August 6, 2017

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Linda Hart and Clifford Goltz; Debbie Jones (mic)

You are welcome at the potluck following worship today! To regulars, please bring lots so we can feel confident inviting visitors and guests to stay! Please list ingredients on contributed dishes to help those with allergies / preferences participate.

LAST CHANCE to have a farewell message on PAT JONES’ RETIREMENT VIDEO. Terry will video people with their prepared messages TODAY before, during, and after potluck. Make it short, under a minute. All messages will be put on dvd as a keepsake for Pat.

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

Children and adults are encouraged to participate in worship as much as they are able. If you anticipate needing to leave the meetingroom before the close of worship, please sit by a door to minimize disruption. ALSO, if you arrive before worship begins, consider leaving seats near the doors available to those who join worship late.

Friends are encouraged to attend worship with attention to business next Sunday, 11:00 – 12:30, as we continue to make decisions about roles and responsibilities in Meeting after the Director of Ministry retires.

Welcoming and Outreach will be hosting a neighborhood ice cream social on August 20th. Please come and help make guests feel welcome. And invite your friends and neighbors to come too!

Pat’s retirement celebrations will soon be here! There is a designated fund for contributions to cover celebration expenses. To contribute, make checks payable to Minneapolis Meeting with “Pat’s retirement” on the memo line. THANK YOU to those who have generously contributed so far! Watch your email this week for your invitation to the celebration on Sunday, Sept. 10th.

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Heads Up: Northern Yearly Meeting Fall Interim Session will be held at Cannon Valley Friends Meetinghouse on October 6-7, 2017 in Northfield, MN.

Friends School of Minnesota cordially invites Friends to an opening-of-the-school-year meeting for worship on Tuesday, Sept. 5th, at 9:30 a.m. Refreshments following. The students would appreciate your presence and support.
Also, save Sat evening, Nov 4th for the annual FSM Gala Silent Auction and Dinner, this year, held at Macalester College.

From Friends Committee on National Legislation: This August, bring your faith and witness to members of Congress while they are back in Minnesota during the congressional summer recess. Recent action alerts: cqrcengage.com/fcnl/action?0 or sign up to receive lobby support this summer at: fcnl.org/updates/your-quaker-summer-911

Register for People Camp, Friends for a Nonviolent World’s week-long experience of cooperation, community living, and exploration, Aug 13-19 at a comfortable and accessible facility on a lake. Theme: “What Do We Do Now: Organizing for Resistance in a Changing Political Climate.” Workshops and children’s programming in the morning; interest groups, music, recreation and fellowship the rest of the day. Great for all ages! Shared tasks make camp work. Talk with Nancy – in person via phone or email – to hear more or go to bity.ly/fnvwPCx .

The Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC) is having its annual gathering August 18-20 at Quaker Hill in Richmond, IN. Musical programs by Annie Patterson, (of Rise Up Singing,) workshops, an outing to the Levi Coffin House, a panel discussion of the role of the Bible in religious education and much more. Registration, flyers and detailed information available at quakers4re.org .

American Friends Service Committee, Sanctuary Everywhere – Listen to a conference call about Quaker Meetings directly and indirectly providing Sanctuary at afsc.org/video/conference-call-how-to-offer-sanctuary . Get tips, handouts, and resources on providing sanctuary and creating safe, welcoming spaces for all at afsc.org/sanctuaryeverywhere .

COMMUNITY EVENTS

“City of Ghosts,” a riveting Syrian documentary, opens this Friday, August 4, only at the Edina Theatre for a one week run. A powerful anti-war film, it documents a group of heroic citizen-journalists who take great risks in documenting and releasing video and photos of ISIS atrocities in their home city of Raqqa. The Guardian newspaper says this could be the definitive Syrian documentary. Trailer at cityofghosts.com .

Middle East Peace Now, with thanks to Jewish Voice for Peace, presents Maya Amber, a MN-born Jewish girl who found love, married a Palestinian, and now lives in militarily-occupied Bethlehem. She will share her story and personal observations on the situation in the West Bank. Her father, local composer and theater artist, Craig Harris, will share the stage with her, Sat, Aug 12th at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 700 Snelling Ave S, St Paul, MN (intersection of Snelling Avenue and Highland Parkway); 9:30 coffee and light refreshments; 10:00 program . Event is free and open to all.

Northstar Public Health Conference on Gun Violence, Sept 13-14, will focus on gun violence as an array of inter-related public health problems that can be solved through integrated, community-based responses and will present emerging research and best practices on topics such as mental illness, urban violence, domestic violence, and law enforcement. Hosted by the U of M’s School of Public Health, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, the MN Public Health Association, and Protect MN. Courtyard Marriott, Mpls. Early bird reg through Aug 15. protectmn.org/event/northstar-public-health-conference-on-gun-violence

OFFICE HOURS

Pat Jones’ work week is Wed-Sun. She will be in the office Wed. afternoon and other times Thurs, Fri. and Sat.
Carolyn VandenDolder, the office worker, will be in Wed, Thurs, and Fri. afternoons. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Bulletin items can be phoned in to the office, emailed, or written and put in the bulletin file of the blue box.