October 25, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

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

10:15 – 11:00 My Journey as a Black Man to the Religious Society of Friends – Chester McCoy

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): no planned speaker; care of meeting, Carolyn VandenDolder

Worship and mid-morning program for Sunday, Oct 25: email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link.

First day school for youth: In order to better match first day school with student and family energy and zoom tolerance, we will have first day school / programming for youth on the first and third Sundays of the month. Today, older youth are encouraged to tune in and hear about Chester McCoy’s journey to Quakerism.

THINGS TO KNOW

Friends are welcome request prayer or to be held in the Light by the Care and Counsel Committee by contacting any of its members: Judith, Sandy, John, or Nettie. Your request can be general or specific and can include that the committee contact other Friends to participate. All requests are confidential unless you would like a particular person(s) in Meeting to pray for you. If you would like to be in the bulletin’s Hold in the Light section, please email the office.

SAVE THE DATE: Christopher Sammond will be offering a workshop for Minneapolis Friends to deepen our connection to each other and to the Divine. Offered twice: 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.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: “What’s Going On: The Covid 19 Pandemic and Health Inequities.” Paul Erickson and Heidi Flores will discuss how the pandemic has inequitably impacted poor and people of color in North Minneapolis and Hennepin County. Why is that? What can be done?

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.

Join thirty minutes of worship sharing on a Quaker or related reading: 11:25AM on Wednesdays – email Stephen for the link.

Join the Peace and Social Concerns Committee at an all-Meeting discussion to explore corporate responses to current events. THIS WED, 8-9:30PM. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed for the link or contact Roland.

The Writing Group meets this Tues, Oct 27, 7-9PM. This is a chance to connect with others, writing with prompts and sharing what we write. YOU ARE INVITED, whether or not you have participated before! Contact Jane for the link.

There will be an Experiment with Light, meditation on Oct 30th, 7PM focusing specifically on our nation and on the election. Open to all interested. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link. Questions, contact Diane. For more about Experiment with Light, see: https://www.experiment-with-light.org.uk/index.htm .

The Friends for a NonViolent World Holiday Fair is coming! Ways to help:
– Donate a collectible, an antique, a curiosity or showpiece to the silent auction! Send a photo with a description BY NOV 13. Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org for details.
– Put your creative crafting energy to work (crafts delivered to the FNVW office OCT 30, 1-3PM or NOV 14, 9-noon)
– Whip up delicious soups, chili, and brownies! (No used books this year.)
– Sign up online at signupgenius.com/go/805054FAEAB28A6FB6-fnvw1
– Shop online in late Nov; pick up items Dec 4 and 5.

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; password: worship
~ Quaker Earthcare Witness, in partnership with Friends General Conference, has monthly worship-sharing: Oct 28, Nov 25; 7PM (CT). Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApdOmpqjIjHdbHiqPWmpvINMtFmwQZs4Rd
~ Global meeting for worship is offered every Wed, 1 PM (CT). Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be connected.

Friends Committee on National Legislation Urgent Request: Contact your U.S. Representatives and Senators and urge them to sign letters to the U.S. State and Treasury Departments asking that they grant temporary general licenses allowing COVID humanitarian aid to reach nations under U.S. trade sanctions. Iran is being devastated by a surge of the virus and cannot obtain personal protective equipment and medical supplies. U.S. Representatives are urged to sign on to a letter initiated by Rep. Chuy Garcia of IL; Senators (Klobuchar: 202-224-3244 / email; Smith: 202-224-5641 / email) are urged to sign on to a similar letter initiated by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of MA.

Friends for a NonViolent World’s Watcha Wednesday Oct 28, 7-8:30PM: Organizing and Movement Building, Part 1. Learn about the Eight Stages Movement Action Plan, using the Global Economic Justice Movement as a case study, then consider how nonviolent tactics have evolved in the last twenty years, exploring questions like: What does this moment allow us to do? What does the future look like? Facilitated by Betsy Raasch-Gilman. A Direct Action Opportunity will follow 8:30-9PM. https://zoom.us/j/96162676801?pwd=Q3ZOWCtGTE1WMEJLbG96NmpHVDNpZz09; ID: 961 6267 6801; Password: 655383

Scattergood Friends School seeks a host family for Hussain from Kabul Afghanistan. Hosts offer travel to and from school, and a home and meals during breaks (Nov 21-Feb 28; June 1-college) and authorize urgent medical care when parents are not contactable (uncommon) A host family in Linden Hills would be ideal as Hussain has a schoolmate who will be in the neighborhood. Learn more from Sonja: ssponheim(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)scattergood.org / 651-659-9340.

VOTING

In Minnesota, find your polling place by entering your ZIP code or county at this link. Polling places are usually open from 7AM – 8PM. Information about assistance and accessibility in MN is available through these links: get help voting, polling place accessibility, ballot marking machines. All information about voting in Minnesota is available at: mnvotes.org. Check in with at least three people in your networks (family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc.) to make sure they’re registered to vote and that they have a voting plan!

OFFICE HOURS

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