A memorial meeting, in the manner of Friends, for Carol Bartoo will be held May 31, beginning 1:30PM at Twin Cities Meeting, 1725 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, followed by visiting and light refreshments. For those who wish to attend remotely, email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)tcfm.org. Due to construction, allow time to walk from where you may have to park. Use this google doc link to see the Memorial Minute for Carol.

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June 1, 2024

WORSHIP AND PROGRAM SCHEDULE TODAY

10:00 – 11:00 AM meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, John Stuart; Zoom host – Bill H.

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

Friends are reminded to silence your cell phone before entering the meetingroom.

TODAY, at the rise of worship: stay for Quaker Practice. A panel will explore a variety of perspectives and experiences of Quaker practice. Facilitated by Ministry and Counsel Committee, this is the third in a series of mid-morning programs. The first explored Quaker worship, the second, Quaker faith. Zoom host: Bill H.

Attenders, members, visitors, and families are welcome at the potluck today at noon, following the panel presentation on Quaker Practice. Potlucks are do-it-ourselves affairs – look for ways to help the effort: help clear tables, scrap, wash, dry and put away dishes, replenish cutlery, remove serving dishes when empty, wipe tables and put table and chairs away. Clean-up is an opportunity for everyone. Please be attentive to the context around you so everyone can be released to enjoy the gorgeous summer day.

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

and WELCOME to Asher Edes who begins work in the MFM office this Wednesday.

People who are grieving or suffering from injustice, violence, racism, colonialism, displacement, loss, and the climate crisis, and all those who are aiding victims and the dispossessed.

NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS

NEW DIRECTORIES are now available! Those listed in the directory may have an electronic directory sent to them. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to request one. Paper copies are available at the meetinghouse. Ask presiding clerk, Steve, for details.

Additional worship opportunities:
~ Sharing the Spirit, open to everyone, every Mon, Wed, and Fri AM on zoom, cameras off. Join this brief centering time, gathering at approximately 8:57; ten-minute worship beginning at 9:02. ID: 859 3925 1575; passcode: 251345; https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85939251575?pwd=1aHrNcUclfw3o99kyDnc9nAwzwkYGU.1.
~ There is mid-week worship every Wed night, online, 7PM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84938257185; ID: 849 3825 7185; by phone: +1-651-372-8299.

Come to a celebration to honor Carolyn VandenDolder for her many years of commitment to the Meeting. After nearly 25 years of dedicated work in the meeting office, our friend Carolyn has decided to retire from her role as Meeting Coordinator. Please join us in celebrating with her on June 8th at 12 noon, following meeting for business.

The Shepherd Scholarship, created in 1977 by Roland and Zephra Shepherd, offers educational scholarships for members of a Quaker Meeting of at least five years standing, or their children. Interested adults and young adults can apply by filling out an application (available on the long table in the hall or on the website: https://minneapolisfriends.org/shepherd-scholarship-fund/) Application deadline, June 30. Return applications to the Shepherd Scholarship file in the blue box (on the long table) or email to office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.

Seems like next autumn is forever away – but mark your calendars now for Fall Together October 11th! 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!

Please remember to schedule committee meetings, events (even interest group events), and visits to the meetinghouse with the office to help avoid conflicts: 612-926-6159; office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org .

Contributions update: $11,500 in monthly contributions is needed to meet this year’s budget. Contributions to general funds in April totaled $12,390; in May (sans EFTs), $8527. Thank you, Friends, for your generous support of the meeting! There is now a donate tab on the meeting website. If you would like to set up automatic contributions to the meeting, contact Carolyn V, clerk of Stewardship and Finance Committee.

INTEREST GROUPS / SMALLER GATHERINGS AT MINNEAPOLIS MEETING

Established writers as well as dabblers will have an informal writing session Mon night, June 2, 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/88215946063?pwd=x3v6fit5eLbFR5ArbSaXEbQhL1yTzW.1 (copy and paste in your browser); ID: 882 1594 6063; passcode: 573695. Contact Jane D. with questions or interest.

There will be a planning meeting, Mon, June 2, 7PM, for those interested in joining the No Kings demonstration together. There will be another meeting before the 14th: ID: 865 0900 0669; passcode: 389079; https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86509000669?pwd=18lBUzkuzMlqnTLx6ATTP3q0u3bzuI.1 (copy and paste in your browser).

Lectio Divina, Divine Reading, is on summer break.

Smaller gathering schedule: Sharing the Spirit – M-W-F mornings; Lectio Divina – on summer break; Writing Group, first Monday night; Deep Inner Work of Racial Justice Group, second Tuesday night; LGBTQ Support Group – third Wednesday night; Reading Group, fourth Tuesday night; Conflict Soiree, on summer break.

OPPORTUNITIES AMONG FRIENDS

Quaker Call to Action – Defending Our Democracy: Where Are We and What’s Next Zoom call will be Sun, Jun 1, 6-7:30PM(CT). Come for a candid conversation with Daniel Hunter, one of the foremost thinkers and trainers in the field of nonviolent direct action campaigns, particularly in resisting and preventing autocratic takeovers. He has trained pro-democracy movements in Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, India, and many other places. Register at https://quakercall.net/join-the-conversation

Friends General Conference’s first Young Adult and Youth (YAY) Gathering – an intergenerational Quaker event for children, youth, teens, and young adults (0-35) registration deadline is June 1. Come to Clarkson, MI July 2-6 for games, stories, music, walks in the woods, campfires, conversations, puzzles, and most importantly, a spiritual community of people who practice generosity, kindness, and curiosity. More about the gathering on the FGC website here. Registration, housing, and fees are also on the FGC website here.

Thinking Out of the Box: Quakers Contending with Peace, Justice, and Security in Eastern Africa, a Pendle Hill First Monday Lecture will be offered June 2. More and register at https://pendlehill.org/events/thinking-out-of-the-box-quakers-contending-with-peace-justice-security-in-eastern-africa/

Northern Yearly Meeting’s Ministry and Nurture Committee is offering a monthly worship-sharing opportunity for Friends seeking community, spiritual guidance, and nurture in this time of social, climate, and political instability. Come every third Thurs, starting on June 19, 7-8PM.

Be a part of People Camp, August 10-16 in Park Rapids! The theme will be How We WIN! Non-violent, direct action campaign planning. Author and activist, George Lakey, will be at camp to share his experiences as we investigate non-violent, direct-action campaigns and how to apply them to the work for today. People Camp is a week-long transformative experience of cooperation, community living, peacemaking , and the exploration of ideas and issues. For more, see https://www.fnvw.org/peoplecamp . MFM’s Peace and Social Concerns Committee has funds for nonviolence resistance training. Contact Nettie S. about P&SC helping finance your participation!

QUAKER ADVOCACY and GROUNDING
* Friends Committee on National Legislation continues to advocate for relief for Gaza, as the Israeli blockade of food, fuel, and medicine continues. Rep. Angie Craig, Betty McCollum, Kelly Morrison, and Sens. Klobuchar and Smith have signed Congressional letters calling for immediate relief. Thank these members of Congress with emails or phone calls, and ask them to speak out now and often.
* FCNL has Witness Wednesdays, a time for silent reflection, Weds, in March, 4-5PM. For more and to register, see https://www.fcnl.org/events
* American Friends Service Committee 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.
* join AFSC every Friday at 11AM for an Action Hour for a Cease-fire Now.
* join AFSC every third Tuesday for Rise, Resist, and Build to learn about how to protect, resist, and build just peace, just migration, and just economies. 7PM(CT) https://www.mobilize.us/afsc/event/746944/

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY

The Calling In: Creating Change Without Cancel Culture four-part series in June introduces you to the innovative “Calling In” framework, a powerful approach to communication that helps you: speak with clarity and purpose; build trust in every interaction; defuse tension and create space for real dialogue; turn conflict into connection. This isn’t another course on communication. It’s a shift in how you show up. For more, see https://lorettajross.com/callingin-online/calling-in-june2025

The Eternal Song, a new documentary and Seven-Day Gathering. Filmed across Indigenous lands from the Arctic to the Amazon, The Eternal Song shares stories from 13 Indigenous communities—stories of wisdom, loss, and resilience. More than interviews, these stories are a thread woven into something older than memory. Something that lives in the soil, in our bones, in the quiet spaces between words. Registration for the world premiere is free (donations welcome) and includes live communal screenings and 48-hour access to the 7-Day Gathering teachings, June 3-9. What if the stories that can heal us are the ones we’ve forgotten how to hear? More at https://theeternalsong.org/; trailer at https://theeternalsong.org/#preview-popup

New documentary, Doctrine, to premier in MN on Sat, June 7, Sabathani Community Center. Doors open at 5PM; music at 6; film at 7. The film follows a group of Indigenous, Mpls teenagers as they travel to Rome to ask that the Doctrine of Discovery be repudiated. More about the film at https://www.thedoctrinemovie.com/

From MN MultiFaith Network: Cutting through the Noise, Sats, June 7 – July 12, 10:30 – 11:30AM; George Floyd Square, 38th and Chicago Aves, Mpls. Come together with a commitment to justice, embody peace, and bear witness in shared public places. Each week, a facilitator will provide reflections on the value of collective spiritual practice as a means to counter violence and oppression. Attendees will be invited to pray, reflect, meditate according to their own faith tradition, or simply rest in the present moment. People of all and no faiths are invited to participate! Suggested donation of $10; no one turned away.

Clueless Addiction: Disengaging from Racism in White and Black Churches, a Minnesota Council of Churches webinar, will be June 16, noon-1PM. Addiction to white supremacy is present in not only white but also Black churches, yet people can be as unaware of the addiction as a fish is of water. There are ways that faith communities can open their eyes and disengage from it. Hear research and analysis on this addiction, our cluelessness, and how the bodies of Christ can overcome it. Register to receive the Zoom link at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/26rV1Z9EStacT2ZvhJDvMA#/registration

OFFICE HOURS

The Office Manager, 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) or email (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org).