Sunday, May 3, 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
Closer: Jeannette Raymond
Zoom host: Lavender

10:15 AM Welcome New Members
Let’s officially welcome Mike F, Jeffrey B, and Lynda G. This is a social event, and finger treats are gratefully welcomed to this mid-morning program as well!
Zoom host: Steve S

11:15 AM Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship
Speaker: Ellen Swanson, Care of meeting: Mary Bosserman, Musician: Jacque Wiersma
Zoom host: Steve S

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

12:15 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. Families are making an effort to come on first Sundays. Don’t forget young palates when deciding what to bring! There is a potluck every first Sunday.

1:00 PM Discussion with Northern Yearly Meeting’s Anti-Racism Working Group (ARWG) and our Peace & Social Concerns Committee.
ARWG is meeting with social justice committees from various Monthly Meetings and Worship Groups in NYM to learn how we can all be supporting each other. Serve up a plate of food from the potluck and join us at 1:00 PM in the Conference Room — or you can join on Zoom. 

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. Join on Zoom; you can 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

Happy birthday John C (May 2), Barbara Z (May 6), Mary B (May 9), Andy S (May 10), and Terry K (May 30)! Let Friends celebrate YOU! 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

MFM Key callback. If you have Meetinghouse keys that you don’t need — maybe you’ve gone off a committee — please return them to the office. You can give the key directly to Ariel in the office. Or if you’re in the meetinghouse when the office is closed, you can write “keys from [your name]” on an envelope, put your key inside, and slip the envelope under the office door. There are envelopes on the meetinghouse info table.

We are still looking for volunteers for zoom hosts for Sunday programming. Training will be provided, online, on Wednesday, May 6, 7:00 PM. Contact Bill H.

Summer schedule starts soon. During the school year, Minneapolis Friends Meeting has two meetings for worship and a mid-morning program every Sunday. May 17 is the last Sunday on that schedule. Starting May 24, we’ll be on our summer schedule for Sunday programming. This includes a single 10:00 AM meeting for worship each week, alternating between unprogrammed (1st and 3rd Sundays) and semi-programmed (2nd and 4th Sundays). On the 1st Sunday of the month, stay after worship for potluck lunch from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM. On the 2nd Sunday of the month after worship, we hold meeting for business from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

Last chance to fill out the website survey! Thanks to everyone who has already completed the survey. We still have received fairly few responses from new Friends and recent attenders, and would especially appreciate more insight into those perspectives, in order for the Web Design Committee to design a website that is useful and accessible to everyone. You can fill out the survey online or find a printed copy at the meetinghouse. Extended deadline: Sunday, May 3, midnight. https://bit.ly/MFMwebsurvey

Paid job opportunity: Substitute office manager. Occasionally, the office manager takes time off. The Liaison & Review Committee seeks a person within the Meeting who has a flexible schedule and is willing to cover essential duties in the office as needed. Compensation is $20/hour. Interested? Contact Rae C by Friday, May 1. The job description is on the info table.

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’re 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 John S to explore that opportunity. Other committee members are Mary G, Jeff N, Mary B, and Jimbo L.

The new fiscal year for Minneapolis Meeting began on April 1. This year’s approved budget is just under $139,000; $11,583 per month in contributions is needed to meet our budgeted obligations. Thank, Friends, for your financial support of the meeting. You can donate on the MFM website, find the offering boxes inside the main doors of the meetingroom, or mail a check. If you would like to set up automatic contributions to the meeting, contact John K, clerk of Stewardship and Finance Committee.

Curious about the membership process? Any attender is invited to talk about membership with a member of the Ministry and Counsel Committee or anyone who’s been around a while! It can be an informal one-on-one conversation or a more formal request for a clearness committee. Some indications that it might be time to explore membership in the Society of Friends at Minneapolis Meeting:

You have worshiped among Friends and have sufficient understanding of Quaker values and practice to know if they are compatible with your experience.

You feel led to the Meeting and inwardly encouraged to embrace and grow in Quaker faith and practice here.

You feel an increasing commitment to the spiritual vitality and depth of the Meeting and to nurturing the members and attenders here.

You increasingly feel the importance of weekly worship and connection with the life of the Meeting to your spiritual well-being.

You feel an increasing commitment to participate in the life of the Meeting through monthly meeting and committee participation, and to contribute to the Meeting’s financial well-being, as you are able.

You feel that the outward expression of membership would match your internal experience of commitment and belonging.

Remember to schedule committee meetings, events (even interest group events), and visits to the meetinghouse with the office to help avoid conflicts: 612-926-6159; office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.

MFM EVENTS

This section contains special events held by Minneapolis Friends Meeting. Additionally, there are ongoing groups in the meeting. Pick up a flyer about these ongoing MFM groups from the information table in the meetinghouse hallway, or email the office to request a copy. Upcoming dates include:
Writing Group (online), 1st Mondays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Next: May 4
Deep Inner Work of Racial Justice (online), 2nd Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: May 12
Joyful Aging coffee hour (in person), 3rd Fridays, 10:00 AM – noon. Next: May 15
LGBTQ+ Potluck (in person), 3rd Wednesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Next: May 20
Peace & Social Concerns Committee (online), 4th Mondays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: May 25
Watson Reading Group (hybrid), 4th Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: May 26

May 6 (online). Zoom host training. To have hybrid meeting for worship, we rely on Zoom hosts. Can you help? Contact Bill H to become a volunteer. He’ll provide training, online, Wednesday, May 6, 7:00 PM.

May 10 (hybrid). Meeting for worship with attention to business is held every second Sunday. Participate at the meetinghouse or online next Sunday, May 10 from 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM.

May 17 (hybrid). Celebration of 2025-26 Academic School Year End. Join Cathy N and children in the Children’s Program for the last mid-morning program until late September.

WIDER COMMUNITY

Quaker Direct Action is convening an Economic Inequality Study Group, which will start May 18 and meet every other Monday for ten weeks, at 7:00 PM on Zoom.  Economic inequality is a major underlying factor in virtually all social and political problems we’re facing. Let’s take a look at problems, how we got here, and solutions. Registration is open.

May 22 – 25 (hybrid). NYM Annual Session. Register by May 1, if possible, to avoid the $10 late registration fee. Plan to attend with your kids or grandkids. Invite friends. Watch NYM’s new video on YouTube about why people enjoy this gathering. Hope you can come! Locations: Wisconsin Lions Camp in Rosholt, Wisconsin, or virtual. Register on NYM’s website, and find a brochure there or the meetinghouse’s info table.

May 5 (in person). Tuesday lunch. Join friends from Twin Cities Friends Meeting and MFM to support immigrant businesses on Lake Street in Minneapolis. This week, lunch is at 12:30 PM at Taqueria y Birrieria las Cuatro Milpas (1526 E Lake St). Questions? Contact Rob S.

August 9 – 15, 2026 (in person). People Camp. Save the dates for People Camp, a week from Sunday August 9 to Saturday August 15 in Northern Pines Camp in Park Rapids, Minnesota.

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 Monday, May 4, 1:00 – 6:00 PM; Wednesday, May 6, 2:00 – 7:00 PM; and Thursday, May 7, 11:00 AM – 3:00 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).