April 14, 2019

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 9:40 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Terry Kayser; Gayle McJunkin (mic)

9:45 – 11:15 monthly meeting for business: John Kraft, presiding clerk; Stephen Snyder, recording clerk

11:15 – 12:00 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): John Stuart, reader; care of meeting, Judith James

Celebrate Barbara’s 99th birthday TODAY by greeting Barbara and staying for some punch and cookies at the rise of second worship!

The Religious Education Committee will meet today in the lower level at 12:30.

Copies of the recently approved committee list are on the elevator table. Please take one! If the work of a committee interests you, don’t wait to be asked to serve on it; contact the committee clerk to visit a committee meeting or to share your curiosity. Many committees would welcome the interest! Ministry and Counsel Committee, Child Welfare, and Trustees have closed meetings due to confidentiality issues – but Friends are still invited to speak to those clerks to find out more!

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Four Doors to Meeting for Worship. This Pendle Hill pamphlet, written by Bill Taber, describes ways we prepare, enter, deepen, and go beyond meeting for worship. How do you prepare for worship? What do you do in the silence? Where does it lead you? Juliet Nail, Mary Jean Port, and Bill Asch will lead discussion. Facilitated by Annette Smith of the Ministry and Counsel Committee.

Plan to Attend these Upcoming Meeting Happenings:
Parent, teacher, first day school students, interested others brainstorming and planning session April 28th 12:15 PM
Worship sharing / listening / check-in on how Meeting life and business is going, May 4th 1-3 PM.
Last day of first day school celebration with class presentations, May 19th 12:15 PM.
Fall Together, Sat, Oct 26th

What does this meeting mean to you? This is one of the queries we will explore at a listening session, sponsored by the Ministry and Counsel Committee, on May 4th from 1 to 3 pm. Your attendance is needed.

Loaves and Fishes: Monday April 22nd (please note the corrected date) is the next opportunity for MFM to help prepare and serve dinner to the people of the Phillips neighborhood at Holy Rosary Church, 2424 18th Av. S, Mpls. Please help if you have a few hours, 2 – 7pm that day. Volunteers shifts: chopping veggies or prepping dessert fruit 2-4:30pm; serving food 4:45-6:30pm; clean up 5:30-7pm. Fresh fruit donations for dessert are needed, too. Sign-up sheet on the bulletin table.

Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric will be shown here at the meetinghouse Wed, April 24th, 7 PM. Although one’s gender identity is an intensely personal subject, the individuals featured agreed to share their stories in this two-hour National Geographic documentary on the shifting landscape of gender. Trailer at: https://binged.it/2UmozMF . A discussion of the movie will follow the screening, facilitated and informed by several of the local Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows. Sponsored by the Peace and Social Concerns Committee.

Come to the discussion FOR EVERYBODY, sponsored by the Religious Education Committee at the rise of second worship, April 28! To parents – what do you want the RE program at MFM to offer your children? To teachers – what kind of support do you want as you teach first day school? To everyone – what do we want to offer our children and youth, growing up in MFM? What do we want them to take away from their time here? Lunch for children / youth provided; childcare too. Questions, contact Julia .

Read Primitive Quakerism Revived by Paul Buckley at the Watson reading group this Tues, April 16th at 7 PM in the conference room. No need to read ahead – we’ll read together! One-timers and regulars – everyone is welcome!

Jim warmly invites Friends to a worship followed by a simple meal on this Fri, April 19, Good Friday. Worship will start at 6 PM and will include a reading from Matthew 26 (the passion and death of Jesus) and two hymns.

The Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows: Could you bring lunch for eight (diary-free, vegetarian) to the QVS house (3241 Park Ave, Mpls) on the QVS program day, May 24? Contact Sonja: Sonja(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org .

The 2019 Friends General Conference Gathering is able to offer deep discounts this year like: children and teen program fees waived; 50% children and teen meals covered; more scholarships available to families and teens. This is the year to bring your family to the Gathering in (relatively) nearby Grinnell IA, June 30 – July 6! Financial help might be available to MFMers who wish to attend the clerking workshop. Find workshops, registration and general information at here. There are a few paper program and registration materials are on the elevator table. Early Registration, which gives you the best chance for getting your first choice of workshop, ENDS TODAY.

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Friends School of MN’s Plant Sale is coming! Shopping at the Friends School Plant Sale, in the Minnesota State Fair grandstand, is the great get-together for gardeners! Catalogues are out for you to peruse. See friendsschoolplantsale.com/ for more about this event May 10-12.

Spring Nightengles Gathering will be April 26-28 in Ham Lake. For more info, contact the office.

Northern Yearly Meeting’s annual session, “Spirit-Led Communication” will be at Wisconsin Lions Camp near Rosholt, WI Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-27. Programming offers something for everyone, infants and up! Register by May 1: northernyearlymeeting.org. Make time to attend this vital part of area Quaker life! Workshop proposals (prepared presentation and discussion) sought; deadline, April 20th. Have a proposal? Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to get the contact for the workshop coordinator. Two El Salvadoran Friends School heads and one teacher will be coming. Translators needed. If you speak Spanish and would be willing to act as host or be a translator during programming, contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org and your name will be passed along.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

A Jewish American’s Journey: Heartbreak and Hope in Israel/Palestine, Alice Rothchild will speak followed by Q&A at Dessert and Conversation on Friday, April 26th, 7-8:30 PM, at Kenwood Isles, 1425 West 28th St., Mpls, Terrace Room, FFI: facebook.com/events/830329917318376/ Sponsored by Women Against Military Madness.

OFFICE HOURS

Carolyn VandenDolder will be in the office Wed, 10:30-4, and Friday, 10:30-4. Phone messages checked daily. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Bulletin items can be phoned in (612-926-6159), emailed (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org), or written and put in the bulletin file of the blue box. Meeting business-related questions should be directed to the office phone and email.