June 5, 2022

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Doug Herron; Zoom host – Mary B.

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

NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

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.

Don’t forget – monthly meeting for business follows worship next Sunday, June 12!

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 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.

Zephyra and Roland Shepherd created the Shepherd Scholarship in 1977 for the post-secondary education of Minneapolis Meeting members or children of members. Applications and eligibility criteria are available from the office (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org,) or on the long table in the east hallway. Applications should be mailed to the meetinghouse or emailed to the office by June 25th.

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

The Writing Group will have an informal writing session this Mon, June 6th, and every first Monday, 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 with questions or interest.

Interested in gardening? Meeting gardeners (currently Clifford, Betsy, and Rae Beth) meet at 6PM on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, June – Sept, at the meetinghouse. Come when you can for satisfying fun playing in the dirt, fabulous people and lots of laughs. Questions? Contact Clifford.

FUN WITH FRIENDS – Mark your calendars for two fun summer events! The first, Friday, June 17th, will at the Lake Harriet Rose Garden. (Lyndale Park). Picnic at 5:30, easy conversation and a stroll through the garden after, then at 7:00, a free outdoor performance of Shakespeare’s comedy Love’s Labor’s Lost by the Classical Actor’s Ensemble. Sun, July 3rd, attend a street concert by Tom Wells and his jazz band. More information closer to both events. Questions, contact David and Jane.

OPPORTUNITIES AMONG FRIENDS

WORKSHOPS, FILMS, RETREATS, PROGRAMS, PRESENTATIONS

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.

Check out summer conferences at Pendle Hill. Among the offerings this summer: Kairos, A Spiritual Journey (July 28-31); and Aiming for Freedom: Race, Reparations, and Right Paths (Aug 14-18).

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.

Don’t miss the next Alternatives to Violence Combo (virtual) workshop, June 24, 25, and 26. In the context of a supportive community, you’ll discover your power to build safer communities and transform conflict and frustration in your life. Click here for schedule and program information and to registration.

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.

VOLUNTEER

From Friends Committee on National Legislation: Urge your US legislators to co-sponsor the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the U.S. Act. The act would establish the first formal commission in U.S. history to investigate and document the policies and practices of 367 federally-sponsored, faith-run institutions from the 1860s through the 1960s. This includes assimilation practices, attempted termination of cultures and languages of Indigenous peoples, and human rights violations. Read more here. For easy access to your representatives, click here.

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 climates 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.

Middle East Peace Now will host Palestinian rights journalist, Yumna Patel, who will share what is happening on the ground in Palestine. There will also be continued conversation about apartheid. Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace – Twin Cities, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel, Women Against Military Madness – Sat, June 11, 10-11:30AM. Register 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. Learn more. 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.

One Voice Mixed Chorus will perform Sound Mind, a concert that explores mental health through song, story, and art, June 18 and 19 at the Ordway. For more and tickets click here.

From ISAIAH: primary voting starts June 24. Plan to vote in the primary election Aug 9, 2022. Early voting starts June 24. The primary shapes who gets on the November ballot, where all state senators, representatives and the governor seats are up for election. This year’s redistricting may impact who is on your ballot! To learn about your options for early, absentee and in person voting click here. See a sample ballot here. View the changes to state legislative districts here.

OFFICE HOURS

Carolyn VandenDolder, Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed, Thurs and Fri, afternoons. Phone messages checked daily. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Phone items in to the office (612-926-6159), email (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org), or write and put in the bulletin file of the blue box.