September 5, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Mary Gochnauer

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

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

All those whose homes and well-being are threatened.

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). September 19 and 26 worship and programming will continue to use the same link as today.

OUR NEW AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT. The meeting has approved installing a new audio-visual system in the meetinghouse to make worship and gatherings accessible to those who cannot attend in person. If you contribute toward funding this new A/V system before the end of Oct, your gift will be doubled by a $10,000 matching grant we have received from an anonymous donor. Please consider giving something now to double the value of your gift. Make checks out to MFM Trustees and put “AV system in the memo line.” You can send checks to the meetinghouse office (4401 York Ave So, Mpls 55410) or directly to the clerk of the Trustees.

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.

Fall Together at Fish Lake: The Fall Together Committee is considering an outdoor gathering of vaccinated Friends at Fish Lake Regional Park on Sat, Oct 9th, 1–5PM. 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 interest. Please contact Clifford by Sun, Sept 19 if you would come.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Worship with attention to business is next Sunday at 11AM. On the agenda: a request for Friends for a NonViolent World to use the meetinghouse for the annual Holiday Fair and annual reports from committees. Come be part of the discernment.

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 September.

Interested in gardening? Meeting gardeners (currently Clifford, Betsy, Sarah, and Rae Beth) meet at 6:30PM on the first and third Mondays through Sept at the meetinghouse. Come when you can for satisfying fun.

The Right Relationship with Indigenous People group will meet this coming Friday night, Sept 10th, at 7PM. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link. This group meets every second Friday night.

The Writing Group is postponing their meeting to next Mon, Sept 13th, 7PM. These sessions offer a chance to connect with each other, writing with prompts and sharing what we write. YOU ARE WELCOME! Contact Jane with questions or interest.

Clifford and Jim are looking for someone go out to lunch with Jim on Tues and Thurs each week, helping him log into his virtual exercise class after lunch at 2. They could buy you lunch or pay for your time. Call Clifford with interest.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

The new cohort of Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows has arrived! These seven young adults have come to Minneapolis to live in Quaker community and work at local non-profit organizations. Every-other Friday, they have a program day together. Local Friends are asked to provide (vegan) lunch for seven (with a gluten-free option for one) on Sept 17th, or Oct 1st, 15th or 29th. Sign up with miranda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org THANK YOU, FRIENDS!

Pendle Hill will offer “Radical Transformation Long Overdue for the Religious Society of Friends” with Vanessa Julye, (co-author of Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship,) on Mon, Sept 13, 6:30PM (CT). How have Friends collaborated with and sustained the global system of White Supremacy? George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Friends, envisioned a revolutionary religion which asserted that every person can have a direct relationship with God, the seed, planted in each of our hearts. What structures prevent Friends from living into these beliefs and growing God’s seed? More and register, here.

Friends Peace Teams will offer Impacts of Colonization: Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples on Sat, Sept 18, 3-5PM (CT). This two-hour workshop is offered online once a month with Native and non-Native facilitators and gives an overview of U.S. history from the perspective of Indigenous Nations; takes participants into both heart and head; and prepares them for appropriate actions. (Also offered Oct 16 and Nov 14). Register at: https://bit.ly/2WHLBQl A session on Indian boarding schools will be offered on Tues, Sept 14th, 7PM: https://friendspeaceteams.org/indian-boarding-schools-presentation/

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.

Northern Yearly Meeting High School Fall Retreat: Initial plans for an in-person High School retreat are underway. (We are hopeful but will be humbly responsive to what is when the time comes for the retreat. A proposal for NYM youth meeting in person is available upon request: office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.) Save the DATE: Fri, Oct 8th – Sun, Oct 10th at Camp Woodbrooke More details soon. We hope to have a very bonding and fun time together while exploring this beautiful camp. If you are willing to be a Kindly Adult Presence for part or all of the retreat, please let Cynthia know: cynthiamdrake(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com. (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.)

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

Friends for a NonViolent World seeks a new part-time Volunteer Engagement Specialist! Job description and application here.