September 26, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

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

10:15 – 11:00 Golden Rule Peace Boat – Come hear a brief history of the Golden Rule Peace Boat, started by four Quakers in 1958, and restored by Veterans For Peace and Quakers. Presenter, Helen Jaccard, (from Northern California,) will discuss what activists are doing today to stop the possibility of nuclear war and to increase radioactive contamination from the rest of the nuclear chain.

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Lolly Lijewksi – speaker; care of meeting, Deborah Jones

Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link to worship and mid-morning program in September.

It’s easy to be in worship for as long as you are able. Consider inviting the youth of the meeting to participate! There is no online first day school currently offered on Sunday mornings.

THINGS TO KNOW

Birthdays, as well as many other celebrations, don’t have to be solo affairs! Happy birthday Betsy (Oct 1,) Kal-El S (Oct 5,) Kathy W (Oct 6,) Mary Jean P (Oct 13,) and Tom W (Oct 28)! Let Friends acknowledge and celebrate you! Send the month and date of your birth, (no year necessary,) to Judith.

Feel led to offer a message or a reading during semi-programmed worship? Ministry and Counsel Committee (M&C) asks you to contact Bill or another member of M&C. M&C is also looking for closers for both the 9AM and 11:15AM worships. Acting as a closer is a ministry of service for the meeting.

DOUBLE YOUR GIFT in support of the new A/V system. The meeting has received an anonymous matching grant of up to $10,000 to fund the new audio-visual system being installed in the meetinghouse to enable reliable hybrid worship. Any amount that you contribute between now and the end of October will be doubled by this matching grant and will allow other MFM funds to be used elsewhere. Make checks out to MFM Trustees with A/V system in the memo line.

OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Friends School of MN – Return and Renewal: Rebuilding Community and Building Connections. Head of School, Joe Mueller, will share efforts to bring the school community back together after a crazy year, as well as efforts to grow the school’s presence in the wider community.

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 Wednesday for the September link. The link changes each month.

Come to a work and pizza party! The meeting gardeners invite Friends to help spread mulch on the east side of the meeting house on Sun, Oct 3rd, 2PM, then stay for a pizza party. Questions, call Clifford. Bring your old newspapers!

Upcoming mid-morning program needs your input! On October 17, Care and Counsel Committee will offer a mid-morning program of Friends telling stories of experiences as kids in First Day School or in other faith communities. Can you tell your story? Contact Nettie or John.

Fall Together at Fish Lake on Oct 9th is a GO! Come to this gathering of vaccinated Friends at Fish Lake Regional Park (14900 Bass Lake Rd, Maple Grove) on Sat, Oct 9th, 1-5PM. Enjoy this time to see and be with each other in this beautiful and inviting park. Children are welcome, since we’ll be outside. No need to register, no need to have expressed interest ahead of time. Bring your own snack, drink, and lawn/camp chair. Come prepared for an afternoon outdoors. We will have access to the pavilion for restrooms and stashing your belongings (jacket, hat, etc.).

Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows have a program day together every-other Fri. Local Friends are asked to provide (vegan) lunch for seven (with a gluten-free option for one) on Oct 1st, (delivered later than usual due to the Sacred Sites Tour,) 15th or 29th. Sign up with miranda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org. Also sought – a full size mattress and a bean bag chair. Contact Miranda with leads.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

Worship Sharing with Quaker Earthcare Witness – Join with Friends from across North America to worship together on Sept 29, Oct 27, and Nov 17 – 7-8:15PM (CT): All are welcome. Brief intros, review worship sharing guidelines, present queries, break out into small groups, and then gather after about 45 minutes for closing thoughts and sharing. Register here.

Go on the Sacred Sites Tour with the Quaker Volunteer Service Fellows, Friday, Oct 1, 10AM–2 PM, led by Jim Bear Jacobs (Mohican). The tour is offered through the Minnesota Council of Churches’ “Healing Minnesota Stories” program and offers an opportunity to learn about MN history from a Native perspective through story-telling and experiencing the sites in silence / meditation / reflection. As the topics are quite serious the tours are age appropriate for high-school age or older. Funded by the Twin Cities Mtg Peace & Justice Committee, the QVS Local Support Committee, and the QVS local program, additional donations appreciated but not required. Limited to 40, please email Mary Ellen or office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org with interest. More information will be sent to those who reserve a spot.

Letting Go: Embracing Autumn; Sun, Oct 3rd, 6PM. Each new season invites opportunity to change and adapt. Fall inherently includes letting go of things, but letting go can also invite a new time. How does what you let go of become mulch in the ground of your life? What do we as people learn from the land which needs time to rest and renew? Join Anne Supplee and Maia Twedt (TCFM) as we experience the act of letting go and acknowledge darker days and longer nights. Share in a ritual of putting things to rest. Be together as we prepare for a seasonal shift. Offered through Anne and Maia’s new collaboration, Way Opening Workshops. Email way.opening.workshops(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com to receive the link to this 75-minute Zoom gathering.

There’s a Northern Yearly Meeting High School Fall Retreat: Living in the Moment, what we as humans are doing to cultivate creativity in the midst of chaos, Fri, Oct 8th – Sun, Oct 10th at Camp Woodbrooke Car-pooling available. Both inside and outdoor time at this beautiful camp, bonding and playing. Kindly Adult Presences needed for part or all of the retreat. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org SOON to be put in touch with Cynthia and details. RSVP needed by Oct 4. (There is a bit of pre-screening to be done if you are new to KAP-ing. Parents who are driving their teen to the retreat can fulfill this role.)

Save the Date for Northern Yearly Meeting Fall Interim Session via Zoom, October 28-31. More details to come.

Friends for a NonViolent World’s Alternative to Violence Project will offer a Basic Community Workshop Oct 1-3 via zoom. This 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. For more and to register, click here .

Northern Yearly Meeting still seeks a Middle School coordinator. Job description and application here.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

In 2020 the United Nations named Minnesota-based General Mills among seven U.S. companies in violation of international law for operating a factory in East Jerusalem in an illegal Israeli settlement, militarily-occupied Palestinian land. Protest the General Mills factory located in an illegal settlement on Tues, Sept 28th at 5:30 at the General Mills Headquarters in Golden Valley. Sponsored by Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) and others: womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/new-events/2021/9/28/rally-for-human-rights

Stolen Wealth Returns (SWR) Online Open House Sept 30th, 7PM especially for Resource Generation, Unitarian Universalists, and Quakers. With encouragement from the Black organizers of SWR, there will be online Information & Open House Event for Stolen Wealth Returns. Invitation to the Zoom call will be sent separately to people who register. Click here to register.

The Minnesota Multifaith Network (MnMN) invites you to an online interfaith conversation, “In a Time Such as This: The urgent need for building stronger multifaith communities in Minnesota,” Oct 7 & 13, 10AM-12PM, via Zoom; Registration required: https://mninatimesuchasthis.eventbrite.com. Gathering across faith traditions can be a powerful salve to the wounds of systemic oppression, division, isolation, and trauma that our communities have been struggling with. Inspiring speakers and interactive breakout conversations on Thur, Oct 7 (10AM-noon). Relationship building and learning across shared areas of interest will be the focus on Wed, Oct 13 (10AM-noon.) Featured guests include Shanta Premawardhana, a national and international speaker who trains people of faith to act collaboratively and effectively to counter religious extremism and religion-based injustices; and Whitney Terrill, an Environmental Justice Program Manager at Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light, and a speaker for Islamic Resource Group, who is deeply committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Hear from, join with and enter relationship with Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Native American, Sikh, Unitarian, and other communities working for a more just and loving world. Contact MnMN at info(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)mnmultifaith.org or visit www.mnmultifaith.org for more.

From the Minnesota Council of Churches: Help Needed for Afghan Evacuees. While individuals with refugee status continue to be resettled, numerous families evacuated from Afghanistan are also expected in September. Most will be coming to Minnesota having been granted “humanitarian parole,” which means that they won’t be eligible for all the same financial and program support as refugees. Donate household items or volunteer or co-sponsor a family, whether from Afghanistan or another refugee family. Email Kathryn at rsvolunteers(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)mnchurches.org to let us know if you are interested in co-sponsorship, helping set up apartments, or helping transport individuals to key appointments. Donation link here.

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).