August 9, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): Ranae Hanson – speaker; care of meeting – Marilyn Johnson

11:00 – 12:30 monthly meeting for business: John Kraft, presiding clerk; Tom Ward, recording clerk

Sunday worship in August: 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.

The break-out rooms last Sunday were well-received. We’ll use them again next Sunday after announcements. Plan to stick around!

THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW

Miss visiting casually with Friends in a smaller group setting? Plan to join the friendly conversation after mid-week worship this Wed, 12th (see below,) or the break-out “rooms” after worship next Sunday.

There is an ad hoc committee meeting to consider what the “new normal” of Meeting life will look like and how we will accomplish it –safety protocols and inclusivity are priorities. Ideas? Contact clerk, John K.

Even though we are not meeting in person, there are ways to continue to make financial contributions to the Meeting! The easiest way is to mail a check to the meetinghouse. If you want information about making direct contributions from your bank or financial institution, please contact the office or Marilyn, clerk of Stewardship and Finance Committee.

CONTACT UPDATES – there are many updates to the current directory. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org for the latest list.
Maybe it’s time for a new directory! Watch your email for the opportunity to confirm your directory listing for accuracy.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-week worship on Weds in August at 7PM; email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed for the link.
How are you really feeling? Care and Counsel will facilitate a friendly check-in on Zoom from 8 – 8:45PM this Wed, Aug 12th, following mid-week worship. Use the mid-week worship link.

Discussion of My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem meets the first and third Tues of the month, 7-8:30PM, via Zoom. For August 18th, read Chapters 2 and 3, with a focus on our reactions to the body practices. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday for 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 Wed, June 24th. email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org before noon on the preceding Friday or Stephen for the link.

Loaves and Fishes, Mon, Aug 31st: 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. Due to Covid-19 restrictions we have the event has been altered. Shifts remain: cooking (2-4:30); packing up and handing out the meals (4:45-6:30,) and clean up afterwards (5-7:30.) Fruit donations, dropped off at Holy Rosary after 2PM, are needed as well. Email cbourdo(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)Loavesandfishesmn.org to sign up to make sure there is sufficient space for all the volunteers. Please sign up to come if you can!

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

Non-Sunday morning opportunities to worship with Friends :
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 R for the link.
Laughing Waters Friends Preparative Meeting is worshiping Sunday afternoons at 1:30. More at laughingwatersfriends.org
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.

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 clean and prepare for the new Fellows (Aug 10, 17, 24, and 31 plus others as needed); contribute items to the pantry; sign up to provide rides from the airport; donate items to put in welcome baskets for the Fellows, (including face masks,) sign up to provide meals during orientation (Sept 1-4,) and more! Contact Marybeth N or Carolyn V for more. You can read about this year’s Fellows at https://quakervoluntaryservice.org/minneapolis

PEOPLE CAMP, Nonviolence in Action: Everyone from anywhere can come without leaving home! Aug 16-29.
 Start reading! This year’s PC book club picks are Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle and This is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the 21st Century by Mank Engler and Paul Engler. Join book club discussion on Zoom.
 Cook with the Chef; sign up to receive a recipe and cook together.
 Sign up for Games with adults and kids, happening not once but twice!
 Join the four-part WORKSHOP and investigate social media as a medium for change.
 Attend one, or both Alternatives to Violence sessions led by AVP facilitators.
 Join the Friday night sing-a-longs with a sing-a-long leader
 Set up an interest group and invite others to join
 Show your stuff at the Talent Show!
All this and more at Zoomed People Camp this year. Don’t miss it! Questions? Contact Leah: Leah(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org; register here.

OFFICE HOURS – Wed, Thurs and Fri, afternoons. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur.