MFM Bulletin: March 29, 2026
Sunday, March 29, 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 Getting to Know You
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 Beth Cornelius, Jane Furnas, Sandy Olson, Mike Finley, and Steve Synder.
Zoom host: Bill H
11:15 AM Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship
Speaker: John Cutler, Care of meeting: Jane Furnas, Musician: Richard Olson
Zoom host: Bill H
Children’s First Day School takes place every week in the lower level during 11:15 AM meeting for worship.
12:30 PM Postcard-writing with the Peace & Social Concerns Committee
Join P&SC committee in the conference room or on Zoom to write postcards together. You can bring your own postcards, or use those provided. Please note that this month’s session will be in-person only.
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 Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Omran, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, and US military, and all people in the world whose loved ones have been killed during the Iran-US/Israel war.
Happy birthday to Bobby, Nancy, Joey, Liz, and John, who are celebrating April birthdays! If you would like to have your birthday acknowledged by meeting Friends, please send the month and date of your birth (no year necessary) to Judith J.
MFM ANNOUNCEMENTS
Watch the new video about Minneapolis Friends Meeting! Ellie Walton from Thee Quaker Project filmed Meeting for worship earlier this month, and interviewed members and attenders for a “Meet the Quakers of MFM” video. Click here to see it on our homepage. This six-minute video is a fantastic introduction for anyone who is curious about the community or about Quakerism. We hope this will help folks find their way here.
TODAY! Let’s Celebrate Our Wonderful Employees. Sunday, March 29 is a special day at the Minneapolis Friends Meeting. At midmorning program, we will learn more about each of our five employees. Afterwards share in the celebration, thanking them for their hard work all year. Our Meeting is enriched by the dedication and integrity they display in their work for us.
TODAY! Update re: postcard writing. Peace and Social Concerns Committee’s monthly postcard-writing session, usually hybrid, will be in-person only on Sunday, March 29.
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!
Three brand new windows were installed above the main entrance of the Meetinghouse. Look up and you’ll see how nice the improvement is.
MFM EVENTS
Below you’ll find special events held by Minneapolis Friends Meeting. Pick up a flyer about these ongoing groups from the information table in the meetinghouse hallway, or email the office to request a copy. Ongoing groups’ meetings include:
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 for information, or to donate fruit.
April 5 (in person). All-Meeting Potluck is once a month on first Sundays. During the academic year, it starts at 12:15 PM. 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.
April 5 (hybrid). It’s Easter. What’s on your spiritual mind? Easter is about a spiritual journey and all that it implies. We are all on a spiritual journey. What are the questions we need to be asking about our own journey? This mid-morning program will include a planned reading of of an excerpt from Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet.”
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.
April 19 (in person, offsite location). Movie night series with Mayim Rabim continues on Sunday, April 19. Join us for a free screening of “Annie Hall,” the next film in a series organized by the Joyful Aging group (a social collaboration between Minneapolis Friends and Mayim Rabim). The event is open to all ages, but please use parental discretion because the movie is rated R. 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 so we’re sure to have enough chairs.
WIDER COMMUNITY
LOCATION CHANGE! March 29 (in person). ISAIAH Palm Sunday Procession and Capitol Program and Worship. On Sunday, March 29, a procession with palms will start at 2:00 PM from Central Village Park in St. Paul and head 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.
TODAY! March 29 (online). Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM) Annual Session concludes on Sunday, March 29, 1:00 – 5:00 PM, after an optional social hour on Sunday noon – 1:00 PM. Click here to register to attend. Please complete one registration form for each person attending. Questions? Contact NYM Clerk Robin Greenler (clerk(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)northernyearlymeeting.org).
March 31 (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 Liido Restaurant (128 W Lake Street). Questions? Contact Becky.
April 10 – 12 (in person). Northern Yearly Meeting Youth Retreat, grades 8 – 12, at Scattergood’s School and Farm. Northern Yearly Meeting youth will participate in Scattergood’s retreat! Disconnect from technology, doom-scrolling and the 24-hour news cycle to make space to re-connect with your intrinsic, creative selves and each other through art-making, storytelling, music, and community. Attendees will also have plenty of downtime to enjoy games, bonfires, and more. There might be transportation made available, depending on interest. Click here for more on Scattergood’s website. Registration deadline is April 3. Contact Carolyn about transportation.
April 10 – 11 (hybrid). AFSC Corporation Program: Spirit-Led Activism for Our Suffering World. Friends are invited to attend workshops online on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11. The hybrid plenary talk features Anton Flores-Maisonet, the founding director of Casa Alterna, a ministry under the care of Atlanta Friends Meeting. Casa Alterna provides short and long-term housing to immigrant communities and cultivates supportive spaces for healing and new beginnings. Click here to learn more and register.
April 11 (in person). Join with other past and prospective People Campers for song, games, and a potluck at Twin Cities Friends Meeting House (1725 Grand Ave, St Paul) on Saturday, April 11, 3:00 – 6:30 PM. Renew past friendships and invite others who may be interested in joining our summer community. Everyone has been under stress with recent events, so come ready to relax and laugh with kindred spirits. The schedule is: meet and greet and setup 3:00 – 3:30, singing and games 3:30 – 4:30 PM, potluck meal 5:00 – 6:00 PM, cleanup 6:00 – 6:30 PM. Questions? Contact Karen.
April 12 (in person). Several folks in the Joyful Aging group will hold a vigil at the sites of Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s murders. After worship on Sunday April 12, they will leave the meetinghouse at 12:45 PM to Renee Good’s memorial and offer their sorrow, then go to Alex Pretti’s memorial. Then the group will eat lunch together on Eat Street, where there are many BIPOC-owned restaurants to support. Bring a candle if you wish.
April 22 (in person). Earth Day Celebration features a planetarium show. On Wednesday, April 22, Minneapolis College is hosting the Bell Museum’s mobile planetarium. Step inside and explore the cosmos. From 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on the hour, there are 30-minute shows. Sign up in person on the day of the event. Open to everyone, free to attend. Address is 1501 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, and the event will take place in the Technical Building (T-3200) in the 1st floor plaza.
May 22 – 25 (in person). Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM) Annual Session is a 3-day gathering of regional Quakers. Mark your calendars for Memorial Day Weekend, May 22 – 25. We gather in worship, fellowship, business, for children and youth programming, for singing, dancing and food at the Lions Camp near Rosholt, WI. The Annual Sessions Planning Committee is working on a theme related to Courage and Witness: Being Stronger Together. Click here for information on NYM’s website.
OFFICE HOURS
The Children and Families Coordinator 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 will be in the office on Sunday, March 29, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM; Thursday, April 2, noon – 5:00 PM; and Friday, April 3, noon – 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).