MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Lin Butler

10:15 – 11:00 Seasons of Our Lives. During changes within the Meeting, we have also experienced changes in our own lives. Come consider how we remain centered during change. Facilitated by the Ministry and Counsel Committee.

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Lucia Kalinosky, reader; Nancy Lichtenstein, musician; care of meeting, Heidi Flores; Jim Lovestar (mic)

What power had I before I learned to yield?
from A Milkweed by Richard Wilbur

REGISTER TODAY for Fall Together! Fall Together is now only one week away! Register today so we can order pizza and prepare supplies. This is a joyful, relaxing time when we can get to know one another better. If you don’t know if you can come until after the deadline, we are happy to have you. Just register as soon as you can. Information and a registration link were sent out via email on Sept 5. Paper registration forms and information are on the table by the elevator. Any questions? Call Wina . You are welcome!

New DIRECTORIES are available on the table by the elevator. Update sheets are available there too! Limited in number, one directory per family, please. A directory PDF is available upon request: office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org .

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

You are welcome at the potluck next Sunday at the rise of semi-programmed worship! Stay and enjoy good food and conversation. To regulars, please bring lots so we are confident inviting new-comers to stay!

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Continue the mood and camaraderie of Fall Together during the mid-morning program with getting-to-know each other games and activities followed by a sing-along. Be part of the fun!

Ministry and Counsel Committee will meet this Thurs at 7 in the conference room. Ministry and Counsel oversees and cares for the worship, spiritual, and community life and care of membership of the Meeting. It supports and guides ministry/ ministers, pastoral care and attends to requests for membership and marriage under the care of the meeting. Members of Ministry and Counsel are Sandy (clerk), Bill, Terry, Stephen, Heidi, Keitha, Nettie, and Carolyn.

Quaker Voluntary Service “Fun”raiser event! Saturday, Oct 13th, 4–7 PM, at Twin Cities Friends Meeting. Live music from Tom Wells’ the Selby Ave Brass Band, food trucks, QVS Fellow introductions by site staff, and a fun welcome ceremony needing your simple participation. Mike Huber, QVS national staff member, along with the QVS Fellows will have a Q&A session at 6 PM. And, of course, there will an opportunity to financially support QVS and further this exciting project! Please come show your support!

There will be a Northern Yearly Meeting high school retreat Oct 12-14th at Camp Woodbrooke in Richland Center, WI. The theme: Immigration; Systemic Racism; Religious Diversity and Cultural Diversity. For more, email Cynthia at NYMHighSchool(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com .

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM) Fall Interim Session Oct 19-20, at Twin Cities Meeting (TCFM), 1725 Grand Ave, St. Paul. Sessions run 7-9 PM Fri and 9-5 PM Sat. Attending these interim session allows you to meet NYM Friends and enjoy and learn from the life and business of Northern Yearly Meeting. Hospitality is being coordinated by Laël Gatewood (TCFM). If you can provide bed/breakfast Fri (and possibly Sat) night(s), or can help with a soup/salad lunch at 12:30 PM on Sat, please contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.

Friends for a NonViolent World is seeking a Volunteer Engagement Specialist. This is a new position. For more, see fnvw.org .

Northern Yearly Meeting seeks a middle school program coordinator, starting ASAP. Please approach Friends who you think would be excellent in the position and encourage them to apply! The Coordinator is responsible for leading two retreats during the year and for leading the middle school program at NYM Annual Session. See the NYM webiste for the full job description, reimbursement information and how to apply: fgcquaker.org/cloud/northern-yearly-meeting/announcements/seeking-nym-middle-school-coordinator

Quaker Voluntary Service seeks an individual called to provide Spirit-grounded leadership and vision in the executive director role. Significant fundraising and management experience needed. Can be located in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston, Portland, OR, or Minneapolis/St. Paul. The full job description and how to apply: quakervoluntaryservice.org/employment-at-qvs .

Earlham School of Religion is currently accepting applications for the Tom Mullen Ministry of Writing Fellowship for the 2018-19 academic year. The recipient will spend the Spring Session (Jan – May, 2019) at ESR working on a “publishable” manuscript while attending a Ministry of Writing class. Applications due Oct 15. Details at esr.earlham.edu/news/mullen18

Do you know where Quakers are? Take a look at: Quaker Speak.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

ISAIAH has phonebanks Suns- Thurs, 6-9 pm at the ISAIAH office (2356 University Ave. W, Suite 405, St Paul) to engage voters of faith around issues of racial and economic justice and to encourage them to vote. Before every phone shift, there will be a grounding and training. Please sign up for a shift today. ISAIAH is a multi-racial, state-wide, non-partisan coalition of faith communities fighting for racial and economic justice in MN.

ISAIAH will also offer a Minneapolis School Board forum on Mon, Oct 15, 6-8 pm at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 2315 Chicago Ave S, Mpls. We will engage all the candidates for Mpls School Board about how they will lead to put equity at the center of their decisions and how they help to ensure that every child in Minneapoils has access to a quality education.. Parking vouchers and childcare provided. Social time with refreshment from 8-8:30.

OFFICE HOURS

Carolyn VandenDolder, the interim Meeting Coordinator, 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.