Time is running out!

Your participation in the Annual Fund is immensely important this year. We have 700 donors so far, and we want to conclude the year with at least 200 more to demonstrate strong support of United and to raise the remaining $100,000 to reach our $1 million goal. Can we count on you to be one of these 200 all important donors to make a gift before June 30?
A gift of any size will make a difference.

Make an online gift: visit our website
http://www.unitedseminary.edu/Giving/make.asp
or phone Vonda Pearson at 651-255-6115 to make a credit card gift.

Thank you very much for your
generous support of United.

MARY MCNAMARA HONORED
In acknowledging Mary's transfer to The Presbytery of the Twin Cities, The Presbytery of New York City made a resolution on May 19, 2009 expressing their deep gratitude to Rev. Mary McNamara for her ministry, her wise counsel, her generosity of spirit, her graciousness in all things, her friendship and her faithfulness to the Gospel. They further commended her with their prayers, continuing affection and respect to her accepting the call to be the next President of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Click here to read the full resolution. (PDF)

UTS IS ON FACEBOOK AND MySPACE
United Theological Seminary is now live on Facebook and MySpace! Please add us to your friends by clicking on the following links:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/unitedseminary

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Brighton-MN/United-Theological-Seminary-of-the-Twin-Cities/31843233207

There is also a new UTS account on the photo-sharing website, “Flickr.” If you have UTS related photos you’d like to be shared with the community, feel free to email them to Adam Pfuhl at apfuhl@unitedseminary.edu.

MONDAY MORNING ON SUMMER BREAK
This is the last issue of Monday Morning for the 2008-09 academic year. The weekly newsletter will resume when classes begin in September. Watch the UTS website and check out United's Facebook pages for updates and news about the seminary over the summer.

SUMMER EMAIL CONVERSION
The End is Near...for our old email server that is!
In mid-July, United will consolidate all its email accounts onto one in-house system on a brand new server. With everyone on the same system (staff, faculty, students, alums), email communication problems should be few and far between; at least, that’s the hope. In preparation for this brave new world, please check your current United email account and clean out any old, unnecessary email; be sure to look through your SENT, JUNK, and DELETED message files as well as your INBOX. The transfer to the new server will be that much smoother if there is a minimum of extraneous email that needs to be moved. Tutorials on handling the changes to student email will be available before fall term begins. If you have questions, contact Bee Yang or Dale Dobias.

SUMMER MUSIC at Plymouth Church
Jones Commons - Tuesday evenings in July - 7:00 PM
Free admission - All are Welcome!
July 7 Ancia Saxophone Quartet
July 14 Sonja Thompson, Maria Jette, James Bohn, Lori Lewis
July 21 Jearlyn Steel & Sanford Moore
July 28 Monroe Crossing

Nautilus Music Theater presents
"SISTER STORIES"
Starring Jennifer Baldwin Peden and Christina Baldwin
Nine performances only: June 18 through June 28
THE PLAYWRIGHTS CENTER
To order tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/69850
Nautilus presents the premiere production of four new one-act music-theater pieces created for and performed by the Baldwin sisters. Know for their frequent performances with Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the Guthrie Theatre, and Nautilus, Christina Baldwin and Jennifer Baldwin Peden are popular singer-actors in the Twin Cities. UTS Student Leslie Ball composed the music for the second of the four short one acts entitled “Looking Glass Lake”.

Northeast Community Lutheran Church (NEC) Summer Arts Institute
NEC is sponsoring a Summer Arts Institute in July and August for youths and adults. Class topics will include dance, visual arts, music and drama and are for all ages and skill levels. The Summer Arts Institute 2009 is a Community Outreach program and they are looking for volunteers from United’s community to assist with this exciting program. Classes will be taught by Youth Minister Dean Seal and his wife Kirsten Lind Seal, visual artist Chillon Leach and more. Volunteers will have the opportunity to do something interesting, learn about an exciting model for ministry and have fun! For more information talk to Cindi Beth or contact Jennifer Schultz, Congregational Administrator for NEC, at 612-788-2444.

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PREACHING OPPORTUNITY
Hamline United Methodist Church in St. Paul has a small prayer service at 8:00 AM on Sunday mornings. The average attendance is 8-10, and it lasts about a half hour. They are looking for someone to lead the service for the following Sundays: July 12, 26, and August 2nd. Responsibilities would include creating a bulletin, leading the service, and preaching a short devotional length sermon. For more information contact the pastor, Rev. Patricia Hinker after June 22 at 651-645-0667 or email phinker@hamlinechurch.org.

GLOBAL JUSTICE TRIPS
It is not too late to pre-register for the trip to El Salvador or Chiapas. Please turn in your name, phone number, and e-mail to Adam Pfuhl, and turn in your refundable deposit to Sue Johnson by the end of June.

CHIAPAS
June 14-24, 2010
Faculty Trip Leader: Chris Smith
Estimated Price: $1,720 - $1,875
Click for more information and a registration form (PDF).

EL SALVADOR
March 18-26, 2010
Faculty Trip Leader: Chris Smith
Estimated Price: $1,775 - $1,985
Click for more information and a registration form (PDF).

PERFORMANCE ART with the COYOTE
Summer Institute in Spirituality and the Arts, held June 9-12, offered participants a time to awaken their creativity through classes in "Bibliodrama", "Playing with Art to Create Poems of Vision and Spirit" and "Creating Significant Worship: Weaving Together Imagination and Practical Skills". Thanks to Peg Carlson-Hoffman for this picture of her performance art in the "Exploring the Landscape of Art and Reconciliation" class.

On-Campus Housing Available
One bedroom apartments are available for the 2009/10 academic year (some for this summer as well). The monthly rent is $645.00 which includes utilities, basic cable TV and wireless internet service. If interested please contact Michelle Turnau.

March with UTS at Twin Cities Pride
Sunday, June 28 at 11:00 AM
United Theological Seminary will be marching in the 2009 Twin Cities GLBT Pride Parade. If you would like to join in the fun and excitement of Pride and represent United in the parade contact Aaron Lauer.

Bob Caruso's book available for pre-order
UTS Student Bob Caruso's book entitled The Old Catholic Church: Understanding the Origin, Essence, and Theology of a Church that is Unknown and Misunderstood by Many in North America is now available for pre-order through Cokesbury Bookstore or Amazon. Bob writes that the book is much more than a mere history book about Old Catholicism by focusing on its historical origins to better explain the eucharistic nature of the local catholic Church; to which he simultaneously highlights some of the real struggles faced by Independent Old Catholics in North America with regard to this trinitarian and eucharistic understanding of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.

UTS AT WORK September 12
The Beatitudes Society and the UTS Development Department, in cooperation with the Buildings and Grounds Department, will be helping to spruce up the UTS campus this fall. Students, staff and faculty, alumni and other friends of UTS are encouraged to help with projects inside and out. Watch for more information closer to the event and help make our first annual UTS at Work a great success.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• Director of Music Ministries
  People's Congregational Church, Bayport, MN
• Lively Jazz/Improv Accompanist for Worship
  Minnehaha UCC, Minneapolis, MN