March 8, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 9:40 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Tom Hoey; John Dunham (mic)

9:45 – 11:15 worship with attention to business: John Kraft, clerk; Tom Ward, recording clerk
10:15 – 11:00 first day school for grades 1-12

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Jim Haefemeyer – speaker; care of meeting – Gib Pellet

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Those who are grieving.

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Northern Yearly Meeting’s Faith and Practice – Spiritual Beliefs of Friends. Explore the spiritual experience of Friends in Northern Yearly Meeting through reading, reflection and sharing. Please read the NYM Faith and Practice section on Spiritual Beliefs before the mid-morning program (starting on page 15) and, if you have one, bring your Faith and Practice with you. The NYM Faith and Practice is available in the meeting library and online: drive.google.com/file/d/0B4j9uwP_2NpWNTVNZ0ZKOGl5ams/view. Program offered by Ministry and Counsel Comm.

March 31 is the end of the Meeting’s fiscal year. If you have reimbursement requests to make from this current fiscal year, please submit a request for reimbursement to your committee clerk. Forms are in the top of the blue file box on the long table.

Have a wondering about Quakerism, Minneapolis Meeting, Quaker spirituality, or Quaker-something-else and want to talk about it with someone? Sign up for “Coffee with a Quaker.” Fill out a sign-up slip and put it in the coffee can, (both on the elevator table.) A coffee companion will call you, hopefully within a week, to set up a time to meet with you.

Loaves and Fishes: Monday, March 30th, is the next opportunity for MFM, along with other area Friends, the Ismaili Community, (from Edina,) and members from Mayim Rabim, to help prepare and serve dinner 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. 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. If you plan to come, please add your name to the sign-up sheet on the bulletin table to allow coordinators to know where there are gaps.

Northern Yearly Meeting’s Spring Interim Session is next weekend at Milwaukee Meeting, March 16–17. Interested in Friendly housing accommodations, transportation help, or other information, email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org so you can be put in touch with Don in Milwaukee.
~ Northern Yearly Meeting annual session is coming up May 22-25 at Wisconsin Lions Camp, near Rosholt, WI. Online registration begins March 11: fgcquaker.org/cloud/northern-yearly-meeting

A few Friends General Conference Annual Gathering (June 28 – July 4 in Radford VA) advance programs have arrived at the meetinghouse. Friends are invited to take a look at the workshop offerings. Early registration is April 1-14: FGCgathering.org

Quaker Voluntary Service
~ Know a young adult looking for transformational spirituality and activism? Encourage them to apply to Quaker Voluntary Service! Application deadline is March 15: quakervoluntaryservice.org/apply/
~ Come to the Contra dance and fundraiser for Quaker Voluntary Service on March 27th, here at the meetinghouse. Enjoy the Quaker Family Band, your favorite Quaker dance callers, and each other! Proceeds benefit Quaker Voluntary Service – refreshments by donation. Questions: Cynthia, Mary Ellen, Tom.
~ Every-other Friday, Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows have a development day for programming about Quakerism and other topics. Are you willing to prepare and drop off (vegetarian) lunch for eight on a program day? Let Eli know: eli(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org.
~ Want to invite a Quaker Voluntary Service Fellow to join you in an activity or at an event? Email minneapolishouse(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org to let them know about it!

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Friends for a NonViolent World (FNVW)
~ Discover your own power to transform frustration, conflict and violence in your life at the Alternatives to Violence Project Basic Community Workshop, March 13-14. This holistic, experiential, safe, and lively workshop will teach you skills and attitudes to address, prevent, and transform violence every day. 12–9PM March 13th and 9-9 March 14th; 393 N Dunlap Str St. Paul; attendance both days expected; register (required): 651-917-0383; Miranda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org; bit.ly/avpmarch.
~ Friends for a NonViolent World Story Skills Workshop – What is the story of FNVW? This Wed, March 11th, 6:30 – 9PM, Chris Luehr, storytelling trainer and presentation coach, will lead a hands-on Story Skills Workshop, guiding us through storytelling strategies to help us tell FNVS’s story and engage the broader community. Come help create a clear, accurate and inspiring narrative about FNVW that we can all use!
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~ MicroAggression Training – Microaggressions are daily verbal and nonverbal insults or slights, intentional or not, that target a person’s marginalized identity. Microaggressions are one of the most common reasons a person with a marginalized identity disengages – from work or altogether. Explore how microaggressions appear in different environments and discuss ways to interrupt and respond, increasing equity and creating belonging. Offered by Rebecca Slaby, Exec Director of AMAZE Works; March 26 6:30-8:30PM; FNVW Office, 393 N Dunlap St, St Paul, first floor conference rm. AMAZE Works is the new site placement for QVS Fellow, Leanne.
~ FNVW, along with the Uof MN, will offer a free five-week Hatha Yoga Series Fridays, Mar 27th-Apr 24th, 12–1 PM. Registration required; 393 N. Dunlap St, St. Paul, first floor conference room. A gentle introduction to basic postures and breathing techniques, gain flexibility and strength while calming the mind; no experience necessary; bring a some kind of mat, towel, or other; wear comfortable clothes. For more and to sign up contact Leah: 651-917-0383 / leah(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org

Pendle Hill’s Radical Faithfulness in Action Program: Want to deepen your spiritual practices and connections to sustain you in your activism work? Radical Faithfulness in Action brings together a small cohort for three campus residencies (April 2-5; June 25-28; and August 20-23,) and ongoing work and support between residencies. More information: pendlehill.org/learn/radical-faithfulness-in-action; registration deadline March 10th. For other offered programs, see pendlehill.org/learn/workshops-courses-events/. Register online, call 800-742-3150, or email registrar(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)pendlehill.org.

2020 Nightingales Spring Gathering in Ham Lake, MN, April 3-5. Nightengales is an area gathering of (mostly) Quakers for singing, eating, being merry, sleeping, hiking, and singing some more! See posted info for more or contact ofice(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be connected with the coordinators.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Every Church a Peace Church potluck, Mon, March 16th; 6:30 potluck; 7, Ilhan Omar on How My Muslim Faith has Influenced My Activism. Ilhan Omar is the first Somali-American, the first naturalized citizen from Africa, and the first non-white woman elected to office frm MN. She is also one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress. Omar is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has advocated for a living wage, affordable housing, universal healthcare, student loan debt forgiveness, the protection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537 Third Ave So, Mpls.

OFFICE HOURS – Wed – Fri, 11:00-4. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur.