Westport Meeting Newsletter Oct 15, 2021

October 16, 2021
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Westport Meeting News: 


“Harvest Table” – K. Lee, 1999

Reminder: Monthly Meeting for Business will be held THIS Sunday, October 17, at 8 AM via Zoom.

Midweek worship will continue to be offered each week on Wednesdays at 3:30 PM. Please note that the link for midweek worship is not the same as our regular worship on Sunday. A link for joining Midweek worship (which is the same link each week) will be emailed each week on Wednesday mornings. To insure security, we never post Zoom links on websites or portals visible to the general public. Questions? Contact Kevin Lee.
 
Mark your calendar! A Welcoming into membership celebration for John Wojtowics, will be held following worship, Sunday, Oct 31 at 11:30 AM. John became a member two years ago, but a celebration was postponed due to the pandemic. 
 
Help with Zoom Connections: Instructions for connecting to worship each Sunday, and Monthly Meeting for Business each month, is HERE.


MEETING CALENDAR: (All meetings held via Zoom, in person, or hybrid (meaning in-person and via Zoom), as noted)

  • Monthly Meeting for Business, Sunday, Oct 17, at 8 AM (Zoom only)
  • Worship each Sunday in meetinghouse and via Zoom at 10  AM (hybrid)
  • Peace and Social Justice Committee, Mon, Oct 18, at 7:30 PM (hybrid)
  • Midweek worship, Wed, Oct 20, 3:30-4 PM. (link sent day of) (Zoom only)
  • Sandwich Quarterly Meeting, Saturday, Oct 23 at 10 AM. Zoom only, link sent 10/22.
  • Seekers Group, Monday, Oct 26, at 7 PM. Hybrid. (Gretchen sends link)
  • Welcoming into membership celebration for John Wojtowics, following worship, Sunday, Oct 31 at 11:30 AM. (In person!)
  • Ministry and Counsel Committee, Nov 1, 7 PM, via Zoom
  • NEYM Meeting Leaders Call, Tuesday, Nov 9 at 7 PM. (ask Kevin for link, if needed. Zoom only)
  • SAVE THE DATE: Second Gathering on Spiritual Life and Ministry for Friends in New England, Nov 13, 2021. (info below. Zoom only)

MIDWEEK WORSHIP, via Zoom, WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-4:00 PM!

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Yearly Meeting/Wider Quaker News:

NEYM Faith and Practice Revision Committee: Draft chapter for review and discussion on Ministry and Counsel committees at the monthly meeting level; [Our Meeting’s M&C committee will be reviewing this document, but all Friends are encouraged to review this draft copy as well. Click HERE for the link.

New England Yearly Meeting Newsletter, “How Then Are We Called?” Oct, 2021 may be read HERE:

Introduction by Holly Baldwin 
Save the date: next gathering on Ministry and Spiritual Life
Midweek Meditations fall series
Support for addressing racial justice among Quakers
Clerking workshop: October 23rd
Young Friends leadership & welcoming workshop series
Lectio divina: a friendly exploration of Quaker writings
International prayer gathering
For Friends ages 35 to 59-ish
2021 Weed Memorial Lecturer: Sarah Gant
News from Annual Sessions
Word from Cuba
Yearly Meeting calls to end the Cuba embargo
Book launch: These Walls Between Us
The stirrings of transformation: a letter
Obadiah Brown trustees announce Special Focus Grants
World Quaker Day
Quakers in the news

Gretchen’s JYM-JHYM latest newsletter, issue of Oct 6, 2021, contains reflections, programming and retreat info for young people, parents and Friends. Read her newsletter  HERE. 

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Quaker organizations, and our Yearly Meeting as a whole, are offering an amazing array of opportunities to expand our knowledge and improve our practice as Friends in a variety of ways. Check out the following links and see what we are being offered! Also, take a few minutes and explore additional programs offered by NEYM by visiting the Events page HERE.

Monthly Check-In for Friends Serving Their Local Meetings

November 9, at 7 PM: An online check-in for Friends serving in leadership roles in their local meetings.

Recurring virtual Quaker events:

Events coming soon: 

Connect, Learn, Explore, and Be in Service among Friends Regionally and Globally.

Check out an array of Quaker schools, camps, retreat centers, other yearly meetings and Quaker organizations listed on NEYM’s website.

Closing:

Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness;
and bearing one with another, and forgiving
one another, and not laying accusations one
against another; but praying one for another,
and helping one another up with a tender hand.

– Isaac Penington

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Thank you, Friends,

Kevin Lee 

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