Sunday, August 23, 2026

TODAY’S WORSHIP AND PROGRAM

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

10:00 AM Meeting for Worship (Semi-programmed)
Speaker: Gib Pellet, Care of meeting: Benton Randolph
Zoom host: Roger M

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

11:15 AM Postcard-writing with the Peace & Social Concerns Committee
Come to the conference room or to write postcards to legislators. You can bring your own postcards or use those provided. This will be in-person only, not hybrid.

MORE WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

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

HOLD IN THE LIGHT

People who are grieving or suffering from injustice, conflict, racism, colonialism, displacement, loss, and the climate crisis, and all those who are aiding victims and the dispossessed.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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.

The Watson Reading Group will meet Tuesday, August 25 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM in the conference room at the meetinghouse and on Zoom. We will continue reading “Patterns of Racial Wounding and Racial Justice in Quaker Communities,” a Pendle Hill Pamphlet by Lauren Brownlee and Zenaida Peterson.

Care and Counsel Committee facilitates pastoral care for Minneapolis Friends 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 to explore that opportunity. Other committee members are Mary G, Jeff N, Mary B, and Jimbo L.

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.

EVENTS

This section contains special events held by Minneapolis Friends Meeting. Additionally, there are ongoing groups in the meeting. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to request a digital flyer about ongoing MFM groups or pick up a printed copy from the information table in the meetinghouse hallway. Upcoming dates include:

• Peace & Social Concerns Committee (online), 4th Mondays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: August 24
• Watson Reading Group (hybrid), 4th Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: August 25
• Writing Group (online), 1st Mondays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Next: September 7
• Deep Inner Work of Racial Justice (online), 2nd Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: September 8
• Joyful Aging coffee hour (in person), 3rd Fridays, 10:00 AM – noon. Next: September 18

August 31 (in person). Loaves and Fishes. Join other Friends and Mayim Rabim to provide a meal at Great Is Thy Faithfulness Church (1115 30th Ave N, Minneapolis). Minneapolis Friends Meeting, along with other metro-area Friends, are responsible for funding, preparing, and hosting a meal for Loaves and Fishes on months that have a fifth Monday. We prepare dinner (2:00 PM), pack up and hand out meals (5:00 PM), and clean up (6:00 PM). Fruit donations are needed. Email Sue K to sign up for a shift or arrange to drop off fruit. Enter the church via the alley, and find the kitchen downstairs. Volunteers wear hair covering/hats and closed-toe shoes. Food is served to-go. The remaining 2026 dates of MFM’s commitments are Mondays August 31 and November 30.

WIDER COMMUNITY

This section highlights events and news in the local community and among Friends beyond MFM. Additionally, you can email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to request a copy of the flyer about national Quaker organizations’ online resources. It contains virtual events such as:

• 1st Mondays 6:30 PM — Pendle Hill’s lecture series focuses on themes including peace, social justice, and environmental justice. Register on Pendle Hill’s website.
• 3rd Tuesdays 7:00 PM — Protect, Resist and Build, a monthly webinar to learn how to support just peace, just migration, and just economies. Register through Mobilize for this American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) event.
• Every Wednesday 4:00 PM — Witness Wednesdays, a time for silent reflection. Register on Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)’s website.
• Every Thursday 6:30 PM — Worship with Attention to Peace. Friends gather to bring their attention to witnessing injustice in our world and bolster their solidarity with people facing oppression. Register on AFSC’s website.
• Every Friday 11:00 AM — Action Hour for Palestine provides weekly updates on what’s happening in Gaza and an invitation to take action by calling Congress. Register on AFSC’s website.

Want to learn more about QVS (Quaker Voluntary Service)? QVS is a full-time, 11-month service learning program for young adults aged 21 – 30. To learn about the program and application process, come to an information session.

September 14 (hybrid). Anton Flores-Maisonet’s lecture, “Love Crosses Borders,” will weave stories from a 25-year journey alongside immigrant communities whose resilience, faith, and struggle have reshaped his understanding of God, neighbor, and belonging. Drawing on experiences of accompaniment, intentional community, and, most recently, a six-year experiment in radical hospitality that has welcomed hundreds of migrants into a Quaker meetinghouse, he will consider how love calls us beyond the borders that divide us. Register through Pendle Hill.

OFFICE HOURS

The Office Manager is taking the week of August 23 off work from Minneapolis Friends Meeting. Substitutes will open the meetinghouse on Sunday, and staff the office on Thursday and Friday, per usual. You are welcome to contact the office this week, but some responses may be delayed until the office manager returns to work on Sunday, August 30. Want something 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).

The Children and Families Coordinator has the following 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.