April 12, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 9:40 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Keitha Herron

9:45 – 11:15 monthly meeting for business: John Kraft, clerk; Tom Ward, recording clerk

11:15 – 12:00 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Rae Beth Cornelius- speaker; care of meeting, Heidi Flores

“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” – Madeline L’Engle

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Scattergood Friends School in West Branch, IA. John Zimmerman has accepted the invitation to become Scattergood’s next Head of School beginning July, 2020. John holds a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Thomas Edison State College, and for nearly 13 years has worked at Princeton Friends School in Princeton, New Jersey, both as a teacher and in administration. Scattergood is a progressive and open-minded day and boarding school and farm serving grades 9-12, operated by Iowa Yearly Meeting.

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

Opportunities to gather with MFM Friends:
Friday drop-ins every Friday, 1-3PM. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link.
Mid-week worship this Wed, 7-8PM with joys and concerns following from 8-9PM. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wednesday for the link.
Sunday 9AM and 11:15AM worship and mid-morning program. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link.

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Up-coming Mid-Morning Programs at 10:15 –

next Sunday: The Religious Case for Medical Aid in Dying. When a person is facing a terminal disease, is it morally acceptable to ask for a physician’s aid ending that life? Consider your response to that question; learn about the legislation is being considered here that mimics Oregon’s Death with Dignity law, enabling a terminally ill person with less than six months to live the right to request medication they can self-ingest to achieve a peaceful death; and hear why the presenter, the Harlan Limpert, a Unitarian Universalist minister, believes it is not only moral but required of us to honor a person’s dignity and show compassion for their suffering. Harlan Limpert and Jordan Duncan presenting.

April 26th: Images and symbols of the divine feminine through history. Jacque Weirsma will describe and illustrate some of the representations of the feminine side of the divine in various cultures, from pre-history to modern times. We will also discuss how these images acquired almost-universal meaning and power.
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While so many of us are home looking out our windows, the Care and Counsel Committee has identified a group of six people who would be glad to talk on the phone with you, plus, there’s one an e-mailer: Connie, Roland, Scott, Jim, Barbara, Stephen, or e-mail Sue.
Physical distancing does not mean we need to be disconnected. Please talk, share, grieve, build community together.

The Mid-Morning Program Committee is starting to make plans for next year and wants to hear your opinions on how to best fulfill your expectations, needs, interests, and wishes. Please take a moment to offer your thoughts in the following survey. Responses will be confidential unless you indicate that we may quote you: Mid Morning Program Survey

The Northern Yearly Meeting High School retreat will be happening, via Zoom, April 17-18. Friday night, bring a thing/idea/song/poetry which shows who you truly are to Let’s Get to Know Each Other; Sat morning, there will be a Brunch Cook-Off with your family (if you want,) a time of cooking / eating together; Sat afternoon, there will be queries and discussion on Gender Roles and Hidden Privileges along with other business meeting sharing; Sat night, there will be a scavenger hunt. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with Cynthia, the HS coordinator, for more and to get the link to the activities.

Sunday April 26, Terry Hokenson will be hosting a radio broadcast on the Indigenous Perspective on Regenerative Agriculture. The live broadcast is from 10 – 11AM, but you can catch the recorded show later at the KFAI Radio web site: KFAI.org. The participants are Jessika Greendeer of Dream of Wild Health, Francis Bettelyoun, the caretaker of the UMN’s Native American Medicine Garden, and Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, an agronomist native to Guatemala who has developed a method of regenerative chicken ranching that provides a chance for low-income migrant farmers and others to enter agriculture with minimal upfront investment.

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Friends for a NonViolent World:
~ FNVW is seeking a new Executive Director. Application deadline has been extended to April 20. More at fnvw.org
~ People Camp, 2020, will (hopefully) be August 9-15. Registration is open. More at fnvw.org

Friends School of MN has a number of job openings. Find out more at https://fsmn.org/about/employment/

Northern Yearly Meeting Annual Session will not be held in person, May 22-25. An electronic gathering for that weekend is in the planning stages. See northernyearlymeeting.org for updates. A limited number of 90-minute workshops may be presented during the virtual May Annual Session. Friends wishing to present a workshop should send a brief proposal with a title and paragraph describing the content to office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by April 17th and it will be forwarded on.

The Friends General Conference Gathering in Virginia, scheduled for July will not be held in person. More at fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering/coronavirus-and-2020-gathering

Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) mid-year meeting, Engaging Community, Conflict and Connection, will (hopefully) be at Bear Creek meetinghouse on April 25-26: Engaging Community, Conflict and Connection. See https://www.iymc.org/category/gathering/ for more.

Wondering if you should register a camper and spread the word about Camp Woodbrooke, a Quaker-flavored overnight camp for 7-15 year olds, amidst the pandemic uncertainty? You can have a place-holder registrations (first-come, first-served, pending approval) without payment. See campwoodbrooke.org for more.

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,

OFFICE HOURS: W-F afternoons (email and phone only). Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Phone messages checked daily.