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On Saturday, October 1:

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, October 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Twin Cities Meeting, 1725 Grand, St. Paul! RSVP and more at https://bit.ly/3RmbqvO.

There will be a celebration of life for Caitlyn Wright at Minnehaha Park Band Shell on Sat, Oct 1, 1-5PM, arranged by friends of Caitlyn. There might be a memorial service more closely linked to Minneapolis Meeting at a later date. Caitlyn grew up in the meeting and became a full member in 2005.

Meet the 2022-2023 Minneapolis/St. Paul Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows, Elsa and Robie this coming Sat, Oct 1st, 3-5PM , here in the meetinghouse garden. Visit with this year’s Fellows as well as metro-area Friends, and the Local Support Committee members.

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The Twin Cities Marathon is this Sunday. Please plan accordingly.

October 2, 2022

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

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

10:15 – 11:00 The War in Ukraine: What Can Peacemakers Do Now? Jim Hefemyer will inform and facilitate a discussion of the current war in Ukraine. Jim is a Minneapolis Meeting representative to Friends Committee on National Legislation and works with the FCNL Twin Cities Advocacy Team. Zoom host – Stephen

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Jane Downes – speaker; Zoom host – Stephen

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

Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack, a crack in everything.
That’s how the Light gets in.
~ Leonard Cohen

NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Heads Up: The Meeting Coordinator will be out of the office until Wed, Oct 12th

Monthly meeting for business will be next Sunday, 9:45-11:15. On the agenda: the new proposed paid position of Children and Families Coordinator. Please participate in this important aspect of Meeting life!

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

Fall Together with F/friends at Fish Lake next Sat, Oct 8th! Come enjoy the company of vaccinated Friends at the beautiful and inviting Fish Lake Regional Park (14900 Bass Lake Rd, Maple Grove) from 11AM-5PM. Children are welcome! Bring your own lunch, drink, and lawn/camp chair. Come prepared for an afternoon outside, basking in the Healing Power of Nature. We will have access to the pavilion for restrooms and stowing belongings, and then end the day by moving indoors for a snack (provided) and activity. Please bring a mask to wear when we’re in the pavilion. Details are on the blue handout on the table by the library, or sent via email bulletin. We look forward to your fellowship! PLEASE LET ED KNOW if you are coming so we have plenty of snacks!

The memorial service for Alice Bell will be at 1PM on Oct 16th, in person here at the meetinghouse, and online via Zoom.

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.

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.

Quaker Voluntary Service has two program Fridays each month. Could you provide a vegetarian lunch for three on Oct 14th or Nov 18th? 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.

Save October 28-29 so you can attend the Northern Yearly Meeting Fall Interim Session, held in-person here at the meetinghouse and online. More details soon. Northern Yearly Meeting, a gathering of monthly meetings and worship groups in the upper mid-west for mutual support and nurture. Interim sessions are a wonderful opportunity to hear about what NYM is doing and to experience a different flavor of Quaker practice. Please come to all or part!
NYM Interim Sessions Host Homes needed. If you are able to host out-of-town interim session attenders on Friday Oct 28th and Sat, Oct 29th, please email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.

Loaves and Fishes, October 31: Join other metro-area Friends, the Ismaili Community and the Mayim Rabim congregation to provide a meal at Holy Rosary Church in S Mpls, 2424 – 18th Ave S. Prepare dinner (2-4:30); pack up and hand out the meals (4:45-6:30,) or clean up (5:30-7.) Fruit donations needed. Covid-19 has created more need and fewer volunteers (and fruit donations.) Email Sue to sign up for a shift to make sure there is sufficient space or to arrange to drop off fruit. Masks, gloves, and hats required. This remains a COVID risk. Sign up to come if you can!

SMALL GROUP OPPORTUNITIES AT MINNEAPOLIS MEETING

Established writers as well as dabblers will have an informal writing session tomorrow night, Oct 3rd, 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.

The Right Relationship with Indigenous People group will meet Monday night, Oct 10th, at 7PM. Open to all interested, this group meets every second Monday night.

The Deep Inner Work of Racial Justice group is sending out a special welcome to new (and current!) participants to the next meeting, Tues, Oct 11th from 7-8:30PM. We will begin to work through Resma Menakem’s latest book together, The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating our Nation’s Upheaval and Racial Reckoning. This is a profound and inspiring guide for developing/nurturing an anti-racist culture and community that practices settling our bodies so we can be fully present to our implicit bias and to what is happening in our country. And to respond effectively. Open to all – from the just curious to those with strong interest; those beginning this journey to those who have long experience – and to anyone who has read/is reading Resma Menakem’s book: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies and wants to continue and strengthen this work. You can find videos of Resma Menakem talking about the book by searching YouTube.com for “The Quaking of America.” Questions or to get the Oct 11 link, contact Nettie or Jimbo.

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER WORLD OF FRIENDS

Planning has begun for the 2022 Friends for a NonViolent World Holiday Fair Fundraiser and Social Event! FNVW would love your assistance in gathering the following items to sell at the fair this winter: handmade crafts, donated services, used books, Quaker treasures, desserts, donated items from local businesses. Sign up here to help: Donations Form

WORKSHOPS, FILMS, RETREATS, PROGRAMS, PRESENTATIONS

Listening, Learning, and Expanding Community: Lessons from Teaching Quaker Studies and African American Religious Studies, a Pendle Hill first Monday lecture will be offered Oct 3, 6:30-8PM (CT) by Stephen Angell. Hear important learnings from his engagement with these two wonderful, rich, vital, and momentous areas of study during more than three decades of teaching. Stephen will also offer informed thoughts as to how the Religious Society of Friends might move forward to be more welcoming to and inclusive of all seekers and finders of the Spirit of God. More and register here.

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 prepare individuals 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; and a resource list which can connect you to actions you may take to protect elections.
UPCOMING EVENT – Register HERE for OCT 13 national Zoom call, hosted by The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the last national call before the November elections.

Quaker parent mutual support groups provide a forum in which Quaker parents can talk about their parenting and their faith. Parents celebrate one another’s successes and provide fellowship for one another through difficulties. Each group has two co-facilitators who will structure the conversations. Groups are free and open to any Friend currently raising children under the age of nineteen. Groups meet for one hour, via zoom, every-other week, Nov, 2022 through Apr, 2023. In past years, groups have included Friends from many yearly meetings, isolated Friends, and Friends across the theological spectrum of Quakerism. Find more here; register by Nov 1 at this link.

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY

Learning from Place: Bdote, an immersive, free, learning experience from the Minnesota Humanities Center, is an opportunity to learn more about Indigenous Nations and connect with others seeking to create a more inclusive contemporary MN community. Guided by Ramona Kitto-Stately and Ethan Neerdaels. Ramona is the Project Director for We Are Still Here Minnesota. More at Minnesota Humanities Center website to learn about the program and register to attend. Lunch is provided! Contact jessica(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)mnhum.org with any registration questions.

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SCHEDULE FOR FALL TOGETHER 2022

Come for all or part of the event. We’ll be happy to see you!
Welcome All –
Enjoy this time to nurture and connect with one another, while having fun!
(Schedule subject to Change)

Saturday, October 8

Fish Lake Park is open at 5:00am if you want to come earlier and enjoy outdoor activities.

11:00am – – – – Welcome! Pavilion opens. Sign-in with Andy S. (we want to know how many people attend), visit/play/bike/hike, whatever you like.
12:00pm – – – – Lunch Bring your own lunch. (There is a microwave.) We’ll eat outdoors, if weather permits. If not, please help with table setup in the pavilion.
1:00pm – – – – -Scavenger Hunt/lawn games/visiting
2:30-3:00 – – – Meeting for Worship
3:15 – – – – – – -Snack provided by Camp Committee, in the pavilion.
3:45 or so – – -Sharing the Healing Power of Nature Wina will facilitate the activity, appropriate for all ages, including nature poetry by Friends, sounds of nature, and openings for sharing your own experience. Masks, please. Families with children may leave the activity quietly, if you wish.
4:45-5:00 – – – Cleanup & Good-bye

What is Fall Together? Minneapolis Friends Meeting Fall Camp was held for 60 years! We want to carry on that tradition in a different way, with a day event at a beautiful Metro-area park. It’s a time for all to share conversation, recreation, and nurture one another; while partaking of the restorative ways of woods, lakeshore, and fresh air. All are welcome (all ages, singles, couples, and families large or small). We find joy in organizing this time for us to spend together.

Where is Fall Together? Fall Together is held at Fish Lake Regional Park, 14900 Bass Lake Road, Maple Grove. This park offers outdoor recreation in a wooded, lakeside setting. Enjoy boating or fishing on Fish Lake. This park is especially scenic in the fall, when blazing maples reflect on the lake, creating a picturesque setting for our gathering.

What are we eating? Bring your own lunch. Fish Lake Park is a “zero waste site”, so please bring your food in re-usable containers, with cloth napkin, real silverware, water bottle, etc., or take all of your trash home with you. For snack, Camp Committee is providing a variety of choices, including peanut-free and gluten-free, and water. Please bring your own snack if you have other food requirements.

What about kids? While there is plenty of adult level activity, Fall Together is a time when children can learn how people share community, a time for them to grow as members of the group. We encourage everyone to play together! Parents/Guardians DO need to be responsible for their children/teens at all times.

What should I bring? Lawn chair, outdoor clothes, walking shoes, mask for inside the pavilion, timepiece, reusable water bottle, lunch (non-disposable containers, utensils, cloth napkin, etc.), and wear a reusable name tag (from Meeting?). Options–games/toys, camera, kayak/canoe with paddles & life jackets, bike & helmet, fishing gear (license), etc. Please write your name on what you bring to share. Contributions to defray costs are welcome, but there’s no fee to attend. Renting the facility costs $350, and Meeting has this in the budget.

Directions to Fish Lake Regional Park from Minneapolis:
Head north on I-494, through Plymouth. Get off on Exit 26, and turn left onto County Road 10/West Bass Lake Road. In approximately 2 miles, turn right onto Fish Lake Park Road. Continue on this road to the parking lot, which will be on your left, and park. From there, head up the sidewalk to the Pavilion, which is ahead, slightly to the right.