About the Red Wing UU Community
Hobgoblin Stoney Barn where we congregate.
Origins
Our pioneer congregation was born at “Taco Tuesday” in July 2016 when our founders expressed a strong desire to build a UU congregation here in Red Wing, MN. We formed a community at our first annual meeting in May 2017.
Our second annual meeting was May 6, 2018. In September 2018, we begin our third season. Come grow with us!
Vision
Our 2018-2019 board for Red Wing UU Community (left to right) Pat Tieskoetter, Peter Jacobs, Diane Picotte-Habedank, Jondi Nelson, Rev. Ted Tollefson
We have begun the challenging work of planting a UU community in Red Wing where such a community has never existed.
We are your neighbors and friends.
There are no membership requirements.
Join us for a program—sign our guest book, be present, share resources, invite friends.
We invite you to help us to plan a quarterly Community Partners Forum series.
Ministry
We are an emerging congregation with shared ministry and leadership. The 2nd Sunday program is a lay led forum, featuring a chosen topic and conversation. Our services are lead by Rev. Ted Tollefson.
Rev Ted Tollefson
About Ted
Rev. Ted Tollefson leads our services and preaches on third Sundays. He’s also served our neighboring UU congregations in Northfield, MN (1996–2006) and River Falls, WI (2006–2016).
When he’s not leading UU services, he teaches psychology at Metro State University in St. Paul, MN and has taught World Religions at United Theological Seminary for 20 years.
Ted lives in Frontenac, MN with his wife Kristen and his buddy Boomer and is editor of our occasional newsletter, “Good News.”
"Make tea, not war."
Unitarian Universalism is a this-worldly faith that seeks a better life by spiritual and ethical practice.
Unitarian Universalism has no required theological creed. We are guided by our UU ethical principles listed below. These principles are not written in stone; we have revised the 1st and 7th principles*.
Our Unitarian Universalist Principles
We covenant together to affirm and promote:
The inherent worth and dignity of every person and every being.
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations.
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations.
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large.
The goal of world community with peace, liberty & justice for all.
Respect and reverence for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.