December 5, 2021

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Doug Herron; Zoom host, Bill H.

10:15 – 11:00 The Health Care Directive – Lin Butler will talk about the importance and value of creating a health care directive in preparation for the end of life experience. Zoom host, Sandy O.

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Marilyn Johnson – speaker; care of meeting, Terry Hokenson; Zoom host, Sandy O.

The link for worship and mid-morning program is available by emailing office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday.

NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

The memorial service for Barbara Coffin, a MFM member since 1950, will be on Sat, Dec 11, 2PM via Zoom. Barbara died November 2nd. She was 101.

Monthly meeting for business is next Sunday, 9:45-11:15. On the agenda: Winter Envelope Gift recipients, hybrid preparation update.

There is mid-week worship every Wed night, 7PM. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed. for the link.

Caregivers’ Support Group: if you are a caregiver for a loved one, how about joining a confidential Zoom meeting once a month, to check in and support one another? Email John S. and he will get the group started.

Ministry and Counsel Committee (M&C) asks individuals who feel led to share a prepared message or a reading during semi-programmed worship, to contact Bill H. or other members of M&C. M&C is also looking for closers for both the 9 and 11:15AM worships. Serving as a closer is a ministry of service to the meeting.

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.

Joining the MFM Google Group is one of the easy ways be engaged with the Meeting – share articles, poems, contemplations, events. To sign up simply send an email request to Roland B. For more about the MFM Google Group, go to minneapolisfriends.org/google-group. Also, to help keep abreast of Meeting news, you can find bulletins, events, and monthly meeting minutes on the meeting website – minneapolisfriends.org.

SMALL GROUP OPPORTUNITIES AT MINNEAPOLIS MEETING

Join Lectio Divina at 11:25AM on Wednesdays. Hold a short reading from the Bible, Quaker, or other spiritual text to see if and how it might speak to us today. Rather than reading for information, in Lectio, read for insight – open to the Divine and allow the text to speak to our life and times. Followed by a time of worship sharing. Contact Stephen for more and for the link.

The Writing Group will host an informal writing session this Mon, Dec 6th, 7-9PM. This is 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 D with questions or interest.

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

Experiment with Light groups at Minneapolis Meeting are now open to new members. Groups meet once a month for a meditation based on early Friends’ worship. For more information, contact Diane B.

IN THE WORLD OF FRIENDS

Into the Night: Holiness of Darkness, a Pendle Hill first Monday lecture, will be offered Nov 2, 6-8PM (CT) by singing healer, spiritual activist, and interfaith minister, Rhetta Morgan. Look at the hard things that happen in the dark, and how language of darkness can become imbued with bias and limitation. In examining the language and frames around darkness, can we challenge negative connotations and move towards holding the dark as holy? This First Monday program will not only utilize lecture, but also song and meditation. For more and to register, click here.

Friends Committee on National Legislation announced recently that the Advocacy Teams will next focus on ending US support for the Saudis in the war in Yemen. The UN calls the war the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, as the Saudi forces maintain a blockade of ports that supply Yemen’s fuel and food. The US continues to support the Saudis with intelligence, parts, and maintenance for their bombing campaign. The Twin Cities Advocacy team of FCNL invites Friends and others to join in lobbying for peace. Contact Jim H. for more.

Check out the Friends for a NonViolent World three-part Everyday Nonviolence podcast series, exploring the de-escalation between people with mental illnesses and the police: https://fnvw.podbean.com/.

Friends for a NonViolent World is offering an Alternative to Violence Project Basic, Advanced, and T4F Combo workshop online over two weekends – Jan 14/15 and Jan 21/22. This four day workshop offers 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.

IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY

The Minnesota Council of NonProfits is offering White Saviorism: Knowing Your Role, online, Dec 16th, 12-3PM. As White folks, we often do not seek to understand what our role is in anti-racism, equity and inclusion, even in our own workplaces and community spaces. This training will help you understand the Eight White Identities and find your role in the ongoing work of racial and social justice in our communities. Learn more and register here. There is a fee to attend.

OFFICE HOURS Wed – Fri afternoons. Phone messages checked daily; email checked W-F. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur.