Sunday, December 11 Meeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business. Contact: Alice Robb Sunday, December 18 Christmas Program - details to come. Contact: Jessica Bee Sunday, December 25 Christmas Day - There will be Meeting for Worship, but no second hour Sunday, January 1 Meeting for Worship. Potluck. Wednesday, January 4Earthcare Meeting 7 PM, Anyone may attend or give input to a committee member Contact: Doris Ferm Sunday, January 8 Meeting for Business Monday, January 9Book Group, 7 PM, Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas Sunday, January 15 No second hour to allow time for memorial. Sunday, January 15 Memorial for Annelise Pysanky 3-5 pm, Congregational Church, 2410 Cornwall Ave. Wednesday, January 18Outreach Committee, 10 AM, Anyone may attend or give input to a committee member Thursday, January 19Spirit Group, 7 PM, Rooted in Christianity, Open to New Light: Quaker Spiritual Diversity by Alex Wildwood and Tim Peat Ashworth Sunday, January 22 What Quakers Believe: Judgment, Lesson and Discussion Thursday, January 24Finance Committee, 3 PM Sunday, January 27 Intergenerational activity
July 1-7, 2012 Friends General Conference Gathering in Kingston, Rhode Island - start planning ahead!
Query for December
Friends, do not judge one another in Meetings, for your so doing hath hurt the people and yourselves under their judgment ye have brought.
--George Fox, Epistle 116, 1635
To what extent do I use Meeting as a place to heal from the world, and to what extent do I bring to the world the love I experience in my Meeting?
"The Meeting Experience: Practicing Quakerism in Community" by Marty Walton
Earthcare Query:
Do we seek guidance in the Light for ways that we may lead and participate in actions which both enable the healing of the Earth and inspire others regarding the urgency of this healing?
-- NPYM 1998
Speaking Truth to Power
Congress has eliminated Endangered Species Act protection for wolves in the Northern Rockies and in the Pacific Northwest. This has put the fate of wolves in the hands of state officials. While Washington and Oregon have adopted progressive plans to welcome wolves back to their historic ranges, in Idaho, Officials in Wyoming, Montana and Utah "managing" wolves by encouraging killing them, even kits in their dens. Please write to the governors of these states, urging them to adopt sound, sensible management plans for these family-oriented animals. They are icons of the wilderness and need to be ensured of a lasting future in the west. Also, encourage Governor Gregoire to support a robust wolf recovery plan that can fully recover wolves in Washington.