October 17, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Mary Bosserman

10:15 – 11:00 Growing Up Connected A panel of members and attenders will share positive childhood experiences in Friends meetings or other faith communities. There will be time for others to share. Offered by the Care and Counsel Committee.

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Laurel O’Rourke – speaker; care of meeting, Nettie Smith

Worship and mid-morning program in October – email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link.

THINGS TO KNOW

Thank you to all those who have contributed to the new audio/video system! The meeting approved installing the system in the meetinghouse to make worship and gatherings accessible to those who cannot attend in person. Thanks to the generosity of Friends, we have earned all the matching funds available for a total of $21,000 contributed so far! You may still contribute to the new system, allowing existing MFM funds to be used elsewhere. Make checks out to MFM Trustees with A/V system in the memo line. Thank you – to the anonymous donor and everyone else – for your commitment to making this possible!

Need to schedule a Zoom meeting for a committee meeting or Minneapolis Meeting activity? Please send a request, including date, time, and purpose to office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to have it set up.

Friends who must visit the meetinghouse or who want to meet on the meetinghouse grounds are asked to schedule those visits with the office to help avoid conflicts: 612-926-6159; office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org . Please wear a mask in the common spaces of the building – entryway, hallways, stairs, bathroom, etc.

John Cutler is currently starring in Six Points Theater’s The People’s Violin, running until Nov 14. More at https://mnjewishtheatre.org/the-peoples-violin

OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Where Do the Police Fit into our Peace Testimony? Quakers oppose war as a means of resolving international conflicts. Some of us go as far as refusing to pay taxes for the war machine. And yet we take for granted that armed people police our streets and enforce our laws. How are these things different? Join us for the beginning of a conversation digging more deeply into our own peace testimony. Might we be called to a different understanding of armed police? Betsy Raasch-Gilman (Twin Cities Meeting) and Gail Irish will facilitate the exploration.

Mid-week worship every Wed night, 7PM. There is 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.

Movie night is back! The Peace and Social Concerns Committee will show “Evolution by Whole Earth Justice” via Zoom on Thurs, Oct 21st at 7PM. Environmental issues threaten our existence. Social justice issues and economic inequities threaten our peace. Political and cultural polarizations threaten our stability. We need to find our place in bringing about the interdependence needed during this time of change and renaissance. Produced by Gene Tierney and MFM’s Roger Miller. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon on the 21st for the link.

Join Lectio Divina at 11:25AM on Wednesdays. Following the Benedictine practice of Lectio Divina we will hold a short reading from the Bible, Quaker, or other spiritual text to see if and how it might speak to us today. Mary Snyder first learned about Lectio Divina from a Pendle Hill talk by Parker Palmer. Originally it referred to the contemplative study of the Bible. Today it has been expanded to include any writing which brings one closer to Truth. We have been schooled to study for information. In Lectio we study for insight – we open ourselves to Spirit and allow the text to speak to our life and times. This is followed by a time of worship sharing on the experience. The passage for the 20th is Psalm 139:23-24. Email Stephen for the link or contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday for the link.

Friends for a NonViolent World’s annual Holiday Fair will be upon us before you know it! This year it will be held at the Friends School of MN, Dec 3 – 4. Help with items to sell at the Fair! Donate baked goods, soups, crafts, Quaker Treasures and silent auction items. You can also donate a service you’re willing to provide – shoveling snow/mowing grass, a massage, dog walking, anything that might be useful for people. Sign up here to let FNVW know what you’ll be donating. Also needed – help contacting businesses to donate goods or services to sell. Here is a link for a Holiday Fair business donation letter you can use to make your ask. Thanks for being a part of FNVW’s work building a non-violent world.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FRIENDS

Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM) Interim Sessions – Thurs and Fri nights, Sat all day and Sun morning, Oct 28-31. Open to all. Updates on the NYM website. The October 2021 Northern Yearly Meeting’s (NYM) E-News is available. Included are highlights of the agenda for the upcoming fall interim session gathering.

Join a community conversation on the Public Safety Charter Amendment on the Mpls ballot this fall. Reflect on what safety means and discuss how the public safety charter amendment expands nonviolenct crisis response option in Mpls Tues, Oct 19th, 7-8:30PM https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87359184536; ID: 873 5918 4536. Hosted by Friends for a NonViolent World.

Friends With Nature meets for a monthly walk in a local natural area, weather permitting, or a Zoom conversation, if weather or other conditions make this advisable. Nerd out about nature, with spiritual interjections as Spirit may lead on Oct 23. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be connected with host, Dave C.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

MN Interfaith Power and Light, coordinating with Faiths 4 Climate Justice in demanding a just transition from fossil fuels, will host a multi-faith prayer gathering calling on President Biden to stop fossil fuels at noon on Mon, Oct 18th – two weeks before the Glasgow UN Climate Talks. Come to the entrance to the Federal Building in downtown Minneapolis (212 Third Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55401) at noon. We will share song, prayer, meditation, and silence. Afterwards, join the prayer walk across the Stone Arch Bridge for a picnic lunch and time in community. Masks are required. Click here to register.

A For the Future: Stop Line 3 Rally will be Fri, Oct 29th, 3PM at Concorida and Lexington Aves in St. Paul (across from Central HS). Sponsored by International Indigenous Youth Council, Fossil Free Future, and Indigenous Roots.

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).