Westport Meeting News:
Hello Friends, as we all know, our Book Fair is in full-steam-ahead mode, from kickoff day on July 8, through the final day on July 16. The Meeting Calendar below covers July 7 onward. The Meeting Newsletter will recess until the Book Fair is over. Thanks!
MEETING CALENDAR:
(All meetings held in person, via Zoom, or hybrid (meaning in-person and via Zoom), as noted)
- Worship each Sunday in meetinghouse and via Zoom at 10am (hybrid)
- Book Fair Tents going up by tent company, Wed, July 5
- Midweek Meeting for Worship, Wed, July 5, 3:30-4pm. Via Zoom
- BOOK FAIR! Saturday, July 8. (Runs July 8-16)
- Midweek Meeting for Worship, Wed, July 12, 3:30-4pm. Via Zoom
- Monday, July 17, early load unsold books into Discover Books truck.
- Midweek Meeting for Worship, Wed, July 19, 3:30-4pm. Via Zoom
- Book Fair Celebration, July 22, 4-7pm! Details to follow
- Seekers Group, Monday, July 24, 7-8:30 PM. HYBRID
- Midweek Meeting for Worship, Wed, July 26, 3:30-4pm. Via Zoom
- Monthly Meeting for Business, Sunday, July 30, at 8am Via Zoom
- NEYM Annual Sessions, August 4-9, 2023, at Castleton U., Castleton, Vermont
Additional details Here. - NEYM Meeting Leaders Call, Sept 12, 7-8 PM via Zoom. Details below
MIDWEEK WORSHIP, via Zoom, WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-4:00pm. (Kevin sends link day of)
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Yearly Meeting/Wider Quaker News:
NEYM’s June 2023 Newsletter introduction, “Getting To Love,” comes from Rob Spencer from Concord (NH) Friends Meeting.may be read HERE.
Recurring virtual events
- Daily at 8:30 a.m.: Daily Worship at Pendle Hill
- Weekdays at 10:30 a.m., Portland Friends Meeting: Waiting Worship
- Daily at noon: International Meeting for Worship
- Alternate Thursdays at 4 p.m., Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL): Thursdays with Friends
- Thursdays at 7 p.m.: Taizé worship
- Thursdays at 8 p.m.: Parents’ Tea-and-Chat
NEYM Annual Sessions, August 4-9, 2023, at Castleton U., Castleton, Vermont
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Sandwich Quarterly Meeting (SQM) News:
Extensive updates on upcoming events in the Quarter, and, within various member meetings of SQM may be read HERE.
A big thanks to Deena Kinsky, SQM Recording Clerk for collating these resources!
Quaker Programs, Study, Retreats, and Spiritual Nurture:
QuakerSpeak (Our Quaker faith as shared by those who experience it firsthand, every day, via weekly video interviews)
FGC Gathering, “A week of Quaker worship, workshops, and community for all ages.” July 2-8, 2023. Theme: “Listen. So That We May Live.” Details HERE.
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Local Happenings of Interest to Friends:
If you have something that could go in this space, let let me know! – editor.
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Closing:
Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day,
there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty
of forgotten joy or unremembered peace.
– Howard Thurman
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Thank you, Friends,
Kevin