Sunday, May 17, 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: Keitha Herron
Zoom host: Lavender

10:15 AM Celebration of 2025-26 Academic School Year End
Friends, please join the Children and Youth Program in celebrating with joy, singing, and treats their 2025 – 26 academic year accomplishments! The bus that Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up on will be recreated in our Meetinghouse worship space with songs and food to follow. We have studied the Friends Equity Testimony. Come celebrate children and families with us!
Musician: Dave Bostrom
Zoom host: Bill H

11:15 AM Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship
Speaker: Tom Wells, Care of meeting: Deborah Jones, Musician: Dave Bostrom
Zoom host: Bill H

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

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

Pat J’s mother died on April 28. Please hold her in the light.

MFM ANNOUNCEMENTS

Summer schedule starts next Sunday, May 24. On May 24, Minneapolis Friends Meeting will begin 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 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM. On the 2nd Sunday of the month after worship, we hold meeting for business 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

Office voicemail is out of order. The phone works, but voicemail is not working. The office manager will troubleshoot next week. In the meantime, in lieu of voicemail, please email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.

Shepherd Scholarship application deadline is June 1. This fund supports future Meeting folks with their education costs. Please apply to the scholarship if you’ve been active and contributing to Minneapolis Friends Meeting for five or more years, or your parents have been. Contact Allen G with questions.

This year’s annual budget for Minneapolis Meeting is just under $139,000. To meet our budgeted obligations, $11,583 per month in contributions is needed. 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.

Individuals who feel led to share a prepared message or a reading during semi-programmed worship are asked to contact Joanne E or other members of Ministry and Counsel Committee (M&C). The committee is also looking for closers for semi-programmed worship. Serving as a closer is a ministry of service to the meeting.

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:
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
Writing Group (online), 1st Mondays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Next: June 1
Deep Inner Work of Racial Justice (online), 2nd Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: June 9
Joyful Aging coffee hour (in person), 3rd Fridays, 10:00 AM – noon. Next: June 19

Are you in an MFM group whose schedule will change for summer? Please notify the office (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org, 612-926-6159) so the correct schedule can be printed on meeting calendars.

May 24 (hybrid). Storytelling with Joyful Aging. Join us in the conference room of the meetinghouse or on Zoom on Sunday, May 24, at 11:15 AM to tell our stories. The original theme was “what were you doing in the 60’s and 70’s?” Still a swell theme. Some people want to tell a different story, well, good!

TIME CHANGE: May 24 (in person). For those who are curious about Minneapolis Meeting’s ownership of plots at Lakewood Cemetery, Linda C will lead a tour of the “Quaker section” on Sunday, May 24. The Quaker graves there go all the way back to the 1870s. We will meet near the chapel (straight ahead from the main gate) at noon (earlier than the time announced in last week’s bulletin.) We’ll drive together to Section 7 to start the tour. Bring a bag lunch and we’ll have a picnic with our Quaker ancestors!

May 31 (hybrid). Postcard-writing with the Peace & Social Concerns Committee. At 11:15 AM, after meeting for worship on Sunday, May 31, come to the conference room or join on Zoom to write postcards to legislators. You can bring your own postcards or use those provided.

WIDER COMMUNITY

TODAY! May 17 (online). NYM Early Start: Finance & State of Society Sharing. Prior to Annual Session, the Finance Committee offers detailed review of the NYM budget. Attend on Zoom on Sunday, May 17, 4:00 – 5:30 PM. You can find more information on the NYM Annual Sessions website, password: quaker2026.

TODAY! May 17 (online). NYM State of Society Sharing. Join for worship as groups comprising NYM share their struggles, joys, activities, and spirit. This is the online sharing and discussion about the themes resonating throughout our community. Everyone is invited to this Meeting for Worship with attention to the State of Society Reports. Attend online on Sunday, May 17, 6:30 – 8:00 PM.

May 19 (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 Pineda Tacos (2130 E Lake Street). Questions? Contact Rob S.

May 23 (in person). Song Circle, which includes a few MFM friends, will gather in Mary L’s home to sing on Saturday, May 23, at 5:30 PM. If you’d like, bring a snack or a dish to share, for after we sing. Bring your own eating and serving utensils. As usual, bring your voices, song books (e.g., Rise Up Singing or Rise Again or your favorite) and/or song sheets, guitars, ocarinas or basses. Contact Marilyn J for the location.

May 26 (online). Rise and Repair, a Native-led lobbying group promoting Indigenous rights and environmental protections in Minnesota, will have an end-or-the-year debrief with insights from the 2026 legislative session about climate justice and Indigenous rights advocacy in Mni’ Sota, on Tuesday, May 26 from 6:30 – 7:45 PM. RSVP required to get the Zoom link. Come learn more about the opportunities to work toward right relationship with Native neighbors and increasing climate justice.

May 31 (online). Quaker Call to Action will host a conversation, Faithfully Protecting Democracy, with Maria Stephan, Co-lead & Chief Organizer at the Horizons Project, an initiative focused on strengthening connections and collective action among US pro-democracy movements and sectors on Sunday, May 31, 6:00 – 7:30 PM (CT). Register for the Zoom link.

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 Maple Grove, MN, a beautiful setting familiar to those who have attended Fall Together in recent years. Please save the date.

East Philips Neighborhood Roof Depot project is breaking ground! Beginning May 1, East Philips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) has a short-term lease for the parking lot while details of a new Purchase Agreement are finalized. This lease will allow construction of the East Phillips Urban Farm to begin. Workshops and community events will be hosted throughout the summer. You are invited to help build the farm! Volunteer shifts with Seed Saturdays begin Saturday, May 30, from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, then every other Saturday throughout the season. Don’t worry, instructions will be provided; no registration required, just show up! If you have questions, email Forest (forest(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)epnifarm.org). Minneapolis Meeting hosted a fund and awareness-raising event for EPNI last year. EPNI is community led by East Philips and Little Earth residents.

Quaker Direct Action is hiring their management team. Apply if you’re interested. Share the news with anyone you think may be a good candidate. Printed copies of the hiring notice available on MFM’s info table.

OFFICE HOURS

The Children and Families Coordinator has new office hours:
On Thursdays noon – 4:30PM, she is available by text, phone call or email (canagler(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com, 507-261-9462). On Sundays 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM, she is at the Meetinghouse in person.

The Office Manager will be in the office on Sunday, May 17, 8:30 AM – noon; Wednesday, May 20, noon – 5:00 PM; and Thursday, May 21, noon – 4:00 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).