Sunday Sep 4 | 1:30 pm | M&N Meeting |
Sunday Sep 11 | 12:45 pm | Meeting for Worship for Business |
Sunday Sep 18 | 9:15 am 12:45 pm |
Friends School
Committee Bible Study |
Saturday Sep 24 | 6:00 pm | Quaker Market Dinner |
Sunday Sep 25 | 9:30 am 12:45 pm |
Peace and
Social Concerns
Worship Sharing:"Should SEYM Withdraw from FUM?" |
Friday Sep 30 | 6:00 pm | Quaker Study Group and Potluck |
Psalm 27:14
Please hold in the LIGHT Morrie Trimmer, who is scheduled for restorative surgery on August 29th, Claudia Davis, who continues to recuperate, Eleanor Patrick who has been in Hospice House, Patricia Ulrey who is on a trip to Nicaragua after the death of her Mother, and Jim Winefordner, Phil Klein, and Marilyn Hall,
Many thanks to Jean and David Chalmers for their loving hospitality to our homeless Meeting over the last few months. We will be back to Hillel now, we think, for the UF fall term.
Thank you, Sybil Brennan, for accepting the post of assistant clerk of SEYM. Also thanks for your newest cookbook project: Vegetarian Recipes. Looking forward to your return.
Come join us for a canning session at the Peace Farm Sept 24th starting at 1 PM. For details call Arlene Epperson at 386-462-5615.
Take to the Street Corners of NW 13th Street, between 10th Ave and 39th Ave, from 12:00 noon to 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, September in support of the National March on Washington, D.C. Wear Red (Stop the War) or Green (bring the troops home). Talk to Peace and Social Concerns members for more information. Sponsored by Episcopal Peace Fellowship.
For me this year, Friends General Conference, (June 2-10 at Blacksburg University in Virginia) was both comforting and disturbing. The subject of my discussion group was the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The leader was very knowledgeable about the subject and group dynamics; several of the participants had worked in the area. However, a Jewish man who was a Friend, came into the group convinced that Quakers were unfairly biased toward the Palestinians. The troubling conclusion, after much discussion, exchange of facts, and prayerful silences was that he had not changed his mind at the end of the week. It was a rough time.
Otherwise, I alternated yoga and Bible at 7am, made a presentation on the Prosperous Way Down, ate good food from many choices, attended plenaries that ranged from a music group, to a funny Quaker, to an Episcopal bishop. I bought books and t-shirts, and did lots of Friendly talking. Betty Odum
Shelby Hall wrote this for her language arts class: I go to Quaker Meeting. Quakerism is a religion that tries to promote peace for the world. Quakers protest against war and violence. I really like that. They also believe that God is the light within each of us -- not a spirit. I don't know what I believe about God, but I do like being a part of a group of people trying to make the Earth a better, more peaceful planet to live.
Maybe the Meeting for Worship for Business is just a little edgy about taking on the operating costs of our new Meetinghouse. This sense of Quakerly caution has us looking for ways to stay in the black. First thing was to figure the per person cost of mailing the newsletter per year. This is about $8:00 and some Friends have elected to receive E-Newsletters from now on. If you would like to help in that way, you can notify Joan Andrews by E-Mail.
It came as a shock to some of us to realize that our apportionment due SEYM is $67.30 per member this year and $33.65 per attendee. This applies even to Friends who don't attend Meeting often. Because we rarely talk of these matters, it occurred to us that some Friends might not be aware of this situation. Please know, however, that your place in the Quaker community is always secure and valued regardless of financial consideration.
Divine Jump Start
Occasionally my spiritual life comes to a sputtering halt.
Failing these measures, Lord, would sending an angel
with mechanical aptitude be asking too much?
Meditation on spiritual breakdown
Dick B 7/25/05
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