November 29, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Roger Miller

10:15 – 11:00 The Social Model of Disability. Lolly Lijewski and Jane Downes will facilitate a discussion of the current thinking about the social model of disability, Disability Rights, and how disability awareness affects our Meeting.

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

Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Fri for the link to Sunday’s worship and mid-morning program.

First day school for youth at 10:15: 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. There is no programming today.

THINGS TO KNOW

Winter Envelope Gift: Every winter, Minneapolis Meeting designates organization(s) or programs to receive a one-time gift, outside the Meeting’s annual budget. This year’s recipients respond to current crises in our community.
~ NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Food Shelf – serving the North side of Minneapolis and people who have been particularly hard-hit by COVID, NorthPoint offers pantry items, miscellaneous nonfood items, baby food and diapers, and produce. Financial donations allow discounted food purchases, buying to fill holes in inventory, and fresh meat, milk and eggs.
~ Friends for a NonViolent World’s Bridging the Divide: Policing that Works for Everyone – Bridging the Divide works to create policing that is characterized by equity, professionalism, partnership with the community, and respect for the dignity of every member of our society.
To contribute to the Winter Envelope Gift, make checks payable to Minneapolis Meeting with “Winter Envelope Gift” in the memo line and mail to Minneapolis Meeting, 4401 York Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410.

THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE hosting on Zoom with Bill and Carolyn on Wed, Dec 2, 7PM. Great for clerks, Mid-Morning Program Committee members, Religious Education Committee members, Experiment with Light facilitators and more. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed for the link.

Do you seek worship that is gathered and grounded? Do you yearn to feel more meaningfully connected to MFM Friends? Christopher Sammond will be offering Minneapolis Meeting Friends a workshop 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; SAVE THE DATES on your calendar for one of these enriching, community-building opportunities.

OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Where the words come from. Traditional Quaker understanding asserts that the scriptures are meaningful to the extent that you enter into the life of the Spirit which gave them forth. Come hold John 14:1-6 in worship with one another and explore what meaning opens for you. Facilitated by Ministry and Counsel Committee.

Experience thirty minutes of worship sharing on a Quaker reading: 11:25AM Wednesdays through December. Email Stephen for the link.

There is mid-week worship every Wed night, 7PM. There will be a brief reading at the beginning of worship on the first and third Weds. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed for the link.

Loaves and Fishes, Mon, Nov 30: Join other metro-area Friends, the Ismaili Community and the Mayim Rabim congregation to provide a nutritious meal at Holy Rosary Church in S Mpls, 2424 – 18th Ave S. Prepare chili burrito, fruit, and salad (2-4:30); pack up and hand out the meals (4:45-6:30,) or clean up (5:30-7.) Fruit donations are needed: dropped off at Holy Rosary after 2 on Mon, or with Sue or Ann on Sun the 29th. Covid-19 has created a greater demand for L&F meals. Email Christian at cbourdo(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)Loavesandfishesmn.org to sign up for a shift. Masks, gloves, and hats required. This activity remains a COVID transmission risk despite precautions. Please sign up to come if you are able!

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

The Friends for a NonViolent World Holiday Fair (FNVW.org) wraps up on Sunday! There are still hats and mittens, Hansen Trees and Wreaths, brownies, holiday ornaments, Moon Palace books, and hundreds more items available! Find discounted items on the last day of the fair, Sun, Nov 29th, until 5PM. Support FNVW programming and continue shopping at the fair!

The American Friends Service Committee will host an Interfaith Service in Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Sun, Nov 29th, 5PM (CT). Music, prayers, and words of inspiration from the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish traditions.

The Northern Yearly Meeting Anti-Racism discussion group has been focused on the podcast, “Seeing White.” The next meeting is Dec 1st, 7PM, exploring episode 10, Citizen Third: http://www.sceneonradio.org/episode-40-citizen-thind-seeing-white-part-10/. To join the discussion or for more, contact antiracism(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)northernyearlymeeting.org .

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
~ Global meeting for worship is offered every Wed, 1 PM (CT). Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org for how to get the link.

Pendle Hill will offer its First Monday Lecture on Dec 7, 6:30-8PM (CT) – Erva Baden on Healing Ancestral Trauma: What is Epigenetics and Why Does it Matter? For more information and registration visit First Monday Lecture

There will be a first-ever Friends General Conference Youth Summit, The Quake that Rocked the Continent Interactive workshops, worship and hang-out times for older youth focused on climate justice, racial justice and mindfulness. Sat, Dec 12th, 12-9PM (CT) – three sessions with ninety-minute breaks in-between. Watch https://fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering/programs-and-events/year-round-youth-programs for the registration link.

OFFICE HOURS

The Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed – Fri afternoons. 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).