October 11, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 9:45 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Keitha Herron

9:45 – 11:15 monthly meeting for business: John Kraft, clerk; Stephen Snyder, recording clerk

11:15 – 12:00 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Jane Furnas – speaker; care of meeting, Carolyn VandenDolder

Worship and mid-morning program through October’s end: email office@minneapolisfriends by noon Friday for the link.

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

THINGS TO KNOW

SAVE THE DATE: Christopher Sammond will be offering two workshops for Minneapolis Friends to deepen our connection to each other and to the Divine. Dates: Feb 12, 13 and 21 and Feb 19, 20 and 21. Space limited to 25 per workshop. More details to come; reserve time on your calendar for one of these enriching, community-building opportunities.

It’s never too soon to craft for the Friends for a NonViolent World Holiday Fair! This year requires a fresh approach: Virtual Shopping with real items for purchase. Crafts, cafe food, quilts, soaps, new books, music, gift certificates for stores and services, silent auction, and more. Shop in late November. Pick up items Dec 4 and 5. There are volunteer opportunities too. Stay tuned for updates.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Joe Mueller, Friends School of Minnesota’s Head of School. Hear the latest from Friends School of Minnesota – school planning in a time of COVID, the decision-making processes for the 2020-21 school year and the road ahead.

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.

There will be an Experiment with Light, meditation on the country, for Friends on Oct. 30th, 7PM. Plan to participate! Stay tuned for details.

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.

Need to schedule a Zoom meeting for a committee meeting or Minneapolis Meeting activity? Please send a request, including date, time, and purpose to office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to have it set up.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

Friends for a NonViolent World encourages Friends to come to a community meeting to discuss next steps for the “Bridging the Divides: Policing that Works for Everyone” program, Thurs, Oct 15th, 6:30-8PM. Come help create a plan for tangible next steps to meet this moment. Zoom link here; Meeting ID: 955 4813 8708; Password, 330929. Join by Phone: +1 651 372 8299.
Want to be part of the planning process and/or have any ideas or questions, contact Miranda: miranda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org.

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

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.

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 coordinator 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

Northern Yearly Meeting monthly Anti-Racism discussion group is focusing on the podcast, “Seeing White” (https://www.sceneonradio.org/episode-38-skulls-and-skins-seeing-white-part-8/.) The next meeting is 7PM, Oct 22nd at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87001475064?pwd=a1VrUnVPZ0lnLzI2d1pBSmM3OXBxQT09
Meeting ID: 870 0147 5064; Passcode: 476244 . (Seeing White, being viewed and discussed at by staff and parents of Friends School, is highly recommended by them!)

George Lakey’s “Can Quakers and Others Help Prevent an American Slide Into Dictatorship?”, a Pendle Hill First Monday Lecture, is now posted online.

OFFICE HOURS Carolyn VandenDolder, the Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed – Fri, 11:00-4. Email
checked W-F; phone messages checked daily. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur.