July 28, 2019

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Scott Chapman, speaker; Dave Bostrom, musician; care of meeting, Joanne Esser and Carol Bechtel

Following the closing handshake, we will take time for introductions, and there will be a few moments to share joys and concerns, followed by pre-arranged announcements. Preferred practice is to put announcements in the bulletin. After-worship announcements, when needed, should be brief so Friends can be released.

Take advantage of the lazy, hazy days of summer and linger for a cup of coffee, a nibble, and brief visit today after worship. Hosts are Jim Lovestar, Roland Barrett and Terry Hokenson.

Food, Farewell, Friends, and Fun TODAY, 1-3: Come to the Friends for a NonViolent World (FNVW) fundraiser and celebration of Taylor, Quaker Voluntary Service fellow this year! Spaghetti and salad – gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan available;
$25 suggested donation – more if you can, less if you can’t.

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

You are welcome at the potluck next Sunday at the rise of worship. To regulars, please bring lots so we can confidently invite visitors and guests to stay!

Caring for each other: How do we best communicate that we need care? How do we know what care we each want to offer? Would a Ministry and Care Committee be the best way to facilitate caring for each other? Please come to a meeting THIS Wed, July 31, at 7 PM at the meetinghouse, sponsored by the Ministry and Counsel Committee, to consider these issues.

Loaves and Fishes- TOMORROW, Mon July 29. Join other metro-area Friends, folks from the Ismaili Community and members of Mayim Rabim at Holy Rosary Church, 2424 18th Ave, S, Mpls. Volunteers are needed for 2 PM preparation of chili, vegetables, fruit, salad, and rolls; 4:45 PM serving food and beverages; and 5:30 PM cleaning in the kitchen and dining area. Donations of fresh or dried fruit also needed. Signup for a shift on the sheet on the bulletin table.

Possible Sunday morning schedule change and other news from the Religious Education (for youth) Committee:
~ check out the flyers on the bulletin table which describe the contemplated schedule change in the coming year
~ hold September 15th, at the rise of second worship, for a first day school orientation
~ plan to come to a families, teachers and committee gathering during the Oct 6th potluck at 12:45. More details soon!

SAVE THE DATE: Quaker Voluntary Service (QVS) Open House on Sun, Aug 25th, 2 – 5PM; 3241 Park Ave S, Mpls. QVS Mpls/St. Paul is beginning its second year with six new fellows placed in local nonprofit organization working for peace justice and living in a cooperative household. For those interested in helping set up the house in August and welcoming the Fellows once they arrive, sign up at forms.gle/u648iTCMS8WbM83h9 to help, including: cleaning Aug 23rd and 24th, transportation for the Fellows from the airport on Aug 30th, or providing meals for their first week (Aug 31st to Sept 8th). For more about pantry items donations, please contact Local Support Committee member, Marybeth.

Quaker Voluntary Service request: Kirsten, the Fellow who will be working at Bridging in Roseville next year, is still trying to arrange transportation to and from work – south Minneapolis to Roseville and back, August – July? Even carpooling one or two days a week would be incredibly helpful: MWF–either 7:30-4 or 8-4:30; T/Th any 8.5 hour span starting at 7 to 9 AM. Contact Dan, Prospect Hill Meeting member of the Local Support Committee or the MFM office with offers or leads.

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Nightingales’ summer gathering, next weekend, near Stoughton, WI, Aug 2-4. Mostly Quakers, mostly from WI and MN – gather to sing over a weekend three times a year. For more, contact the office: office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.

Friends School of Minnesota seeks a new Office Manager: a .75 position; application deadline Aug 2. Job description, details and application instructions: fsmn.org

Register now for Friends for a NonViolent World’s People Camp Aug 11-17! Founded by Quakers and welcoming to all, People Camp is an experience of cooperation, community living, and exploration of ideas and issues. All campers help to make camp a safe and supportive place for everyone —adults, teens, and children families and individuals. More at fnvw.org.

Northern Yearly Meeting wants a logo! Logo ideas that will readily identify Northern Yearly Meeting on written and visual materials are being sought! NYM now has many publications and no logo to tie them all together, including the NYM Journal, e-news, brochure, website, minute books, and letterhead for the Epistle and other official communications. Read more at fgcquaker.org/cloud/northern-yearly-meeting/announcements/seeking-logo-ideas-northern-yearly-meeting . Send logo proposals or questions to northernyearlymeeting(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com in electronic format by August 1.

Northern Yearly Meeting’s annual session is over Memorial Day weekend each year. At its close, an epistle, a collective sense of experience and how God has moved among Friends during the gathering, was composed and approved. You can read this year’s epistle here .

A recently unearthed video about Northern Yearly Meeting and Friends’ experience there (circa 1990) by Jackson Tiffany can be seen here .

Friends Committee on National Legislation’s annual meeting, Nov 13-17 – information and registration is now available. Gather and worship with hundreds of Quakers and friends committed to advocating for a more just and peaceful world. Lobby to end the U.S. strategy of endless war;.give input on FCNL’s legislative policy positions; be inspired to act! More at fcnl.org/updates/annual-meeting-and-quaker-public-policy-institute-2019-27

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Movies in the Park and the Mpls Institute of Arts will present films by and about Native artists and activists. See Blood Memory this Tues, July 30. A 2013 Supreme Court case decision to bypass the Indian Child Welfare Act (passed in 1978 to halt the systematic displacements of Native children) resurfaced the generational trauma of America’s Indian Adoption Era. A survivor of this stolen generation returns to heal her Sicangu Lakota community and a child welfare attorney redresses the law he once fought to protect in this dark horse political thriller. At Father Hennepin Park bandstand, 420 SE Main St, Mpls. Pre-film music from 7-8:30; film begins at dusk. More at new.artsmia.org/event/movies-in-the-park-blood-memory/

OFFICE HOURS Wed, Thurs and Fri, 10:30-4:00. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Phone items in to the office, (612-926-6159), email, (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org), or write and put in the bulletin file of the blue box.