December 29, 2019

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Gayle McJunkin; Mary Logue (mic)

10:15 – 11:00 Experiment with Light: What did Early Friends DO in the Silence? A panel will share their experiences of the Light Meditation practice. Current Light groups are opening up for new participants for the coming year. This is an opportunity to see what Light groups are all about.

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Roger Miller, speaker; Stephen Snyder, musician; care of meeting, Carolyn VandenDolder

“Where one door is shut another is opened.” 1620 T. SHELTON translation of Cervantes’ Don Quixote

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

NEXT SUNDAY: first day school will be at the same time as mid-morning program, 10:15 – 11:00. Families are encouraged to arrive before 10:15 so the meeting’s youth can enjoy programming and each other for the full time. There will be programming for children downstairs after the planned speaker in semi-programmed worship.

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Preparing for Sunday Worship Throughout the Week. How do each of us nurture the inward Light during the times when we are not in worship together? How does that nurturing prepare us for our worship together on Sundays? This program will be a combination of silent reflection on queries and conversation, allowing us to learn from each others’ experience and practice. Facilitated by Steve Snyder and John Kraft.

Winter Envelope Gift: Every winter, Minneapolis Meeting designates organization(s) to receive a one-time gift, outside the Meeting’s usual budget. This year’s recipients are in keeping with the Meeting’s peace and social concerns focus on gender justice and well-being:
OutFront Minnesota – working to create a state where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are free to be who they are, love who they love, and live without fear of violence, harassment or discrimination; a state where Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer individuals have equal opportunities, protection and rights. outfront.org
Mending the Sacred Hoop – a Native-operated non-profit that addresses violence against Native women and works to end it, organizing on issues surrounding violence against American Native women in Duluth and throughout MN: mshoop.org
To contribute to the Winter Envelope Gift, make checks payable to Minneapolis Meeting with “Winter Envelope Gift” in the memo line and place in an offering box.

Loaves and Fishes: TOMORROW, Monday Dec 30th. Help prepare and serve dinner, along with other area Friends, the Ismaili Community, (from Edina,) and members from Mayim Rabim, to families and individuals at Holy Rosary Church, 2424 18th Av. S, Mpls. Please help if you have a few hours between 2 and PM that day. Volunteers sign up for shifts: meal prep, 2:00 4:30pm; serving food 4:45 6:30pm; clean up 5:30 7pm. Fresh or dried fruit donations for dessert are needed, too. Sign-up sheet is on the bulletin table.

Friendly Meals, opportunities to help us – newcomers and old-timers alike – get to know each other informally. Friendly Meals, a series of meals in participant homes, will happen in February, March and April 2020. There are two options when signing up:
*All in: you participate in three meals, one per month, hosting one of them.
*On call: your name will be placed on a substitute list to fill in for those unable to attend a particular meal.
Sign-up sheets and a more detailed description are available on the elevator table. Coordinated by the Welcoming and
Outreach Committee, speak to, call, or email Keitha or office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org with questions. Sign-up deadline is January 19, 2020.

The Nursery Committee, on behalf of the Meeting, seeks the right person to work with the little ones in the nursery. The work hours are Sundays during the school year, 8:45-12:30; and 9:45-11:15 during the summer months. The pay is $15 an hour. For more, contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with someone from the nursery committee.

Save the date for the Northern Yearly Meeting high school winter retreat, Jan 24-26th, at the Cannon Valley Meeting in Northfield. Theme: Mental Health. More details coming. Kindly Adult Presences eagerly sought. Send inquiries or RSVPs to office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org and they will be passed along to Cynthia, the HS coordinator.

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

There will be a New Year’s Eve celebration at Twin Cities Meeting, 1725 Grand Ave, St. Paul: 5:30 worship; 6:15 potluck dinner; 7:30 – 10:30 games, singing, conversation, fun. Bring your favorite snacks, games, musical instruments or songbooks.

Pendle Hill First Monday Evening Talks, livestreamed from Pendle Hill: Beauty, Truth, Life, and Love: Four Essentials for the Abundant Life—An evening with J. Brent Bill, Mon, Jan 6, 6:30 – 8PM (Central). Register in advance to receive the link: pendlehill.org/events/beauty-truth-life-and-love-four-essentials-for-the-abundant-life/.

Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Basic Community Workshop – Jan 17-18. Interested in learning new skills and attitudes to address, prevent, and transform violence? Consider this two-day workshop offering a holistic, experiential, safe, and lively approach to learning the tools to discover your own power to transform conflict and frustration in your life. Fri, the 17th, 12-9PM and Sat, the 18th, 9AM-9PM at 393 N Dunlap St., St. Paul. Attendance both days is expected. To register (required), contact Miranda at 651-917-0383 or Miranda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org or visit bit.ly/avpjanuary. Cost: $150; no one turned away for lack of funds. Questions? Contact Miranda.

Friends World Committee for Consultation will host an online conference on sustainability Feb 22 with Friends around the world. Friends worldwide are urgently concerned with the human impacts of climate change and the issue of sustainability in relation to our faith and the underlying spiritual imperative prompting us to take action. See fwcc.world/sustainability/conference2020 for more.

Friends Peace Teams offers Creating Cultures of Peace, a movement of love and conscience for teens and young adult leaders working for peaceful homes, communities and societies – online learning (meets via Zoom twice monthly) and an experiential training in Buffalo, NY, August 1-9, 2020. More at friendspeaceteams.org/creating-cultures-of-peace-youth-training/

Pendle Hill upcoming programs and workshops include: Journey to Wholeness (pendlehill.org/events/journey-toward-wholeness-homecoming-retreat/), March 6-8; Opening the Heart of Worship (pendlehill.org/events/opening-to-the-heart-of-worship/), April 3-5; The Spirit of Hope: Courageous Living in Troubled Times (pendlehill.org/events/the-spirit-of-hope-living-courageously-in-troubled-times/) June 12-14; and The Gathered Meeting (pendlehill.org/events/the-gathered-meeting/) August 21-23). For more or to register, see pendlehill.org/learn/workshops-courses-events/. Some financial support may be available from the Meeting (contact Trustees); or from Pendle Hill directly: pendlehill.org. Register online, call 610-566-4507 ext. 137, or 800-742-3150, or email registrar(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)pendlehill.org.

Parker Palmer and Sondra Samuel’s Westminster Town Hall Forum is now available online: westminsterforum.org/forum/we-the-people-a-time-to-act/.

OFFICE HOURS Carolyn VandenDolder will be in the office Thurs and Fri, 11:00-4. Phone messages checked daily. Bulletin deadline, noon Thurs. Bulletin items can be phoned in to the office (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.