Singing Prayer Into the Body Workshop with Rev. Ruth MacKenzie
Facilitated by Rev. Ruth MacKenzie
Offered two times:
Monday, February 3, 6 – 6:45 pm, Sanctuary. Click to register for this option.
Wednesday, February 5, 6 – 6:45 pm, Sanctuary. Click to register for this option.
When we sing our body becomes both the producer of sound and the receiver of sound. A beautiful exchange begins to happen within our being. We are singing comfort from the body, and we are receiving comfort from the body. We are singing truth from the body, and we are receiving truth from the body. We are singing strength into the body, and we are made stronger.
Join Rev. Ruth MacKenzie in this time of exploring singing as a deep way of opening our hearts and praying with the whole of our being. You don’t have to be a singer to participate, just a seeker in deepening your spiritual practice.
About Rev. Ruth MacKenzie
Rev. Ruth served First Universalist Church of Minneapolis for ten years as Minister of Worship and Pastoral Care, and received Minister Emerita designation upon her retirement in 2020. Having served as Minister in Residence at First Unitarian of Dallas in 2021/2022, Ruth is happy to return in February to this congregation that she holds dear during Rev. Daniel’s sabbatical.
Ruth has continued her ministry as Adjunct Minister at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Rochester MN, adjunct professor of worship at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and volunteers as a chaplain at Lino Lake prison of Minnesota.
Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Ruth moved to Minnesota to pursue a singing career. She toured the country and began to write her own plays and music in her late thirties with much success, produced by major theaters of the Twin CitIies.
In her late forties, Ruth answered an insistent calling of a deeper spiritual life and ministry. She attended seminary and embarked on a new professional journey of discovery about how the arts and creativity can enliven the life of worship, and the life of the spirit, while bringing our imaginations and resolve to the work of racial justice, and healing this broken and beautiful world. It is with much joy and anticipation that Ruth joins our community of faith.
