June 2, 2024
MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM
TODAY
10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Mary Bosserman; Zoom host – Stephen S.
To get the link for this Sunday’s worship, email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.
Stay for a potluck lunch today at the rise of worship! All members, attenders, and visitors are warmly welcome to this time of informal visiting – whether you brought anything or not! Please label your dish so those with allergies / sensitivities can participate boldly. Potlucks are do-it-ourselves affairs. Look for ways to help the effort by replenishing water, silverware, or plates when needed; helping clear tables and wash and dry dishes . . . Thank you Friends!
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.
Minneapolis Meeting needs you! The Tech Committee will offer regular AV training and refresher sessions through this summer. Running the AV system is not about technology, it’s more like following a recipe. We’re making the process easy with step by step ‘recipe cards’ to operate the system. This is a J. or Roger M.
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 Lolly L. 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.
We are grateful to be welcoming new children and families and offering relationship, care, and planned programming during worship! The time has come for the next step: additional adults coming forward to get to know the young folks now attending meeting. Ideally, we will develop a rotation of adult volunteers who will help once or twice every eight weeks. Implement a lesson already planned, or be interviewed about your experience of Quakerism! A sign-up sheet is on the elevator table. Questions? Email Cathy N. Haven’t gone through the clearness process to work with children of the meeting? Contact Rae Beth C, the Child Welfare Coordinator.
Young Adult Quakers are gathering for a picnic and a free concert at Bryant Square Park on June 13th. Picnic starting at 5:45 and music from Irish Diplomacy (an eclectic Irish band) starts at 6:30. Bring your own picnic or pick up take out from the variety of restaurants nearby. This is a family friendly event – parents and kids of all ages are welcome! RSVPs to Elizabeth S. are appreciated to ensure we have room to sit together.
Save the date: Join Southwest Alliance for Equity (SWAE), East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) and MFM for a fundraiser at the meetinghouse Thurs, June 27th at 6:30PM. Help raise some money to support the EPNI Urban Farm and Neighborhood Hub at the old Roof Depot and, just as important, raise awareness of the project! There will be snacks, beverages, social time, and an update directly from EPNI. More to come . . .
Seems like next autumn is forever away – but mark your calendars now for Fall Together October 26th! Make time to gather with Friends at beautiful Fish Lake Park to rest, relax, renew, re-connect and RELISH time together in the great outdoors!
Monthly Meeting approved a curtailed 2024-25 budget. In order to meet the curtailed budget, contributions will need to increase 10% over those of last year, and Meeting will still need to use $25,000 of general fund reserves. If we are to make our usual contributions to other organizations and support MFM programming at the usual level this year, contribution will need to increase by about 24% in addition to using the $25,000 reserves. THANK YOU for your past giving to the meeting. Friends are asked to consider anew what financial support they are able to give to the meeting at this time. As this year progresses, Meeting will convene one or more threshing sessions to discern how we can best balance our vision for the future with our energies and finances.
The Care and Counsel Committee facilitates pastoral care for Minneapolis Meeting members and attenders, understanding the Quaker tradition that Friends minister to each other. If you are dealing with illness, grief, a major transition, or a stressful personal problem, we would like to be there for you. Contact committee co-clerks, John S, or Ellen S.
If a confidential discussion would support you as you make a decision, we will set up a clearness committee with you. Email John S. to explore that opportunity.
Other committee members are Connie A, Mary G, Jill F, and Jimbo L.
ON-GOING SMALL GROUP OPPORTUNITIES AT MINNEAPOLIS MEETING
Established writers as well as dabblers will have an informal writing session Mon night, June 3, 7-9PM. This is a chance to connect with one another, writing with prompts and sharing what we write. Serious, whimsical, beautiful and quirky – we’ve enjoyed them all! You are welcome to come laugh, ponder, and create together, whether or not you have participated before! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87325724605?pwd=yMsUgPpvuSMffVRf3HgvFMOj8SI7yV.1; ID: 873 2572 4605; passcode: 839578. Contact Jane D. with questions or interest.
Join the monthly “Conflict Soiree,” meeting on Zoom , Wed, June 5, 2PM. This is an ongoing group and drop-in’s are always welcome! We explore conflict and difference in our individual lives and in the meeting. We propose that becoming more skillful and comfortable with difference might cause us to be more authentic peacemakers everywhere we go. Contact Nettie S. for a Zoom link.
Small group line-up: Writing Group, first Monday night; Conflict Soiree, first Wednesday afternoon; Getting to Know You Group, second Tuesday afternoon; Deep Inner Work of Racial Justice Group, second Tuesday night; Right Relationship with Indigenous People, (in flux); Reading Group, fourth Tuesday night.
OPPORTUNITIES AMONG FRIENDS
Friends General Conference Annual Gathering, June 30-July 6. Friday, May 31 is the last day to register for on-campus housing and for the gathering altogether without a late fee! General registration for the in-person and virtual Gatherings at Haverford has re-opened! Workshop, housing, and program spots are first come, first serve, so please don’t delay in registering. For more and to register for in-person or online participation, see https://www.fgcquaker.org/fgcprograms/the-gathering/registration-and-logistics/.
Friends for a NonViolent World People Camp early bird registration ends Fri, May 31! Attend camp this summer, August 11-17, for a rich experience of shared community life and work, recreation and connection, social justice learning, and action opportunities for children and adults. Find out more and register here.
Election Violence Prevention: In the Virtue of that Life and Power that Takes Away the Occasion of All Wars, a Pendle Hill’s First Monday lecture, will be offered by Emily Provance on Jun 3, 6:30-8PM via Zoom. More and register at https://pendlehill.org/events/election-violence-prevention-in-the-virtue-of-that-life-and-power-that-takes-away-the-occasion-of-all-wars/
The Coalition of Natives and Allies is composed of three Native women and two non-Native women who have been teaching the truth about our shared history with the Indigenous peoples of this land, building bridges between Indigenous communities, allies, legislators, faith-based and non-profit organizations, state agencies, school administrators, and educators in order to cultivate respect and end racism. They are offering a film screening of “Native Women and Allies Speak: What you weren’t taught in school” and discussion led by Donna Fann-Boyle (Choctaw/ Cherokee), Ramona Woods (Mohawk), Kelley Bova (Dakota), Lynne Azarchi, and Arla Patch (allies), Thurs, June 6, 7-8:30 pm CT. Register for the link from Friends Peace teams at: https://friendspeaceteams.org/native-women-speak-jun-2024/ . Watch the film trailer here.
An Eco-Justice webinar, Climate and Money, will be offered by the Eco-Justice Collaborative and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting on Thurs, June 6th, 6PM(CT). Hear from a panel and together explore the role of finance in the climate crisis – how our money currently flows to support fossil fuel projects. We’ll explore a variety of campaigns that Friends across the country are engaged in to change that “plumbing” system, stop that flow, and redirect those resources toward supporting the future of life on Earth. Ranae Hanson is part of the panel and would love to have you join! Register at https://www.pym.org/event/eco-justice-webinar-climate-and-money/
Baskets, Books and Pottery Sale for the benefit of Friends for a NonViolent World, June 16th, 12:30 – 3PM. We are sadly closing up the home of Glenn and Carol at 1725 Lincoln Ave, purchased in 1971. Friends are offered the opportunity to purchase some of the lovely things the family cannot use. Carol has collected pottery for a lifetime, and some well-known potters are represented in her collection. She also loves baskets. And then there are the books . . . Cynthia and other family members will be there to visit.
American Friends Service Committee
* join AFSC every Friday at 11AM for an Action Hour for a Cease-fire Now.
* worship with attention to peace in Palestine and Israel with Friends across the U.S. every Thurs, online, at 4:30PM. Sign up to get the link at https://afsc.org/events/meeting-worship-attention-peace-palestine-israel.
* urge Congress to resume U.S. funding for life-saving Palestinian aid. Palestinians in Gaza are starving and facing disease, and ongoing military attacks. The entire population is in urgent need of humanitarian aid. But the U.S. has suspended funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the main provider of aid in Gaza. The FY24 budget has made that cut permanent through this year. Stopping these funds deepens the humanitarian crisis.
* AFSC and partner organizations recently released a new resource documenting violations of U.S. and international law committed by Israel. The report highlights Israel’s illegal use of U.S. weapons against Palestinians over the last seven months. Read more.
Quaker Call to Action’s Steering Committee’s offers this List of Priority Actions (HERE,) short-term actions that can be taken in the months leading up to the November elections.
“Assimilate or Be Exterminated” by David Raymond (Mi’kmaw descendant). For much of their existence, the Quaker Yearly Meetings of Turtle Island and Britain pursued the eradication of Indigenous Peoples’ cultures and matriarchies as a means to save Indigenous People from the supposed necessity of extermination (mass killing). In this presentation, David Raymond examines Quaker writings and deeds from the late 18th century to the present and offers reflections on the impact of the truth on his faith journey. Watch at https://youtu.be/Hm0XqmsUvLI
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY
Luther Seminary presents an Aus Memorial Lecture, “Bonhoeffer, the Gospel, and the Other,” Tues, June 11th, 6PM, Olson Campus Center, St. Paul. (Complimentary meal provided.) Come to this interactive, “salon”-style event in person on campus or online. Tripp Fuller and Andrew Root will lead rich conversation about the remarkable life and enduring relevance of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Before his imprisonment and martyrdom for working with the German resistance, Bonhoeffer lived and shared the gospel in an increasingly dangerous world. Come discover how Bonhoeffer’s ideas of who is “Other” impacted how he lived—and died—as a witness for his faith. Learn more about the event here. Register at https://share.hsforms.com/1tmSiquUnSyOgW60FH6Be7gcuv1m?
Spirit of Water: Come to a celebration with Mississippi River! Gather to connect, play, learn, pray, celebrate, and honor the spirit of water, June 15th, 5-8PM. Meet at Hidden Falls Regional Park in St. Paul for a community celebration featuring speakers, music, booths, food, art, and play areas for children. The event is co-presented by R.I.S.E. Coalition (Resilient Indigenous Sisters Engaging), United Theological Seminary, and Friends of the Mississippi River. Learn more here!
OFFICE HOURS
Carolyn VandenDolder, Meeting Coordinator, will not have office hours this week. Bulletin deadline, noon Wed. 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.