May 15, 2022

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Jeannette Raymond; Zoom host – Bill H

10:15 – 11:00 Your encounters with mystical experiences. Facilitated by Stephen Snyder on behalf of Ministry and Counsel Committee; Zoom host – Marilyn J

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): – speaker; care of meeting, Barbara Ziegenhagen; Zoom host – Stephen S

Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link to Sunday worship and mid-morning program. May 22 marks the end of our school year schedule. Starting May 29, there will be one 10AM worship on Sunday mornings.

For today’s mid-morning program, consider:
Do you ever feel drawn into a profound spiritual unity with God and others?
Have you had spiritual unitive experiences that involve God’s love, heavenly peace, inward voices, sense of oneness, visions, knowings, leadings, or fiery spiritual energy?
What spiritual practices have helped you open to the possibility of mystical experiences?

Friends are reminded to please turn off or silence your phone, watch, or other devices before entering the meetingroom.

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

and CONGRATULATIONS to high school graduates and their families: Zoe (they/them), attending Bennington College (VT) next autumn; Frances (they/them), attending Bard College (NY) next autumn; and Beau (he/him), attending Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago) next autumn.

NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Learn about what Quakers are doing in response to our Native brothers’ and sisters’ request to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery. Does MFM want to embark on this work, too? Come to learn more and contribute to the discernment. For an introduction to the Doctrine of Discovery and its destructive impact click here. More about the Doctrine from Northern Yearly Meeting can be found here. If you attend the program from home, have a piece of paper, pen and a pair of scissors nearby.

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.

Ministry and Counsel Committee (M&C) asks those who feel led to share a prepared message or a reading during semi-programmed worship, to contact John C or other members of M&C.

In honor of Asian and Pacific Islander Month, Hmong Pioneers: Honoring the First Wave will be shown online on Tues, May 24, at 7PM. At the tumultuous close of the Vietnam War, the Hmong people in Laos fled their homes, livelihoods, and culture, and began to arrive in the US as refugees. Since then, St Paul has become the largest home of Hmong Americans. See how the first Hmong pioneers learned to survive and thrive in MN. 90 minute film; discussion follows. Hosted by the Peace & Social Concerns Comm. Email Deborah (committee clerk,) for the link or contact the office (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org) by noon the preceding Friday for the link.

Northern Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions May 27-30. This year’s annual session will be in two parts:
* Family and Youth Camp in person at Lyons Camp, Rosholt WI. Registrations accepted through May 20: cognitoforms.com/NYM3/NYM2022YouthAndFamilyCamp.
* Adult structured Sessions for Business, Workshops, and Plenaries via Zoom. Register before May 27: cognitoforms.com/NYM3/nym2022online. A list of workshops can be found here.

HEADS UP: There will be no Loaves and Fishes meal prepared and served on May 30th due to Memorial Day

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. Followed by worship sharing. Contact Stephen for the link.

The Police Reform Group will meet at 7PM this coming Tues night, May 17th – a conversation with Councilperson Elliott Payne about what to do in light of the recent Human Rights report. Contact John S. or Stephen for the link.

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER WORLD OF FRIENDS

The 2022 Friends General Conference Gathering, “. . . and follow me” will be July 3-9, online. Request an Advanced Program with a list of workshops here. Learn more and register for the Gathering on the FGC website.

American Friends Service Committee, No Way to Treat a Child webinar, May 17, 11AM (CT). In May 2021 the Israeli military launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip. Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCIP) and AFSC will premiere a short film that follows Mohammad, DCIP’s field researcher in Gaza, through his work documenting human rights violations against Palestinian children. Mohammad will join the discussion after, live. Sign up at this link.

A Racial Wealth Gap Simulation, May 17th, 6PM (CT). Quaker Earthcare Witness co-clerk Beverly Ward is hosting a Racial Wealth Gap simulation, an interactive tool that helps people understand the connections between racial equity, hunger, poverty, and wealth. See how federal policies created structural inequalities—in property ownership and education among them—and how these policies increase hunger and poverty in communities of color. More at this link.

Friends General Conference is offering the Spiritual Deepening eRetreat, Building a Meaningful and Connected Life evenings, May 19th – June 16th. Explore and practice the spirituality of meaning-making, resiliency, renewal and life transitions. As yourself and others, what choices can we make and what steps can we take now to nurture our inner, creative, and connected life? More here.

Seeking Truth, Healing, and Right Relationship: Quakers and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools, offered by Friends Committee on National Legislation, will be May 25, 5:30-6:30PM. This online event presents Quaker efforts underway to reveal and understand the full trauma created by Indian Boarding Schools and their present-day effects, as well as the current plan to get the federal government involved in creating remedies. Click link above for more.

Friends With Nature will meet on the THIRD Sat this month, May 21. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday to be put in touch with Dave, the coordinator.