Living Into Christ's Teachings

Our practices of justice, peace, inclusion and gratitude are many and varied at Spirit. We do this alone in our everyday actions and we do this together with the support of community. Spirit members belong to dozens of local, national and international groups working for justice: for the earth, for the dear neighbor, for those who are young and old, for those who have no voice. We pray, we take to the streets, we build relationships, we include, we try and we try again. 

There are several groups, described below, who meet at Spirit and within the New Branches partnership, along with frequent short-term initiaves and responses to current needs in the community. 

Sanctuary and Resistance Allies (SARA)

The Sanctuary Resistance Allies group provides support for individuals and families threatened by increasingly harsh immigration and asylum policies. While our community is not able to provide actual physical shelter, we have committed to offering financial support to those faith communities that can. In addition, we join others in protesting the treatment of those caught in the immigration nightmare as we seek equitable legislative policies. 

Members of the community are present every second Tuesday morning at a vigil held at the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) entrance at Fort Snelling Immigration Court located in the Whipple Building. It serves at least two purposes. One, to let the public know that ICE is present and active in Minnesota. Two, to let the detainees know that there are people in Minnesota who care about them in this very lonely and difficult time.

This group meets monthly in person at New Branches.