In compliance with the MN Department of Health guidance and for the health and safety of MFM members and the larger community, Minneapolis Friends Meeting is suspending any gathering at the meetinghouse.

This coming Sunday, two worships will be hosted on Zoom, a video / audio conferencing application, free to participants. Worship will remain at 9AM and 11:15AM. Friends are invited to linger online with a cup of coffee and visit with one another between the close of early worship at 10AM and the start of second worship at 11:15.

If you wish to join worship and have not been sent the link, email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by 5PM Saturday.
Access a tutorial on how to join a meeting: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting?flash_digest=c7410eb2181d96e6cf2b72880064e8ad4d6fa011

Friends will need to download the Zoom app before worship begins. The worship link above will take you to Zoom where you will be prompted to download the app. You will automatically get instructions for installing Zoom on your devise.

The host will be online this Saturday, March 21st, from 1-3PM so you may practice logging in. Use the same worship link to practice as you will for worship on Sunday. On Sunday morning, March 22nd, the meeting will be open at 8:30 so you can sign in before worship begins.

Tip for participating:
~ During worship, please mute yourself unless you are inspired to speak. This will help protect worship from errant phones ringing, dogs barking, and other-room noise. We may need to help each other remember.
~ Be prepared to be patient should your meditation be interrupted by someone forgetting to mute.
~ And be prepared to have your vocal ministry go unheard by any, save yourself and the universe, if you forget to UNmute before speaking.

First day school for youth (and interested others) will have a google hangout starting at 12:15. If you have not received an invitation and want one, email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolis.org before 5PM Saturday.

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March 22, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship via Zoom – Bill Hendricks, online host

10:15 – 11:00 online coffee and conversation via Zoom

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship via Zoom – Bill Hendricks, online host

12:15 – 1:00 first day school google hang-out – Julia Reimer, online host

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

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.

The newly formed Care and Counsel Committee is focusing on issues of social isolation. A request for those who are open to socializing via phone or online or who are willing to be a listening ear for others has gone out via the GoogleGroup. Please look for it! Not a member of Google Group? To sign up simply send an email request to office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org. (For more about the MFM Google Group, go to minneapolisfriends.org/google-group.) You can also contact Care and Counsel Committee members directly if you are willing to be a listener: Nettie, Judith, Sandy, or John. And please call or email committee members with other needs you may have. We don’t have answers but we can listen and brainstorm 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 dinner for families and individuals at Holy Rosary Church, 2424 18th Av. S, Mpls. Dinners will be to-go. Cooking starts at 2:00. Those over the age of 60, those with diabetes, cancer, heart disease or a history of lung issues should not volunteer. Any volunteer should know that there is a health risk in participating. If you feel at all unwell (headache, congestion, GI upset,) be aware that you may be a carrier of the virus. If you plan to attend, please email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org so coordinators know where there are gaps in support.

Friends Committee on National Legislation asks for the discernment of monthly meetings and worship groups each year in setting its legislative priorities for the coming year. FCNL relies on the worship and input of Friends across the country to ground its lobbying. How is the Spirit leading us to influence our government today? Please fill out a survey and email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org so it can be forwarded to Doug, the FCNL representative.

Did you delight in the writing exercise Joanne offered at a recent mid-morning program? The Writing Group meeting this Tues, March 24th in Hopkins has been cancelled BUT you can participate in the online writing prompts through the MFM GoogleGroup! (See how to join at MFM GoogleGroup.) Prompts will be sent out on Wednesdays; Friends can send their written responses to Jane by the following Tuesday. She will share them with those who have indicated interest to her.

The Peace and Social Concerns Committee’s movie night featuring The Report, on Wed, March 25th is CANCELLED.

The contra dance and fundraiser for Quaker Voluntary Service, on March 27th is CANCELLED.

Friends are invited to take a look at the workshop offerings at this year’s Friends General Conference Gathering in Radford, VA. Early registration is April 1-14: FGCgathering.org

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Friends for a NonViolent World

~ People Camp, 2020, will (hopefully) be August 9-15 and REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

~ Friends for a NonViolent World has an Everyday Nonviolence podcast. Listen at: podbean.com/media/share/pb-7ejhs-cca758

~ Friends for a NonViolent World is seeking potential new board members, candidates for the Executive Director position and candidates for the E.D. search committee. See fnvw.org for more or email board clerk, Brucie, Brucie(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org, or Board(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org with questions or interest.

~ The FNVW MicroAggression Training scheduled for March 26this CANCELLED.

~ The free five-week Hatha Yoga Series on Fridays, at the FNVW building starting Mar 27this CANCELLED.

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/

Friends General Conference Spiritual Deepening eRetreat: Aging & Living. Explore and practice the spirituality of life and life transitions. Rather than focusing on death and dying, find the spiritual gifts of aging across the lifespan. April 19 – May 15: fgcquaker.org/resources/spiritual-deepening-eretreats-aging-living

There is an unprogrammed global meeting for worship (GMFW) on Wednesdays at 1PM (CT) via Zoom. This worship offers a remarkable opportunity to worship with and get to know people from four countries and most regions of the U.S. and is an important outreach to isolated and mobility-limited Quakers. Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with the Quaker Universalist Fellowship Steering Committee.

School of the Spirit’s “All Shall Be Well: Contemplation in an Age of Crisis” April 16-19 in Racine, WI is CANCELLED.

The Nightingales Spring Gathering in Ham Lake, scheduled for April 3-5 is CANCELLED.

Pendle Hill programs and workshops on campus through April 15 are CANCELLED or rescheduled. More at pendlehill.org

Reimagining Spirit, the Willson Lecture at Earlham School of Religion has been RESCHEDULED for Sept 5th.

Scattergood, a diverse, college preparatory community of motivated and open-minded learners, who value simplicity, equality, and non-violence, offers new Quaker Scholarships. Details at scattergood.org/scholarships; application deadline is June 1,

COMMUNITY EVENTS

The Joint Religious Legislative Coalition Day on the Hill, scheduled for April 1st is CANCELLED.

NorthPoint Food and Fund Drive Monthly Meeting agreed to participate in the NorthPoint food and fund drive in the month of March. This year and especially at this time, there is a great need. Please consider a food or money donation. The dollars allows the purchase of enough food for 25 meals! There is a food collection barrel at the meetinghouse (call to arrange a drop-off); donate by mail: NorthPoint Food Shelf, 1256 Penn Ave. N. – Suite 5300, Minneapolis, MN. 55411; or online at: northpointhealth.org/donate.

OFFICE HOURS – Wed – Fri afternoons. Phone messages checked once a day Sat – Tues. Bulletin deadline, noon Thurs.