April 26, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Sandy Olson

10:15 – 11:00 Images and symbols of the divine feminine through history. Learn about some of the representations of the feminine side of the divine in various cultures, from pre-history to modern times and discuss how these images acquired almost-universal meaning and power. Jacque Weirsma presenter.

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Roland Barrett – speaker; care of meeting, Heidi Flores

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Those who have been infected with Covid 19, their families, and their health care providers.
Those who continue in jobs interacting with the public.
Those who are suffering from loss, personal or financial, as a result of physical distancing.
Those who are suffering from the stay at home guidance.

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

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

A Minneapolis Meeting Zoom account has been set up. If your committee or meeting-related group wishes to make use of it, please contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org, W-F.

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Care and Counsel Committee’s Resources for Friends

People to Talk With: with so many of us staying at home, it’s good to have people to talk with about how you’re doing or what you might need: Connie, Roland, Scott, Jim, Barbara, and Steve. You can also e-mail Sue.

COVID 19 Emergency Fund: application can be found attached to each weekly bulletin. (Details below)

Clearness Committee: small, confidential groups to help you if you need to make major life decisions. To HAVE a clearness committee, contact Bill, clerk of Ministry and Counsel Committee. To volunteer to be ON one, contact John.

Care and Counsel Committee is working to develop more resources and opportunities for Friends to volunteer to minister to each other. If you have questions or ideas: Nettie, Clerk.

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Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: The Care and Counsel Committee. Have you wondered how pastoral care happens in a meeting? The Care and Counsel Committee, new for MFM, is working to support all attenders and members to engage in gifts of ministry to each other! Hear what others are doing and share what you are doing to create a culture of mutual care. It can be more than bringing someone a pot of soup! There is such a variety of ways to give and receive!

A COVID-19 response fund was approved by monthly meeting to help provide temporary relief to Friends experiencing any financial emergency connected to the virus and resulting quarantines. Members and attenders can apply for emergency funding, up to $1500, by completing an application (attached to today’s bulletin.) Send completed applications to Nettie, Clerk of Care and Counsel Committee. If you have trouble printing the form, contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org. There is currently no way to contribute to this fund.

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

Save the date! Thursday, May 14, 7-8:30PM for a Quakerly Virtual Spring Fundraiser Gathering to celebrate the QVS Fellows. Tune in via Zoom to:
Connect: Meet the current Fellows, members of the Local Support Committee, and national QVS staff members.
Celebrate: Each Fellow will share their reflections about working and living in the QVS program.
Support: send financial support to the QVS program as you are able. (If contributing, please note that your donation is in support of the Minneapolis/St. Paul QVS community and is associated with this May 14 event.)
Quaker Voluntary Service is a year-long service experience for six Fellows, who come to the Twin Cities to live in community, explore Quaker spirit-led process, and work at local non-profit organizations.

The Northern Yearly Meeting middle school group is meeting online every-other Thurs (Next, May 7) at 4PM. Want more information? Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with the coordinator, Seres.

Terry Hokenson is hosting a radio broadcast on the Indigenous Perspective on Regenerative Agriculture this morning. You can catch the recorded show later at the KFAI Radio web site at kfai.org. Varied voices and approaches will make this a compelling conversation. Check it out!

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Northern Yearly Meeting Annual Session will not be held in person, May 22-25. An online gathering for that weekend is being planned. See northernyearlymeeting.org for updates.

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

Woodbrooke Study Centre in England is offering a free, online course, Radical Spirituality: the early history of Quakers, April 27 – May 15. Learn about the beginnings of Quakerism as it emerged in 17th century England through films, discussions, and quizzes. Follow the course at your own pace, in your own time. More at Radical Spirituality.

Pendle Hill Study and Retreat Center has daily worship, M-F, 7:30-8:10AM (CST): https://pendlehill.zoom.us/j/432071090?pwd=aU5OOWk4ZGJkcWNUbzI5TXdjdVpSdz09

Quaker Voluntary Service has daily meeting for worship M–F, 10:30 – 11AM (CST): https://zoom.us/j/5702463400.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

ISAIAH, an interfaith coalition that MFM is considering joining, is a multi-racial, state-wide, nonpartisan coalition of faith communities fighting for racial and economic justice in Minnesota. ISAIAH is offering and participating in many online events, an extension of their usual live actions. The current topline on their website line is: Demanding Democracy and a Caring Economy through COVID-19. Find out more at https://isaiahmn.org

OFFICE HOURS (phone and email only) W-F afternoons.