December 22, 2024

MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

TODAY

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

10:15 – 11:00 Celebrate Together! Come enjoy singing carol favorites, savoring tasty potluck treats of the season, a twenty minute intergenerational program, and activity stations for youth and children! Families, singles, instruments and players welcome, as well as dancers, and eaters! Zoom host – Marilyn J.

11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Joanne Esser – speaker; Jacque Wiersma – musician; care of meeting, Clifford Goltz; Zoom host – Marilyn J.

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

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Those who are lonely and those who are mourning the death of a loved one.

Those who are suffering from injustice, conflict, racism, colonialism, displacement, loss, and the climate crisis, and all those who are aiding victims and the dispossessed.

NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

Feeling stressed? Discouraged? Lonely? Come to mid-week worship, Wed nights, 7PM, including Christmas night: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84938257185; ID: 849 3825 7185.

Mid-Morning Program next Sunday at 10:15: Healthy Boundaries. Using a simple visual, we will examine our experiences with boundaries and where we want to grow. Some small group sharing. Hosted by the Care and Counsel Committee.

Winter Gift: Each winter, Minneapolis Meeting chooses an organization, separate from our approved budget, to be the recipient of designated contributions. This year’s Winter Gift will go to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Founded in 1991 by concerned humanitarians in the US to provide free medical care to thousands of injured and ill children who lack local access to care, over the years, they have sent over 2,000 affected children abroad for free medical care, sent thousands of international doctors and nurses to provide tens of thousands of children free medical care in local hospitals, and provided tens of thousands of children humanitarian aid and support. They provide relief collectively and individually to children in the Middle East, regardless of nationality or religion. To give, make checks out to Minneapolis Meeting and put Winter Gift in the memo line. For automatic deposits, instruct your financial institution to indicate Winter Gift on the electronic check.

The Peace and Social Concerns Committee will meet tomorrow night, Dec 23, 7PM via Zoom. If you are interested in Minneapolis Meeting’s peace and justice focus and witness, you are warmly welcome to come: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89914391038?pwd=WE1JOE9VdmpHWWJlSlVEMkFvSUprZz09; ID: 899 1439 1038; Passcode: 455959.

Loaves and Fishes, Dec 30: Join other metro-area Friends and neighbors to provide a meal at Holy Rosary Church in S Mpls, 2424 – 18th Ave S. Prepare dinner (2PM); pack up and hand out the meals (4PM) or serve meals and clean up (5:15.) Fruit donations needed. Email Sue K. to sign up for a shift or to arrange to drop off fruit. Volunteers wear hair covering/hats, closed-toe shoes; food is served to-go. Sign up to come if you can!

Care and Counsel Committee is starting a list of people who can provide rides when needed for community members. Please contact John S. or Ellen S. if you are willing to be on this list.

Contributions update: Thank you, Friends, for your generous financial support. Income from the first two quarters of the year, April 1 to November 30 totaled $73,594.00. General funds contributions so far in December are $17,938. As of Nov 30, contributions of $14,685.25 are needed per month, through March, to meet the curtailed budget ($132,335); contributions of $19,181.50 are needed per month, through March, to fund the aspirational budget ($150,320). If you would like to set up automatic contributions to the meeting, contact Mike F. or Carolyn V, co-clerks, Stewardship and Finance Committee.

SMALL GROUP UPDATE – Lectio Divina is suspended until Jan 7th; the Reading Group will not meet this month.

OFFICE HOURS –
The Meeting Coordinator will be in the office Thurs and Fri afternoons. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Bulletin items can be phoned in to the office (612-926-6159) or emailed to office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.