June 10, 2018

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Nancy Helfrich, planned speaker; Kate Coon, musician; care of meeting, Clifford Goltz and Connie Archbald

11:00 – 12:30 worship with attention to business: John Kraft, clerk; Tom Ward, recording clerk

“Just trust yourself. Then you will know how to live.” — Goethe

Quaker reminder: If you find yourself prompted to offer a message, reflect on if the leading is of the Spirit. Does the urge to speak arise from a spiritual motion rather than simply being a desire to share your active thoughts?

Following the closing handshake, we will take time for introductions; there will be a few moments to share joys and concerns; and pre-arranged announcements may be made by the closer or the person who has made the prearrangement. Preference and general practice is that all announcements be submitted for the bulletin. Please be sensitive to the need Friends might have to be released so they might go on to planned activities of their day and keep comments and announcements brief.

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 available near the doors for those who join worship late.

The new directory is progressing! It will be printed within the week. If you have not confirmed your information, please touch base with Carolyn this morning, via phone: 612-926-6159, or via email: office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.

Read Out of the Silence: Quaker Perspectives on Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Watson reading group this Wed, June 13th at 7 PM in the conference room. No need to read ahead – we’ll read together! One-timers and regulars – everyone is welcome!

The Mid-Morning Program Committee invites Friends to submit ideas and suggestions for the September, 2018 to May, 2019 Mid-Morning Program schedule. There is a sign-up sheet on the elevator table until July 1, or you can email your suggestions to any of the committee: Ellen and Elizabeth, co-clerks, and members Carol, Joanne, Bill, Lee, and Mary.

Interested in gardening? Meeting gardeners (currently Clifford, Rae Beth, Betsy, and Sarah) meet at 6:30 PM on the first and third Thursdays of the month, June – September, at the meetinghouse. Come when you can for satisfying fun playing in the dirt, fabulous people, lots of laughs, and glorious ice cream at the occasional “meeting” at Sebastian Joes! Questions? Contact Clifford.

Lend your elbow grease and make the meetinghouse sparkle! Property Committee is organizing our annual spring cleaning for June 24 at the rise of worship. Save the date for some good, clean fun with Friends!

Donations are being sought to furnish the Quaker Voluntary Service house, particularly large area rugs, three dressers, and patio chairs / table. Contact Judith or local coordinator, Sonja (sonja(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org) with offers. For a complete list of needs, see quakervoluntaryservice.org/minneapolis .

Have a skill you are willing to offer to QVS Fellows (instruction in knitting, mending, baking, kitchen gardening, small electrical repair, etc)? Carolyn is creating a resource list to offer them. Contact her with the gifts you’d be willing to share! office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org .

Have a truck or van available to help move QVS items? Contact Sonja (sonja(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org).
Save the date to help move into the QVS house: Thursday August 16th, and Saturday, August 18th.

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Friends for a NonViolent World FunD Run! Come Sat, July 14th, at 10:30 AM for a walk around Lake Como to raise money for FNVW. You can either get people in your network to sponsor you, or you can sponsor yourself and make a personal donation (or both)! After the walk/run we will meet back at the FNVW office for an Ice Cream Social. For more or to commit to being one of the athletes, contact Dawn: fnvwdawn(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com, 651-917-0383

People Camp, August 12-18, a program of Friends for a NonViolent World, offers a place to relax, a time to share, and a space to refresh our spirits and build a community of peace and understanding on Fishhook Lake, near Park Rapids, MN. For all ages, all contribute to the work, there is no paid staff. Morning program series will be led by FNVW director, Jenn Hamrick, on Advocacy, Identity Politics, and Prison Reform. Other activities include music, singing, dancing, games and various interest groups. For more and to register, go to fnvw.org .

Laughing Waters Friends Preparative Meeting welcomes visitors. Meetings for worship are generally 1:30-3:00 PM on second Sundays, in Dundas MN; and in Mpls on fourth Sundays. During the summer, please contact clerk/convener to confirm the time/place. More at laughingwatersfriends.org

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Chris Moore-Backman, author of The Gandhian Iceberg: A Nonviolence Manifesto for the Age of the Great Turning, will offer a Gandhian Iceberg workshop at the East Side Freedom Library, St. Paul, Sun, July 8, 9-5. An interactive exploration of Gandhi’s theory and practice of nonviolence offering a balance of personal transformation, constructive program (the work of social uplift and renewal), and direct, bold resistance to empire. Small group work, personal reflection and inquiry, mini-lectures, video segments, and readings – wrestle with the radical nature of Gandhi’s social change vision and what it means about the way we live our lives and build principled, strategic movements. To register: tinyurl.com/yczknzhn. Limited to 40.

OFFICE HOURS

Carolyn VandenDolder, the interim Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed and Fri, 10:30-4:00 and Thursday afternoon. Phone messages 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.