May 24, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (unprogrammed)

Opportunities to gather with MFM Friends (THERE WILL BE NEW LINKS WITH THE START OF EACH MONTH):
~ Friday drop-ins every Friday, 1-2PM through May: 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 10AM worship through May: email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link.
By phone: you will lack video but will be able to hear and speak – 312-626-6799. Need the ID number? email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday.
Because participants are muted unless speaking during worship, consider inviting the youth of the meeting to participate!
Bill is facilitating the worship on zoom this Sunday morning. He is available by phone or email if you have any trouble logging in. Zoom has issued an update – if you get a message from Zoom, please do not delete it but download the update.

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

TODAY is the first day of the summer schedule. Until Sept 21st, there will be one worship at 10AM: first and third Sundays will be unprogrammed; second and fourth Sundays will have a planned speaker. Monthly meeting for business will immediately follow worship on the second Sunday of the month at 11AM.

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The Care and Counsel Committee has worked with volunteers to develop resources for members and attenders who have various needs during the Covid-19 era:

LISTENERS-CONVERSATIONALISTS for you to check in with:
Scott, Connie, Barbara M, Roland, Jim L, Stephen, OR, email Sue.

CLEARNESS COMMITTEES for a sounding board and helping you find spiritual clarity if you are making big decisions, contact John S.

TELECARE for experienced folks to talk to about spiritual care and issues of all kinds, contact Judith J. for referrals.

COVID 19 EMERGENCY FUND for members or attenders facing financial hardships due to the virus, contact Nettie.

Do you have other wishes, questions, want to volunteer? Please call committee clerk, Nettie.
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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, Wed – Fri.

Consider using low-tech letters or phone calls to help keep connected those Friends who may be feeling isolated. Don’t have the most recent directory (2018) and update sheet (Sept 2019)? Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be sent an electronic copy of either or both.

The Writing Group will have an informal Zoom writing session this Tues, May 26, 7-9PM. This will be a chance to connect with each other. We’ll write with prompts during the session and share what we write. ALL INVITED, whether or not you have participated before! Need the link? Contact Jane.

This Wednesday, May 20th, and every Wed through June, Friends are welcome to join Mary and Stephen online for worship sharing on Bible passages and writings that spoke to Early Friends. Log in at 11:25 AM. Need the link? Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday or contact Steve.

Loaves and Fishes heads up: Monday June 29 is the next time to help prepare and serve a meal at Holy Rosary Church in the Philips neighborhood, 2-7PM. Covid-19 has put many people out of work and school, creating a need for more meals to be served. While the number of guests served has quadrupled, there has been a reduction in the number of our volunteers. Plan to help if you can! More details to come.

In the interest of general health safety and the safety of the Meeting coordinator who still comes to the meetinghouse to work, Friends are encouraged to not enter the meetinghouse. If a visit to the meetinghouse is a necessity, Friends are asked to:
– stay home if you are sick;
– alert the coordinator about when you will be in (whether she is scheduled to be there or not) and what area of the building you will be visiting;
– bring brass-safe sanitizing wipes to use on the door handles before and after use as well as other handles and fixtures you touch;
– wash your hands upon entering the meetinghouse;
– consider wearing a mask for the duration of your stay and bringing your own pens / pencils to use and take away again;
– restrict movement through the meetinghouse as much as possible.

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

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

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

Universalist Quakers have a global worship every Wed at 1 pm (CT) via Zoom. Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with a member of the Quaker Universalist Fellowship Steering Committee.

Quaker Earthcare Witness, with Friends General Conference, is hosting monthly online worship sharing groups. Log in this Wed, May 27 at 7PM (CT). Register here to get the link.

The most recent Northern Yearly Meeting Journal, published quarterly, offers reflections, personal insights and testimonies from the work or experience of area Quakers. Find it at fgcquaker.org/cloud/northern-yearly-meeting/resources/nym-journal-13-winter/spring-2020. Submission deadline for the next issue is July 17th: nymjournal(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com.

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 (email and phone only) Wednesday – Friday afternoons. Bulletin deadline, noon Thurs.