Wanting to know how to contribute to constructive next steps in the wake of George Floyd’s murder? While Minneapolis Meeting has not designated specific organizations or agencies, the following information has come to the office and may point you in a direction that feels right to you:

~ Food shelves (like the Division of Indian Work and North Point) and meal programs (like Loaves and Fishes) are in need as many people have lost work due to Covid and now have lost their local grocery source.
~ There are avenues to help local businesses rebuild and neighborhoods get restored. WCCO has put together a list and Lake Street, West Broadway, and Midway neighborhood organizations have developed ways to help fund rebuilding.
~ Quaker Volunteer Service has put together a resource for discerning what might be next for you: https://www.quakervoluntaryservice.org/what-is-your-right-next-step/

June 7, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Stephen Snyder

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Opportunities to gather with MFM Friends (links are changed each month):

Friday drop-ins every Friday, have been suspended for the time being.

Mid-week worship Weds through June, 7-8PM with a QuakerSpeak video and discussion following from 8-9PM Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org before noon Wed for the link. Links change each month.

Sunday 10AM worship: email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link. Links change each month.
~It’s easy to be in worship for as long as you are able. 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.

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TODAY, Friends are asked to enter worship quietly and hold the impulse to visit with one another until after worship. Everyone will be muted (except for phone people.) As usual, remember to unmute yourself if you are led to offer vocal ministry. (Hold down the space bar while speaking or click on the microphone icon to unmute yourself.)
~ Ministry and Counsel Committee

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

The communities most affected by the recent unrest; black communities and individuals in Minneapolis and across the country; all those who yearn for peace and justice.

UPCOMING MEETING EVENTS

Next week: worship at 10AM, monthly meeting for business at 11AM. On the agenda: establishing a hardship fund; planning for a new normal.

The Corona Virus has made birthdays, as well as many other celebrations, solo affairs. Care and Concern Committee would like to change that! If you would like to have your birthday acknowledged by meeting Friends, please send the month and date of your birth, (no year necessary,) to Judith.

Interested in gardening? Meeting gardeners (currently Clifford, and Betsy) meet at 11 AM on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, June – Sept, at the meetinghouse. Come when you can for satisfying fun playing in the dirt among Friends. Questions? Contact Clifford.

The Northern Yearly Meeting middle school group is meeting online every other Thursday at 4:00 pm. For more info, email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with the coordinator, Seres.

Loaves and Fishes, Monday June 29: Join other metro-area Friends, the Ismaili Community and the Mayim Rabim congregation to provide a nutritious meal at Holy Rosary Church in S Mpls, 2424 – 18th Ave S. Volunteers are needed for 2 p.m. preparation of chili burrito, fruit, salad and milk; 4:45 p.m. serving food and beverages; and 5:30 p.m. cleaning of the kitchen and serving area. Due to COVID-19 restrictions we have significantly altered how this event is handled. Only four people are allowed in the kitchen at a time. Fewer volunteers might be needed at Holy Rosary and more elsewhere (different sites have different restrictions.) Friends are encouraged to sign up online (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d44a5ab2fa1fa7-holy) and consider your willingness to go to a different site if needed.

OTHER HAPPENINGS AMONG QUAKERS

Friends General Conference Annual Gathering, Sink Down to the Seed Sown in the Heart, June 28-July 4, will be held online this year. The Gathering will include a daily Bible Half Hour on Jesus as a trickster and light-bringer, afternoon workshops on a wide variety of topics, morning and evening worship sharing, special presentations and readings, and opportunities to connect with one another. For workshops and more, see: https://mailchi.mp/fgcquaker/virtual-fgc-gathering-2020-workshops-and-worship-opportunities?e=2c750c377e . Register at https://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering/registration-details/register-now

Friends General Conference has an online worship every Sat night, 8 PM (CT). Sign up here and you will be sent the Zoom login information. Various worship sharing groups are also meeting. More at https://mailchi.mp/fgcquaker/virtual-fgc-gathering-2020-workshops-and-worship-opportunities?e=2c750c377e

Scattergood, a diverse, college preparatory community of motivated and open-minded learners, who value simplicity, equality, and non-violence, has new Quaker scholarships are available for 75% of tuition and board for students starting grades 9-11, intended for students seeking or utilizing Quaker testimonies in their lives. Applications are due July 1. A virtual Open House including an opportunity to chat with current students and parents, a virtual tour, and a discussion with teachers and the new Head of School, is scheduled for June 20. See scattergood.org for more.

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.

Quaker Voluntary Service staff and board is hosting a Supporter’s Briefing on Wed, June 17, 6:30 (CT) to give a bird’s-eye-view of programming and finances right now. You can register here: https://bitly.com/?QVSBriefing.

Friends Peace Teams is seeking Friends interested in supporting Quaker peace work, especially Friends with gifts of recording, fundraising, personnel, communications, finance, or peace work in Latin America. Please send a letter describing your gifts, skills, and interests with a brief bio on your Quaker peace, justice, or related experience to Nominations(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)FriendsPeaceTeams.org. Want to know more about Friends Peace Teams do? Check out the vibrant Quaker work for peace and justice at FriendsPeaceTeams.org.

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