Westport Meeting News:
Reminder from Betty Ann, clerk of Meeting: “We will be having our business meeting this Sunday, May 22 at 8 am via Zoom. I realize it’s a busy time and some Friends may not be with us. Please make sure someone from your committee can give the report…”
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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.
MEETING CALENDAR: (All meetings held via Zoom, in person, or hybrid (meaning in-person and via Zoom), as noted)
- JYM Retreat, in person, May 20-22, at Woolman Hill. Details HERE
- Monthly Meeting for Business, Sunday, May 22, at 8am via Zoom only.
- Worship each Sunday in meetinghouse and via Zoom at 10am (hybrid)
- Seekers Group, Mon, May 23, 7-8:30pm. (Hybrid)
- Midweek worship, Wed, May 25, 3:30-4pm (link sent day of, Zoom only)
- Book Fair Committee, June 1, 7pm
- Seekers Group, Mon, June 6, 7-8:30pm. (Hybrid)
- JHYM Retreat, in person, June 11-12, at Framingham Meeting. Details soon.
- Ministry and Counsel Committee, June 13, at 7pm (Zoom only)
- NEYM Meeting leaders call, Tues, June 14, 7pm. via Zoom.
- Peace and Social Justice Committee, Monday, June 27 at 7pm
- BOOK FAIR: July 9-17
- 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 11, 2022, “Gratitude, 8 Years In!” contains an opening reflection, programming and retreat info for young people, parents and Friends throughout New England Yearly Meeting. Read her latest bi-weekly newsletter HERE.
New England Yearly Meeting Newsletter, “How are We Known?,” May 6, 2022, by Philip Maurer, Northampton Friends Meeting, can be read HERE.
Introduction
Support for racial justice work
Nurturing Faithfulness
Annual Sessions is coming!
Friends Camp reunion
Building the resilient church
Stoking the Fire retreat
New England Friends to speak at FGC Gathering
Send a teen to camp!
Welcome Kara Price
Sessions news!
News from Faith & Practice
Legacy grant deadline
Committing to anti-racism
New podcast episode
Help Ukrainian refugees
Quakers in the news
A last word
Recurring virtual events
- 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
Other events coming soon
- May 21-22: JYM Retreat
- June 3: Stoking the Fire
- June 4: Permanent Board
- June 5: Drop-in Support for Addressing Racial Justice
- June 14: FAHE Conference: “Quakers and Racial Justice”
- June 25–28: Quaker Spring
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Sandwich Quarterly Meeting News:
From Deena Kinsky, SQM Newsletter Editor:
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:
We need movements rooted in love right now,
movements powered not by difference and exclusion and punishment,
but by common ground, compassion, humility, healthy boundaries, patience and healing.
– Adrienne Marie Brown
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Thank you, Friends,
Kevin