Sunday, May 24, 2026. Summer schedule starts today!

TODAY’S WORSHIP AND PROGRAM

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

May you be upheld by a belief
unsullied by human motivations:
a pure belief
which is not quick to act
but stands still where the strength is.
— Margaret Fell

10:00 AM Meeting for Worship (Semi-Programmed)
Speaker: Jane Furnas, Care of meeting: Bill Hendricks, Musicians: Beau Denton, Richard Olson
Zoom host: Steve S

Children’s First Day School takes place every week in the lower level at 10:00 AM during the summer.

11:15 AM. Storytelling with Joyful Aging: What were you doing in the 60s and 70s? Tell a story, or come to listen. You can participate in the conference room or online (this is a different Zoom link than other Sunday programming).

12:00 PM. Cemetery Tour (off-site). 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.” The Quaker graves there go all the way back to the 1870s. Meet near the chapel (straight ahead from the main gate) at noon. 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!

MORE WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT MFM

Sharing the Spirit, held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, is a brief centering time, open to everyone. We gather at approximately 8:57 AM for ten-minute worship (online, cameras off) beginning 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

MFM ANNOUNCEMENTS

Summer schedule starts TODAY. 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.

The presiding Co-Clerks kindly request if you have items for the Monthly Meeting for Business agenda, that you please get them to Lolly and Jane no later than the first Sunday of the month in order to appear on the agenda for the Monthly Meeting for Business the following Sunday. Thank you!  

Shepherd Scholarship application deadline is June 1. This fund supports future Meeting folks with their education costs. Please apply to the scholarship if you or your parents have been active and contributing to Minneapolis Friends Meeting for 5+ years. Contact Allen G with questions.

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 to donate online or learn about financial giving.

Greeting members and visitors as they enter the building for worship is a wonderful ministry of Hospitality. Welcoming and Outreach needs your support to offer this ministry. To sign up, see Mary S at the rise of meeting.

MFM key recall. If you have Meetinghouse keys that you don’t need — maybe you’ve gone off a committee — please return them to the office. 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.

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.

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:
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
LGBTQ+ Potluck (in person), 3rd Wednesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Next: June 17

Are you in an MFM group whose schedule will change for summer? Please email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org or call 612-926-6159 to correct meeting calendars.

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.

June 7 (in person). All-Meeting Potluck is once a month on first Sundays. During the summer, it starts at 11:00 AM. 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.

WIDER COMMUNITY

The local Quaker Voluntary Service program needs your support! Can you provide a meal for the Fellows on June 1 or a subsequent QVS day (program days that happen twice a month)? Please sign up on QVS’ meal train. Please text/call local coordinator Ray Hommeyer (651-528-9715) on the day before or day of to coordinate the best time for drop-off. If you want to join the Fellows for the meal, ask Ray first.

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.

May 26 (in person). Last Tuesday lunch before Wednesday lunches start. Join friends from Twin Cities Friends Meeting and MFM to support immigrant businesses on Lake Street in Minneapolis. On Tuesday, May 26, lunch is at 12:30 PM at Habaneros Taco Grill (3223 East Lake Street). For the summer, Anne H and Lauri P from TCFM will take over coordination, and lunches will take place on the first and third Wednesdays.

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.

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 24, 9:30 AM – noon; Thursday, May 28, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM; and Friday, May 29, 11:00 AM – 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).