September 20, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Dan Jensen

10:15 – 11:00 Come share experiences and impressions of ISAIAH, an organization dedicated to building a just and abundant MN through faith in action. Discussion facilitated by Annika Fjelstad, member of Twin Cities Meeting and active in ISAIAH.

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Lin Butler – speaker; care of meeting, Stephen Snyder

Worship and mid-morning program through October’s end: contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday for the link.
Bill is facilitating the worship on zoom this Sunday morning. He is available by phone or email if you have any trouble logging in.

First day school for youth: contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday for the link.

If [another] offends you, go and take the matter up with [them], strictly between yourselves, and if [they] listen to you, you have won [them] over. If [they] will not listen, take one or two others with you, so that all the facts may be duly established on the evidence of two or three witnesses. If [they] refuse to listen to them, report the matter to the congregation; and if [they] will not listen even to the congregation, you must then treat [them] as you would a pagan or a tax gatherer.
~ Matthew 18:17-17 New English Bible

THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW

THE SCHOOL YEAR SCHEDULE BEGINS TODAY, September 20th. The schedule:
9AM worship (unprogrammed – contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday for the link)
10:15AM mid-morning program (same link as worship) and first day school for youth (contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday for the link)
11:15 worship (semi-programmed – same as early worship and mid-morning program – contact 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 .

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Truthsgiving through Story, Not Facts with Liz Oppenheimer.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Carl Magruder, a cradle Quaker and chaplain in palliative/hospice care, will attend mid-week worship this Wed, and following, will offer a session on Jesus as Trickster. Carl was the inspirational presenter of the Bible half-hour at Friends General Conference in July. His FGC series can be found at FGC.org. Friends are strongly encouraged to tune in to this rich offering! Worship at 7PM; Carl will begin at 7:45. Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed for the link.

First day school starts TODAY! 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!

The Writing Group will have an informal writing session this Tues, Sept 22, 7-9PM. This is a chance to connect with each other, writing with prompts and sharing what we write. ALL INVITED, whether or not you have participated before! Contact Jane for the link and with questions.

Experience thirty minutes of worship sharing on a Quaker reading: 11:25AM Wed. Contact Stephen for the link.

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 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://quakervoluntaryservice.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eb07274b46856f00e0cc75026&id=5730c2b108&e=cf5ed4df40

George Lakey and Zein Nakhoda are offering non-violent training (Oct 1 and 6 – attendance at both required) in the event there is disruption following November’s election. For more, see https://choosedemocracy.us/training/#.X2UJ04tOm70 The choosedemocracy.us site has actions you can do, outside the training , to protect democracy. FYI: The Transition Integrity Project report, Preventing a Disrupted Presidential Election and Transition (August 3, 2020) is based on extensive exercises and discussions by a group of 100+ experts in law, politics, the media, etc on election risks this year.

Vital Life, a resource for Quaker faith and life from Friends General Conference, offers possible actions to replace systemic racism with systemic love: https://mailchi.mp/fgcquaker/vital-friends-june-2020-responding-to-systemic-racism-with-systemic-love?e=5006986ccd

Upcoming Friends General Conference’s Spiritual Deepening e-Retreat topics include:
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 Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed – Fri, 11:00-4. Phone messages checked daily; email checked Wed-Fri. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Bulletin items can be phoned in to the office (612-926-6159), or emailed (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org).