November 20, 2022

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

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

10:15 – 11:00 A facilitated discussion about the question. What is Quakerism to you? With John Kraft and Lolly Lijewski. Zoom host – Nick

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Jane Furnas – reader; Dave Bostrom – musician; care of meeting, Linda Coffin; Zoom host – Bill

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

“The impeded stream is the one that sings.” – Wendell Berry

First Day School for families and children ages 6-11 in Northern Yearly Meeting: Growing Gratitude—Living Thankfully
will be offered TODAY, Nov 20th, 10:30-11:45 online. Through conversation, art, movement, story, food, and song, we will explore living thankfully, treasuring the moment, and growing gratitude in daily life. We will read Our Table, by Peter Reynolds, about a girl who helps her family appreciate their time together. Children will make gratitude jars to place at home and banana sushi to share with their families. We will close with centering on a children’s version of the Haudenosaumi Thanksgiving Address. Registration is required to get the link: https://forms.gle/KvjZSJGNUwVEvkhC9

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Those who are grieving.

NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Green Options at the End of Life. Angela Woosley will present information on natural burials, green cremation, and the return to the earth naturally. Angela is a licensed mortician, end -of -life doula, and a senior teaching specialist in the Mortuary Science program at the U of MN. She is also the owner of Inspired Jourrneys, the Midwest’s first woman-owned, family –centered, natural death care provider.

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.

The celebration of the life of Mary Jean Port will be Sat, Dec 3rd, at 1PM, in-person and online via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85970279864?pwd=d1ViQTF0aVZYM2tIbFlLNnRLdTNTZz09; Meeting ID: 859 7027 9864; Passcode: 805562

The Peace and Social Concerns Committee receives nominations, then reviews and recommends recipients for the meeting’s Winter Gift in December. If you would like to nominate an organization to be a recipient, please send an email to Deborah J.

Minneapolis Meeting Committees can be a vehicle for getting to know, and being better known by, each other. They can offer us an opportunity to work together, learning the joy of companionship, the lessons of patience, the benefits of multiple perspectives. They can be a place to develop and employ our gifts and to learn how we accomplish tasks and bring leadings to life together. They are a means to being in community with each other. Talk with a member of the Nominating Committee about if the time is right for you to find a place on an MFM committee: Connie A, Bill H, Jim L, or Carolyn V. A description of committees and their area of focus is on the website: https://minneapolisfriends.org/committees/

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.

Legislation to establish a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian boarding schools is moving forward, but the opportunity to begin to right the historic, devastating wrong of Indigenous boarding schools will end Jan. 3. Minneapolis Meeting has approved a minute encouraging support of establishing this commission, Legislation S. 2907/H.R. 5444. The minute was sent out to the google group and will be available online when monthly meeting minutes are posted. Friends Committee on National Legislation also has resources for conveying your support of the commission to your elected officials: https://fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/35660/

Quaker Voluntary Service has two program Fridays each month. Could you provide a vegetarian lunch for three on Dec 2nd? 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.

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.

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER WORLD OF FRIENDS

WORSHIP

~ Quakers Of Kyiv, Ukraine / Квейкери Києва, given power and internet, invite Friends worldwide to join them for worship Sundays at noon (CT) (8PM their time) Link here; ID: 829 8497 8940; Passcode: 586154. Check for updated information at facebook.com/QuakersKyivUkraine .
~ Friends General Conference hosts a weekly worship, Sat nights, 8PM: https://forms.gle/GgqEva4KUf4eHFo1A For other opportunities, see: https://www.fgcquaker.org/resources/online-worship-opportunities
~ Pendle Hill Study and Retreat Center has daily worship, M-F, 7:30-8:10 AM (CT): https://pendlehill.zoom.us/j/432071090?pwd=aU5OOWk4ZGJkcWNUbzI5TXdjdVpSdz09
~ Quaker Voluntary Service has daily worship Tues and Thurs morning, 10:30-11AM (CST): https://zoom.us/j/5702463400; password, “worship”
~ Ben Lomand Quaker Center (California) meeting for worship daily 9:30 – 10AM. Instructions and to join visit http://www.chatzy.com/frame/QuakerCenter
~ Quaker Center in California has a Wed worship sharing at noon (CT) with Friends from around the world responding queries based on short readings. JOIN HERE; password, email: BobFisher(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)QuakerCenter.org
~ Global meeting for worship is offered every Wed, 1 PM (CT). Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch.

VOLUNTEER

The Friends for a NonViolent World Holiday Fair is a special opportunity to embrace the holiday spirit of peace, gratitude, giving back, and loving your neighbors. It’s also FNVW’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Come for a wide variety of holiday gifts, unique craft items, candles, soaps, handmade winter accessories, discounted gift cards to local businesses, used books, desserts, Quaker Treasures, Christmas trees, wreaths, delicious home-cooked meals and much, much more. Proceeds support local artisans and FNVW’s violence prevention work. Fri, Dec 2nd, 1-9PM and Sat, Dec 3rd, 10AM – 4PM. The online Pre-Sale begins today! https://fnvwholidayfair.myshopify.com . Online purchases will be available for pick-up at the Friends School of MN on the 2nd and 3rd. Sign up to donate an item at https://bit.ly/FNVWdonate2022. Find out what baked goods / soups are needed or sign up to help decorate, transport and tote items, help set up the book sale, work the cash register, greet, or help in the Friendly Café at https://bit.ly/FNVWvolunteer2022.

WORKSHOPS, FILMS, RETREATS, PROGRAMS, PRESENTATIONS

Friends General Conference has begun a new podcast, Quakers Today. Hear the first episode at https://quakerstoday.podbean.com/

Northern Yearly Meeting has an Anti-Racism working group which is hosting an evening discussion Thurs, Dec 8, 7PM: Discuss the film “Two Rivers” (Watch the film beforehand.) Find the trailer here: http://tworiversfilm.com/2riv_film.htm. Join the discussion at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85615929757?pwd=L1lFTS9FZkxQajBxVDd4bXhkRWpMZz09; Meeting ID: 856 1592 9757; Passcode: 924914

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY

Living Lightly – So many changes to live more sustainably are big, costly decisions. But are you making a day to day purchase, without a thought, that is contributing to the destruction of virgin boreal forests? The toilet tissue industry is a key driver of intact boreal forest loss with Proctor and Gamble (maker three types of Charmin tissue) being this year’s worst offender, creating their products almost exclusively from virgin forest fiber. Check out the Natural Resources Defense Council’s scorecard on toilet paper before you make your next purchase: https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/issue-with-tissue-2022-scorecard.pdf

“Rethinking Thanksgiving: From Land Acknowledgement to LANDBACK” is TODAY, Nov. 20 at 3PM (CT). Tonatierra, American Indian Law Alliance, NDN Collective, Sogorea Te Land Trust and the Indigenous Solidarity Network invite you to hear from Indigenous leaders who will give updates from the frontlines of this fight. More and register here.

Visit an exhibit by native artist Brad Kahlhamer! Jim L and Nettie S will go on Mon, Nov 28th, at 2:15PM. Meet at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking (912 W. Lake Street ). Masks are encouraged. It’s free. For more about the artist and the exhibit: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/11/08/artist-explores-native-and-american-identity-at-highpoint-center-for-printmaking

Understanding Christian Nationalism Episcopal theologian Diana Butler Bass uses three of her recent essays on the topic of Christian nationalism for a study series. Find links to each essay with discussion questions, appropriate for use in a small group or other adult reflective setting.

OFFICE HOURS

Carolyn VandenDolder, the Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed morning and Fri afternoon. 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).