Hello Friends,
First, a heartfelt shout-out and Happy Birthday message to Janice Reilly, who turned 80 years-old on March 4! Happy Birthday Janice!!!
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.
Please use the Zoom link that was emailed to you to attend SUNDAY worship at 10 AM.
10:00 AM – Worship via Zoom and in the meetinghouse: (Zoom links were emailed to you!)
Worship within the meetinghouse and worship online via Zoom will take place each week at 10 AM. Video and audio will be in use within the meetinghouse using Zoom, so that Friends worshipping online and in the meetinghouse can remain connected throughout worship. Randy Wirth will provide oversight of setup and care of worship in the meetinghouse this week.
Continue worshipping online: (Zoom links were emailed to you!)
Please plan to connect by 9:50 AM in order to settle into worship by 10 AM. If you have questions or experience difficulty connecting to Zoom please contact Gretchen Baker-Smith via email or cell phone at 508-287-6441.
Meeting Calendar: (All meetings via Zoom)
- Sandra Thompson’s birthday, March 6!
- Midweek Worship, 3:30-4:00 PM, March 10 (Continues weekly)
- Quaker Family Nights, March 12, 6:30 PM Info HERE
- Katey Baker Smith’s birthday, March 13!
- Blair Tatman’s birthday, March 13!
- Seekers Group Meeting, Monday, March 15, 7 PM
- Deana Chase’s birthday! March 16!
- Bi-weekly NEYM’s “Meeting Leaders Call,” Tuesday, March 16, 7 PM (Kevin has link)
- Monthly Meeting for Business, March 21 at 8 AM
- Buddy Baker Smith Birthday! March 26!
- Peace and Social Justice Committee, March 28, 8:30-9:45 AM
- NEYM/”Reopening & Multigenerational Meeting Life workshop. March 30, 7-8:30 PM. Details HERE
Midweek Meeting for Worship, via Zoom, WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-4:00 PM!
NEYM/Everence Webinar Series:
From Sara Hubner, NEYM Office Manager: “We thought this upcoming webinar series, “Balancing financial decisions and kids,” from Everence Financial Services (which partners with Yearly Meeting) might be of interest to Friends in local meetings. Beginning Wednesday, March 3, Everence will host four webinars to support parents in their financial stewardship journey. Everence is a faith-based financial services organization which partners with New England Yearly Meeting and which helps people integrate their values with their decisions about money. The 45- to 60-minute webinars will be offered at 2 and 8 p.m. on the following days:
- March 10: Navigating education savings for your kids
- March 17: Planning, providing and protecting with life insurance
- March 24: Investing and retirement planning for your family”
For additional information, click on More details.
Resources for spiritual growth and education offered by our Yearly Meeting: *
Friends, though we are living in challenging times these days, many individual Friends, monthly meetings, 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.
“No Other Refuge,” the NEYM February 22 Newsletter by Noah Merrell, NEYM Secretary, may be read HERE.
Recurring virtual Quaker events:
- Daily at 8 a.m., Beacon Hill Friends House: Meditation practice
- Mondays at 3 p.m., Facebook Live: Singalong Concerts
- Sunday–Thursday at 9:30 p.m. Calming Pajama Party
- 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
- Alternate Tuesdays at 7 p.m.: Support for Friends Serving in Local Meeting Leadership Roles
- Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. Open Heart Worship Group
Events coming soon
- Mar 6: QuakerSpring Gathering
- Mar 12–21: FWCC Section of the Americas Meeting
- Mar 13: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples
- Mar 13: Beyond Noticing Patterns workshop
- Mar 13: A Concert Celebrating Sanctuary
- Mar 19–21: Climate Crisis and Spiritual Wholeness
- Mar 30: Reopening and Reconsidering How We Gather
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.
Thank you, Friends,
Kevin Lee