October 3, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): Doug Herron, care of worship

10:15 – 11:00 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.

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Gib Pellet – speaker; care of meeting, Nettie Smith

Worship and mid-morning program in October: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83951540304; ID: 839 5154 0304; no password needed. By phone: you will lack video but will be able to hear and speak: 651-372-8299; ID above.

Come to a work and pizza party TODAY! Help the meeting gardeners spread mulch on the east side of the meeting house at 2PM, then stay for a pizza party. Questions, call Clifford. Bring your old newspapers!

THINGS TO KNOW

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 being with each other in this beautiful and inviting park. Children are welcome. No registration needed. 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 belongings (jacket, hat, etc.).

SUPPORT THE MEETING’S NEW AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM. 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 this new A/V system before the end of October, your gift will be doubled by a $10,000 matching grant we have received from an anonymous donor! It will also allow existing MFM funds to be used elsewhere. Make checks out to MFM Trustees with A/V system in the memo line.

Bits and pieces: Scott W has a birthday on Oct 8; Wina has a new email address. Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to get the update.

OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Monthly meeting for business is next Sunday at 9:45. On the agenda: hosting the Friends for a NonViolent World Holiday Fair; returning to worship in the meetinghouse; a progress report from the ad hoc Technical Committee. 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 October.

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.

The Writing Group will host an informal writing session this Mon, October 4th, 7-9PM. This open group offers 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 questions or interest or email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.

The Right Relationship with Indigenous People group will meet this coming Friday night, October 8th, at 7PM. Open to all interested, this group meets every second Friday night.

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 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

Letting Go: Embracing Autumn; TONIGHT, 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. Join Anne Supplee and Maia Twedt (TCFM) as we experience the act of letting go and acknowledge darker days and longer nights. Be together as we prepare for and find richness in a seasonal shift. Email way.opening.workshops(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com to receive the link.

Myth of Gender, a Pendle Hill first Monday lecture featuring Cai Quirk, TOMORROW, Oct 4th, 6:30-8PM (CT). Register and more here.

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. Contact Cynthia soon for details. RSVP 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 .

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Joint Religious Legislative Coalition housing webinar series, first Thur, Oct 7 – Feb 3, 6:30 – 8PM. Are you concerned about those impacted by homelessness, the high cost of rent and the scarcity of affordable or supportive housing? Do you want to understand these issues from a variety of perspectives – and make a difference? Then come to one or more in this monthly in-depth look at statewide housing issues. (Oct 7 – The Big Picture of MN Housing: Stability and Affordability; Nov 4 – Homelessness: Understanding Impact, Creating Opportunities; Dec 2 – Racial Equity and Housing; Jan 6 – Special Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusion; Feb 3 – Legislative Solutions and Advocacy.) Register here . For more or to RSVP by email contact Joan at jmiltenberger(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)jrlc.org, 612-230-3232.

The Minnesota Multifaith Network (MnMN) will host an online interfaith conversation, “In a Time Such as This: The urgent need for building stronger multifaith communities in MN,” 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.) Hear from, join with and enter into 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.

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).

Opportunities to worship with the wider family of Friends:
~ Friends General Conference hosts a weekly worship, Sat nights, 8PM: https://www.tfaforms.com/4816591 For other opportunities, see: https://www.fgcquaker.org/resources/online-worship-opportunities
~ Pendle Hill Study and Retreat Center has daily worship, M-F, 7:30-8:10 AM (CT): https://pendlehill.zoom.us/j/432071090?pwd=aU5OOWk4ZGJkcWNUbzI5TXdjdVpSdz09
~ Quaker Voluntary Service has daily worship M–F, 10:30-11AM (CST): https://zoom.us/j/5702463400
~ Quaker Center in California has a Wed worship sharing at noon (CT) with Friends from around the world responding queries based on short readings. JOIN HERE; password, email: BobFisher(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)QuakerCenter.org
~ Global meeting for worship is offered every Wed, 1 PM (CT). Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to get the link.