Sunday, October 19, 2025
TODAY’S WORSHIP AND PROGRAM

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship
Care of meeting: Joanne Esser
Zoom host: Bill H

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM “What’s On Your Mind?”
The Mid Morning Program committee will moderate a session about the things that are of concern to you. We will put out the question, “What’s on your mind?” and based on the response, decide which topics we dive into. It will be relatively free-form. Of course Quaker topics and spirituality are favored, but this is also open to local and world events (preferably with a Friendly perspective). It will be interesting.
Zoom host: Kate W

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship
Speaker: Jane Furnas, Care of meeting: John Kraft, Musician: Dave Bostrom
Zoom host: Kate W

Our usual Sunday programming is hybrid. Some people come to the meetinghouse, others join by Zoom. To join online, click here for zoom link, or use ID 875 5220 6319, passcode 275974. You can either click above or copy and paste the following link into your browser. To join by phone, dial 651-372-8299, and use the ID and passcode listed above.

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

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

Hold in the Light the Quaker Voluntary Service Fellows, Jonathan, Laszlo, Michael, Jane, Carol, and Clara and Local Coordinator, Ray. They have their autumn retreat this weekend in Wisconsin.

MFM ANNOUNCEMENTS

Last chance to pick up your Lost & Found items. Outside the kitchen in the basement, Lost & Found items are collected on a coat rack and the box below it. Please take what’s yours by 12:30 PM this Sunday, October 19. Coats, jackets, and other leftovers will be donated to the Sanctuary Supply Depot, a mutual aid group in Minneapolis that distributes basic necessities to our houseless neighbors.

If you will attend the October 26 MMP via Zoom, let Ellen S of C&C know so she can snail mail you a hand-out you will need for that Mid-Morning Program. Small group discussions will be based on this hand-out, which Roger says is too big for the Zoom screen. For those attending in person, handouts will be available at the meetinghouse.

Linda H has a new address. She moved this summer, and her contact info was accidentally omitted from the summer meeting directory. Ask the MFM office manager if you don’t yet have a copy of Linda’s new address. Email and phone remain the same.

MFM EVENTS

Read on for new and one-time events held by Minneapolis Friends Meeting. There are also ongoing groups in the meeting. Pick up a flyer about ongoing groups from the infomation table in the meetinghouse hallway, or email the office manager to request a digital flyer.

October 25 (in person). Good News Youth Conference will gather Friendly youth from MFM and International Friends Church. This youth-led event will include community time and service projects. Pizza lunch provided. Bring your phone, a snack to share, your water bottle, a song you like, a ball to play games. Text or email Cathy N with questions. The conference is at the meetinghouse on Saturday, October 25 from 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM.

October 26 (hybrid). Stress Management: Your Body and You. The Care & Counsel Committee will present this program for the stressful times we are in. Join Ellen S of C&C on Sunday, October 26, 10:15 – 11:00 AM. This is an opportunity to learn about what happens in our bodies when stress occurs, and how we unconsciously might increase the stress.

November 1 (in person). LGBTQ+ Friends Update re: Valley Scare Outing. On Saturday, November 1, Lavender and Jaide are a scary pair at spooky Valley Scare. Let go and be spooked. We’ll carpool from the Meeting House, and we’re inviting others from the Meeting to join in. Should be a great time to hang out and get scared together!

November 9 (in person). Movie night series with Mayim Rabim begins on Sunday, November 9. Join us for a free screening of “Crossing Delancey”, the first film in a series organized by the Joyful Aging group, a social collaboration between Minneapolis Friends and Mayim Rabim. We’ll start the evening at 6:00 PM with a vegetarian potluck meal and show the movie around 7:00 PM. Come for food, film, or both in the residential party room at the Marketplace and Main building in Hopkins: 10 7th Ave. North (small parking lot off 7th Ave. next to Amy’s Cupcakes). Please RSVP to Jeff N (for John’s email address, ask the MFM office manager) so we know how many folks to expect. About the movie: “Crossing Delancey” has been described as “the ultimate Jewish rom-com.” Izzy Grossman, a modern, independent woman works in a West Side bookstore and idolizes the literati, but her comfortable world is disrupted when her Lower East Side, Yiddish-speaking grandmother hires a matchmaker for her. Izzy finds herself torn between a married, worldly author and a down-to-earth pickle vendor. An affectionate and humorous portrait of Jewish culture in transition, starring Amy Irving and Peter Riegert.

November 15 (in person). Thanks & Giving with Glitter! Heidi, Lina, and Beau will be hosting our LGBTQ+ Thanks & Giving gathering on Saturday, November 15 around 4 PM at the their home. It’ll be a relaxed, potluck-style get-together — bring something to share if you can. Since this falls close to our usual third-Wednesday meeting, we’ll count this as our November gathering. More details soon!

WIDER COMMUNITY

Here you’ll find events outside MFM that may interest meeting members and attenders. For more events among Friends that meet on a regular schedule in the wider community, pick up a flyer from the information table in the meetinghouse hallway, or email the office manager to request a digital flyer.

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 23 (online). Wisdom Ways hosts a lecture by Matthew D. Taylor, author of “The Violent Take It By Force: the Christian movement that is threatening our democracy.” In this presentation, Dr. Taylor will delve into the rising influence of Christian nationalism in the U.S., its impacts on American democracy, and how it marginalizes non-white, non-Christian Americans. Attend online on Thursday, October 23 at 7:30 PM. Click here to register on Wisdom Ways’ 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. Please email Matt S with any questions! You can get Matt’s email address by asking the MFM office manager.

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.
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 Friday, October 17 on the registration form, or contact Pat B, Milwaukee Meeting, directly. You can receive Pat’s contact info by asking the MFM office. If you are not requesting overnight hospitality, please register by Friday, October 24.
Click here and enter the password quaker2025 to check the session website.

November 6 (in person). Minnesota Multifaith Network (MnMN) annual conference will be held 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM at House of Hope Presbyterian Church, 797 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105. The theme is “The Time is Now: Strengthening Engagement, Understanding and Equity for ALL.” Pluralism is our antidote to hate and extremism and the key to peace and healing for our nation at this present time. Click here to find more information and register on MnMN’s website. In the spirit of equity and community, there is no set cost to attend; please donate if you can, and register as a student if you cannot contribute financially.

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. For more info, ask office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org for Janet A’s contact info.

OFFICE HOURS

The Office Manager, Ariel E, will be in the meetinghouse this Sunday October 19, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM. He’ll be in the office and/or meetingroom that morning. He’ll be in the office Wednesday October 22, noon – 5:00 PM; and Friday October 23, 12:30 – 5:30 PM. Is there something you’d like included in upcoming bulletins? Weekly deadline for bulletin items is noon Thursdays. Please call the office (612-926-6159) or send the information to Ariel by email (o f f i c e @ m i n n e a p o l i s f r i e n d s . o r g).

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.