August 1, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Keitha Herron

Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the Sunday worship link for August.

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

There is one remaining informal session to share hopes for, concerns about, and questions regarding renewing worship at the meetinghouse. A summary of where we are in the process as well as proposed safety protocols, and the current proposed technical installation plan are available. Friends are invited to contact the clerk, John Kraft, with specific questions or topics prior to the session TODAY at 11:30AM. The link and supporting materials are available by emailing the office by noon Friday.

THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW

Several Friends have inquired about the section at Lakewood Cemetery owned by Minneapolis Meeting, where members of the meeting have been buried for 150 years. There are empty plots still available for members of the meeting if they wish to reserve a space as part of their end-of-life planning. Linda will lead a tour of the “Quaker section” at Lakewood Cemetery at 2PM on August 15th. She will have maps and information on the plots available to MFM members. Those who are interested should meet in front of Lakewood Chapel just inside the cemetery entrance on 36th Street.

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.

Friends who visit or meet in the meetinghouse or who want to meet on the meetinghouse grounds are asked to schedule those visits with the office to help avoid conflicts and make sure you are aware of COVID safety precautions: 612-926-6159; office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org .

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Next Sunday at 11:00 – monthly meeting for business. On the agenda: worshiping at the meetinghouse. Please come!

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 August link.

The Writing Group will have an informal writing session TOMORROW, August 2, 7-9PM. This is a chance to connect with each other, writing with prompts and sharing what we write. ALL INVITED, whether or not you have participated before! Contact Jane for the link.

Interested in gardening? Meeting gardeners (currently Clifford, Betsy and Rae Beth) meet at 6:30PM on the first and third Mondays of the month, June – Sept, at the meetinghouse. Come when you can for satisfying fun playing in the dirt, fabulous people and lots of laughs. Questions? Contact Clifford.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

Even as we say goodbye to this year’s Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows, we get 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 the scheduler or contact Jane or Carolyn with questions. You can read an interview with the Minneapolis/St. Paul QVS exiting Local Coordinator, Eli Philips, at https://quakervoluntaryservice.org/role-of-a-city-coordinator

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

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 this Tues night, August 3! Sign up here or email leah(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org to get one! If you live in Minneapolis, the “Yes 4 Minneapolis” Coalition, is gathering Tuesday the 3rd from 3-4PM at Boom Island Park to rally for a new Department of Public Safety and equip people to talk with neighbors about the Charter Amendment at National Night Out events. Come and build support for a new Department of Public Safety. Sign up here. https://bit.ly/3BLMwiF

IT’S ALMOST HERE! 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

Eau Claire Meeting invites Northern Yearly Meeting Friends to a Nonviolence Action Training workshop on August 20-21 (Fri night through all day Sat). By the end of the ten-hour workshop, participants will have begun to:
1) learn principles of nonviolence and how to apply them strategically in their lives
2) learn some verbal de-escalation techniques and
3) learn how to plan nonviolent protests and interactions.
Eau Claire Friends decided they needed this hands-on training to be effective anti-racist activists (and to do climate, equality, and other work), so they sought out resources for themselves and are opening it to the wider community to broaden the effect of the work. Sat lunch will be provided by local Quakers and Muslims; Sat supper provided as well. Eau Claire Friends will try to organize hospitality for those out-of-town Friends wishing to attend. The full schedule, additional information, and registration can be found at http://ecquakers.org/article/nonviolence-training

Join the Friends for a NonViolent World Holiday Fair Planning Committee! The Holiday Fair is FNVW’s biggest fundraising event of the year. It takes place the first weekend of December at Minneapolis Meeting. The Holiday Fair includes a craft sale, café, used book sale, values board, photo booth, live music and more. Next year’s fair will also celebrate FNVW’s 40th anniversary too! The force behind the FNVW Holiday Fair is the Holiday Fair Planning Committee. Join this team to help FNVW raise the funds we need to move our mission forward in 2022! A variety of different roles are available. Your skills are needed. Contact Leah at leah(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org for more information.

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 – Fri afternoons. Phone messages checked daily; email checked W-F. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Phone items in to the office (612-926-6159), or email to: office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.