April 18, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): Bill Hendricks

10:15 – 11:00 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. Optional links to consider beforehand: aaregistry.org (put Quakers and Abolition in the search bar); friendsjournal.org/a-quaker-call-to-abolition-and-creation/

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Jesse Johnson- speaker; care of meeting, Marilyn Johnson

Worship and mid-morning program April: email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday 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. This Sunday, 10-11AM, celebrate Earth Day with activities, coloring, seed planting, reading We Are Water Protectors, and a meditation on water. Materials needed: the provided mandala coloring sheet, seed pots, soil, marigold seeds, pea seeds, pitcher of water, a glass for each child, crayons, markers, or pencils. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link.

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Residents of Brooklyn Center and Minneapolis, especially People of Color and Indigenous People.

OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Minneapolis Meeting and Singles. How do we care for those who are not in a marriage or partnership? Do single people have different needs? What are the diverse ways of being single? What is your experience of being a single person in the meeting? A short presentation followed by discussion, offered by the Care and Counsel Committee.

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.

Find games, laughter, and relaxed connection with awesome people at the Northern Yearly Meeting HS Game Night, Sat, Apr 24th 7PM. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Fri for the link, or contact coordinator, Cynthia.

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. Lunch needed on April 30th

Ranae Hanson and her new book, Watershed, together with Marie Harris and Derartu Berhanu, Ranae’s former students – now friends – whose stories appear in the book, will be featured in Minneapolis College’s Community Pollinators Speaker Series at 1PM on Friday, April 23rd. The interview will consider ways humans can address environmental injustice, deal with our own communities’ climate crises and health challenges, and do better justice to the non-human residents of our ecosystems. Register here.

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://forms.gle/GgqEva4KUf4eHFo1A 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 to 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). Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch.

The Friends General Conference Gathering will be virtual and pay-as-led this year, 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 opened Apr 15.

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.”

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 you can; each is a stand-alone presentation/discussion with past clerks (including Stephen Snyder, John Kraft, and Christopher Sammond,) with an emphasis on sharing. For more: https://www.fgcquaker.org/cloud/northern-yearly-meeting/events/nym-clerking-workshop .

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

Celebrate fifteen years of Jon Watts (creator of QuakerSpeak) Quaker Songwriting! Jon has been telling the Quaker story through his original songs and videos since 2006. Special guest and storyteller, Max Carter, will be there too! April 24, 6PM. Tickets and more at: https://www.jonwatts.com/2021/a-few-songs-occasioned-anniversary-concert/

Camp Woodbrooke, the sweetest little Quaker camp ever, is planning to happen this summer with safety precautions. Plenty of scholarship money available, do not let funds deter you from joining camp. More at: http://www.campwoodbrooke.org/index.php.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Praying for our city. There is a virtual prayer tent with a daily 8AM time for reflection led by a different religious/spiritual leader. For more and to get connected: https://www.healingourcity.org/

MFM has received notice of a public hearing for Wooden Ship Brewing Co, (3300 W 44th Str,) April 20th 1:30PM; for sale of liquor, Sunday sales, taproom and limited entertainment, and off-sale malt liquor. Send comments to Inspector Mohamed Ismail 612-673-3904 / mohamed.ismail(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolismn.gov . Find out more about participating in the hearing at: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/government/meetings/public-notices/

Minneapolis Public Works is offering workshops on creating resilient yards – rain gardens, native prairie, and low-maintenance, pollinator-friendly lawns. Check out Blue Thumb Workshops: bluethumb.org/events.

The Planetary Health Annual Meeting aims to bridge communities to achieve the Great Transition, highlighting collective planetary health values; showcasing change-making science, stories, solutions, and communities; and building systemic solutions across economics, governance, and civil society. April 25–30; virtual; free: https://www.planetaryhealthannualmeeting.com

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).