Sunday, August 16, 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 (Unprogrammed)
Care of meeting: Lin Butler
Zoom host: Stephen
Children’s First Day School takes place every week in the lower level at 10:00 AM during the summer.
11:15 AM Ice Cream Social today! Stay after meeting to spend time together enjoying each other’s company and some cold treats.
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
The Welcoming and Outreach Committee wants to hang a banner across the balcony of the meetinghouse on 44th Street. Each month there will be a different one for each month. Please W&O ideas for short phrases that explain our values and actions based on our worship, Testimonies, and other sources from our readings. Banner suggestions must be 10 words or fewer, and quotes must be attributed. Send your suggestions by email to Susan H or Keitha. Along with Clifford, they will edit the phrases.
The Young Adult Friends group at Twin Cities Friends Meeting in St. Paul invites friends from the Minneapolis Friends Meeting to our camping weekend September 11 – 13 at Sibley State Park, MN. Come for a weekend of hiking, swimming, and relaxing out in nature. The group campsite fits 20 people, and there is a recommended contribution of $15 towards the weekend’s costs. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org for information about how to RSVP. Anyone who considers themselves a young friend is welcome to sign up.
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.
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.
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:
- Joyful Aging coffee hour (in person), 3rd Fridays, 10:00 AM – noon. Next: August 19
- 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
August 20 (in person). Joyful Aging group goes to The Russian Museum of Art (5500 Stevens Ave, Minneapolis) for an evening in the art galleries. The museum will be free on August 20, 5:00 – 8:00 PM. No pre-registration required.
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.
September 25-26 (hybrid). MFM hosts NYM Fall Interim Session on Friday and Saturday. The hybrid session will also welcome online Zoom attenders. Friends from across Northern Yearly Meeting are invited to gather for worship, fellowship, and the conduct of Yearly Meeting business.
Please save the date of Sunday, January 31, 2027 for a production at the Meetinghouse of THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH. John C plays Eddie in this one-man show produced by Six Points Theater, based on a New York Times bestseller by Eddie Jaku, a Holocaust survivor. More details forthcoming.
WIDER COMMUNITY
August 15 (in person). Guided visit through “Why We Record,” a poster exhibit on Palestine developed by American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and presented by Middle East Peace Now. Participants will view and discuss twenty-five story boards that use photos, maps, and text to document Palestinian displacement and fragmentation and to make a case for Palestinians’ eventual return to their homeland. Please RSVP. Location: Bethlehem Lutheran Church (4100 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis).
August 18 (in person). Lunch at Immigrant Restaurants. Hungry for connection? Join Friends from MFM and Twin Cities Friends Meeting to support our immigrant business community. On Tuesday, August 18 at 12:30 PM we’ll meet on Eat Street on Nicollet Avenue at My Huong Kitchen (2718 Nicollet Ave S., Suite 101B, Minneapolis). Questions? Contact Anne H.
October 7 – 12 (in person). Alternatives to Violence Project will hold a Justice & Peace Workshop near Minneapolis from October 7 – 12, 2026. This workshop is sponsored by Friends Peace Teams. It’s for anyone who is actively seeking to make the world more just and peaceful. Folks in their teens, 20s, 30s and 40s are especially encouraged to consider attending. For information, contact Janet A. If you don’t have Janet’s contact information, ask office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org.
OFFICE HOURS
The Office Manager will be in the office on Sunday, August 16, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM; Thursday, August 20, 11:30 AM – 5:00 PM; and Friday, August 21, 11:30 AM – 5:00 PM. The following week, he will be away, and substitute will work in the office on Thursday and Friday. 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.