Sunday, November 2, 2025

Daylight Savings Time ends this Sunday, November 2! Be sure to put a reminder on your calendar to turn your clocks back an hour.

TODAY’S WORSHIP AND PROGRAM

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

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM Medical Aid in Dying
The Death and Memorial Committee is hosting this mid-morning program. Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) legislation has been proposed, but not passed, in Minnesota for ten consecutive years. It would allow a terminally ill adult of sound mind the right to receive a prescription medication they may self-administer to achieve a peaceful death. Our guest speaker on this topic will be Rev. Harlan Limpert, a retired Unitarian Universalist minister. As a former parish minister and hospital chaplain, he brings decades of experience supporting individuals through their end-of-life journey. Rev. Limpert says, “MAID is grounded in compassion for those suffering from a terminal illness. Attend this program to learn more about MAID, the status of MAID in the legislature, and why Quakers’ value of compassion leads them to support this legislation.”
Zoom host: Marilyn J

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship
Speaker: tbd, Care of meeting: Jane Furnas, Musician: Jacque Wiersma
Zoom host: Marilyn J

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

Our usual Sunday programming is hybrid. 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: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87552206319?pwd=hCPr8YSPS1MDgpV2w7aUhy9q2bazSe.1 To join by phone, dial 651-372-8299, and use the ID and passcode listed above.

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM All-Meeting Potluck
Stay 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.

12:20 PM Training on the new way to start meetings on Zoom!
After rise of second worship (about 12:20) this Sunday, come to a classroom in the basement. Anyone who leads a small group on Zoom and anyone who is Zoom host or co-host for worship on Sundays is invited.

MORE WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

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

MFM ANNOUNCEMENTS

Good News Youth Conference has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 15.

Winter Envelope Gift: The Peace and Social Concerns Committee is tasked with reviewing and then proposing recipients for the meeting’s winter envelope gift in December. If you have a suggestion of an organization that might be considered a recipient, please send an email to Nettie S, John S, or Debrah J by November 7.

Writing Group (online) continues to meet the first Monday of every month, 7:00 – 8:30 PM or so. Established writers and dabblers come together for these informal writing sessions, writing from prompts and sharing as comfortable. You are welcome to come laugh, ponder, and create together, whether or not you have participated before. Contact Jane D with questions. Click here for the zoom link, or use ID 882 1594 6063, passcode 573695.

“Have fun making something for the Friends for a Nonviolent World’s Holiday Fair which will be December 5 – 6. Make, for example, a small quilt for a crib to welcome a baby to the beauty of our natural world, or a padded protector to hold a hot bowl of soup in your hands, or a delicate knitted cowl for your neck, or make anything you want, or work on a joint project. I have lots of free yarn and I can teach you to knit if you don’t know how. Let’s meet once a week for 1 or 2 hours in the afternoon or evening in my home or yours.” — Susie K

MFM EVENTS

Read on for new and one-time events held by Minneapolis Friends Meeting. There are also ongoing groups in the meeting. Contact the office for info about ongoing groups, or pick up a flyer from the information table in the meetinghouse hallway.

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’s go and be spooked. We’re inviting others from the Meeting to join in! Should be a great time to hang out and get scared together. Meet at 1:30 PM at the meetinghouse to carpool from there.

November 9 (hybrid). Meeting for worship with attention to business is held every second Sunday. Participate at the meetinghouse or online next Sunday, November 9 from 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM.

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. All ages are welcome (but note that the film is rated PG). 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. Please RSVP to Jeff N to receive the address and so we know how many folks to expect. About the movie: “Crossing Delancey” has been described as “the ultimate Jewish rom-com,” 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 4:00 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!

NEW DATE! November 15 (in person). Good News Youth Conference will gather Friendly youth from MFM and International Friends Church. This event features a youth-led Friendly Youth on Social Posting workshop. 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, November 15 from 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM.

November 16 (hybrid). Asking for Help is the topic of mid-morning program on Sunday, November 16, 10:15 – 11:00 AM. A panel will share when they needed to ask for help. We will review the 6 C’s of Caring. Small groups will share about times they asked for help or thought about asking for help.

November 27 (hybrid). Thanks/Friends-Giving potluck. Sign up for the Friendsgiving potluck at the meetinghouse! The sign-up sheet is on the table to the left of the elevator. All are welcome to the warmth and support of this Friendly feast and worship! On Thursday, November 27, we will gather for silent worship in the meeting room at 4:00 PM, then downstairs at 4:30 PM to finish the preparations of all the delicious food that people have brought to share. At 5:00 PM, we will sing a short song, grab a plate and dig in. Feel free to bring your favorite board game for fellowship after eating. Please bring your questions to Jimbo L.

WIDER COMMUNITY

Here you’ll find events outside MFM that may interest meeting members and attenders. To learn about events among Friends that meet on a regular schedule in the wider community, contact the office, or pick up a flyer from the information table in the meetinghouse hallway.

Call to Action for Minneapolis Friends: Minneapolis Meeting hosted a fundraiser / visibility event last year for the East Philips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) in support of its Roof Depot project. That project would create a neighborhood hub, urban farm, and job center for the disenfranchised people of East Philips. The community has spent almost 10 years developing this plan and raising funds to convert the toxic-ridden site into a community asset. Mayor Frey worked to impede the EPNI plan, wanting, instead, to develop a transfer station, adding noise and pollutants to an already environmentally compromised area. This plan would include demolishing the current structures on site, releasing additional poisons, including arsenic, into the East Philips neighborhood. Minneapolis Friends are encouraged call / email those in the Frey administration, urging them to demonstrate their commitment to the care of the environment, environmental justice, and climate resiliency by moving the EPNI project forward. Click here for Mayor Frey’s contact info and click here for council members’ contact info. Click here for EPNI’s statement on their website about State funding, here for EPNI’s webpage about the project’s vision, and here for EPNI growth report.

The FNVW Holiday Fair needs donations of pristine, giftable objects from your past that someone else can now treasure. Contact Mary Ellen S to discuss donations. If you don’t have her contact info, ask the office. Deadline to receive is Thursday, December 4. The Fair runs Dec 5 and 6; click here to sign up to volunteer.

Reinvent FNVW Becomes Quaker Direct Action. We are excited to announce that Reinvent FNVW [Friends for a Non Violent World], an effort you have been hearing about in recent months, is now Quaker Direct Action. The purpose of Quaker Direct Action (QDA) is to encourage and support Quaker Action Teams that work on issues important to local Friends. The Quaker Action Teams will use the model of nonviolent direct-action campaigns described most notably in the work of Quaker activist George Lakey.
The Reinvent FNVW group originally hoped to work within Friends for a Nonviolent World (FNVW) to carry out its vision. However, the FNVW board has decided that it will not take on the Reinvent program at this time, nor is it able to share resources with us. The board is focusing all its attention on strengthening the Alternatives to Violence Program (AVP) before spinning it off as a separate nonprofit. That work will take many months, a year, maybe more. We could not wait, and so formed Quaker Direct Action. We are open to joining FNVW at a later date should that be possible.

November 6 (in person). “No Other Land” movie screening at New City Center, 3104 16th Avenue S, Minneapolis. This free screening of this Oscar-winning documentary feature by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank. The discussion will feature community members with direct ties to Israel and Palestine. The event is free and open to the public but free-will donations will be accepted and sent directly to support relief efforts in Gaza. Free childcare is available on site. Click here to register for a free ticket on Eventbrite.

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 (online). Get to know Friends Peace Teams’ inspiring work in North America. On November 7th, there are two opportunities (10:00 AM and 7:00 PM) by zoom, to meet some of the Friends Peace Team peace workers from North America. Click here to register on Friends Peace Teams’ website. Registration is needed for planning purposes.

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, contact Janet A.

November 11 (in person). About Face: Veterans Against the War – Twin Cities members are calling for Minnesota community to join them in honoring Armistice Day by defending military members’ Right to Refuse. On Tuesday November 11, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs will host a breakfast and program in recognition of Veterans Day – also known as Armistice Day, a day that should be calling for peace in our communities and throughout the world. About Face: Veterans Against the War members are taking their Right to Refuse campaign directly to the National Guard and other state officials, and asking community members to attend in support. We will be uplifting the rights of military members’ of all ranks to refuse illegal, unethical, and immoral orders; while we also call for our government officials to ensure that they side with the people as we demand no ICE, no occupation, no fascism, and no cuts that strip away life saving services from our community! This veteran-led solidarity event will take place on Tuesday, November 11, 8:30 – 11:00 AM at the Mankato National Guard Armory. Click here to register for updates on Mobilize.

November 14-16 (online). Still Speaking Truth to Power: FNCL Annual Meeting will be 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.

November 17 (online). The Anti-Racist Working Group of Northern Yearly Meeting is sponsoring a presentation by Kat G (Winnebago Worship Group) on “Immigration: How We Got Here, A Better Path Forward.” The presentation covers four main topics:
• What the data tell us about migration across the southern border and the resources devoted to border security since 1990 — data from Customs and Border Protection that challenge much of the current public narrative.
• The human face of immigration: stories of individual asylum seekers Kat has known and worked with, conditions in sending countries, and their experiences with ICE.
• An overview of immigration since 2023, including executive orders under both Presidents Biden and Trump and their impacts.
• The incentives and realities that drive migrant decision-making and how we might foster a better national conversation about immigration.
Click here to join by Zoom. If you have questions, contact the office.

November 23 (in person). You’re invited to a QVS Social with chocolate, cider, popcorn, and great conversations. QVS is excited to introduce the new Fellows to the Minneapolis/St. Paul community of Quakers and QVS supporters. Greg Stefanski, new Executive Director of the national QVS program, will be here to get to know our local community. Ray Hommeyer, Local Coordinator, and members of the Local Support Committee will also be on hand. Come to the Twin Cities Friends Meeting building (1725 Grand Avenue, St. Paul) from 1:00 – 3:00 PM on Sunday, November 23.

OFFICE HOURS

The Office Manager, Ariel E, will be out of the office for a week, returning on Friday, November 7, 11:00 AM – 5:30 PM, and Sunday, November 9, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM. He’ll check email and voicemails remotely on Wednesday, November 5. 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.