http://norauuchurch.org/index.shtml Welcome to Nora Unitarian Universalist Church. This is a liberal religious community founded in 1881. The church is located 1/2 mile southeast of the town of Hanska, Minnesota, but it draws members from a wide geographical area in southwestern Minnesota, including New Ulm, Mankato, Windom, Worthington and many small towns. http://norauuchurch.org/image/church/ch_rss.jpg http://norauuchurch.org/index.shtml 144 202 http://norauuchurch.org/smil/norman.ram Here you can view a multimedia presentation which includes a reading of -- An Excerpt from the sermon "Kristofer Janson: As Man, Poet, and Religious Reformer" by Amandus Norman, D.D., published in 1932. The guitar music in the background is by our minister the Rev. Don Rollins. The complete sermon can be viewed on the sermons page of the web site. Please note that in order to view this multimedia presentation, you will need to have first installed RealPlayer. If you need this plug-in, you can get it at http://www.real.com/player. You will proabably want to choose the Free RealPlayer version and not the 14 day free trial of their commercial product. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/smil/norman.ram http://norauuchurch.org/index.shtml Welcome to Nora Unitarian Universalist Church. This is a liberal religious community founded in 1881. The church is located 1/2 mile southeast of the town of Hanska, Minnesota, but it draws members from a wide geographical area in southwestern Minnesota, including New Ulm, Mankato, Windom, Worthington and many small towns. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/index.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/belief.shtml Gathering in an inspirational, hilltop setting, Nora Congregation is a caring community that encourages spiritual and intellectual explortion in an environment of freedom and acceptance, and promotes dignity and justice locally and globally. (Mission Statement - Adopted on Oct. 17, 2004.) Also shown on this page are the church's Central Affirmation and 16 Historical Affirmations. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/belief.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/history.shtml Since its beginning, this church has proclaimed a liberal liberating faith. Its contributions of freedom, character and reason in religion were not accidents of history. They were wrought out of dedication, consecration, vision, and generosity of men and women who gave of themselves and their substance that the faith they held might be heard. This page presents the history of the Nora UU Church, from its establishment in 1881 to the present. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/history.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/photo.shtml This page starts with a short slide show of our church. As you scroll down the page you can view pictures and descriptions of the building, events, and people that make our church special. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/photo.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/slides.shtml Slide show of events and pictures of our church Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/slides.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/julynews.shtml The July edition of our monthly newsletter Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/julynews.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/merelysarchive.shtml Past editions of the Merelys Newsletter Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/merelysarchive.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/choir.shtml The choir page display information about the Nora choir. Rehearsal schedules, performance dates and mp3 and midi files of our music are all available. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/choir.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/re_youth.pdf The religious education program for our youth is now available in pdf format. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/re_youth.pdf http://norauuchurch.org/re_youth_cal.pdf The calendar for the religious education program for our youth is now available in pdf format. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/re_youth_cal.pdf http://norauuchurch.org/map.shtml An active map along with directions for finding our church Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/map.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/sermon.shtml On this page are sermons by the Reverands Don Rollins, Lisa Friedman, Sara Oelberg, Harold Babcock, and Amandus Norman, in addition to a presentation by guest speaker Dr. Karen A. Larson. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/sermon.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/links.shtml Many links to Unitarian Universalism and social justice can be found on this page. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/links.shtml http://norauuchurch.org/comments.shtml Visitors are encouraged to leave their comments on this page. New comments have been added by Scott Hanson and Roberta Pladsen Case. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CST http://norauuchurch.org/comments.shtml