Westport Meeting Newsletter Oct 29, 2021

October 30, 2021
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Westport Meeting News:

Reminder: If a committee or working group plans to meet in the Community House or meetinghouse during the week, please remember to let Kevin know so that he can add it to the Meeting’s Google Calendar. During the heating season, Jay Vieira checks the Meeting schedule weekly and programs the thermostats accordingly. If a planned meeting is not on the calendar, no heat can be set in advance. 

NEYM Letter of Apology to Native Americans: Meetings within NEYM are being asked to read the Letter of Apology to Native Americans and discuss it within our local meeting communities. We are specifically asked not to publish or distrubute the letter on any non-Quaker public forum, as distribution and publishing will shepherded by the Right Relationship Group of NEYM. Friends may read the document HERE. 

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.

Mark your calendar! A Welcoming into membership celebration for John Wojtowics, will be held following worship, this Sunday, Oct 31 at 11:30 AM. John became a member two years ago, but a celebration was postponed due to the pandemic. 
 
Help with Zoom Connections: Instructions for connecting to worship each Sunday, and Monthly Meeting for Business each month, is 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 10  AM (hybrid)
  • Welcoming into membership celebration for John Wojtowics, following worship, Sunday, Oct 31 at 11:30 AM. (In person!)
  • Ministry and Counsel Committee, Nov 1, 7 PM, via Zoom
  • Midweek worship, Wed, Nov 3, 3:30-4 PM. (link sent day of) (Zoom only)
  • Nov 6: Daylight Saving Time Ends at midnight! Turn clocks back at bedtime!
  • Seekers Group, Monday, Nov 8, at 7 PM. Hybrid. (Gretchen sends link)
  • NEYM Meeting Leaders Call, Tuesday, Nov 9 at 7 PM. (ask Kevin for link, if needed. Zoom only)
  • Second Gathering on Spiritual Life and Ministry for Friends in New England, Nov 13, 2021. (info below. Zoom only)
  • Peace and Social Justice Committee, Mon, Oct 18, at 7:30 PM (hybrid)
  • Monthly Meeting for Business, Sunday, Nov 21, at 8 AM (Zoom only)
  • THANKSGIVING, Nov 25.

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

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Yearly Meeting/Wider Quaker News:

NEYM Faith and Practice Revision Committee: Draft chapter for review and discussion on Ministry and Counsel committees at the monthly meeting level; [Our Meeting’s M&C committee will be reviewing this document, but all Friends are encouraged to review this draft copy as well. Click HERE for the link.

New England Yearly Meeting Newsletter, “How Then Are We Called?” Oct, 2021 may be read HERE:

Introduction by Holly Baldwin 
Save the date: next gathering on Ministry and Spiritual Life
Midweek Meditations fall series
Support for addressing racial justice among Quakers
Clerking workshop: October 23rd
Young Friends leadership & welcoming workshop series
Lectio divina: a friendly exploration of Quaker writings
International prayer gathering
For Friends ages 35 to 59-ish
2021 Weed Memorial Lecturer: Sarah Gant
News from Annual Sessions
Word from Cuba
Yearly Meeting calls to end the Cuba embargo
Book launch: These Walls Between Us
The stirrings of transformation: a letter
Obadiah Brown trustees announce Special Focus Grants
World Quaker Day
Quakers in the news

Gretchen’s JYM-JHYM latest newsletter, issue of Oct 21, 2021, contains reflections, programming and retreat info for young people, parents and Friends. Read her newsletter HERE.

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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.

Monthly Check-In for Friends Serving Their Local Meetings

November 9, at 7 PM: An online check-in for Friends serving in leadership roles in their local meetings.
 

Recurring virtual Quaker events:

Events coming soon: 

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.

Closing:

Lord, take my lips and speak through them,
take my mind and think through it,
take my heart, and set it on fire.

– W. H. Atkin

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Thank you, Friends,

Kevin Lee 

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