September 18, 2022

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Sandy Olson; Zoom host – Bill

10:15 – 11:00 Spiritual Resilience. Have you felt a sense of hopeless or your faith waning due to a current condition? A panel of individuals will explore how, when they have encountered times of hopelessness, they found an inner light that manifested itself in a way that was nourishing and life-giving. Organized by the Care and Counsel Committee. Zoom host, Bill

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Ellen Swanson and John Dunham- planned speaker / reader; Jacque Wiersma – musician; care of meeting, Tom Wells; Zoom host, Marilyn

Don’t have the link to Sunday morning programming? Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link.

The Golden Rule Peace Boat, which we learned about at a mid-morning program last September, will soon set sail on its epic 11.000 mile Great Loop Voyage to raise awareness about the growing danger of nuclear war and actions we can take to prevent it, starting in Stillwater, MN then heading downstream to New Orleans and beyond. Minneapolis Meeting will host a potluck picnic to meet and encourage the crew TODAY, at the rise of second worship, (around 12:30,) at Linden Hills Park (one block north of the meetinghouse on York Ave.) Please come, even if you didn’t bring a pot to share!
Next week, you can bid the Golden Rule Peace Boat a bon voyage at an Open Boat and potluck picnic in the park, Sept 25th, 1-4PM, at Crosby Farms Regional Park, 2595 Crosby Farm Rd, St. Paul. The Golden Rule will be docked a five-minute walk away at Watergate Marina, 2500 Crosby Farm Rd. The Golden Rule sets sail for Red Wing on Sept, 26th! For a list of other events, see http://www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org/

NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Fall Together at Fish Lake, Sat, Oct 8th: The Fall Together Committee is planning a mostly outdoor gathering of vaccinated Friends at Fish Lake Regional Park on Sat, Oct 8 from 11AM – 5PM if there is sufficient interest. Would you attend? On the tentative schedule: worship, a scavenger hunt, hiking/biking, and other fun activities. Fish Lake is beautiful and inviting, and it would be lovely to share time with each other, enjoying the park. Children warmly welcome. We’ll be outside much of the time, weather permitting with the Pavilion, if needed. The last portion of the afternoon is planned for inside. The committee is happy to move forward with the event if there is enough interest. Please contact Ed TODAY if you would plan to come.

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Planning the Future of Friends for a NonViolent World
Help FNVW continue putting Quaker values into action by participating in FNVW’s strategic planning process! FNVW’s Executive Director, Leah Robshaw Robinson, will share brief updates on FNVW’s programs and then get feedback on the following queries. Input will help shape the direction of FNVW’s work in the future.
Why is FNVW important to you/Minneapolis Friends Meeting?
What do you see as FNVW’s most important accomplishment(s) over the years?
What should FNVW focus our time and resources on to help build a nonviolent world?
What does success for FNVW look like to you?
What opportunities might exist for Minneapolis Friends Meeting and FNVW to collaborate further?

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

It’s past time for a new directory! Please respond promptly to emails asking for information confirmation. If you’re a regular attender, new to Meeting, and want to have your information included, please fill out a form on the table by the elevator. Personal contact information is used for Meeting communication only and is not shared with those outside the community.

The Northern Yearly Meeting Interim Session will be at Minneapolis Meeting Oct 28-30. Area Friends are working to coordinate hospitality. Please contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org if you are willing to:
a. serve as the hospitality contact: match visitors with hosts, taking into consideration pet/food allergies, physical limitations, bed size needs, etc. Hosts should provide their address and any directions needed to help the guest arrive at the household, which will be after the rise of the Friday evening program, around 9PM.
b. generate a list of host households – might involve making phone calls to likely hosts – noting pet status, accessibility of home, ability to accommodate food needs, number of guests welcome, bed configuration, etc.
c. connect the houseguests to hosts: set deadlines for requests of hospitality; make sure that all visitors know who their hosts are, well in advance of the Interim Session; attend the Friday evening session with a list of hosts and addresses and help make connections. (A substitute attender can serve this function.)

SMALL GROUP OPPORTUNITIES AT MINNEAPOLIS MEETING

The Deep Inner Work of Racial Justice group will gather this Tues , Sept 20, at 6PM, (a departure from the usual schedule) in Nettie and Jimbo’s backyard to PARTY and celebrate the brave and important work done together! All current and former members are welcome; bring a potluck item, a friend, child or spouse and (if so moved) a game or funny story! Questions? Contact Nettie or Jim.

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER WORLD OF FRIENDS

WORKSHOPS, FILMS, RETREATS, PROGRAMS, PRESENTATIONS

Max Carter, retired director of the Friends Center at Guilford College, is offering a FREE five-week Quakerism class, via Zoom, Thursday nights, 7PM, beginning Sept 22. Max has been featured in a few Quaker Speak videos and is engaging and knowledgeable. Highly recommend for old-timers and new-comers alike! Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to get the contact info to register by noon, Wed, Sept 21. Sponsored by Fairfield Meeting, Camby, IN.

Friends General Conference seeks widespread input around revisioning the annual Gathering, in existence for 120 years. Learn more about this process on the FGC web site at this link. Now is the time to have a direct impact on the transformation of the Gathering, preparing to meet the needs of the present and the future. Focus groups have been scheduled throughout the next three weeks. Please browse the schedule of focus group meetings and consider signing up to participate.

Quaker Call to Action – There is concern about the volatile atmosphere in which the upcoming elections will be held. There has been a series of across-the nation, Quaker conference calls to plan ways to be a peaceful, constructive element in the midst of this volatility. RESOURCES from these discussions include: a video recording of the most recent ninety-minute session; a slide deck from the presentation; or a resource list which can connect you to actions you may take to protect elections.
UPCOMING EVENTS – Register HERE for the SEPT 19 training on “Active Bystander Intervention and De-Escalation: Election Voter Center Situations”, facilitated by our friends at DC Peace Team; Register HERE for OCT 13 national Zoom call, hosted by The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), our last national call before the November elections.

Friends for a NonViolent World is embarking on creating a three-year strategic plan. They ask for YOUR priorities and insights! Come to an interactive, energizing, organization-wide day of visioning the future of FNVW’s work! Sat, Oct 1, 9AM-1PM at Twin Cities Meeting, 1725 Grand Ave, St. Paul. Strategic planning overview and activietis, a march for non-violence, a vegetarian lunch provided) and next steps. Please RSVP here.

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY

Participate in the Vigil Watch Fire at Gitchitwa Kateri Catholic Church, 3045 Park Ave, Minneapolis, 6PM September 30 – 6AM October 1. Join with other people of faith to pray and to learn about the effects of the Residential Boarding Schools for American Indians. In preparation, consider reading the article from Church Life Journal, Guilt, Responsibility, and Purgatory: How traditional Catholic Teaching Can Help Us Think about Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations. Register for one-hour shifts. 6pm Prayer Guide: Shawn Phillips: Introduction to Boarding Schools in relation to American Indians and the Catholic Church; 9pm Prayer Guide: Fr. Stan Sledz: a look at lamenting; 12:00am Prayer Guide: Maka Black Elk, Director for Truth and Healing at Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, SD, (Lakota): the current truth and healing process that he is participating in; 3:00am Prayer Guide: Robert Haarman: allies in the path of healing; 6:00am Prayer Guide: Gypsy Lemoyne: Healing Circles and closing the watchfire. More here.

The Basilica of St. Mary will host a Prayer Service, Pilgrimage Walk, and Lunch on October 1, 9AM. Opening prayer regarding the trauma of residential boarding schools for Indigenous People, walk 2.5 miles to Cristo Rey High School in penitential pilgrimage, concluding with an address by a Native speaker and closing prayer followed by lunch, (provided by Pow Wow Grounds coffee shop). Buses will shuttle pilgrims back to the Basilica from noon – 1PM. Register and more here.

Voter Disenfranchisement in the US: The US is condemned internationally for the disenfranchisement of felons, transgender people, and other groups and their exclusion from political life. Learn why, Tues, Oct 11th, 7- 9pm, online. Speakers include Tara Kalar, J.D., Mitchell Hamline School of Law; Colleen Feige, President, League of Women Voters – Edina; Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., World Without Genocide. Learn more here.

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 (612-926-6159) or emailed (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org) to the office.