Sunday, August 30, 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: Bruce
Zoom host: Rae Beth
Children’s First Day School takes place every week in the lower level at 10:00 AM during the summer.
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
Please hold Sandy in the Light as she is receiving an infusion for treatment of low platelets.
Please hold Steve in the Light as he is recovering from a fall.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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!
September 13 is the last day of summer schedule at Minneapolis Friends Meeting. Our Sunday schedule for meeting for worship, beginning on September 20, will include two meetings for worship: unprogrammed at 9:00 AM and semi-programmed at 11:15 AM.
Individuals who feel led to share a prepared message or a reading during semi-programmed worship are asked to contact Joanne 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.
Ariel the office manager is away this week. Beau will substitute in the office on Thursday and Friday. On Sunday, Ariel will be back.
The fiscal year for Minneapolis Friends 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 online, 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, clerk of Stewardship and Finance Committee.
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:
- 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
- Watson Reading Group (hybrid), 4th Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: September 28
- Peace & Social Concerns Committee (online), 4th Mondays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Next: September 27
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 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 6 (in person). All-Meeting Potluck is once a month on first Sundays. During the summer, it starts at 11:00 AM. Come after 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 bring a dish, please label ingredients so everyone can participate without worry.
September 25-26. MFM is hosting the Northern Yearly Meeting fall interim session. We need—please—volunteers willing to provide lodging for some attendees on Friday night, September 25, and perhaps a few on that Saturday night. We also need help with lunch on Saturday the 26th. If you are available for lodging or lunch support, please contact Mary B.
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.
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.
“Gaza Updates by Charley Underwood and others” is an online document regularly updated by a member of Twin Cities Friends Meeting. It lists Palestine solidarity events happening locally and online. Upcoming events in the Twin Cities include “Eve,” a queer Palestinian play reimagining Paradise Lost (August 28 – 29), workshops and performances by touring Palestinian dance troupe El-Funoun (September 9 – 12), a kid-led protest to divest from Palestine genocide (September 12), and Mizna’s Arab American Film Fest (September 23 – 27). Recurring local events include a rally (every Friday) and a vigil to end war (every Wednesday). Use this shortcut: tinyurl.com/UpdatesOnGaza/
OFFICE HOURS
The Office Manager will be in the office on Sunday, August 30, 9:30 – 11:30 AM; Thursday, September 3, 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM; and Friday, September 4, noon – 5:30 PM. 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.