September 13, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Annamary Herther, speaker; care of meeting, Dan Jensen

11:00 – 12:30 worship with attention to business: John Kraft, presiding clerk; Stephen Snyder, recording clerk

Sunday worship for this Sunday, Sept 13: contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Thursday.
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

Students and teachers of all ages and their families as they navigate a new school year.

Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows Lydia (Friends School of MN), Caro (NonViolent Peaceforce), Marcella (AMAZEworks), Erin (Bridging), Lillian (Headwaters Foundation for Justice), and Esther (Our Savior’s Housing) who finished orientation and started at their site placements this past week.

THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW

THE SCHOOL YEAR SCHEDULE BEGINS NEXT SUNDAY, September 20th. The schedule:
9AM worship (unprogrammed)
10:15AM mid-morning program (same link as worship) and first day school for youth (at a separate zoom link)
11:15 worship (semi-programmed – same link as early worship and mid-morning program)

Worship and mid-morning program for Sept 20 through October’s end: email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday for the link.
First day school for youth starting Sept 20: email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday for the link.

Friends who must visit the meetinghouse or who want to meet on the meetinghouse grounds are asked to schedule those visits with the office to help avoid conflicts and make sure you are aware of COVID safety precautions: 612-926-6159; office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org .

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Worship on Weds at 7PM: contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday or Stephen for the link

Experience thirty minutes of worship sharing on a passage from George Fox and the Bible passage on which it is based; 11:25AM Wed. Contact Stephen for the link.

Care and Counsel Committee welcomes Carl Magruder who will attend mid-week worship Wed, Sept 23rd, and following, will offer a session on Jesus as Trickster. Carl lives in northern CA where he works as a chaplain in palliative/hospice care. He was the inspirational presenter of the Bible half-hour at Friends General Conference in July. His FGC series can be found at FGC.org. The committee hopes many Friends will tune in to this rich offering! Worship at 7PM; Carl will begin at 7:45.

The first mid-morning program will be NEXT SUNDAY at 10:15, on ISAIAH, an organization dedicated to building a just and abundant MN through faith in action. Underway is a statewide voter engagement campaign. Friends are invited to sample ISAIAH’s work and leadership prior to the 20th so we can share experiences and impressions! Annika Fjelstad, (from Twin Cities Meeting and active in ISAIAH) will facilitate the mid-morning program on the 20th. Upcoming ISAIAH trainings:
Sat, Sept 12, 9:30am – 12:30pm | Register Here / Sun, Sept 13, 1:00pm – 4:00pm | Register Here
Tue, Sept 15, 6:00pm – 9:00pm | Register Here

First day school will start again before you know it! September 20th is the first day of the fall schedule. All school-age children and youth will be invited to zoom together at 10:15 for a story. After the story, younger children will sign off and older youth will stay online for further discussion, relating the story to their own experiences or current events. The theme for this year is the testimony of equality. Do you have a story (Bible, Quaker, or other,) that you think every child of the Meeting should know? YOU ARE NEEDED! Teachers can facilitate or help facilitate the discussion afterward. For more or to get on the schedule to offer your story to the youth and young families of the meeting, contact Linda. A successful program depends on all of us!

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 for the link.
Laughing Waters Friends Preparative Meeting worships 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://quakervoluntaryservice.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eb07274b46856f00e0cc75026&id=5730c2b108&e=cf5ed4df40

Northern Yearly Meeting Youth Program News: The High School and Middle School programs will not have in-person retreats this fall. Virtual retreats and events are in the planning. The Middle School is currently undertaking a journaling project via snail mail and are having monthly Zoom calls. For more information or to sign up to be on communications lists so you get information about upcoming activities—please contact:: High School, Cynthia: hscoordinator(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)northernyearlymeeting.org; Middle School, Seres: mscoordinator(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)northernyearlymeeting.org

Young Adult Friends will gather for an evening of chatting, brief silent worship and sharing what’s been life-giving for you. Come to the Mississippi Gorge Regional Park parking lot at 5PM Sun, Sept 13th and plan to wrap up by about 7. Bring your own chair if you have one (a few will be provided if you don’t.) Contact Cece with questions.

Are you a white Friend who wants to go deeper in your reflections on racism and white supremacy in a challenging yet compassionate virtual space? Join an eight-week virtual affinity group, “White Friends Receiving the Ministry of Friends of Color” to engage with the queries posed in the The POC Pre-Gathering Epistle. Anchored by Marijke van Roojen (WI) and Liz Oppenheimer (MN). Limited to 16. For more, contact Liz or office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with Liz.

OFFICE HOURS

Carolyn VandenDolder, the Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed, Thurs and Fri, 11:00-4:00. Phone messages checked daily. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Phone 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.