November 8, 2020

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 9:40 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Annamary Herther

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

11:15 – 12:00 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Gib Pellet – speaker; care of meeting, Nette Smith

Worship and mid-morning programming in November: contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link.

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. Next Sunday, older youth are encouraged to participate in the Northern Yearly Meeting retreat. Younger youth can tune in for the story of John Woolman with Mary Snyder.

There is a clerk’s meeting TODAY at 12:30. Need the link? Contact the clerk of Meeting, John.

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

The people of the United States, that we may find comfort in a time of anxiety and connection in a time of polarization.

OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Police Reform. John Stuart worked in the criminal justice system for forty years. He will talk about his experiences and offer his thoughts about needed change.

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

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.
Need a bit of relaxation? Jim is offering forty-five minutes of self massage starting at 8PM, after mid-week worship this Wed, Nov 11. Jim has been teaching this in community education since 1982 and wants to support your well-being.

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. The first group will prepare chili burrito, fruit, and salad (2-4:30); the second group will pack up and hand out the meals (4:45-6:30,) and clean up (5:30-7.) Fruit donations, dropped off at Holy Rosary after 2:00, are needed as well. Covid-19 has put many people out of work and school creating a need for more meals to be served. Even as there’s been an increase in the number of guests served, the number of volunteers has decreased. Email Christian at cbourdo(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)Loavesandfishesmn.org to sign up for a shift to make sure there is sufficient space. Masks, gloves, and hats required. This activity remains a COVID transmission risk despite precautions, so please be aware of your risk. Please sign up to come if you can!

Come to a virtual poetry/fiction reading and book launch this Thurs, Nov 12th, 7PM. Brian Satrom, a local poet, will be celebrating the publication of Starting Again, his chapbook of poems. Meeting member Joanne Esser will be reading from her poetry book Humming At The Dinner Table as Brian’s guest. Also reading will be Pam Joern, an award-winning local fiction writer. RSVP to the event on Facebook to get the Zoom link sent to you: https://fb.me/e/1ep01trtN

OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER FRIENDS

Friends for Nonviolent World Holiday Fair: open Nov 20 – 29 at FNVW.org
~ Shop for crafts, Hansen Tree Farm trees and wreaths, Moon Palace Books, handmade soaps, Jubilee Rock farm produce, gift certificates to local businesses and more!
~ Crafts enable 100% of the proceeds to go to FNVW. Crafts can be dropped off at the FNVW office (393 Dunlap St, Ste 307, Saint Paul; 651-91-0383) Nov 14, 9AM-noon OR dropped off at Leah’s house (near the MFM meetinghouse) before Nov 13th. Contact her to make arrangements: leah(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org .
~ Baked goods, donated bars or brownies again allow 100% of proceeds to benefit FNVW. Sign-up link below.
~ Silent Auction – a work of art, a family treasure, a curiosity, collectible, or antique can be donated. Send a photo before Nov 13. Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org for the email contact. If your item sells, we will contact you to arrange getting it from you.
~ Sign up at FNVW Holiday Fair Volunteer Opportunities and Sign Up Link.
~ Questions welcomed. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with coordinator, Caron.

American Friends Service Committee’s local Youth Undoing Institutional Racism, a youth-led program dedicated to disrupting the cradle-to-prison pipeline through education about racism, is hosting an “OK, now what?” town hall, this Tues night, 6 – 7:30PM. Adult decision-makers warmly invited to listen in on the conversation. Register at: bit.ly/3oZQXzU

A Northern Yearly Meeting High School Retreat will be offered NEXT WEEKEND Nov 13-15 via Zoom including share and tell, a scavenger hunt, planning possible future game nights and more. This year’s theme: mindfulness. Contact the HS youth coordinator, Cynthia, for registration / schedule, the link, and more: hscoordinator(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)northernyearlymeeting.org
For more about what the NYM Middle School group is doing, contact middle school coordinator Seres: mscoordinator(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)northernyearlymeeting.org.

The Northern Yearly Meeting Anti-Racism discussion group will meet again this Thurs, Nov 12th, at 7PM. Topic, episode 9 of the Seeing White podcast, https://www.sceneonradio.org/episode-39-a-racial-cleansing-in-america-seeing-white-part-9/ . Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Thurs for the link.

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. Upcoming lunches needed on Nov 13; Dec 4; Dec 18.

Fuzzy Sock Drive – The Prairie and Jungle classrooms at Friends School of MN are holding a “Fuzzy Sock” Drive until Dec 4 for children and families at the Minnesota Children’s Hospital. Comfy socks are a big deal when you’re walking around on hard, cold floors! Please be sure all donated socks have grips on the bottoms — the floors at the hospital can get slippery! Drop off socks in a collection bin just inside the front door, 1365 Englewood Ave, St Paul, MN 55104

Scattergood Friends School is seeking 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.

The Elizabeth Ann Bogert Memorial Fund for the Study and Practice of Christian Mysticism, administered by Friends World Committee for Consultation, makes annual grants of up to $1,000. Pat Jones and Diane Barrett have received grants in the past. For more, see: https://fwccamericas.org/docs/Bogert%202019%20Fall%20letter.pdf App deadline, March 1, 2021.

OFFICE HOURS

Carolyn VandenDolder, the Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed – Fri afternoons. Phone messages checked daily; email checked W-F. 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).