October 8, 2017

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 9:40 AM meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Sandy Olson and Roland Barrett

9:45 – 11:15 AM worship with attention to business: David Woolley, clerk; Stephen Snyder, recording clerk

11:15 – 12:00 PM meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Carolyn VandenDolder, speaker; care of meeting, Lolly Lijewski; Jackie Wiersma (mic)

PLEASE REGISTER FOR FALL TOGETHER TODAY! Paper registration forms are by the elevator or check your email for a link to register online (last sent Sept 27).

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday, October 15th at 10:15: continue the fun and lightness of Fall Together with an activity and sing-a-long!

Ministry and Counsel Committee will meet in the conference room this Thurs. night, Oct 12th, at 7 PM.

Our first ever Fall Together is NEXT WEEKEND! Next Sat, Oct 14th, there will be fun and refreshment at Fish Lake Park! Fall Together is 9am to 9pm, so come when you can and stay as long as you can. (The park opens at 5am, so you’re even welcome to start without the rest of us!) Please check the emailed brochure so you bring everything you need. Fish Lake Park is a zero-waste facility, so remember to bring your re-usable lunch containers, cloth napkin, real utensils, plates, re-usable water bottle, etc. Bring the games and equipment you want to use for play, and perhaps a variety show act to share! Register today (online or use a paper form near the elevator) so that we order enough pizza. (Shh . . . This deadline can be flexible. If you find out you can make it later this week, fill in the online registration or send Wina an email. We will also be happy to see you if you just SHOW UP!) Wear a name tag from work, a convention, the Meeting, or maybe one you make with needlepoint! Next Sun, Oct 15th, we will continue our Fall Together experience here at the meetinghouse with an activity and hymn singing at mid-morning program from 10:15-11:00. Come to either meeting for worship on the 15th to share in the after-glow of Fall Together. See you next weekend!

The Quaker Voluntary Service board will be visiting the area Oct 20th and 21st! Welcome and feed them at a potluck at MFM, 6:30 Fri evening (the 20th) and then attend a getting-to-know-you fun-raiser (live music, food trucks and speakers) on Sat, 4-7 PM at Twin Cities Meeting. Come add your energy and visit with the movers and shakers of QVS! A QVS House will open here in the fall of 2018 with six to eight fellows living, working, and worshiping in the Twin Cities area. More at: QuakerVoluntaryService.org.

The last Loaves & Fishes dinner of the year will be served at Holy Rosary Church, 2424 18th Av. S, Mpls, on Mon, Oct 30th. Volunteers are needed to help with preparation of chili, salad, fruit, rolls (at 2pm); serving food to Phillips’ neighborhood guests (at 4:45pm); and clean-up of dining facility (starting at 5:30pm). Please help if you have a few hours between 2pm and 7pm and share in this service ministry with other Metro Friends. Fresh fruit donations for dessert are needed, too. Costumes welcome! Sign up on the bulletin table.

The Watson reading group will gather Tues, Oct. 17th, at 7 to read Out of the Silence: Quaker Perspectives on Pastoral Care and Counseling. No need to read ahead or to own a copy of the book; read aloud and discuss. You are welcome – whether you’re a one-timer or a regular!

Lunch Bunch will meet at The Gardens, Presbyterian Homes, 10030 Newton Ave So , Bloomington, at 11:45 on Thurs, Oct. 19th. RSVP to Nancy by Tues, Oct 17th. If you are available in the middle of the day, consider coming! It’s a great opportunity to deepen relationships with and bring news to those unable to join worship every Sunday.

In an effort to make sure members of the Ministry and Counsel Committee are accessible to members and attenders of Meeting, M&C members and their contact information have been attached to two recent bulletins. More copies are available on the long table. Friends are encouraged to keep the list somewhere convenient should you need it.

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Twin Cities Meeting is having extended meetings for worship on Sat mornings in Oct, from 8:30 – 10:30 AM. These extended meetings for worship are similar in length to that experienced by early Friends.

Northern Yearly Meeting is still seeking a High School Coordinator to start Jan, 2018. The application deadline has been extended to Oct 20th. This is a paid position and duties include: leading retreats; helping students find/participate in new experiences related to spiritual development, service, and leadership; being sensitive and intentional in recognizing the need for some issues to be referred to pastoral or professional care. More at: northernyearlymeeting.org/article/job-nym-hs-coordinator-2017

Friends, please come to Friends School of MN to hear Drew Smith, Executive Director of Friends Council on Education (FCE), speak about Quaker Education and its relevance and importance in today’s world; Sun, Oct 15th, 2-4pm (1365 Englewood Ave, St Paul). Drew Smith is visiting as FSM works to strengthen its Quaker foundation and identity.

Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Quaker Public Policy Institute (QPPI) and Annual Meeting are Nov. 2-5. This has been a challenging year. Join 350 Quakers and call on Congress to put people before the Pentagon in this nation’s budget. Find out more: fcnl.org/updates/annual-meeting-quaker-public-policy-institute-2017-27

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Healing MN Stories Dakota Sacred Sites Tour: October 28, 10:00am – 2:00pm, Church of St. Peter, St. Paul. Visit sites located around confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, what the Dakota refer to as Bdote, or “meeting place of rivers,” including: Fort Snelling State Park, Dakota Internment Camp following the The Dakota-U.S. War, Pilot Knob Hill, a traditional burial ground. Many Friends have gone and highly recommend it! The Sept tour is filled, register ahead: spinterfaith.org/healing-minnesota-stories/sacred-sites-tour/

The Iraq American Reconciliation Project is partnering with the Guthrie Theater to present Birds Sing Differently Here Oct 27-29. Birds Sing Differently Here is a theater piece based on the true stories of twelve Iraqi-Minnesotan refugees and immigrants. Inventively performed in both English and Arabic, it weaves together tales of sweetness, sorrow, grief and discovery to tell “the story of a thousand olive pits and seven thousand praises, tokens of love and a chilling escape from the desert of death.” For tickets, call the Box Office 612.377.2224 or or visit http://securesite.guthrietheater.org/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=25874

OFFICE HOURS
Carolyn VandenDolder will be in the office Wednesday through Friday, 10:30-4:00. Phone messages will be checked daily. 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.