October 4, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Keitha Herron

10:15 – 11:00 Truthsgiving through Story, Not Facts. Liz Oppenheimer will share the life experiences that have shaped her practice of using stories from her life to address issues that matter to her family, to her friends, and to the Black, indigenous, Latinx communities and other people of color (BIPOC)

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): John Cutler – speaker; care of meeting, Heidi Flores

After the rise of second worship, Friends are invited to stay for break-out rooms to visit in smaller groups for as long as you wish. Early worship Friends are warmly invited to tune back in. Bring a sandwich!

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

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

“And that is how it always is. We can never nail him down, not even if the nails we use are real ones and the thing we nail him to is a cross. He comes suddenly, out of nowhere, like the first clear light of the sun after a thunderstorm or maybe like the thunder itself; and maybe we recognize him, and maybe we do not, and our lives are never the same again either because we did not recognize him or because we did.”
~ Frederick Buechner, The Road to Emmaus

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Those caring for family members who are ill, including family members who do not live in the Twin Cities.

THINGS TO KNOW

Birthdays during COVID don’t have to be solo affairs! Happy birthday to Kathy (Oct 6th), and Tom (Oct 28th)! Want to have your birthday acknowledged by meeting Friends, please send the month and date of your birth to Judith.

There will be two Get-Cozy-with-Hosting-Zoom sessions offered this coming week. Clerks, EwL convenors, RE Committee members and interested others are encouraged to tune in with Bill Hendricks and Carolyn VandenDolder to practice and confer about hosting on Zoom. Mon, Oct 5, 7PM and / or Wed, Oct 7, 3:30PM. Contact Bill for the links or office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org for the Wed afternoon 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 .

If you’re in the meetinghouse neighborhood, check out the refreshed patio / gardens at the south end of the property! Fence repair courtesy of Ed Souther, Tom Wells, Mike Hay, David Downes, and Rick VandenDolder; garden thinning, excavation, hauling away, planning, and planting courtesy of Clifford Goltz, Betsy and Ed Souther, and Rae Beth Cornelius. Thanks to all who contributed blood (literally!) and sweat to the effort and to the meeting for funding plants, chairs, and supplies needed.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Monthly meeting for business is next Sunday, 9:45-11:15. On the agenda: annual reports and a request for additional money for the COVID emergency fund. Please attend this important part of MFM life.

There is mid-week worship every Wed night, 7PM. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed 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://zoom.us/j/5702463400
~ Quaker Earthcare Witness, in partnership with Friends General Conference, has monthly worship-sharing: Oct 28, Nov 25; 7PM (CT). Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdeisrz4pGNwWVargRTQxR5W6NCPzFjHU%20
~ Global meeting for worship is offered every Wed, 1 PM (CT). Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with the coordinator.

The annual Quaker Voluntary Service FunRaiser / Meet and Greet the new Fellows will be online, Sat, Oct 17th, 4-5:30. Join the Minneapolis/St. Paul QVS Local Support Committee in welcoming the six 2020-21 QVS Fellows, Lydia (Friends School of MN), Caro (Nonviolent Peaceforce), Marcella (AMAZEworks), Erin (Bridging), Lillian (Headwaters Foundation for Justice), and Esther (Our Savior’s Housing)! Hear from the Fellows, representatives from the non-profit organizations where the Fellows work, and from staff members of the national QVS program. Please come! Link here; ID: 954 3518 0984 / Passcode: 1npB28. Or join by phone: +1 651 372 8299 US; ID: 954 3518 0984; Passcode: 871594. See more on this flier.
Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows have a program day twice a month where they learn about different aspects of Quakerism and living in community. Area Friends willing to bring vegetarian lunch for the six Fellows are encouraged to sign up with Eli: eli(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org. The next program date is Oct 16.

Pendle Hill offers Can Quakers and Others Help Prevent an American Slide Into Dictatorship? a First Monday Lecture with George Lakey, TOMORROW, Oct 5th, 6-8PM (CT) via Zoom. How can Quakers join others in creating a Plan B should election results and procedures be questioned or dismissed? George will bring a lifetime of nonviolent research and action to this question. Free to the public! Registration required.

Catch the next Friends for a NonViolent World Watcha Wednesday on Strategic NonViolent Action, on Weds through Nov 11h, 10-11:30AM. This week, Oct 7th, – Conflict Resolution in Relationships. More and link here.

Save the date for Northern Yearly Meeting fall interim session online October 23-24.

A Northern Yearly Meeting High School Retreat will be offered Nov 13-15 via Zoom. Get it on your calendar! This year’s theme: mindfulness.
ALSO, a Continental Quaker Youth summit (for grades 6-12) is in the planning stages. Want to help shape the discussions / activities that will happen there? Contact the HS youth coordinator, Cynthia, to be put in touch: hscoordinator(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)northernyearlymeeting.org

Right Sharing of World’s Resources is offering The Power of Enough, an online workshop exploring new perspectives of a right relationship with our world through queries, storytelling, sharing and singing; Oct 22 – Nov 19. Limited to 24, more at https://www.rswr.org/project/power-enough

Friends General Conference will offer a See No Stranger book discussion, starting Oct 13th and Understanding & Healing White Supremacy as part of its Spiritual Deepening program; Oct 25-Nov 20; more at www.FGCquaker.org/eretreats.

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

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).