Bulletin: March 5, 2023 – Minneapolis Friends Meeting
March 5, 2023
9:00 – 10:00 meeting for worship (unprogrammed): care of meeting, Terry Hokenson
10:15 – 11:00 Staying Power – Long-time members and attenders, Dave Bostrom, Betsy Souther, and Barbara Ziegenhagen, will speak about their experience with Quakerism and Minneapolis Meeting and why they have stayed. Moderated by Linda Coffin.
11:15 – 12:15 meeting for worship (semi-programmed): Mike Finley – speaker; Jacque Wiersma – musician; care of meeting, John Cutler
Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Friday for the link to worship and mid-morning program.
Bring a bag lunch and drink and / or potluck fingerfood and linger with F(f)riends after the rise of semi-programmed worship TODAY! A couple of tables will be set up in the meetingroom. Pull up a chair!
NEWS FOR MINNEAPOLIS MEETING FRIENDS
Monthly meeting for business is next Sunday, 9:45-11:15. On the agenda: Stewardship and Finance Committee – Meeting budget for approval; Nominating Comm – service roster for approval; Ministry and Counsel Comm – discussion about the worship schedule; Property Comm – solar panel proposal AND MORE!
There is mid-week worship every Wed night, 7PM. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org by noon Wed for the link.
Ministry and Counsel Committee (M&C) asks individuals who feel led to share a prepared message or a reading during semi-programmed worship, to contact John C. or other members of M&C. M&C is also looking for closers for both worships. Serving as a closer is a ministry of service to the meeting.
Kellie Rae Theiss currently has fourteen recent works of art on display at Doug Flanders & Associates Galerie, 5025 France Ave. S, Mpls 55410. She will be at the gallery at 3:30PM on Sat, March 11th to visit with Friends and answer questions about her paintings which celebrate nature in our beautiful state of Minnesota! Please come!
The Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM) Spring Interim Session will be next weekend, March 10– 11; in person at Madison Meeting and online. Friends are asked to please register ASAP via the Interim Session Form. Registration will allow for plans to feeding in-person attendees, will ensure that virtual attendees receive Zoom links and related information, and will allow us to most efficiently communicate last-minute information. There will be Sacred Harp Singing, 4:30-6PM, before the Friday night program, Saving Our Climate; One Meetinghouse at a Time, at 7PM. (A helpful background article recommended by Quaker Earthcare Witness can be read here: “If You Win the Popular Imagination You Change the Game: Why We Need New Stories on Climate”.) Find the business agenda and other info at https://www.as.northernyearlymeeting.org/ (password: quaker2023
Join “Settlers Speak of Belonging to a Place,” an online conversation with Ranae Hanson, Derartu Berhanu, and Lina Nyaronge about leaving home, displacing others, settling in a place, belonging, longing, and acknowledging. March 23, 6:30 – 8PM (CT). Sponsored by Climate Land Leaders and others. More and register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/settlers-speak-on-belonging-to-place-tickets-551722164847?fbclid=IwAR3No2Crku6lCQbQL41UjizeuEUQkl6HpEJpiT6BPZWtqybApqYr4FDFXm4
Quaker Voluntary Service Minneapolis/St. Paul is hosting a dance with live music and caller at Twin Cities Meeting, 1725 Grand Ave in St. Paul on Mar 25, 7-9PM. Come have a glass of cider or lemonade, enjoy the music and company, and join in the dancing as desired! No prior experience or partners are required. Contra or circle dances and maybe some square dancing as well. Inside shoes or slippers requested (to protect the wooden floor.) There will be an opportunity to donate to Quaker Voluntary Service, to meet the local QVS Fellows, staff, and local support committee, and to get updates about the program. Masks are and Covid tests prior to the event encouraged – stay home if you’re sick! Let’s have fun together and create some sweet memories!
Quaker Voluntary Service has two program Fridays each month. Could you provide a vegetarian lunch for three on April 14th or 28th? Sign up with Miranda, QVS Local Coordinator: miranda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)quakervoluntaryservice.org. Also check with Miranda if you are interested in joining her and the two Fellows for the lunch you provide! THANK YOU, Friends, for this gesture of care and support.
Minneapolis Monthly Meeting is seeking a Children and Families Coordinator to manage religious educational activities, outreach, and training for ministry to youth and families for Minneapolis Meeting. This is a part-time annual position, estimated at 10-15 hours per week (negotiable), with an hourly wage of $25/hour to start. Interested candidates should have some experience organizing activities/planning events with children, teenagers and adults, a commitment to nonviolent practices, a valid driver’s license, and schedule flexibility, with a commitment to working on Sundays. Additional qualifications including enthusiasm for the participation of diverse youth and families in the life of the Meeting and a demonstrated spiritual life. Information about the position can be found at: https://minneapolisfriends.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Children-and-Families-Coordinator-job-description.pdf. Please submit a resume, cover letter, and contact information from three professional references to: Children/Family Coordinator Hiring Committee, Minneapolis Friends Meeting, office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Attenders and members of MFM are encouraged to share this announcement broadly!
An index of the monthly meeting decisions over the past forty years is now available for interested F(f)riends. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to have it emailed to you.
SMALL GROUP OPPORTUNITIES AT MINNEAPOLIS MEETING
Established writers as well as dabblers will have an informal writing session Mon night, Jan 2nd, 7-9PM. This is a chance to connect with one another, writing with prompts and sharing what we write. ALL INVITED, whether or not you have participated before! Contact Jane D. with questions or interest.
Come for thirty minutes of Lectio Divina and worship sharing at noon on Tuesdays. We hold a short reading from the Bible, Quaker, or other spiritual texts to see if and how it might speak to us today, followed by a time of worship-sharing. Contact Stephen for more or for the link.
There’s a new Getting to Know You group which meets via Zoom every second Tues at 1 PM to share personal stories. Contact Kate W-J for the link and this month’s story prompt or just show up!
A new dance, movement, and spirituality group is forming. Email office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org to be put in touch with the person coordinating it.
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER WORLD OF FRIENDS
Friends for a NonViolent World will be at the MN State Capitol with over sixty other organizations to support second chances for individuals impacted by the criminal legal system on Wed, March 8th. Get inspired, take action and help make a change by joining in – press conference at 9:30AM; rally at 10:30AM; visit with legislators at noon. Read about Second Chance Coalition legislative priorities here. Contact Samantha(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)fnvw.org for more. Register here.
Friends School of MN Plant Sale Volunteer Sign Up has started! The Friends School Plant Sale (the largest in the country!) is an incredibly important part of school life and a very important fundraiser. It takes over a thousand volunteers to make the plant sale happen. Volunteers come from all over the Twin Cities to perform jobs at all skill levels. For more and to sign up to help, click here. And remember – volunteers get to shop first! Not ready to commit to getting over to St. Paul? Thousands of newspaper plastic sleeves are needed for the bulbs sale. Bring yours to the collection box at the meetinghouse.
WORKSHOPS, FILMS, RETREATS, PROGRAMS, PRESENTATIONS
Building Sanctuary Within to Build Sanctuary for Others, a Pendle Hill First Monday Lecture with Blanca Pacheco will be offered online Mar 6, 6:30-8PM(CT) Registration required. For more and to register, click here.
Friends Peace Teams will offer Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change – toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples, an interactive online workshop on March 12th, for high school students and adults. Learn the real history of this country through the voices of Indigenous people, Euro-American colonists, and historians and understand why this history matters to all of us today. Learn to build relationships based on truth, respect and justice. Also from Friends Peace Teams, there will be a slide presentation, Indian Boarding Schools and Multigenerational Trauma, on Tues, March 14th, 7–8:15PM (CT). Register for either or both at https://friendspeaceteams.org/upcoming-events/
Friends for a NonViolent World has been invited to lead a mini-Alternatives to Violence session at the Changemakers Alliance event, Bodily Autonomy. Come get a taste of AVP while learning collective actions we can take to reduce gender-based violence – domestic violence, rape, and sex trafficking. Sat, March 25th, 10AM-3PM, First Unitarian Society of Mpls, 900 Mt Curve Ave. Find out more here. To register, click here.
School of the Spirit will offer a Contemplative Retreat, Reconnecting With the Divine in One Another, at the Siena Center in Racine, WI, April 27-30. Come experience the distinctly Quaker manner of knowing contemplation in community. There will be time for individual prayer, reflection, rest, and walks. Sinking down into the silence, we are likely to want to give voice to what we’re encountering there, so there will be times for worship sharing in small groups as well as opportunity to meet one-on-one with a retreat leader. More information, including the flexible fee structure and the registration info, is available on the retreat website. Early registration recommended.
The 2023 Friends General Conference Gathering, Listen So That We May LIVE, will be July 2-8 at Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR. Plenaries will be hybrid – available in person and online.
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY
Peace Catalyst International will offer Kingian Nonviolence Core Training: Foundations of Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation on Saturdays in March, 10am – 2pm; online. Learn the basics of nonviolent organizing and conflict reconciliation through Kingian Nonviolence! This training explores types of conflicts and how they escalate, MLK Jr.’s Six Principles and Six Steps of nonviolence, fundamental strategies for nonviolent organizing, and more. Learn more and register.
The National Native American Boarding School Coalition is offering a mini-documentary, Voices from Pezihutazizi Oyate: Boarding School Histories, in which Upper Sioux Community citizens share their perspectives on the legacy of Indian boarding schools and the lasting impact they had on them personally and culturally. Listen here. Download a discussion guide here.
OFFICE HOURS
The Meeting Coordinator, will be in the office Wed – Fri afternoons. Phone messages checked daily; email checked W-F. Bulletin deadline, noon Thur. Bulletin items can be phoned in to the office (612-926-6159) or emailed (office(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)minneapolisfriends.org).