Service
What to Expect During a Service
•We invite you to be our guest Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. where you can dress how you want. The pastor wears bow ties, but people mostly wear comfortable clothing (from casual to athleisure).
•We sing the Lord’s Prayer rather than recite it. We’re fond of Parker Palmer’s version.
•About twice a month we have a “Personal Reflection” where someone from the community speaks for 5-7 minutes about something on their heart. Topics have ranged from why I pray and why I don’t believe in God to why birding is important to me and how I dealt with my grief when my parents died and almost anything you can imagine in-between.
•Laughter is encouraged (but there are tissues in every pew if it’s not a laughter kind of day).
•After the Lord’s Prayer kids are invited to join Jessica downstairs or they are welcome to remain in the sanctuary.
•We invite you to write down on the prayer intentions paper whatever you need to put down.
•Communion is offered the first Sunday of every month and all are welcome to the table.
•We are Welcoming and Affirming of our LGBTQIA+ siblings.
•Our coffee is amazing! (except when we accidentally get decaf!)
•If you bike, take the bus or walk or drive to Judson and then decide you just can’t come in that’s fine too. Test runs are cool. And there’s a livestream (you can click on the link above to see past Sundays as well).
Meaning
What does Sunday mean to those who attend?
Beyond Sunday
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Moral Monday Signs
October 5, 2026 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Corner of 40th & LyndaleMoralMondays Protest.Join your Judson friends, Judson’s neighbors, and newfriends every Monday from 4:30 to 5:30 pm at 40th and Lyndale Avenue S. EveryMonday, about 35 of us sing, hold signs, and stand a vigil. We stand for areturn to decency, humanity, and morality in our national government. Join us.We need you. Questions? Call or text Keith at 612-590-5664.
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Meal after Protest
October 5, 2026 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Fellowship HallMeal by Wayne and Kathy Urbaniak
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Welcoming Online Prayer session-Carolyn Kolovitz
October 5, 2026 7:15 pm – 7:45 pm
ZoomPrayer Series – Starting Monday, October 7, join Carolyn for anonline monthly Welcoming Prayer session at 7:15 pm every 1st Monday ofthe month. The Welcoming Prayer is a method of consenting to Spirit’spresence and action in our physical and emotional reactions to events andsituations in daily life. This may be especially grounding for us asElection Day draws near! Each session will begin with a brief intro tothe process, include a Rumi poem, prayer time, and then time for briefparticipant questions/comments. The total session will be less than 30minutes. Email Carolyn at ckolovitz@judsonchurch.org for the Zoom link or ifyou have questions.
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Choir Rehearsals Start
October 7, 2026 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
SanctuaryCome and join us . no auditions required.
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Red Cross CPR Training
October 10, 2026 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Fellowship HallOct 10 Red CrossCPR training.
Over 350,000 Americans suffer out-of-hospitalcardiac arrests annually. Nearly 90% of these are fatal because fewerthan half receive immediate bystander CPR. Immediate trained CPR can double ortriple a victim’s chance of survival, making the lack of CPR a leadingfactor in these deaths. This training willdramatically reduce (if not eliminate) this risk at Judson.
30 people have signed up to complete 2 1/2 hours ofonline training and an in-person, hands-on training lesson, conducted in twosessions: morning and early afternoon. A lunch will be servedbetween the morning and afternoon sessions—more info tofollow.
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Second Hour- Intro to the church history work and Role of Women at Judson – open files, old photos and cookbooks, etc.
October 11, 2026 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Ann Judson RoomIntro to the church history work and Role of Women at Judson – open files, old photos, and cookbooks, etc.