April 11, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 9:40 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): Keitha Herron

9:45 – 11:15 worship with attention to business: John Kraft, clerk; Stephen Snyder, recording clerk

11:15 – 12:00 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): John Kraft – speaker; care of meeting, Juliet Nail

Worship and mid-morning program in April: email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Thurs for the link.

First day school for youth at 10:15: Madison Meeting has invited young friends, ages 3-13, to join other Northern Yearly Meeting youth on Sunday mornings. Watch your email for more. There is no first day school programming at MFM today.

THINGS TO KNOW

Do you have a message yearning to be offered at second hour worship? Ministry and Counsel Committee is inviting members and attenders who have a message pressing to be given, to contact Juliet or Bill so that a second worship in April 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.

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.

OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Quakers and Abolition. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then do better.” (Maya Angelou) Look at Quakers and their work and attitudes toward abolition of slavery in America and how the struggles of those years have parallels with struggles of today. Here are some (optional) links to prepare for this program: aaregistry.org (put Quakers and Abolition in the search bar); friendsjournal.org/a-quaker-call-to-abolition-and-creation/

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

An Introduction to Quakerism, a series offered by the Welcoming and Outreach Committee, continues Wed night, April 14th, 8PM, following mid-week worship. Come learn about the history of Minneapolis Meeting and Quakers in the area from Linda Coffin. For everyone – newcomers and old-timers alike! Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed for the link.

Want support as you get / stay involved in racial justice work? Starting Tues, April 13, 7PM, then every second Tues, there will be a zoom check-in about how things are going, particularly looking at how our whiteness or implicit bias is showing up in our lives and the racial justice work we are doing. Are we using our spiritual discernment and our body awareness to ground our outer work? Are we learning to uncover our own racism so we can be better allies and accomplices with People of Color? We will work with some readings and body awareness exercises from My Grandmother’s Hands (Resmaa Menakem) and other sources from the American Friends Service Committee and Northern Yearly Meeting. You are welcome, whether or not you have read Resma Menakem’s book. Questions? Nettie or Jimbo.

Join with F(f)riends at the Government Center plaza this Thurs, April 15th, 2PM to worship/hold in the Light the trial of Derek Chauvin. Meet on 6th Str (the north side) where there are some places to sit. Bring a chair if you like.

Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows have a program day twice a month. 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. Lunches needed on April 16th and 30th

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

Friends School of MN’s Plant Sale is gearing up; ordering online is available: https://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/seeds-bulbs. Volunteers are needed already! More at: https://mailchi.mp/a3ca331f2b01/fsm-april-20-2017-mission-moments-4904796 There are opportunities to support the supporters of the sale by bringing food for volunteers. Sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0f48a8a62ca4f49-food2

The April e-News from Northern Yearly Meeting is available at this link. Included in it is a preview of the May 27-30 Northern Yearly Meeting 2021 Annual Session: “Gonna Keep on Moving Forward.”

Registration for People Camp is open NOW! Sign up here: People Camp 2021 Registration Form . Want to know about People Camp? Go to A Taste of People Camp! Sat, April 17th, 6-7:30PM. Enjoy a virtual potluck, some icebreakers, and small groups, and hear preliminary plans for camp, 2021: http://bit.ly/tastepc2021 / ID: 932 5966 2416; pw: 245904

Connect with American Friends Service Committee. This year’s American Friends Service Committee Corporation Meeting, Making New Worlds – Pursuing Peace with Justice, April 11-15, will be virtual so all Quakers who would like to join, learn from, and engage with AFSC staff may! The meeting starts with a program “Quakers and Abolition: Then and Now” on Sun, April 11 (7PM ET) and concludes April 15 with a plenary by Nyle Fort, a minister, activist, and scholar, who has worked in education, criminal justice, and youth development for over a decade in various capacities including the national director of Communities Against Militarized Police. For more about the schedule and links: www.afsc.org/corpprogram .

The Friends General Conference Gathering will be virtual and pay-as-led, June 27-July 3. This is a low-barrier opportunity to check out all or parts of the Gathering. More at: https://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering. Workshops listed at: https://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering/programs-and-events/workshops Early registration begins April 15 and workshops fill up quickly. Don’t miss this enriching opportunity to explore!

Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM) is offering a Clerking Workshop for any interested, April 23-24; (Fri 7-8:30PM; Sat 10-11:30AM and 2 -3:30PM) Come for all three sessions or however many fit into your life. Each one will be a stand-alone presentation/discussion with past clerks (including Stephen Snyder, John Kraft, and Christopher Sammond,) with an emphasis on sharing experiences. For more: https://www.fgcquaker.org/cloud/northern-yearly-meeting/events/nym-clerking-workshop . Friends General Conference has a collection of resources on clerking available at: https://www.fgcquaker.org/resources/clerking-resources-and-interviews-friends

Silence & Light for Quaker Newcomers, a Spiritual Deepening eRetreat, will be offered through Friends General Conference, 2PM Sats, April 25 – May 22. More at: fgcquaker.org/resources/spiritual-deepening-eretreats-silence-light-quaker-newcomers

First Friends Church in Whittier, California offers Peace Camp for children each summer (1st – 8th grade). Because of the pandemic, camp will gather virtually so it can broaden to include Quaker Friends from around the world for a week of sharing and fun – Mon, July 19th – Fri, July 23rd, 10 – 11:30AM (PST). Reach out to Pastor Loletta Barrett at pastorffc(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)verizon.net with interest.

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).