February 14, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 9:40 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Carol Bechtel

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

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

Worship and mid-morning program in February: email 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, FEBRUARY 21st, THERE WILL BE ONE, EXTENDED, UNPROGRAMMED WORSHIP FROM 10:15-11:45. THERE WILL BE NO MID-MORNING PROGRAM ON THE 21st.

THINGS TO KNOW

There will be a Sunday morning schedule change on Feb 21st. There will be one extended, unprogrammed worship from 10:15-11:45. There will be a workshop session preceding worship and one session after a lunch break.

Do you have a message yearning to be offered at second hour worship? As an experiment, the Ministry and Counsel Committee is inviting members and attenders who have a message pressing to be given, to contact Keitha or Stephen so a second worship in March can be made available to you. Meeting for worship will be unprogrammed on those Sundays when a planned message or reading is not waiting to be given.

Nominating Committee is working to match ministries, gifts and energies of MFMers with meeting work and projects we wish to have done. Please return calls and emails from the Nominating Committee to facilitate their work. A PARTICULAR NEED: The Stewardship and Finance Committee is looking for another receiving treasurer (to job share) who has comfort with Excel, QuickBooks, and/or numbers and is willing to come into the meetinghouse to process deposits. Questions, please contact the S&F clerk, Marilyn.

The Quake that Rocked the Continent 2, Feb 20-21. Join Quaker kids from around the country for fun, spiritual inquiry and more. Spread out over the weekend; register here. Read about the first Quake here.

OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Experience thirty minutes of worship sharing on a Quaker reading: 11:25AM Wed. Email Stephen for 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.

Bravely going where we’ve not gone before, the Welcoming and Outreach Committee will hold a virtual Friendly Meal on Fri, Feb 26th, at 6PM over zoom! The link will be sent on Wed, the 24th to those who have signed up. Singles, significant-other couples, families, youth – all are welcome. Sign up by contacting Keitha. Have your meal ready to serve so that all you need to do is fill your plate(s); have your computer on the table and already logged in to zoom. We’ll go to break-out rooms when everyone is logged in, (hopefully with no late-comers.) Gather around one computer – or, if using two, please have them in separate rooms (and sign-up separately.) Join this time of fellowship and informal conversations, enriching our community, hopefully bringing new life to our pandemic-ordered routines, as well as a laugh or two. There will be another virtual Friendly Meal on March 26th. We hope to see you then too!

Friends who would wish to write letters of support for Ayuk Fedinard Ayuk’s immigration hearing or to attend the hearing in person (set for March 17th at 1:30PM – both actions can be influential) should contact John. Ayuk spoke at mid-morning program on Jan 31.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

Opportunities to worship with the wider family of Friends :
~ Friends General Conference hosts a weekly worship, Sat nights, 8PM: https://www.tfaforms.com/4816591 For other opportunities, see: https://www.fgcquaker.org/resources/online-worship-opportunities
~ 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 Center in California has a Wed worship sharing at noon (CT) with Friends from around the world responding queries based on short readings. JOIN HERE; password, email: BobFisher(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)QuakerCenter.org
~ 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.

Population, a major contributor to the environmental crises we see around us, is often a topic avoided by progressives concerned about the environment. Join Quaker Earthcare Witness and Friends General Conference for worship sharing concerning human population on Wed, Feb 24th at 7PM (CT). Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArduyhrzwjHd3WkD1z2zBoyqzj5SZEetUG

Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Advanced Virtual Community Workshop – Feb 19 (6-9PM), 20 (9-3), 26 (6-9PM), 27 (9-3). Friends for a NonViolent World’s team of AVP facilitators has been reimagining and adapting AVP workshops into a virtual format to allow workshops to continue during the pandemic. This four-part Advanced Community Workshop will go more deeply into AVP principles through focusing on a specific topic – Adversity and Resilience. Open to anyone who has completed an AVP Basic Workshop. To register (required), fill out this form: http://bit.ly/avpfebruary or contact Miranda at miranda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org. Zoom link and other info will be sent to all registrants. Suggested donation: $25 – $100 (donate here).

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.

There’s never been a better time to join Friends for a NonViolent World’s Board of Directors! The Board is responsible for developing, defining, and reviewing the organization’s mission and for providing overall leadership and strategic direction to the organization. Board Members are stewards of the organization’s vision, mission, and resources. The Board actively sets policy, ensures that the organization has adequate resources to carry out its mission, provides direct oversight and direction for the Executive Director and the organization as a whole, and evaluates its own effectiveness as a governing body. Contact FNVW’s Board Chair Brucie Hawkins at brucie(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org if you have interest in serving or for more information.

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.