August 29, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Jane Downes, planned speaker; care of meeting, Doug Herron

Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for The link to worship on Sunday, August 29th. Apologies for the link confusion the past few weeks!

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

Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org for the link for worship in September.

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Those living in fear, uncertainty, and deprivation in Haiti and Afghanistan, as well as those suffering in the US and around the world.

THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW

The fall schedule will resume on September 19th: 9AM worship (unprogrammed); 10:15AM mid-morning program; 11:15AM worship (semi-programmed).

Birthdays, as well as many other celebrations, don’t have to be solo affairs! Happy birthday Judith J, (September 6th) Renae B, (Sept 24th) Barbara M, (Sept 25th) Cynthia G, (Sept 26th) Gale D, (Sept 27th) and Jim L (Sept 27th)! 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 J.

Fall Together at Fish Lake: The Fall Together Committee is planning an outdoor gathering of vaccinated Friends at Fish Lake Regional Park on Sat, Oct 9 from 1 – 5PM if there is sufficient interest. Would you attend? On the tentative schedule: worship, a scavenger hunt, hiking/biking, and other fun activities. Fish Lake s beautiful and inviting, and It would be lovely to share time with each other, enjoying the park. Children warmly welcome, since we’ll be outside. The committee is happy to plan the event if there is enough interest. Please contact Clifford G by Sun, Sept 19 if you would like to come to Fall Together. Call and leave a message or send him an email.

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 for the September link.

Loaves and Fishes, TOMORROW NIGHT, August 30th: Join other metro-area Friends, the Ismaili Community and the Mayim Rabim congregation to provide a nutritious meal at Holy Rosary Church in S Mpls, 2424 – 18th Ave S. There are three shifts to cover the tasks of the meal: meal prep (2-3:30PM); burrito assembly and handing out the meals (4:15-5:30PM,) and clean up (5:15-6:30PM.) Fruit donations, dropped off at Holy Rosary after 2:00, are needed as well. Email Sue K to sign up for a shift to make sure there is sufficient space or to arrange to drop off fruit. Masks, gloves, and hats required. This remains a COVID risk. Sign up to come if you can!

Ministry and Counsel Committee cares for worship and the spiritual life of the meeting. Are you carrying a concern or question about Meeting life? Contact a member of M&C: Bill H, Lolly L, Keitha H, Juliet N, John C, Heidi F or John K (ex officio.) M&C meets this Thurs night, 7PM.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

The new cohort of Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows arrives this week! These seven young adults are coming to Minneapolis to live in Quaker community and work at local non-profit organizations.
*Read about this year’s Fellows and where they will be working at: https://quakervoluntaryservice.org/minneapolis/
*Help feed the Fellows as they adjust to their new space, new city, and new jobs. Sign up to bring a vegan meal for seven (with a gluten free option for one) Sept 5-10: miranda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org
*Come to the open house TODAY, 3241 Park Ave So, 1-5PM. Sign the welcome book, bring seven identical items for the welcome baskets, and see the space are Quakers have created! Can’t make it on Sunday? Email a salutation to office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be included.
*Looking ahead, sign up to bring a vegan meal for seven (with a gluten free option for one) on a program Friday, September 17th, October 1st, 15th or 29th: miranda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org
*THANK YOU to the local Friends who have worked hard to prepare the QVS house for its new occupants! Jane F, Tom W, and Ed S of Minneapolis Meeting serve on the Local Support Committee.

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.

Join the Friends for a NonViolent World Holiday Fair Planning Committee! The Holiday Fair, the first weekend of Dec at MFM, is FNVW’s biggest fundraising event of the year. 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! Join the Holiday Fair Planning Committee team to help FNVW raise the funds needed to move our mission forward. 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.

Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Basic (Virtual) Community Workshop: In the context of a supportive community, you will discover new skills and attitudes to address, prevent, and transform violence. This four-day workshop will offer a holistic, experiential, safe, and lively approach to learning the tools to discover your own power to build safer communities and transform conflict and frustration in your life. Friday evening and Saturday, Septembers 10 – 11 and 17 – 18. The entire workshop will take place via Zoom. Technical assistance available. No prior experience necessary; sliding scale fee, $25 – $100. To register: AVP-MN Basic Community Workshop – Fall 2021

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