Sunday, October 5, 2025

Check for street closures in your neighborhood and near the meetinghouse this Sunday, October 5. The full Twin Cities Marathon will be run this morning. Some streets, including Minnehaha Parkway, will be closed to vehicles. Click here to find a map and details at the Twin Cities in Motion website. Or copy and paste this link to go directly to the map: https://www.tcmevents.org/_files/ugd/ba4a55_dde7d769929848529b053355e3de67b4.pdf

TODAY’S WORSHIP AND PROGRAM

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship
Care of meeting: Carolyn VandenDolder
[Apologies from the bulletin editor for last week’s misprint. Keitha Herron had care of meeting last week.]
Zoom host: Bill H

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM “The “Bond”
“Over 40 years of handling seven dogs and living with them 24/7, depending on them for my safety, and seeing them through the seasons of their lives, while they see me through the stages of my life, I believe in a spiritual connection that forms between us. Handlers and trainers call it the ‘Bond.’ I will share my experiences over time and discuss why this is a particularly special connection between animal and human,” says Lolly Lijewski, who will present the mid-morning program today.
Zoom host: Sandy O

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship
Speaker: Stephen Snyder, Care of meeting: Benton Randolph, Musician: Jacque Wiersma
Zoom host: Sandy O

Children’s First Day School takes place every week in the lower level during 11:15 AM meeting for worship.

For the link to worship on zoom this Sunday, email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.
Our usual Sunday programming is hybrid.

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM All-Meeting Potluck
Come after semi-programmed meeting for worship for friendly food and conversation at the potluck downstairs. New attender or seasoned member – all are welcome whether you brought anything or not! If you brought a dish, please label ingredients so everyone can participate without worry. We have a potluck once a month on first Sundays.

MORE WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT MFM

Sharing the Spirit, held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, is a brief centering time that is open to everyone. We gather at approximately 8:57 AM for ten-minute worship (online, cameras off) beginning at 9:02 AM. Click here for zoom link; use ID 859 3925 1575, passcode 251345; or paste the following into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85939251575?pwd=1aHrNcUclfw3o99kyDnc9nAwzwkYGU.1

Mid-week worship is every Wednesday evening, online at 7:00 PM. Click here for zoom link; use ID 849 3825 7185, passcode 123904; or paste the following into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84938257185?pwd=6gAGBiK76PObBraDKzH8ObLLJYtJJH.1. To join by phone, dial 651-372-8299, and use the ID and passcode listed above.

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Please hold Don N, who is Cathy N’s dad, in the light. He is receiving hospice care, and he has a broken hip.

MFM ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lost and Found items are collected in a box in the basement outside the kitchen. Along with coats left on the coat rack, these will be donated soon. Please look for your belongings and take them by Sunday, October 19. Items remaining after 12:30 PM that Sunday will be donated. Coats and jackets will be donated to the Sanctuary Supply Depot, a mutual aid group in Minneapolis that gets basic necessities to our houseless neighbors; click here for links about Sanctuary Supply Depot.

Loaves and Fishes recap: Thanks to everybody who planned, donated and volunteered for the Loaves and Fishes meal on September 29. We were asked to prepare a meal for 450 many more than we have previously prepared food for. The Holy Rosary site served 720 meals one day last week. Peace House which offers a meal several days a week South Minneapolis closed last week due to violence, reducing food availability. Our 20 volunteers and the Loaves and Fishes staff served 490 meals! At our next meal we will provide chili with rice and cheese with a salad and fruit. This will reduce volunteer time by eliminating production time of making a burrito meal. Our next Loaves and Fishes meal is Monday, December 29. The Holy Rosary site serves meals Monday through Thursday and is always looking for volunteers.

Contributions update: First quarter contributions totaled $26,217, which is about 19% of our budget. Giving is often lighter in the summer months. We are almost on track to meet our annual budget. Thank you, Friends, for your generous financial support of the meeting. There is now a donate tab on MFM’s website (click here). If you would like to set up automatic contributions to the meeting, contact Carolyn V, clerk of Stewardship and Finance Committee.

MFM EVENTS

October 11 (in person). Fall Together, an annual retreat held by MFM, is a wonderful opportunity to gather with Friends and rest, relax, renew, re-connect and relish time together in the great outdoors. This year’s retreat will be at Fish Lake Regional Park in Plymouth, MN, a beautiful setting familiar to those who have attended Fall Together in recent years. Camp Committee has made a flyer to share their exciting plans; you can find a printed copy in the meetinghouse on the hallway table. Contact Wina M with questions.

October 12 (hybrid). Meeting for worship with attention to business is held every second Sunday. The next time will be Sunday, October 12 from 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM.

October 15 (in person). LGBTQ+ Group Outing to Valley Scare. Minneapolis Friends Meeting’s LGBTQ+ Group invites all LGBTQ+ members and attenders of our community to join in supporting Jaida and Lavender, who are performing at Valley Scare! We’ll carpool together for our October gathering on Wednesday, October 15. If you’d like to come, please contact Bill H. Drivers are especially welcome—carpooling will start from the Meeting House.

WIDER COMMUNITY

Opportunity to help refugees in Minneapolis. Even as government support is reduced, there are still ways to help. A group is organizing to welcome Afghan refugees to Minnesota. You can get involved and sponsor a family through WelcomeCorps, or join interfaith ministry efforts to support newly relocated Afghan families. If you feel called to help, email Elise M.

October 9 (in person). Stories the Land Holds explores layered histories of the land between the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. We are all family members of our planet, caretakers of one another and of our common home on Earth. Through storytelling, reflection, and dialogue, we’ll ask: “What has the land absorbed? Who has lived here, been welcomed, excluded, or expelled? How have these histories shaped our present?” This project is hosted by Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 4801 France Ave S, Minneapolis. The first session is Thursday, October 9 at 7:00 PM, and the series continues on Thursdays November 20, January 22, February 12, April 16, and May 14. Click here to learn more on Stories the Land Holds’ website.

October 10 (hybrid). Weaving a Wider Community: Seeing and Countering Racism in Our Own Backyard. There is a local gathering for this conference at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Community, 4537 3rd Ave. S, Minneapolis, on Friday October 10, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM. We will experience the virtual event together, featuring keynote speakers followed by facilitated in-person discussion. Registration fee: $75. Lunch included. This conference is designed for Minnesotan rural and small city communities, but because the theme and speakers are also of interest to folks in the Metro area, FREC is hosting a conference site to participate. Click here to register on the website of FREC Greater Minnesota Partnership Racial Equity Conference.

October 16-19 (hybrid). Quaker Earthcare Witness fall gathering is open to anyone interested in Quaker concerns for Earthcare. This annual gathering will be held in-person at Powell House in New York, as well as online. Through workshops, plenary sessions, and shared reflection, we will explore the many things that connect us and our responsibility to each other and the planet. Click here to learn more on QEW’s website.

October 20 (online). Peace & Justice Conversations: Riding Against War On Gaza, From CA to NH.
Bob Sanders will report back on his summer-long bike trip across the US raising awareness about the injustices perpetrated against the Palestinian people. Sanders stopped in Minneapolis this June along his ride, which was endorsed by American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Click here to register for the zoom on New Hampshire Peace Action’s website. If you do not receive the Zoom link, email doreen(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)nhpeaceaction.org.

October 21 (in person). Join the Minnesota Council of Churches for an inspiring evening with Dr. Anton Treuer – Ojibwe scholar, author, and racial equity educator – as he explores pathways to racial justice through truth-telling, cultural humility, and community healing. Drawing on his experience in Native American history, language revitalization, and equity work, Dr. Treuer will challenge us to move beyond reforming broken systems and instead build new frameworks of liberation. This event will offer practical strategies for fostering authentic dialogue, bridging cultural divides, and advancing justice across faith traditions. All are welcome to this interfaith gathering. Click here to register on the Minnesota Council of Churches website.

October 24-26 (in person.) NYM invites middle school Friends to a fall retreat in Eau Claire, WI. Activities will include pressing apples, hiking, and singing around a campfire. Click here to register. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org with questions.

October 31 – November 1 (hybrid). Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM)’s Fall Interim Session, will be held online and in person at Milwaukee Friends Meetinghouse on Friday, October 31 (7 – 8:30 PM) and Saturday, November 1 (8:30 AM – 4:00 PM). Everyone is welcome for this time together of fellowship, community building, and doing Yearly Meeting business. If you’ve never been to an interim session or are new to the Yearly Meeting, you are warmly invited to check it out.

Click here for the registration form. If you can’t use the form, contact Robin Greenler, clerk(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)northernyearlymeeting.org. If you would like NYM to arrange hospitality for you, please make that request by October 17 on the registration form. If you are not requesting overnight hospitality, please register by October 24.

Click here and enter the password quaker2025 to check the session website. The Friday night program will be with Scott Fulton, from Madison Monthly Meeting, who will give a presentation and lead a worship sharing on the history of Quaker interactions with the Indigenous peoples they encountered, and how longstanding Indigenous worldviews and values can inform our current crisis. The agenda for the Saturday business meeting will include:
• Consideration of establishing an NYM Development working group for fundraising.
• An update on plans for the Annual Session 2026.
• Nimble Responder report. Additional reports from our committees and representatives to Quaker organizations including reports from American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Friends Committee for National Legislation (FCNL) and Quaker Voluntary Service.

November 7-9 (in person). Nightingales will meet for a weekend of singing, fellowship, and sharing of food at a location near Prairie du Chien, WI. The fall gathering will be November 7-9 (this is an updated announcement – previous plans had been for a weekend in October). For some 40 years, Quakers from Northern Yearly Meeting have gathered to sing, two to three times a year, in various locations in MN and WI. If you love to sing, you are encouraged to join. Many kinds of songs are welcome, old and new, solemn to silly. Singers work together to cook and clean, and there’s time for a nap or a walk in the woods and always good fellowship. If you need contact info for the Nightingales, email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.

November 14-16 (online). Still Speaking Truth to Power: FNCL Annual Meeting will online only. Join Quakers and friends for worship, learning, and fellowship. Annual Meeting 2025 will bring together FCNL’s General Committee members with other Friends and supporters of Quaker witness and advocacy on Capitol Hill. The fee is “pay as led.” Linked by the Spirit and our common purpose, we will listen together for where we are called to this vital work. Click here for information on Friends for a NonViolent World (FNCL)’s website.

December 5-6 (in person). Friends for a NonViolent World Holiday Fair will be at our meetinghouse on Friday, December 5 from 1:00 – 9:00 PM and Saturday, December 6 from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Look forward to live music, tasty food, new and used books, crafts, holiday wreaths from Hanson Farms, as well as Quaker Treasures. There will also be pottery, jewelry, handmade items, soaps, and a variety of other items from local artists and vendors. FNVW is seeking volunteers to help solicit donations, transport and store items, and cook or bake delicious food. Click here to sign up for a role in planning and preparing for the fair. To volunteer at the Fair, or donate crafts for the Fair, look on FNWV’s website for a signup page later in October. To be put in touch with the people coordinating book donations or Quaker Treasures donations, email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org. Questions? Email info(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org.

OFFICE HOURS

The Office Manager, Ariel E, will be in the office this Thursday October 9, 12:30 – 5:30 PM and Friday October 10, 12:30 – 5:30 PM. He will also be in the office Sunday, October 12, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM, but is not in the office today (Sunday, October 5) since potluck committee opens/closes the building on first Sundays. Is there something you’d like included in upcoming bulletins? Please send the information to Ariel by email (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org) or call the office (612-926-6159). Weekly deadline for bulletin items is noon Thursdays.

The Children and Families Coordinator, Cathy N, is typically in the meetinghouse on Fridays 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM. She is also available by phone or email, working remotely, on Wednesdays 2:30 – 5:00 PM and Thursdays 3:30 – 5:00 PM.