June 25, 2023

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Bill Hendricks, speaker; care of meeting, John Dunham; Zoom host – Kate Wolfe-Jenson

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

“God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate.”

~ Rev. Dr. Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, celebrating and accepting the LGBTQ community.

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

and WELCOME to Cathy Nagler, Minneapolis Meeting’s new Family and Children Coordinator!

The Quaker Voluntary Service Program. The Minneapolis / St. Paul house will be inactive this coming year. There has been a major culture shift in the last couple of years and volunteer service programs are feeling the impacts. QVS staff, board, and local Friends will spend this year, in part, discerning what is the right shape and size of QVS in this new era. The program remains active in Portland, Philadelphia, and Boston.

NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

If you are on Zoom, please find a place in your home to settle in to worship, as if you were at the meetinghouse. In the meetingroom, you would probably stay in your seat for all of worship. At home, please do not move from place to place with your camera on. If you need to move to another place, turn your camera off, and back on once you are settled. Thank you!

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

Minneapolis Meeting is looking for an In-house Audio Visual Operator to support hybrid worship and programming, starting in August. Detailed job description and application information found here. Contact office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org for more.

People who are interested and willing to learn / review how to work the meetinghouse AV system, a few sessions after worship are available: July 2, 23, and 30. Please let Terry K. or Roger M. know of your interest.

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 a member 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.

Join Friends from MFM and visit International Friends Church in Brooklyn Park today at 1PM: Waycross Evangelical Church, 7733 W River Rd, Brooklyn Park, 55444. Come experience worship as many African Quakers have experienced it. Contact Nettie for more.

The 2023 Friends General Conference Gathering (FGC), Listen So That We May LIVE, will be July 2-8 at Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR. Plenaries will be hybrid. FFI, see fgcquaker.org/fgcprograms/the-gathering/ Registration closes TOMORROW.

Next Sunday, bring a bag lunch and drink and / or potluck fingerfood and linger with F(f)riends after worship! The Deep Inner Work of Racial Justice group will have a table(s) on the patio. Want to know what the group is about? You are welcome to join them. Inside or outside, make space in your schedule to pull up a chair and visit!

Due to currently low virus transmission rates, the Trustees have agreed that the downstairs area of the meetinghouse can be used for meals and other activities this summer. This may change if transmission rates begin to rise again. Due to the passive air circulation and close quarters in the kitchen, kitchen use has not been resumed.

SMALL GROUP OPPORTUNITIES AT MINNEAPOLIS MEETING

Come for thirty minutes of Lectio Divina and worship sharing at noon on Tuesdays. We hold a short reading from the Bible, Quaker, or other spiritual texts to see if and how it might speak to us today, followed by a time of worship-sharing. Contact Stephen for more.

The Watson Reading Group will meet THIS Tues, June 27th, 7-8:30PM (and every fourth Tues of the month,) via Zoom. We take turns reading aloud from Karen Armstrong’s Sacred Nature with time for discussion. Most participants have a copy of the book available to them, but it is not mandatory. Please contact John D. with interest.

OPPORTUNITIES AMONG FRIENDS

Listen to Thee Quaker Podcast (created by Jon Watts and supported by MFM contributions!) The newest episode: Quaker Meeting for Worship.

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) – Reimagining Independence Day. AFSC and the Interfaith Immigration Coalition will convene a panel conversation on the meaning of Independence Day in today’s global migration context on Thurs, June 29th, 6PM(CT) via Zoom. Who is Independence Day for? How does nationalism impact migration policy and the individual experiences of migrants? How has the United States lived – and not lived – into values of liberty and equality in its approach to migration? What is our vision for a U.S. immigration system that truly embodies these values? What is our vision for a decolonized global migration system? Register here.

People Camp 2023, Caring for Our Future, offered by Friends for a NonViolent World (August 6-12) is a great summer adventure vacation at a very affordable cost! This is a great experience for parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, couples, and singles. Take a look at a slide show here and an information page and video along with link to registration, here, to get a glimpse!

Friends for a NonViolent World is getting out and about, connecting with new people and communities this summer! Take a look and see if you’d like to join them at any of these events where they will be tabling: FNVW Community Events.

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition will host a second event with Dr. Rosalyn LaPier (Blackfeet/Metis) on incorporating traditional plant medicine into daily life. Tues, June 27, 1PM(CT). RSVP to receive the link. The first event can be seen here.

MN Council of Churches’ ACTION (A Commitment to Inclusion in Our Neighborhoods) Program will accept applications for its new cohort soon! This three-year program, developed, facilitated by and featuring BIPOC educators, offers History (How did we get here?) Life and Faith (the current climate – includes training in community organizing and local government,) and Solidarity (as defined in the margins; includes consultation with faith communities and includes developing a reparations ministry.) Designed for congregations to enroll together, the program is being made available to individuals without a congregational commitment. Learn more here. ACTION Project information opportunities are happening on Mon, July 10th, 7-8PM; and Wed, July 19th, noon-1PM. Zoom link for the sessions here.

OFFICE HOURS

The 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.