Sunday, March 22, 2026

TODAY’S WORSHIP AND PROGRAM

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

9:00 AM Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship
Zoom host: Lavender

10:15 AM Now that you’re here…
During this mid-morning program, participate in a community-building exercise about feeling welcome. It will include queries and small group role-playing.
Zoom host: John K

11:15 AM Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship
Speaker: Jonathan Costello, Care of meeting: Diane Barrett, Musician: Dave Bostrom
Zoom host: John K

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

12:30 PM Listening session on FCNL Priorities
Doug H and Jim H are gathering views of Meeting members and attenders for the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), the Quaker lobby in Washington D.C. Every two years, FCNL defines its priorities for lobbying the next Congress on peace and justice issues. Doug and Jim invite all who wish to add their opinions about these priorities to today’s listening session. You can also complete a written survey.

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

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

The people of Lebanon, and all people in the world suffering from acts of war.

MFM ANNOUNCEMENTS

Being a Zoom Host or a substitute A/V Tech is a great way to support the Meeting’s worship. Interested in being trained for either of these positions, or just finding out more? Contact Bill H.

March 31 marks the end of the current fiscal year. If you have reimbursements requests for the current fiscal year, please submit the request to the appropriate committee clerk (for their initial) and to the Office Manager so reimbursement can happen before the end of the fiscal year. Reimbursement request forms are in the top of the blue box on the long table in the east hallway. Thank you, Friends.

Budget Matters: Preliminary numbers show that contributions to the general fund from April 1 through March 1 totaled $125,908 – about 91% of the total budget ($138,000). We are about $12,000 short of meeting our budget obligations. There is a donate tab on the MFM website (click here), offering boxes are at the entrances of the meetingroom, and checks can be received by mail. If you would like to set up automatic contributions to the meeting, contact Carolyn, clerk of Stewardship and Finance Committee. THANK YOU, Friends, for your generous support of the meeting!

The voluntary carbon tax, $1,000, is included in the yearly budget approved by the meeting. The organization nominated to receive the funds must promote environmental protection and/or work to address global warming. The organization should preferably be local and should not be one that the meeting has given to within the last three years. If you would like to suggest a recipient for this year’s carbon tax, please email Nettie, John S, or Deborah by this Monday evening (March 23).

May we take your photo? Welcoming and Outreach is photographing individuals and families in order to refresh the portraits on the bulletin board in the meetinghouse. Please meet Sue K in the south hall immediately after semi-programmed meeting for worship this Sunday March 22, and she’ll take your photo. We’d love to include as many members and attenders as possible, to help folks recognize others in community.

Need a name tag? There is a sign up sheet on the table outside the meetingroom. After you pick up your name tag, please do not replace it on the table. Store it in the long hallway. Mounted on the wall, there are blue displays with pockets for name tags.

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. Click here for a flyer about ongoing groups, or pick up a copy from the information table in the meetinghouse hallway. These include:

• Peace & Social Concerns Committee (online), 4th Mondays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: March 23
• Watson Reading Group (hybrid), 4th Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: March 24
• Writing Group (online), 1st Mondays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Next: April 6
• Deep Inner Work of Racial Justice (online), 2nd Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: April 14
• LGBTQIA+ Potluck (in person), 3rd Wednesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Next: April 15
• Joyful Aging coffee hour (in person), 3rd Fridays, 10:00 AM – noon. Next: April 17

March 25 (hybrid). Joyful Aging annual meeting. Come talk about what the group will do this year. Attend at the meetinghouse or Zoom on Wednesday, March 25, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Click here to join on Zoom.

March 29 (hybrid). Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You. During mid-morning meeting, get to know the employees of the meeting by playing an audience participation game, asking “who was …, who did… who is….” After a rousing game, we will have a short celebration, with treats, honoring and thanking our wonderful employees for the work they do for our meeting. Facilitated by your Liaison and Review Committee: Rae, Jane F, Sandy, Mike F, and Steve S.

March 30 (in person). Loaves and Fishes meal will be prepared at Great Is Thy Faithfulness Church (1115 30th Ave N, Minneapolis) on Monday, March 30. Choose a shift — 2:00 PM prep ingredients, 5:00 PM meal serving, 6:00 PM clean up — or stay all afternoon. We will prepare food to serve 150 people a takeout-style meal. The entrance to the kitchen is in the alleyway. The church is on the corner of Emerson Ave N and 30th Ave N. Contact Greg L for information, or to donate fruit.

April 15 (in person). LGBTQIA+ Potluck. Save the date for this monthly group’s next gathering at the meetinghouse. Come for good conversation and a good dinner on Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00 PM.

WIDER COMMUNITY

March 21 (in person). Square dance with live music, hosted by Quaker Voluntary Service. The dance will be held at Twin Cities Friends Meeting House (1725 Grand Ave St Paul) on Saturday, March 21, starting at 7:00 PM. Families are especially invited! Refreshments will be served. The band is “The Minnehaha Marauders” — a pick up band featuring fiddle, guitar, bass, and clawhammer banjo, with a caller. Suggested contribution is $10 – 20. Children attend free.

March 22 (online). Quaker Call to Action national Zoom call: “Resistance to the Trump onslaught — where are we now?” will conversation with Daniel Hunter, co-founder and trainer with Choose Democracy, a US-based organization focused on preventing and stopping undemocratic power grabs. Click here to register.

March 24 (in person). Tuesday lunch. Join friends from Twin Cities Friends Meeting and MFM to support our immigrant business community along the Lake Street corridor in Minneapolis. This week, lunch is at noon at Midtown Global Market (920 E Lake Street). Meet inside the building, in front of the grocery store. Questions? Contact Becky F.

March 25 (hybrid). Queer and trans theology salon celebrates International Trans Day of Visibility on Wednesday, March 25, from 3:00–4:30 PM. This event is free and open to all. United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities invites trans and queer academics, clergy, students, and community members to celebrate trans and nonbinary joy. Come for enriching and joyful conversation, either via Zoom or in-person on United’s campus (767 Eustis Street, Suite 140, St. Paul). Click here to join on Zoom.

March 27 – 28 (online). Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM) Annual Session will meet on Friday, March 27, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, and Sunday, March 29, 1:00 – 5:00 PM. Optional social hours are Friday 6:00 – 7:00 PM and Sunday noon – 1:00 PM. To allow people to attend No Kings rallies and events on Saturday, there will be no Saturday programming. Click here to register to attend. Please complete one registration form for each person attending. For the sessions website, click here, and enter password quaker2026. Questions? Contact NYM Clerk Robin Greenler (clerk(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)northernyearlymeeting.org).

March 29 (in person). ISAIAH Palm Sunday Procession and Capitol Program and Worship. On Sunday, March 29, there will be a procession with palms starting at 2:00 PM from Dale and University and heading to the Capitol. On the Capitol lawn there will be a program and worship service. Choirs from some of the area’s Black churches will provide music. ISAIAH constituencies have organized this action to counter the ideology of white, male Christian Nationalism that undergirds the current authoritarianism.

Can you provide a meal for the QVS Fellows in April or beyond? The community supporting QVS Fellows in Minneapolis provides 2–3 meals a month for the Fellows (on every QVS Day). Signing up for one or more meals during the program year is so helpful and deeply appreciated. Click here for instructions and to sign up on the Meal Train website. Upcoming meals needed: Mondays, April 6 and April 20.

Volunteer signup now underway: Friends School Plant Sale. The Plant Sale (May 8 – 10) is almost entirely volunteer-run. People are needed to do everything from building display tables, to shelving plants, to tallying plants. Click here to sign up and learn more. The sale is held in the Grandstand at the Minnesota State Fair, Friday through Sunday of Mother’s Day weekend, with the volunteers’ pre-sale on May 7. 

OFFICE HOURS

The Children and Families Coordinator, Cathy, has the following schedule:
Wednesdays 2:00 – 5:00 PM available by phone, text or email, working from home.
Thursdays 2:00 – 5:00 PM available by phone, text, or email, working from home. 
Fridays 12:00 – 3:00 PM available by phone or in person at Minneapolis Friends Meetinghouse.
Sundays 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM available in person or by phone at Minneapolis Friends Meetinghouse.

The Office Manager, Ariel, will be in the office on Sunday, March 22, 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM; Thursday, March 26, 11:30 AM – 5:00 PM; and Friday, March 27, 12:30 – 5:00 PM. Is there something you’d like included in upcoming bulletins? Weekly deadline for bulletin items is noon Thursday. Please call the office (612-926-6159) or send your announcement by email (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org).