May 22, 2022

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM
TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Doug Herron; Zoom host – Mary Bosserman

10:15 – 11:00 Quakers and the Doctrine of Discovery presented by the Right Relationship with Indigenous People Group including Rick VandenDolder, Cathy Nagler, Terry Hokenson, Carolyn VandenDolder and Cliff Wexler. If you attend the program from home, have a piece of paper, pen and a pair of scissors nearby. Zoom host – Mary Bosserman

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): no planned speaker; care of meeting, Joanne Esser; Zoom host – Stephen Snyder (phone or text 612-309-9672)

Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link to worship and mid-morning program.

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

People around the world who are grieving or suffering from injustice, conflict, racism, colonialism, displacement, loss, and the climate crisis, and all those who are aiding victims and the dispossessed.

the Quaker Voluntary Service board and staff as they gather this weekend and move through the strategic planning process.

NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Next week is the beginning of the summer schedule: 10AM worship. First and third Sundays, worship will be unprogrammed; second and fourth, worship will be semi-programmed. Monthly meeting will be after worship on second Sundays of the month.

There is mid-week worship every Wed night, 7PM. This Wed, May 25, is the second anniversary of the killing of George Floyd. All are invited to worship. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed for the link.

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 John C. or other members of M&C. M&C is also looking for closers for both worships. Serving as a closer is a ministry of service to the meeting.

People who are interested and willing to learn the new AV system at the meetinghouse are now being sought. Let Terry K or Roger M know if you are interested.

In honor of Asian and Pacific Islander Month, Hmong Pioneers: Honoring the First Wave will be shown online this 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 office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon the preceding Friday for the link or contact Deborah, clerk of P&SC.

If last week’s mid-morning program of sharing our mystical experiences whetted your appetite for more of the same, consider speaking with Diane B about on-going Experiment with Light groups, Carolyn V about spiritual nurture groups, or Stephen S about Lectio Divina worship sharing (now suspended until autumn)

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. If you are interested and have not yet registered, email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org ASAP to put in touch with the family and youth camp coordinator.
* 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

Quaker Voluntary Service has two program Fridays each month. Could you provide a vegan lunch for seven ( two gluten-free) on June 10 or 24? These are the last lunches for this cohort of Fellows! Sign up with Miranda, QVS Local Coordinator: miranda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org . THANK YOU, Friends, for this gesture of care and support.

SMALL GROUP OPPORTUNITIES AT MINNEAPOLIS MEETING

Lectio Divina at 11:25AM on Wednesdays is now suspended until the autumn.

FUN With FRIENDS – Mark your calendars now and hold Friday, June 17th! Picnic near the Lyndale Park Rose Garden then attend a free performance of an open air Shakespeare play. More details to come.

OPPORTUNITIES AMONG FRIENDS

WORKSHOPS, FILMS, RETREATS, PROGRAMS, PRESENTATIONS

Seeking Truth, Healing, and Right Relationship: Quakers and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools, offered by Friends Committee on National Legislation, will be this Wed, 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.

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

Early Bird registration for Friends for a NonViolent World’s People Camp (Aug 7-13) is now open. People Camp is an intergenerational experience of cooperation, exploration and community living. Come rest and refresh your mind, body, and spirit through a variety of workshops, group activities and recreation. More here.

Living into the Peace Testimony will be offered by Quaker House an online session discussing the Peace Testimony on June 8th at 6:30PM (CT). There will be a short presentation about challenges experienced while putting action to the Peace Testimony. Register here.

Check out summer conferences at Pendle Hill. Among the offerings this summer: Claiming Our Collective Power: Social Witness Among Friends (June 1- 26); Kairos, A Spiritual Journey (July 28-31); and Aiming for Freedom: Race, Reparations, and Right Paths (Aug 14-18).

Nurturing Faithfulness, a 9-month faith and leadership program (Sept 10, 2022 – May 22, 2023,) will be offered by New England Yearly Meeting, Woolman Hill Quaker Retreat Center, and the Beacon Hill Friends House, with core teachers Hilary Burgin and Marcelle Martin. Applications are being accepted now. Learn more at this link.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WORLD OF FRIENDS

Friends School of MN is in search of a K-8 Music Teacher (.8 FTE) and a first / second mixed grade lower school Lead Teacher (1.0 FTE). Both positions are for employment beginning this fall for the 22-23 school year. For details and application instructions, see: https://fsmn.org/about/employment/

Friends for a NonViolent World is hiring a new part-time Volunteer Engagement Specialist. Put your belief in nonviolent social change and your desire to bring people together to build safe and healthy communities into action! Responsible for recruiting, training and supporting new FNVW volunteers and student interns; play a key role in planning, implementing, organizing and coordinating the volunteer and community engagement opportunities that drive FNVW’s mission forward. Learn more at fnvw.org/jobs. Send resume and cover letter to Leah(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org. Interviews are underway!

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY

ACTION, (A Commitment to Inclusion in Our Neighborhoods – a three-year program of the MN Council of Churches,) is looking for congregations to participate in the coming year’s cohort. Over the three years, congregations join with other people of faith to learn, experience, and grow in attitudes around race and intercultural competency, exploring how the present situation of racial injustice came to be, what our current climate of life and faith are, and looking for tools to be in solidarity with those on the margins. Learn more here . Watch an information session that featured ACTION alumni here.

Jim Crow of the North will be shown at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church on June 13th, 6PM. This film explores the origins of housing segregation in the Mpls area and illustrates how Black people built community — within and despite — the red lines that these restrictive covenants created. AsaleSol Young, executive director of Urban Homeworks, will also share their story as a Black Minnesotan. Learn more here. Part of a cooperative program of Hennepin Ave UMC and MN Council of Churches, guided by Indigenous and Black Minnesotans, creating a space for deep conversations that can lead to heart-change, and more fervent engagement in our own process of truth-telling as we seek to address reparations as a faith community.

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).