverside, Sartell TABLE LEADERS DONNA GAPINSKI KAREN JAMES, Fait Presbyterian, Mtka KATY LOWEEN, Wyoming UMC KAYE PRAMANN, Buffalo UMC CINDY SCRUGGS, Arlington Hills UMC KATINA STAMP, Redeeming Love, Maplewood KATHY WATRIN, St. Wendelins Catolic, St. Cloud PALANCA RECTORA DEBRA WIELAND, Cross Roads Community, Spicer ASSISTANT PALANCA RECTORA STACEY O BRIEN, Cross Roads Community, Spicer PALANCA SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR ROBERTA CROKER, Upper Oio Valley Presbytery; Weeling, West Virginia PALANCA MUSIC DIRECTOR DEBBY TREECE, Fait Presbyterian, Mtka PALANCA TEAM JOAN ANDREW, Crist Community, Excelsior CARELYN DOERR, Hope Covenant, St. Cloud LINDA LOHSE, Fait UMC, Waseca DIANE MARTIN, Rosemount UMC LINDA PAULSON, Riverside, Sartell EUNICE SANKEY, Hope Covenant, St. Cloud NANCY TOENNIGES, Pilgrim UMC, Plymout SUE WESTBROOK, C of te Open Door, Maple Grove KITCHEN RECTORA MARSHA TOUHEY, Minnetonka UMC ASSISTANT KITCHEN RECTORA SALLY COLBURN, Minnetonka UMC KITCHEN TEAM KELLEY BADER, Grace Fellowsip, Brooklyn Park MARILYN BROOKS, Crist Community, Excelsior HEATHER CARR, Word of Peace Luteran, Rogers SUSAN FLORMAN, Fait Presbyterian, Mtka DEB HOLLAND, Harvest Community, Winstea CYNTHIA JUNG, Minnetonka UMC HELEN KERR, Hope Presbyterian, Ricfield SUZANNE LEONARD, Fait Covenant, Burnsville JULIE SIMONDET, Fait Presbyterian, Mtka KIM SCHILLER, C of te Open Door, Maple Grove FOURTH DAY RECTORA RITA VARNER-OTNESS, Buffalo UMC ASSISTANT FOURTH DAY RECTORA ANNE WESTMAN, Colonial C of Edina FOURTH DAY TEAM CARMELLA ANDERSON, Hopkins UMC CARRIE BRUNN, C of te Open Door, Maple Grove DEBORAH DEVINE, Fait Covenant, Burnsville VICKI JOHNSON, Litcfield UMC BONNIE KELLY, Buffalo UMC MARY KNEBEL, Rosemount UMC BETSIE MILLS, Hope Presbyterian, Ricfield MARNIE RADCLIFFE, Colonial C of Edina CINDY REDIG, Fait Covenant, Burnsville CATHY PINSKE, Colonial C of Edina **** CHURCH LIAISONS MEETING **** Sunday, January 29, 3:00 p.m. at Colonial Curc of Edina Gater wit oter liaisons before te women s Clausura. Get to know eac oter, ask questions, and sare tips on ow you can get oters in your curc to elp strengten your UEC community. Special Palanca as been requested! Can you elp? We need elp transporting our UEC Trailers to and from ost curces. If you ave a one-ton truck equipped wit electric brakes, and are occasionally available to pull a trailer from or to te metro storage location (ideal transfer times, minimizing on-site inconveniences for ost curces, are te Wednesday evening or Tursday morning preceding te men s weekend and te Sunday nigt or Monday following te women s weekend), please contact Bob Fallat, UEC Supplies Coordinator, at fallat@unidosenristo.com or He ll add your name to a list of tose wo are able and willing.

4 WELCOME TO THE 4 TH DAY! PARTICIPANT LIST FROM UNIDOS EN CRISTO #211 AND #212 EVANGEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, ROCHESTER Jon and Laura Artur, First Presbyterian, Hudson Anne Bretts, Minnetonka UMC Bart Brown, Evangel UMC, Rocester Matt Callister, First UCC, Cannon Falls Eric Cristensen, Rocester Covenant Janice Courtney, Riverside, Sartell Bob Dam, Colonial Curc of Edina Lila Engstrom, First Congregational UCC, Cannon Falls Steven Gilreat, People of Hope Luteran, Rocester Steven Hull, Evangel UMC, Rocester Jena Jensen, Brooklyn Park EFC Kurt Jonson and CeriAnne Davis-Jonson, Normandale Hylands UMC, Bloomington Darrol and Elizabet Lalim, Normandale Hylands UMC, Bloomington Rebecca Liebenow, Hosanna! Luteran, Apple Valley Dar and Elizabet Lund, Fourt Ave UMC, Faribault Deanna Moon, Fairmont Evangelical Della Moore, First Presbyterian, Maple Plain Kris Munson, First UMC, Lindstrom Gary Nas, Minnetonka UMC Jason and Jessica Neal, Riverside, Sartell Beverly Nelson, First Presbyterian, Albert Lea Darrel and Ginger Petersen, People of Hope Luteran, Rocester Luke and Jill Rye, First Presbyterian, Albert Lea Ida Sciebstad, People of Hope Luteran, Rocester Eric Scrader, Communion Life Fellowsip, St. Cld Bob and Pamela Searles, Minnetonka UMC Amina Siddique, Crist Presbyterian, Edina Micelle Skrukrud, Evangel UMC, Rocester Joyce Sorenson, Normadale Hylands UMC, Blmgton Jeremia and Lora Spencer, Evangel UMC, Roc Jason and Susan Spiet, Homestead UMC, Roc LaVonne Wendt, First Presbyterian, Albert Lea Quick inspirations for te New Year: Wat on eart are you doing for eaven s sake? (from a rollo) Invite all people to a life in Crist. (from a curc s mission statement) Alleviate pain, restore ealt, and extend life. (from a corporate mission statement) (Isn t tat wat Jesus did?) (Take your fait to work wit you.) May we practice te radical love of Jesus Crist. May we go out and compel (urge irresistibly or invite compellingly) oters to join our community. (from a sermon) Te two best prayers I know: Help me, elp me, elp me. and Tank you, tank you, tank you. (Anne Lamott) Crist is counting on us. (from your UEC cross; does it ang close to your eart?) In Loving Memory We joyfully celebrate te life and resurrection of eac friend-in-crist wo as entered te 5 t Day. Sandy Ellyson: UEC #104, Curc of te Open Door, Mpl Grv Mark A. Jonson: UEC #93, Excelsior Covenant (Diane) Dick Lee: UEC #17, Fait Covenant, Burnsville (Doroty) Lloyd Pearson: UEC # 153, Hopkins UMC (Maryjean) Rev. Paul Siwek: UEC #105, Crosstown Covenant, Ricfield (Jeanne) Lowell Brusse: VDC # 301, Fait UMC, Spring Valley (Joann) Memorials given in memory of Cursillistas may be sent to te Unidos en Cristo Council Treasurer and will be acknowledged in te Palanca Press. Please send memorials to: Bill Scarff, 3489 Fairway Dr. Mtka, MN If you know of a Cursillista wo as entered is or er Fift Day, please te Palanca Press Editor (sundeen@unidosencristo.com) wit names to be included in te newsletter. Oters in te Fourt Day Community may ave no oter way of knowing tat teir friends-in-crist ave entered His presence.

5 Unidos en Cristo Weekend Watc Weekend: # 215 (Men) # 216 (Women) # 217 (Men) # 218 (Women) Date: May 11-14, 2006 Brooklyn UMC Brooklyn Center May 18-21, 2006 Brooklyn UMC Brooklyn Center August 10-13, 2006 Normandale Hylands UMC, Bloomington August 17-20, 2006 Normandale Hylands UMC, Bloomington Application Dates: Team Member Weekender Dec 10 Jan 10, 05 Marc 1 April 4, 06* Dec 10 Jan 10, 05 Marc 1 April 4, 06* Marc 10 April 10 (June 1 June 19) Marc 10 April 10) (June 1 June 19) Weekend: # 219 (Men) # 220 (Women) # 219 (Men) # 220 (Women) Date: October 19-22, 2006 First Presbyterian Albert Lea October 26-29, 2006 First Presbyterian Albert Lea Application Dates: Team Member Weekender (May 15 June 15) (Aug 10 Sept 7) (May 15 June 15) (Aug 10 Sept 7) * Preference will be given to applications received in tis time frame; applications will be accepted after tese dates if te weekend asn t filled. If you ave a weekender tat could attend an upcoming weekend after te printed application dates, te Curc Liaison sould contact Don Henric (enric@unidosencristo.com) to determine if space is available. Note: Weekender applications sould be sent by Curc Liaisons to: Don Henric, Allocations 4113 W. 45 t Street Te Weekender application fee is $30. Edina, MN ALL UEC PAPERWORK OPTIONS are available on our web site! Your curc Liaison sould ave copies available for you if you don t ave access to te web yet want to sponsor a weekender or serve on a team. Wen various forms do appear in te PPress, you may wis to save unused copies in your 4 t Day file. WEEKENDER APPLICATION forms are available on te 4 t Day and Weekends pages. LAY/CLERGY SPONSOR forms and TEAM REQUEST forms are available on te 4 t Day page. Read tis online! Do you live outside Minnesota? Wen does your Palanca Press arrive via te US Mail? Is it after te weekends ave started? Do you feel it's too late to send a palanca note? Do you wis you d ad a reminder to sign up for te prayer vigil? Let us know tat you want an notification, and you ll get a message 7-10 days before we mail ard copies you can read it immediately at: Simply database@unidosencristo.com, providing your address, to request tis cange in delivery. Be assured tat your address will only be used for UEC communications. A password is necessary to access te 4t Day area of our website. It allows us to distribute te Palanca Press electronically wile protecting private information tat is in it. Te current password is Have you ad any kind of cange in your Antivirus or Firewall tat as peraps blocked s from UEC? If you ave te option to do so, please add unidosencristo@mn.rr.com to your 'approved', 'buddy', 'safe' or 'trusted sender' list to prevent your ISP's filter from interpreting future messages from UEC as spam. SINGLES ULTREYAS are opportunities for singles of te 4 t Day Community to meet for renewal and fellowsip. Join oters at 5:30 p.m. on te 2 nd Saturday of eac mont. Wear your cross and name tag, bring your song book, your yellow book, and a dis to sare. Visit for more details. TEENS ENCOUNTER CHRIST (TEC) is an opportunity for teenagers (grades suggested) to sare teir fait wit oter teens in a manner patterned after Cursillo/Unidos en Cristo. Contact te Team Application individual listed below if you would like to serve as an Adult Leader on a weekend. UNITED TEENS ENCOUNTER CHRIST (UTEC) SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TEC Convenor Susan Lijweski Convenor Greg Scimek Weekender Allocations Mark/Emily Pal Weekender Apps Leon Gregg Adult Allocations Kevin Meyer Team Apps Cris Barber Student Team Apps Wendy/Mark Stanke TEC #62 at Trinity Luteran, Blue Eart Jan TEC #63 at Grace Luteran, Albert Lea May 5-7

6 CONVENOR S CORNER De Colores, Broters and Sisters in Crist, Looking forward to As I write tis I am tinking about Cristmas less tan a week away, not focused on wrapped gifts under te tree, but te gift God gave us wrapped only in swaddling clotes. Awesome is te only descriptive word I can come up wit wen I tink tat God cared enoug to send te very best, to enter our world as He did; to model ow we are to live a meaningful, fulfilling life; to endure our pains, and to ten surrender His life for our sake. As if tat wasn t enoug, He demonstrated tat mortal life is not te end, but just te transition. Wat greater gift could we ever want?! Wen we tink of suc a gift, we are saddened to tink of all te people around us wo at one time or anoter accepted and acknowledged Jesus as teir Savior, but drifted away from a personal relationsip in te busyness of teir lives or some oter reason. Tey may feel someting lacking in teir lives and teir Cristian walk, but can t identify wat it is. If you re like most of our 4 t Day community, you know tat an Unidos weekend can be te catalyst to elp teir ead knowledge reac teir eart. In 2006, I ope you will take te opportunity to make te specific effort to make a friend, be a friend and bring a friend to a best ever weekend. Your curc s liaison can be of assistance in processing te paperwork, telling you te dates of te weekends and providing any guidance you need in approacing potential weekenders. Co-sponsoring weekenders can also be a rewarding experience. For tose of you wo elped make te November weekends a reality, we tank you. As you eard, if you attended one te clausuras in Rocester, tose weekends were life-canging for many of te weekenders. We especially appreciated te special support of te teams and 4 t Day community in rallying to sponsor weekenders tere, ten supporting tem wit prayers, palanca and presence. Update on te long-range task force. Tis team of dedicated men and women as met bi-weekly tis fall to construct structured questionnaires for extensive telepone surveys of council members, clergy and liaisons. Task force members, council members and volunteer liaisons are now involved in contacting a large random sampling of te clergy bot active and inactive in UEC -- and liaisons, to get feedback on a broad range of teir perceptions. Survey results will elp te task force formulate suggestions and draw up proposals tat sould provide significant guidance for te longrange growt and direction of our UEC movement. We are indebted to everyone involved in tis major endeavor. I pray you will continue to grow in your fait and reflect His love to oters. May 2006 be a special year for you and Unidos en Cristo. Serving Him togeter, Clark Duffey, Convenor cduffey@pressenter.com CLAUSURA ETIQUETTE Clausura attendance is limited to persons wo ave attended a Cursillo (UEC, VDC, Walk to Emmaus, etc.) weekend. Teens Encounter Crist (TEC) participants may also attend. It is inappropriate to bring cildren and infants because of te long worsip service, and because seeing cildren at te Clausura can be painful for weekenders wo are missing teir own cildren. Recorders, cameras and video cameras are not allowed at Clausuras. Cell pones and pagers sould be turned off or set on vibrate. Please remember tat we are guests of te ost curc, and tat we are entrusted wit te care of a large part of teir facility. Always treat teir ome wit care. 4 TH DAY MARKET Large-print songbooks ($20), Crist is Counting on You crosses ($5) and Renewal Guideline cards ($1) will be available at a table outside te sanctuary on Sunday, January 29, just prior to te evening serenade and during te early portion of te Clausura. Cas only (cecks made payable to Unidos en Cristo are acceptable).

7 UEC Council Convenor Clark Duffey** Co-Convenor Dick Hamblin** Secretary Carla Lorenz** Treasurer Bill Scarff Allocations Don Henric Leader Developm t Clark Duffey Lee Peterson Leader Training Kory Everson** Dick Hamblin Susan Stevens Liaison Coordinator Leanne Bondus New Curces Deb Joansen** Palanca Tod Paulson Communications Nancy Sundeen** Site Selection Katy Nelson Supplies Bob Fallat Clergy Bruce Bjork Lee Fresour Pam Jensen FROM: Unidos en Cristo Council TO: Fourt Day Community Your elp is needed in soliciting nominations for te Unidos en Cristo Council. Serving on te Council is anoter way to see God s wonderful grace working in and troug tis lay-led renewal movement. Te criteria for a prospective candidate includes: Has attended a UEC weekend Has UEC team experience as part of leadersip Enjoys active support of te 4 t Day Community Is a member in good standing of a UEC curc Is an active participant in te life of is/er ome curc Can commit to montly meetings - September troug June - plus te duties of te position for a tree-year term. We ask te support of te entire Fourt Day Community as we work to select a Council from a wide range of UEC curces. Please prayerfully consider weter you, or someone you know, sould be considered for a Council position. Questions may be addressed to Clark Duffey at or cduffey@pressenter.com. For consideration, all nomination forms sould be submitted no later tan April 15. Please send your nominations to: Clark Duffey, Convenor 865 Willow Ridge I Hudson, WI Name of Nominee Address Home Pone Work Pone Curc Unidos/Cursillo weekend attended Unidos/Cursillo team experience Nomination submitted by Pone (Please make additional copies of tis form as needed) ** Tese persons are completing teir own or anoter s tree-year term on Council; te positions tey currently old are considered open for nomination.

8 Unidos en Cristo 9709 Colorado Road Bloomington, MN RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED DATED MATERIAL PLEASE DO NOT DELAY Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Minneapolis, MN Permit No Returned newsletters cost $.50 eac. Te post office will not forward Tird Class mail. If you are away for te winter, please contact us wit your new address. Please be aware tat after two (2) returns from te post office, you are removed from te Palanca Press mailing list. If you wis to be re-activated, please advise by completing and returning te form below or by to CORRECT AND CURRENT INFORMATION NEEDED Name SEND CORRECTION FORM TO: Unidos en Cristo Marie D. Wilson 9709 Colorado Road Bloomington, MN or call: or Old Address Old Pone # New Address New Pone # Present Curc Membersip Date new info will be in effect Signature