July 25, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Joanne Esser – planned speaker; care of meeting, Barbara Ziegenhagen

Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link to Sunday worship in July
By phone: you will lack video but will be able to hear and speak: 651-372-8299.

It’s easy to be in worship for as long as you are able. Consider inviting the youth of the meeting to participate!

Yearning to visit with Friends but not necessarily all Friends at the same time? Stick around after worship today for informal visiting in break-out rooms!

THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW

There will be two informal sessions to share hopes for, concerns about, and questions regarding renewing worship at the meetinghouse. Friends are invited to contact the clerk, John Kraft, with specific questions or topics prior to the upcoming sessions: this Thursday, July 29 at 6:45PM and next Sunday, August 1 at 11:30AM. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org for the link.

Help celebrate the births of these cherished Friends: Happy birthday Dave B (August 10th,) Mary (August 12th,) and Rae Beth (August 14th) ! If you would like to have your birthday acknowledged by meeting Friends, please send the month and date of your birth, (no year necessary,) to Judith.

Planned vocal ministry: Take the opportunity to nurture and encourage each other! If you think someone has a message for the meeting community, recommend them to Ministry and Counsel Committee or encourage them to speak with someone from M&C themselves. Likewise, if you feel you have been given a message to share, contact Bill so a Sunday may be made available to you.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

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 for July.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

Even as we say goodbye to this year’s Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows, we need to prepare for the next cohort! Come help prepare the house for its new residents – cleaning shifts on August 14, 15, 22, 28 and 29! Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with Marybeth to sign up. Contact Jane or Carolyn with questions.

Bible half-hours from the recent Friends General Conference are available at FGC gathering video page. Transcripts of some of the evening plenary sessions are available there too!

The Northern Yearly Meeting Middle School Coordinator position is still open! The NYM Children and Youth Committee have yet to receive any applications for the Middle School Coordinator position. Please prayerfully consider if you are led to support and nurture the young people of Northern Yearly Meeting. A complete job announcement and job description, with payment information, can be found on the NYM website.

Friends for a NonViolent World seeks a new part-time Volunteer Engagement Specialist! This dynamic role develops opportunities for volunteers to be deeply engaged in every facet of FNVW’s work, recruiting, training and supporting new FNVW volunteers and student interns. Also collaborates in planning, implementing, organizing and coordinating the volunteer and community engagement opportunities that drive FNVW’s mission forward. Come help build on the organization’s strong volunteer program and help realize its potential for growth. Job description and application here. Friends for a NonViolent World is offering a resource packet with information about FNVW programming and opportunities that you can bring to your neighborhood National Night Out event (NNO is August 3)! Sign up here or email leah(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org to get one!

Friends for a NonViolent World’sPeople Camp, “Seeking Justice in a Changing World,” will be at Northern Pines Retreat Center, August 8-14. For more and to sign up: People Camp 2021 Registration

Marcelle Martin is offering an online workshop, Exploring Spiritual Practices, Tuesday nights, Sept – Nov. More at: https://lu.ma/exploring-spiritual-practices?tk=oCGgUF . Marcelle is author of Our Life is Love: the Quaker Spiritual Journey (Inner Light Books, 2016) and a member of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting (PA). She has led workshops at Quaker meetings and retreat centers across the country, including Pendle Hill and School of the Spirit, with a call to help nurture the spiritual vitality and radical faithfulness of Friends and Quakerism today.

OFFICE HOURS: Carolyn VandenDolder, Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed, Thurs and Fri, afternoons. Phone messages checked daily; email checked W-F. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Phone items in to the office, 612-926-6159, email: office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org).