Westport Meeting Newsletter, June 17, 2022

June 17, 2022
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Westport Meeting News:

 
Westport Meeting invites you to a 
Crafts & Pizza Party
to celebrate the start of summer
 
Saturday, June 18, 2022 from 4-7 p.m.
938 Main Road, Westport, MA
 
Rock Painting, Tissue-paper Candle Holders, and Coffee Filter Butterflies
Badminton, Corn Hole and other lawn games
Pizza, Salad & Cold Drinks
 
Come for some or all of the time!
Bring a friend!
 
RSVP to Gretchen by the morning of 6/18 (so we know how much Pizza to order!)
hellogretchen@gmail.com
cell: 508-287-6441

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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.

Help with Zoom Connections: Instructions for connecting to worship each Sunday, and Monthly Meeting for Business each month, is HERE.
 
Westport Monthly Meeting Minutes may be read in Google Docs HERE.
 

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)
  • Westport Friends Intergenerational Gathering, June 18, 4-7pm (Details above)
  • Seekers Group, Mon, June 20, 7-8:30pm. (Hybrid)
  • Monthly Meeting for Business, June 26 at 8am, Zoom only.
  • Peace and Social Justice Committee, Monday, June 27 at 7pm
  • BOOK FAIR: July 9-17
  • NEYM Meeting leaders call, Tues, July 14, 7pm. via Zoom
  • Ministry and Counsel Committee, July 18, at 7pm (Zoom only)
  • Sandwich Quarterly Meeting, July 24 at W. Falmouth Meeting
  • NEYM Annual Sessions, Castleton, VT, August 6-11. Important Details

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

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Yearly Meeting/Wider Quaker News:

Gretchen’s JYM-JHYM latest newsletter, issue of May 27, 2022,  contains an opening reflection, programming and retreat info for young people, parents and Friends throughout New England Yearly Meeting. This issue also introduces Kenzie Burpee, the new JYM Sessions Coordinator, and Rainer Humphries, the new Sessions Childcare Coordinator.   Read her latest bi-weekly newsletter HERE.

New England Yearly Meeting Newsletter, “This is the Hour, How Does the Spirit Find You?,” June 3, 2022. An Invitation from the Presiding Clerk and Clerk of Sessions Committee, can be read HERE.

This is a special edition of the NEYM Newsletter detailing plans for the upcoming NEYM Sessions to be held in person, and via Zoom, at Castleton University in Vermont, August 6-11. Info and REGISTRATION

An Invitation from the Clerks
Children and Youth Attend Free!
For Families and Youth
For Young Adults
Home Group Facilitators Needed
Sessions Video Library
Photos Needed for Slideshow
Bookstores
Pay-as-Led: A spiritual approach to fees
Registration Opens Soon

Recurring virtual events

 

Other NEYM/Wider Quaker Events Coming Soon 

 (Provided by NiaDwynwen Thomas, NEYM Quaker Practice & Leadership Facilitator)

    • Next week the Quaker Religious Education Collaborative is hosting opportunities to gather for a Conversation Circle on Experiments in Worship: Plain, Virtual, and Blended. A place to connect with others who are experimenting. Info & registration here.

    • The next Zoom drop-in for Friends addressing racial justice among Quakers is June 26th. Info here. 

    • There is still space for Friends in your meeting in the upcoming Nurturing Faithfulness program. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis this summer, until the program is full. Information here. Is there someone at your meeting who is looking to take the next step in their faith journey whom you might encourage to apply?

    • Do you know someone who has a heart for accompanying others on their aging and end-of-life journeys? NEYM is looking to hire a (very part-time) Aging Resources Consultation and Help Coordinator. The job posting is here.

    • June 25–28: Quaker Spring

 

Monthly Check-In for Friends Serving Their Local Meetings

July 14, at 7 PM: An online check-in for Friends serving in leadership roles in their local meetings.

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Sandwich Quarterly Meeting News:

From Deena Kinsky, SQM Newsletter Editor:

Here are some upcoming events.

West Falmouth Peace and Social Order 2nd Sunday lecture series. These will be Sundays from 12-1:00 on Zoom, and registration is required. Check with Brenda Nolan  nolanbab@gmail.com if you’d like to register or be put on a mailing list.

  • Sandwich Quarter Meetings for Business
    -July 23 at W. Falmouth Meeting
    –October 22 at Westport Meeting)
  • SQM Ministry & Counsel
    -September 24 at Mattapoisett

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Closing:

The most simple things in life are the most difficult things.
Just getting through the day is not easy.
The most difficult thing in life, I think, is living. I mean, really living. 
A lot of the time I’m in the present, and I’m thinking about the past
or scheming about the future and missing every present moment,
instead of actually partaking of the sacrament of every present moment.

– R. D. Laing

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Thank you, Friends,

Kevin 

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