July 26, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (semi-programmed): reader – Rick vandenDolder; care of meeting, Terry Kayser

Sunday worship in July: email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link
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.

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Those feeling isolated and those facing increased insecurity around housing, food, employment, insurance…

THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW

Peace and Social Concerns Committee might make a recommendation to monthly meeting to join ISAIAH. Friends are encouraged to explore the organization at ISAIAH beforehand.

Friends General Conference Annual Gathering video presentations, including, for a limited time, Valarie Kaur’s presentation, Sink Down to the Seed Sown in the Heart, and Carl Magruder’s daily Bible half-hour can be viewed at: https://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering/schedule-glance/gathering-schedule-and-handouts/virtual-gathering-videos

A recent Everyday Nonviolence Podcast, featuring educator Shelly Tochluk, is jam-packed with constructive ways of interrupting white nationalism as well as eye-opening resources. Give it a listen if you haven’t done so already, here.

Friends for a NonViolent World Executive Director Search – Still Accepting Applications! Friends are encouraged to continue to reach out to your personal and professional networks. Click here for the full job description. Interested individuals can submit resumes and cover letters to brucie(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS FRIENDS

Mid-week worship on Weds in July at 7PM: email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed for the link.

The Writing Group will have an informal writing session this Tues, June 23rd, 7-9PM. This is a chance to connect with each other, writing with prompts and sharing what we write. YOU’RE INVITED, whether or not you have participated before! Contact Jane for more or the link.

Explore the foundations of Quaker faith and practice with Mary and Stephen with thirty minutes of worship sharing on a passage from George Fox and the Bible passage on which it is based: Zoom at 11:25AM Wednesdays in July. Contact Stephen for the link.

Interested in gardening? Meeting gardeners (currently Clifford, Betsy and Rae Beth) 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, fabulous people and lots of laughs. Questions? Contact Clifford.

Discussion of My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem meets the first and third Tues of the month, 7-8:30PM, via Zoom. Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday for the link.

The Peace and Social Concerns Committee is hosting meeting-wide discussions on how to act at this time, ripe for forwarding racial justice. Meet at 8 PM every other Wed via zoom. The next meeting will be August 5th. Don’t have the link? Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wednesday.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER QUAKERS

Opportunities to worship with the wider family of Friends (collected by Northern Yearly Meeting): click here . In addition, Prospect Hill Friends Meeting worships on Sunday afternoons starting at 3:45 PM for settling in, with worship at 4. (Programs follow worship from 5 to about 5:30 PM.) Email Michael for the link. AND Laughing Waters Friends Preparative Meeting is worshiping Sunday afternoons at 1:30. More at laughingwatersfriends.org

Another Quaker Voluntary Service year will begin in late August! THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL QVS PROGRAM: pair up with a friend and adopt a room or two at the house to prepare for the new Fellows; contribute items to the pantry; sign up to provide rides to or from the airport; and more! Contact Tom or Ed (local support committee members) for more.

There is a Northern Yearly Meeting Anti-Racism discussion group currently meeting once a month. The first session focused on Turning the Lens, the first episode of the podcast, “Seeing White”, (http://www.sceneonradio.org/tag/season-2/.) To join the discussion of the third podcast episode on July 30th or for more, contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org or antiracism(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)northernyearlymeeting.org

Friends for a NonViolent World Virtual People Camp, August 16 – 29. Come for a series of People Camp virtual events! For more or to express interest in helping create such events please Leah(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org The 2020 theme: NonViolence in Action.

Upcoming Friends General Conference’s Spiritual Deepening e-Retreat topics include:
Aging, Death, & Dying – September 13-October 9
Weaving a Wider Welcome – September 27-October 23
Understanding & Healing White Supremacy – October 25-November 20
Learn more and register at www.FGCquaker.org/eretreats.

OFFICE HOURS

Carolyn VandenDolder, the interim Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed, Thurs and Fri afternoons. Phone messages checked daily. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Phone bulletin items in to the office (612-926-6159), email (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org), or write and put in the bulletin file of the blue box.