Westport Meeting News:
As we know, the memorial service for Steven Correia was held last Saturday afternoon in the meetinghouse. If you were unable to attend, or would like to read again the program created by Steve’s daughter, Larissa Correia, please click HERE.
Approved previous minutes of Monthly Meeting for Business may be read 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)
- NEYM monthly check-in for Friends serving their local meetings, Oct 11, 7pm (See below)
- Midweek Meeting for Worship, Wed, Oct 12, 3:30-4pm. Via Zoom
- Monthly Meeting for Business, Oct 16, at 8am. Zoom only
- Sandwich Quarterly Meeting at Westport, Saturday, Oct 22, 9 AM – 1:00 PM
- Ministry and Counsel Committee, Wednesday, Oct 26 at 7pm via Zoom (only)
- Seekers Group, Oct 24 at 7pm. (Hybrid) Potter House and Zoom
MIDWEEK WORSHIP, via Zoom, WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-4:00pm. (Kevin sends link day of)
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Yearly Meeting/Wider Quaker News:
NEYM October 2022 Newsletter, “Making Room” by Sara Huber, may be read HERE.
- Committee Clerking Workshop
An Update on Palestine
2022 Weed Lecture
Support for Quaker Parents
The Life Cycle of a Meeting
Embracing Spiritual Gifts
Facing Our History
Faithfulness Groups Workshop
Faith & Practice Revision
New Book on Eldering
Friends Camp Video
Stewardship Resources
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A Last Word
Recurring virtual events
- Daily at 8:30 a.m.: Daily Worship at Pendle Hill
- Weekdays at 10:30 a.m., Portland Friends Meeting: Waiting Worship
- Daily at noon: International Meeting for 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
- October 9 & 23, November 6: Drop-In Support for Addressing Racial Justice
- October 11: Monthly Check-In for Friends Serving Their Local Meetings
- October 15: The Silence & Light eRetreats
- October 16: Exploring the Quaker Way
- October 17 & 24: Quaker Committee Clerking: Best Practices in Friends Service
- October 21–23: Young Friends Fall Retreat
- October 23: An Update on Palestine
- October 27: Unleashing the Power: Children’s Ministries
- October 30: The 2022 Weed Lecture
- November 1: Quaker Parent Mutual Support Groups begin
- November 4–6: Junior Yearly Meeting Retreat
- November 4–6: Connection, Rupture, Repair: The Trauma-Informed Beloved Community
- November 5: Permanent Board Meeting
- November 7: The Life Cycle of Meetings
- November 7: First Monday Lecture: Adria Gulizia
- November 9: Board of Managers Meeting
Monthly Check-In for Friends Serving Their Local Meetings
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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:
The grace of God is in my mind shaped like a key,
that comes from time to time to unlock the heavy doors.
– Donald Swan