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Hello dear Friends! Our next Seekers Group conversation is on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015 at 7pm in the Community House. Our topic is “Being Right.” Thanks to Randy for finding a reading by Parker Palmer on how John Woolman witnessed to the wrongness of slavery from a place of humility and love rather than righteousness. […]
Read More »The next Seekers Group Meeting will be on Monday, August 31, 2015 at 7pm in the Community House at Westport Meeting. Our topic, which came out of the last discussion, will be Forgiveness and Healing. Two Readings that may be helpful in starting our conversation are: A chapter from Anne Lamott’s book Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on […]
Read More »Our next Seekers Group gathering will be on Monday, July 6, 2015 at 7pm in the Community House. Our topic will be Where We Find the Light in Nature. Instead of a reading, your “preparation” for this conversation is to spend a little time between now and then in Nature….preferably in one of those spots where you personally are most […]
Read More »The next meeting of the Seekers Group will be on Monday, July 6, 2015 at 7pm in the Community House. Our conversation will be on sharing our personal spiritual experiences/connections/sacred places in nature. Readings will “unfold” soon! Gretchen
Read More »Our next gathering will be on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 7pm in the Community House. Our topic will be Discerning and Remaining Faithful to Our Life’s Work. We have selected 2 readings to consider: Chapter 7 from Barbara Brown Taylor’s book An Altar in the World and Chapter 9 of Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth. Hard copies are […]
Read More »(Note: This meeting was postponed to March 2, 2015, due to severe weather.) The next gathering of Westport Meeting’s Seekers Group will be on Monday, February 2, 2015 at 7pm in the Community House. Our topic will be “What is your plumb-line to God?” I have attached two readings to get your juices flowing. One […]
Read More »Last night I was reminded of the importance of Fellowship in Faith, Love, and Spirit. My meeting hosts a “Seekers” group every month, a group I have been blessed to be a part of for the past year. A topic is chosen each month and selected readings are emailed to all who might attend, as […]
Read More »Our Seekers Group conversation on December 1, 2014, centered on many aspects of Patience. We agreed that being able to be present in the moment lessens our impatience, as our mind is taken off of what we wish to control and put simply on what is now. It does seem that a degree of patience […]
Read More »Ministry & Council is sponsoring a potluck and time of fellowship on Friday, November 7, 2014 so that more Friends might be able to experience a little of the sweet sharing that happens at the Seekers Group gatherings each month. Child care will be provided. Everyone is asked to bring at least one canned good […]
Read More »Our Seekers Group conversation on October 27, 2014 began on the theme of Gratitude. We were struck by the thought that gratitude requires us to be in the present moment. It often comes when we slow down and pay attention. Various teachings and authors have been helpful to us in learning mindfulness, from Thomas Kelley […]
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