The Career Networking Group presents...

Eric Evens: A Journey of False Summits
Thursday, October 7th @ 6:30 pm
Room 201 Santuary Building
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi

Eric is the founder and president of Peak Learning Companies Inc. He is a dynamic inspirational speaker who is a certified life coach and corporate team building facilitator. He also guides mountain climbing, rock and ice climbing and kayaking trips.

Eric believes that if you inspire the heart, the hands and feet will follow.

In this workshop participants will learn 5 values to find success in life and walk away inspired.

Has anyone heard of Yoga ? LOL -- Beth Shaw of YogaFit is giving away a few FREE Yoga Training DVD Downloads. These are full DVD's and nobody even asked me to buy anything. I think someone forgot... LOL

P.S. The free downloads are kinda hidden look on the left for "Free Yoga Training"

Come see us at Rally Day Sunday!

and find out about all the fun things we have planned this year!

New Photos added to slideshow

Take another look. I have added the photos contributed by Dick Hess, father of Patty and Anne, but not Pattianne.

106 women jump right in to help victims of abuse

Personally I would jump from a perfectly good airplane, but these women did, they jumped clean off the Edge. Aging but Dangerous!!

Star Tribune
The sky above Baldwin, Wis., was filled with women Saturday.

As the centerpiece of a fundraiser, 106 women between the ages of 50 and 80 took parachute jumps to demonstrate, in the organizers' words, that "women can do anything they put their minds to."

The mass jump was organized by Aging But Dangerous, a Minneapolis-based advocacy group for women.

Proceeds from Saturday's event will be donated to Cornerstone, a Bloomington-based group that helps abused women. The amount raised wasn't certain Saturday afternoon, spokesman Marty Keller said.

Organizers billed the jump as a world record after contacting Guinness World Records and determining that a mass skydive by women hadn't been designated as a record category, he said
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Mary Jackson says...

I hope you are having a great summer! I wanted to share an excellent opportunity to bike and learn more about fixing a flat, biking in traffic, and finding scenic places to tour in Minneapolis!

You are invited to the Ladies Night Bike Clinic, this Tuesday, August 31 at 6 PM. This is free, NO CHARGE, a lot of fun AND the first twenty registered participants will receive a related bike tool or accessory.

More information below and site to register ...

Ladies Night Bike Clinic and Ride
Tuesday evening, 6-8 pm, 8/31
Location: Meet at Downtown Minneapolis YWCA (1130 Nicollet Mall)
Bring: Your bike, helmet, bike lights, and your questions!

Register: http://www.bikewalktwincities.org/ambassadors/event-registration

What: Fix your own flat and explore northeast by bike: 8.5 miles ... Build your traffic skills by riding to Nicollet Island, Boom Island Park, the Northeast Arts District, Central Avenue, and back to downtown.

I hope to see you there!

Muddy Buddy

I ran this race in Boulder 2 years ago. It was a blast. I couldn't quite get anyone to do it with me this year. Oh well maybe next year. It is this Sunday Aug 22 at Afton Alps at 8 am. Maybe you should go check it out and see if you would like to do it next year!

As Long as it Works

Many of us wonder how we’ve managed to get so stuck in our spiritual lives – how we just don’t feel as though we’re making any progress, even though we’ve tried to figure out what the blockages are, what particular aspect of our personal history we haven’t healed yet, who we may not have forgiven, or what deep, dark secret may still be hidden in our psyche. And while any one of those could be the reason we’re stuck, I’d like to suggest that there may be another, simpler reason: what we have, or what we are doing, still works for us!

Booth quotes a great observation on how long we are likely to remain in one of the stages by integral philosopher Ken Wilber: “We remain in each stage for however long it works for us – whether a few years, a few decades, or an entire lifetime. We usually work very hard to defend and justify where we are as the 'right' place and will criticize others who are at different stages.” (Unfinished Evolution, pg. 22)

We all know people who bemoan their lack of spiritual growth or progress, but who don’t seem to be interested in the discipline or consistency it would take for them to move forward. At times, we may find ourselves in this same position. But it doesn’t just happen in our spiritual lives - the same apparent inability to move on can be found in people who are in abusive relationships, or need to make a career change, or who need to make lifestyle changes for the sake of their health. Again Booth quotes Wilber (pg. 23) “…once in a great while, if we’re lucky, we run across new information or find ourselves in a new situation, or experience something that our normal way of seeing the world cannot accommodate, and we grow, often in spite of ourselves.”

I would encourage you to look at any new or

unexpected situations that may appear in your life at this time, even if they are uncomfortable, as grand opportunities to take a leap forward, even though your new landing-place might not yet be clear to you. It may be that where you are, or what you are doing, no longer works for you, and you’re about to be led to a new level of experience – one that you may have feared, and yet, one to which you’ve longed to transition!

You have nothing to fear; a door of opportunity has been placed before you. Center yourself, go to that place of peace within, and walk through the door knowing that you will find what you need to keep moving.

Next week, we’ll take a look at what that may mean for you. Blessings!

Rev. Linda L Wilson, BS, MA, D.Div, is an ordained minister and holistic health practitioner. She is an inspirational speaker, seminar and workshop leader, and writer who enjoys volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and performing weddings and ceremonies of union.

Although we work and evolve through some great changes, sometime transformations happen instantaneously and for reasons no one yet understands. Read more about these Quantum Changes.

Who wants to go?

EVENT DETAILS

When: Saturday, August 21, 2010

Registration begins April 1, 2010

The NightOwl Classic is a non-competitive bike ride along the Mississippi River at dusk. The ride will start and finish at historic St. Anthony Main and tour some of the Twin Cities’ most well known landmarks along the river, all with the back drop of the twinkling skyline.

Three ride flights are offered with two start times:
A 3.5 mile "Mini-Hoot" at 7:00 pm
An 8.5-mile "Family Flight" at 7:30pm - – we encourage children, families and less experienced riders to take the 8.5 mile ride.
A 16.5-mile “Hoot Loop” at 7:30pm - – a longer rider for more experienced and city curious riders.

The parkways will be closed for riders, with the entire course re-opening to traffic at 10:00pm.

Adding frivolity to this mid-summer night ride:
• Pre-ride Festivities
• Music
• Food
• Prizes
• Trick Your Ride – spiff up your bike with streamers and crepe paper or build a whole new bike.There will be a prize for the best tricked out bike!
• Bike Safety Check – don’t let your bike ruin your ride. Tire and brake checks and helmet checks courtesy of area bike shops.
• Costume Contest – Where a costume and win a prize!
• Featured Pit Stops
• Post-ride specials at area restaurants

http://www.nightowlclassic.com/eventdetails.html