Westport Meeting News:
Interested in learning more about Quakerism? Max Carter, retired directer of the Friends Center at Guilford College is offering a free five-week Zoom course on Quakerism. Max is a well known Friend’s educator and speaker. The course will run on Thursdays beginning Sept 22, at 7pm. View larger flyer. To register and receive the Zoom link email Lynn Adams by clicking HERE
Recent Book Fair News:
A post 2022 Book Fair Letter to our Book Fair patrons in the surrounding community may be read HERE.
A post 2022 Book Fair Reflection by Gretchen Baker-Smith, to Meeting members and Book Fair workers may be read HERE and below:
Reminder: Like most years, no monthly meeting for business will be held this month. Our next monthly meeting for business will be held September 18, at 8am, via Zoom.
Midweek worship continues 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.
MEETING CALENDAR: (All meetings held via Zoom, in person, or hybrid (meaning in-person and via Zoom), as noted)
- Worship each Sunday in meetinghouse and via Zoom at 10am (hybrid)
- Seekers Group, Aug 29, 7pm, hybrid, in Potter House
- Midweek Meeting for Worship, Wed, Aug 31, 3:30-4pm. Via Zoom
- Peace and Social Justice Committee, Sept 11 at 7pm. Hybrid. (Barbara sends link)
- Monthly Meeting for Business Sept 18 at 8 AM. Zoom only.
- Seekers Group, Sept 26 at 7pm. (Hybrid) Potter House and Zoom
- NEYM monthly check-in for Friends serving their local meetings, Sept 13, 7pm (See below)
- Monthly Meeting for Business, Sept 18 at 8am, Zoom only.
- JHYM Retreat, Oct 1-2, at Framingham Meeting (In person!)
MIDWEEK WORSHIP, via Zoom, WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-4:00pm!
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Yearly Meeting/Wider Quaker News:
- Daily at 8 a.m., Beacon Hill Friends House: Meditation practice
- Weekdays at 10:30 a.m., Portland Friends Meeting: Waiting 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
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Sandwich Quarterly Meeting News:
- SQM October 22 at Westport Meeting)
- SQM Ministry & Counsel
-September 24 at Mattapoisett
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Closing:
We and God have business with each other;
and in opening ourselves to his influence
our deepest destiny is fulfilled.
– William James
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Thank you, Friends,
Kevin