Sunday, January 11, 2026

TODAY’S WORSHIP AND PROGRAM

For the Zoom link for Sunday’s programming, please email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.

9:00 AM – 9:40 AM Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship
Zoom host: Lavender J

9:45 AM – 11:15 AM Monthly Meeting for Business
Clerk: Stephen Snyder; Recording Clerk: Jeannette Raymond
Zoom host: Sandy O

11:15 AM – noon Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship
Speaker: Clara Fuehler, Care of meeting: Benton Randolph, Musician: Michael
Zoom host: Sandy O

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

Mid-Week Worship: Holding our Community in the Light
Wednesday, January 14th at 7:00 PM, only on Zoom.
Query: How do I nurture peacefulness in my own heart? How do my daily activities support peace building? What does Meeting do to bring our peace witness to the larger community?  
Click here to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84938257185?pwd=6gAGBiK76PObBraDKzH8ObLLJYtJJH.1

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

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

Those who are suffering from injustice, in Minneapolis and everywhere.

MFM ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ad Hoc Safety Committee? Friends! Are we taking reasonable care for the safety of persons attending worship and other activities at the meetinghouse? This will be discussed at this Sunday’s meeting for business. Please find a copy of the Consider Safety Committee document at the meetinghouse so that we’re prepared to consider this question.

Friends will find paper copies of the Thee Quaker Project video questionnaire on the table outside the Meetingroom door. If you haven’t completed a questionnaire, click here to do so online, or kindly fill out a paper copy in the Meeting House at the rise of Meeting before leaving the Meeting House. All questionnaires should be submitted by January 11 so that Thee Quaker staff can compile questionnaire results next week. Leave your completed questionnaire in the designated box outside the doors to the Meetingroom. Thank you for participating in this project. Our Office Coordinator, Ariel, will input data from handwritten questionnaires. Please write clearly so that Ariel can accurately transcribe your comments.

Want to donate funds to the Meeting? Gifts of all amounts are meaningful and appreciated. Donations are used for operational expenses and to support programming, outreach, and ministry. One-time and recurring contributions are accepted. Click here if you’d like to donate online or learn more about financial giving.

Care and Counsel Committee facilitates pastoral care for Minneapolis Meeting members and attendees, understanding the Quaker tradition that Friends minister to each other. If you are dealing with illness, grief, a major transition, or a stressful personal problem, we would like to be there for you. Contact committee co-clerks, John S or Ellen S. If a confidential discussion would support you as you make a decision, we will set up a clearness committee with you. Email stuartjohn032(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com to explore that opportunity. Other committee members are Mary G, Jeff N, Mary B, and Jimbo L.

Thanks for clearing ice from the sidewalks! David D and other members of Property Committee have been working hard to keep the sidewalk outside the Meetinghouse safer. If anybody else has capacity to help maintain the sidewalks this winter, please contact Property Committee.

Follow-Up to Experiment with Light MMP: Friends who are interested in exploring the EwL process for spiritual deepening and possible participation in a monthly Light Group at the Meeting, please contact Diane B. Those of us involved in the Light Groups have found the monthly gathering to practice this Quaker meditative process, deeply connecting spiritually and with one another. You can also find more information on the EwL website. Click here for that website.

MFM EVENTS

Below you’ll find special events held by Minneapolis Friends Meeting. In addition to events detailed here, there are ongoing groups in the meeting. Pick up a copy of a flyer about ongoing events from the information table in the meetinghouse hallway, or email the office to request a digital flyer. These include:
Deep Inner Work of Racial Justice (online), 2nd Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: January 13
Joyful Aging coffee hour (in person), 3rd Fridays, 10:00 AM – noon. Next: January 16
LGBTQIA+ Group (in person), 3rd Wednesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Next: January 21
Peace & Social Concerns Committee (online), 4th Mondays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: January 26
Watson Reading Group (hybrid), 4th Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: January 27
Writing Group (online), 1st Mondays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Next: February 2

January 18 (hybrid). HIV & Homelessness 101. Come to mid-morning program on Sunday, January 18, 10:15 – 11:00 AM to learn about HIV and Homelessness, and how Clare Housing is making a difference. In the ongoing effort to end the HIV epidemic, why does housing matter? How does housing radically improve HIV health outcomes? And why is it a crucial element in stopping the epidemic for good? This program explores how a Housing First model not only enhances the lives of residents with HIV but also plays a key role in preventing HIV transmission and protecting the community.

January 21 (in person) LGBTQ+ Potluck Lite & Game Night. At Minneapolis Friends Meeting from 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Come when you can — some pie is better than no pie at all.

January 23 (hybrid). Labor Church. We are hosting a “Labor Church” evening of protest songs on Friday, January 23 from 7:30 – 9:00 PM at the Meetinghouse. The workshop will be led by Salem H, a recent Quaker Voluntary Service fellow and attender at Multnomah Friends Meeting in Portland, OR. The Labor Church workshop is essentially a time for singing and reflection, based on the idea that labor itself is a holy act. Participants learn to sing union and protest songs, with silence between each song when attenders can share thoughts that have come up from the songs. Participants are encouraged to bring instruments if they’d like to play along in accompaniment as the songbooks have chords along with lyrics. Snacks will be available. Join us at the meetinghouse or click here to attend on Zoom. Please invite others in the wider community.

January 25 (hybrid). Postcard writing with the Peace and Social Concerns Committee. Save the date for the next postcard-writing session after second worship on Sunday, January 25.

October 10 (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. Camp Committee has reserved the Pavilion at Fish Lake Regional Park in Plymouth, MN, a beautiful setting familiar to those who have attended Fall Together in recent years. Please save the date: Saturday, October 10, 2026.

Are you feeling led to explore protest or non-compliance in response to the current administration? Are you feeling unsure of how to proceed or would like to talk to other Friends as part of your discernment process? If so, please contact Lynda G. We’ll set up a meeting.

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, email the office to request a flyer, or pick up a copy of the flyer from the information table in the meetinghouse hallway.

January 10, 24 and future sessions (online). Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples will host a series of four webinars with Nia To Go There on Saturday afternoons in January and February. She will guide participants through different cultural perspectives on a path toward decolonizing consciousness and our relationships: Cultural Perspectives, January 10; Seeing with a Native Eye, January 24; Colonization, February 7; and Decolonization, February 21. Registration for each webinar is separate. Please join for as many as you are able. Click here to register on Friends Peace Team’s website.

January 13 (online). Pendle Hill reading group focuses on Quaker readings, gathering to consider queries about the reading in a spirit of worship sharing. This month’s text explores music and spiritual disciplines, as we lean into the spiritual disciplines of rest and resistance. Click here to register on Pendle Hill’s website, and to find links where the publication is sold. Attend on Tuesday, January 13, 6:00 – 7:30 PM.

January 25 (online). The Quaker Call to Action’s national zoom call features Phil Gulley, a well-known Quaker pastor, writer, and humorist. Phil will address the topic “From Exhaustion to Enthusiasm: Joyful Resistance in a Time of Tyranny.” You’re invited to tune in Sunday, January 25, 6:00 – 7:30 PM. Click here to register for the zoom link.

OFFICE HOURS

The Office Manager, Ariel E, will be in the office this Sunday, January 11, 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM; Thursday, January 15, 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM; Friday, January 9, 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM. Those office hours might shift depending on the date/time Liaison & Review Committee selects for its meeting next week with Ariel. 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 your announcement by email (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org).

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.